# Counties in Iowa by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2024

All 99 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `bachelors_degree_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: 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/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/iowa-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/iowa-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Johnson County | 55.2 |
| 2 | Story County | 54.9 |
| 3 | Dallas County | 51.5 |
| 4 | Jefferson County | 43.2 |
| 5 | Polk County | 40.3 |
| 6 | Scott County | 36.6 |
| 7 | Bremer County | 36.3 |
| 8 | Linn County | 34.7 |
| 9 | Dubuque County | 33.4 |
| 10 | Warren County | 33.3 |
| 11 | Marion County | 32.1 |
| 12 | Winneshiek County | 31.2 |
| 13 | Dickinson County | 31.2 |
| 14 | Mills County | 31 |
| 15 | Sioux County | 30.6 |
| 16 | Black Hawk County | 30.3 |
| 17 | Boone County | 28.5 |
| 18 | Grundy County | 27.8 |
| 19 | Clay County | 27.6 |
| 20 | Poweshiek County | 27.3 |
| 21 | Madison County | 27.2 |
| 22 | Adams County | 27 |
| 23 | Washington County | 26.2 |
| 24 | Winnebago County | 26.1 |
| 25 | Benton County | 25.6 |
| 26 | Guthrie County | 25 |
| 27 | Mitchell County | 24.9 |
| 28 | Wright County | 24.9 |
| 29 | Iowa County | 24.8 |
| 30 | Ringgold County | 24.6 |
| 31 | Woodbury County | 24.3 |
| 32 | Mahaska County | 24.1 |
| 33 | Shelby County | 24.1 |
| 34 | Carroll County | 24 |
| 35 | Cerro Gordo County | 24 |
| 36 | Des Moines County | 23.8 |
| 37 | Cedar County | 23.7 |
| 38 | Pottawattamie County | 23.6 |
| 39 | Decatur County | 23.5 |
| 40 | Cherokee County | 23.4 |
| 41 | Union County | 23.4 |
| 42 | Muscatine County | 23.1 |
| 43 | Henry County | 23 |
| 44 | Kossuth County | 22.8 |
| 45 | Hamilton County | 22.8 |
| 46 | Delaware County | 22.6 |
| 46 | Marshall County | 22.6 |
| 48 | Clinton County | 22.4 |
| 49 | Buchanan County | 22.4 |
| 50 | Sac County | 22.3 |
| 51 | Buena Vista County | 22.2 |
| 52 | Allamakee County | 22.2 |
| 53 | Cass County | 22.1 |
| 54 | O'Brien County | 22.1 |
| 55 | Jones County | 22 |
| 56 | Webster County | 22 |
| 57 | Harrison County | 22 |
| 58 | Hardin County | 21.9 |
| 59 | Calhoun County | 21.8 |
| 60 | Lee County | 21.7 |
| 61 | Plymouth County | 21.7 |
| 62 | Ida County | 21.6 |
| 63 | Butler County | 21.4 |
| 64 | Monroe County | 21.4 |
| 65 | Greene County | 21.2 |
| 66 | Chickasaw County | 21.2 |
| 67 | Audubon County | 20.8 |
| 68 | Fremont County | 20.8 |
| 69 | Fayette County | 20.7 |
| 70 | Tama County | 20.5 |
| 71 | Appanoose County | 20.5 |
| 72 | Hancock County | 20.5 |
| 73 | Lyon County | 20.4 |
| 74 | Montgomery County | 20.4 |
| 75 | Jasper County | 20 |
| 76 | Adair County | 19.9 |
| 77 | Monona County | 19.6 |
| 78 | Wapello County | 19.6 |
| 79 | Howard County | 19.5 |
| 79 | Jackson County | 19.5 |
| 81 | Franklin County | 19.4 |
| 82 | Humboldt County | 19.4 |
| 83 | Page County | 19.2 |
| 84 | Worth County | 19.1 |
| 85 | Palo Alto County | 19 |
| 86 | Van Buren County | 18.8 |
| 87 | Pocahontas County | 18.7 |
| 88 | Floyd County | 18.3 |
| 89 | Crawford County | 17.7 |
| 90 | Wayne County | 17.2 |
| 91 | Emmet County | 17.1 |
| 92 | Davis County | 17.1 |
| 93 | Keokuk County | 17 |
| 94 | Louisa County | 16.8 |
| 95 | Osceola County | 16.7 |
| 96 | Taylor County | 16 |
| 97 | Clarke County | 16 |
| 98 | Lucas County | 15.8 |
| 99 | Clayton County | 14.5 |