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Cities in Indiana by share of adults with a bachelor's degree

Carmel, IN had the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree of 88 cities in 2022, at 73.7%. Lake Station, IN had the lowest, at 9.2%. The median was 23.7% and the figure for Indiana was 28.2%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest73.7Carmel, IN
Lowest9.2Lake Station, IN
Median23.788 cities
Indiana28.2History

Top 40 cities, 2022

Carmel, IN: 73.7 %Carmel, IN73.7West Lafayette, IN: 71.2 %West Lafayette, IN71.2Zionsville, IN: 69.2 %Zionsville, IN69.2Fishers, IN: 65.7 %Fishers, IN65.7Bloomington, IN: 59.8 %Bloomington, IN59.8Whitestown, IN: 59.3 %Whitestown, IN59.3Westfield, IN: 57.2 %Westfield, IN57.2McCordsville, IN: 54.2 %McCordsville, IN54.2Noblesville, IN: 50.8 %Noblesville, IN50.8Brownsburg, IN: 48.6 %Brownsburg, IN48.6Munster, IN: 47.8 %Munster, IN47.8Bargersville, IN: 46 %Bargersville, IN46Avon, IN: 44.2 %Avon, IN44.2Valparaiso, IN: 41.8 %Valparaiso, IN41.8Columbus, IN: 41.7 %Columbus, IN41.7St. John, IN: 40 %St. John, IN40Chesterton, IN: 39.4 %Chesterton, IN39.4Huntertown, IN: 38.2 %Huntertown, IN38.2Dyer, IN: 37.7 %Dyer, IN37.7Yorktown, IN: 37.1 %Yorktown, IN37.1Schererville, IN: 35.4 %Schererville, IN35.4Crown Point, IN: 34.2 %Crown Point, IN34.2Indianapolis, IN: 33.4 %Indianapolis, IN33.4Lawrence, IN: 33.2 %Lawrence, IN33.2Speedway, IN: 33.1 %Speedway, IN33.1Warsaw, IN: 32.6 %Warsaw, IN32.6Plainfield, IN: 31.3 %Plainfield, IN31.3Danville, IN: 31.2 %Danville, IN31.2Greenwood, IN: 30.7 %Greenwood, IN30.7Highland, IN: 30.3 %Highland, IN30.3South Bend, IN: 28.8 %South Bend, IN28.8Sellersburg, IN: 28.5 %Sellersburg, IN28.5Fort Wayne, IN: 28.1 %Fort Wayne, IN28.1Lafayette, IN: 27.8 %Lafayette, IN27.8Columbia City, IN: 27 %Columbia City, IN27Mishawaka, IN: 26.8 %Mishawaka, IN26.8Jasper, IN: 26.4 %Jasper, IN26.4Griffith, IN: 25.7 %Griffith, IN25.7Muncie, IN: 25.1 %Muncie, IN25.1Jeffersonville, IN: 24.6 %Jeffersonville, IN24.6Carmel, IN: 73.7 %Carmel, IN73.7West Lafayette, IN: 71.2 %West Lafayette, IN71.2Zionsville, IN: 69.2 %Zionsville, IN69.2Fishers, IN: 65.7 %Fishers, IN65.7Bloomington, IN: 59.8 %Bloomington, IN59.8Whitestown, IN: 59.3 %Whitestown, IN59.3Westfield, IN: 57.2 %Westfield, IN57.2McCordsville, IN: 54.2 %McCordsville, IN54.2Noblesville, IN: 50.8 %Noblesville, IN50.8Brownsburg, IN: 48.6 %Brownsburg, IN48.6Munster, IN: 47.8 %Munster, IN47.8Bargersville, IN: 46 %Bargersville, IN46Avon, IN: 44.2 %Avon, IN44.2Valparaiso, IN: 41.8 %Valparaiso, IN41.8Columbus, IN: 41.7 %Columbus, IN41.7St. John, IN: 40 %St. John, IN40Chesterton, IN: 39.4 %Chesterton, IN39.4Huntertown, IN: 38.2 %Huntertown, IN38.2Dyer, IN: 37.7 %Dyer, IN37.7Yorktown, IN: 37.1 %Yorktown, IN37.1Schererville, IN: 35.4 %Schererville, IN35.4Crown Point, IN: 34.2 %Crown Point, IN34.2Indianapolis, IN: 33.4 %Indianapolis, IN33.4Lawrence, IN: 33.2 %Lawrence, IN33.2Speedway, IN: 33.1 %Speedway, IN33.1Warsaw, IN: 32.6 %Warsaw, IN32.6Plainfield, IN: 31.3 %Plainfield, IN31.3Danville, IN: 31.2 %Danville, IN31.2Greenwood, IN: 30.7 %Greenwood, IN30.7Highland, IN: 30.3 %Highland, IN30.3South Bend, IN: 28.8 %South Bend, IN28.8Sellersburg, IN: 28.5 %Sellersburg, IN28.5Fort Wayne, IN: 28.1 %Fort Wayne, IN28.1Lafayette, IN: 27.8 %Lafayette, IN27.8Columbia City, IN: 27 %Columbia City, IN27Mishawaka, IN: 26.8 %Mishawaka, IN26.8Jasper, IN: 26.4 %Jasper, IN26.4Griffith, IN: 25.7 %Griffith, IN25.7Muncie, IN: 25.1 %Muncie, IN25.1Jeffersonville, IN: 24.6 %Jeffersonville, IN24.6
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Carmel, IN73.7+0.2 pts
2West Lafayette, IN71.2-1.1 pts
3Zionsville, IN69.2-0 pts
4Fishers, IN65.7-0.7 pts
5Bloomington, IN59.8+0.5 pts
6Whitestown, IN59.3-1.9 pts
7Westfield, IN57.2+1.3 pts
8McCordsville, IN54.2+1.1 pts
9Noblesville, IN50.8+0.9 pts
10Brownsburg, IN48.6+1.1 pts
11Munster, IN47.8+1.9 pts
