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

Hamilton County had the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree of 92 counties in 2021, at 60.5%. Switzerland County had the lowest, at 9.2%. The median was 18.7% and the figure for Indiana was 27.8%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest60.5Hamilton County
Lowest9.2Switzerland County
Median18.792 counties
Indiana27.8History

Top 40 counties, 2021

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Hamilton CountyHamilton County: 60.5 %60.5Boone CountyBoone County: 49.4 %49.4Monroe CountyMonroe County: 47.4 %47.4Tippecanoe CountyTippecanoe County: 40.6 %40.6Hendricks CountyHendricks County: 39.5 %39.5Bartholomew CountyBartholomew County: 35.2 %35.2Johnson CountyJohnson County: 32.8 %32.8Warrick CountyWarrick County: 32.8 %32.8Marion CountyMarion County: 32.8 %32.8Hancock CountyHancock County: 32.6 %32.6St. Joseph CountySt. Joseph County: 32.1 %32.1Floyd CountyFloyd County: 30.3 %30.3Porter CountyPorter County: 30.3 %30.3Allen CountyAllen County: 29.9 %29.9Brown CountyBrown County: 27.7 %27.7Vanderburgh CountyVanderburgh County: 27.2 %27.2Delaware CountyDelaware County: 25.4 %25.4Vigo CountyVigo County: 25.1 %25.1Dearborn CountyDearborn County: 24.9 %24.9Tipton CountyTipton County: 24.8 %24.8Dubois CountyDubois County: 24.7 %24.7Kosciusko CountyKosciusko County: 24.3 %24.3Posey CountyPosey County: 24.3 %24.3Lake CountyLake County: 23.7 %23.7Whitley CountyWhitley County: 23.1 %23.1Steuben CountySteuben County: 23 %23Clark CountyClark County: 22.8 %22.8Franklin CountyFranklin County: 21.4 %21.4Huntington CountyHuntington County: 20.9 %20.9Howard CountyHoward County: 20.8 %20.8Decatur CountyDecatur County: 20.8 %20.8Marshall CountyMarshall County: 20.5 %20.5Montgomery CountyMontgomery County: 20.2 %20.2Elkhart CountyElkhart County: 20 %20Union CountyUnion County: 19.9 %19.9Wabash CountyWabash County: 19.9 %19.9Lawrence CountyLawrence County: 19.8 %19.8LaPorte CountyLaPorte County: 19.7 %19.7Grant CountyGrant County: 19.6 %19.6Wayne CountyWayne County: 19.4 %19.4
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Hamilton County60.5
2Boone County49.4
3Monroe County47.4
4Tippecanoe County40.6
5Hendricks County39.5
6Bartholomew County35.2
7Johnson County32.8
7Warrick County32.8
9Marion County32.8
10Hancock County32.6
11St. Joseph County32.1
12Floyd County30.3
13Porter County30.3
14Allen County29.9
15Brown County27.7
16Vanderburgh County27.2
17Delaware County25.4
18Vigo County25.1
19Dearborn County24.9
20Tipton County24.8
21Dubois County24.7
22Kosciusko County24.3
23Posey County24.3
24Lake County23.7
25Whitley County23.1
26Steuben County23
27Clark County22.8
28Franklin County21.4
29Huntington County20.9
30Howard County20.8
31Decatur County20.8
32Marshall County20.5
33Montgomery County20.2
34Elkhart County20
35Union County19.9
36Wabash County19.9
37Lawrence County19.8
38LaPorte County19.7
39Grant County19.6
40Wayne County19.4
41Ripley County19.2
41Spencer County19.2
43Morgan County19.1
44Madison County19
45Harrison County18.8
46DeKalb County18.7
46Shelby County18.7
48Knox County18.6
49Jefferson County18.4
50Gibson County18.2
51Wells County18
52Warren County18
53Putnam County17.7
54White County17.6
55Henry County17.6
56Jackson County17.5
57Benton County17.5
58Jasper County17.4
59Vermillion County16.5
60Rush County16.3
61Noble County16.3
62Clay County16.3
62Fulton County16.3
64Randolph County16.2
65Ohio County15.7
66Greene County15.7
67Perry County15.6
68Jennings County15.4
69Fayette County15.1
70Clinton County14.9
71Carroll County14.7
72Miami County14.7
73Martin County14.4
74Adams County14.4
75Blackford County14.3
76Pike County14.2
77Owen County14
78Daviess County13.7
79Cass County13.6
80Orange County13.3
81Scott County13.3
82Pulaski County13.1
83Fountain County13
84Parke County13
85Jay County12.9
86Washington County12.8
87Sullivan County12.6
88Starke County11.9
89Crawford County11.7
89Newton County11.7
91LaGrange County10.4
92Switzerland County9.2

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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. Calculated from counts in ACS table B15003, which are stored as inputs.

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

How to cite

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. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Questions

Which county has the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree?

Hamilton County, with 60.5% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest share of adults with a bachelor's degree?

Switzerland County, with 9.2% in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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