12Bargersville, IN46-0.3 pts
13Avon, IN44.2-1.3 pts
14Valparaiso, IN41.8+0.5 pts
15Columbus, IN41.7-0.5 pts
16St. John, IN40+0.7 pts
17Chesterton, IN39.4+0.7 pts
18Huntertown, IN38.2+5.1 pts
19Dyer, IN37.7+1.7 pts
20Yorktown, IN37.1+0.8 pts
21Schererville, IN35.4+0.3 pts
22Crown Point, IN34.2+0.8 pts
23Indianapolis, IN33.4+0.5 pts
24Lawrence, IN33.2-0.8 pts
25Speedway, IN33.1+0.8 pts
26Warsaw, IN32.6+0.3 pts
27Plainfield, IN31.3-0.2 pts
28Danville, IN31.2-5.1 pts
29Greenwood, IN30.7-1.1 pts
30Highland, IN30.3+0.2 pts
31South Bend, IN28.8-0.3 pts
32Sellersburg, IN28.5+4.2 pts
33Fort Wayne, IN28.1+0.1 pts
34Lafayette, IN27.8-1.1 pts
35Columbia City, IN27-2.5 pts
36Mishawaka, IN26.8-0.2 pts
37Jasper, IN26.4-0.1 pts
38Griffith, IN25.7+3.1 pts
39Muncie, IN25.1-0.4 pts
40Jeffersonville, IN24.6+1.4 pts
41New Haven, IN24.5+1.9 pts
42Merrillville, IN24.4+1.5 pts
43Goshen, IN24.4-0.9 pts
44Greenfield, IN23.70 pts
45Lebanon, IN23.7-0 pts
46Hobart, IN23.2-0.3 pts
47Terre Haute, IN23.1+0.3 pts
48New Albany, IN23.1+0.6 pts
49Beech Grove, IN22.7+2.1 pts
50Cedar Lake, IN22.7+1.6 pts
51Evansville, IN22.4+0.3 pts
52Madison, IN22.2-1.6 pts
53Wabash, IN22.2+2.9 pts
54Mooresville, IN21.4+1.6 pts
55Franklin, IN210 pts
56Clarksville, IN20.9+1.4 pts
57Auburn, IN19.8-1.6 pts
58Greensburg, IN19.4-0.4 pts
59Lowell, IN19.2-0.9 pts
60Richmond, IN19.2-0.7 pts
61La Porte, IN18.9+0.1 pts
62Seymour, IN18.7+0.4 pts
63Michigan City, IN18.2+1.3 pts
64Plymouth, IN18.1-1.7 pts
65Shelbyville, IN17.5+1.5 pts
66Huntington, IN17.3+0.8 pts
67Elkhart, IN16.8+1.3 pts
68Kokomo, IN16.7-1.3 pts
69Bedford, IN16.3-0.9 pts
70Crawfordsville, IN16.2-0.5 pts
71Bluffton, IN16.1-0.3 pts
72Anderson, IN16.10 pts
73Hammond, IN15.2+1.4 pts
74Vincennes, IN15.2-1 pts
75Marion, IN15.1-1.4 pts
76Portage, IN15.1-0.6 pts
77Peru, IN14.7+2.4 pts
78Gary, IN14.4-0 pts
79New Castle, IN14.4-2 pts
80Connersville, IN14.2+0.9 pts
81Washington, IN14.2+1.6 pts
82Martinsville, IN13+0.9 pts
83Decatur, IN12.7+0.9 pts
84Frankfort, IN12.1+0.3 pts
85Logansport, IN11.7+2.5 pts
86Kendallville, IN11.4+1.2 pts
87East Chicago, IN10+0.3 pts
88Lake Station, IN9.2+0.9 pts

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About this ranking

People aged 25 and over whose highest degree is a bachelor's, master's, professional school or doctorate degree, as a percentage of all people aged 25 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Excludes associate degrees and college without a degree. Not comparable with EU tertiary attainment, which includes short-cycle tertiary education and usually covers ages 25 to 64.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a bachelor's degree or higher as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a bachelor's degree or higher as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Indiana by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b15003.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a bachelor's degree or higher as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Indiana by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b15003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/indiana-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a bachelor's degree or higher as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Indiana by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b15003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/indiana-cities?period=2022.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a bachelor's degree or higher as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Indiana by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b15003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/indiana-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Carmel, IN, with 73.7% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Lake Station, IN, with 9.2% in 2022.

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