# Cities in Louisiana by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2024

All 35 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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- 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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/louisiana-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mandeville, LA | 49 |
| 2 | New Orleans, LA | 42.4 |
| 3 | Lafayette, LA | 41.1 |
| 4 | Ruston, LA | 40.2 |
| 5 | Covington, LA | 39.4 |
| 6 | Youngsville, LA | 37.2 |
| 7 | Baton Rouge, LA | 36.6 |
| 8 | Broussard, LA | 36.1 |
| 9 | Central, LA | 35.3 |
| 10 | Thibodaux, LA | 34.6 |
| 11 | Zachary, LA | 32.7 |
| 12 | Monroe, LA | 32.4 |
| 13 | Slidell, LA | 31.4 |
| 14 | Natchitoches, LA | 30.3 |
| 15 | Lake Charles, LA | 29.1 |
| 16 | Kenner, LA | 29.1 |
| 17 | Shreveport, LA | 28.5 |
| 18 | Gonzales, LA | 28.1 |
| 19 | Hammond, LA | 27.7 |
| 20 | Pineville, LA | 26.2 |
| 21 | Alexandria, LA | 25.3 |
| 22 | Bossier City, LA | 24.7 |
| 23 | Gretna, LA | 24.5 |
| 24 | Houma, LA | 23.8 |
| 25 | West Monroe, LA | 22 |
| 26 | Crowley, LA | 21 |
| 27 | Baker, LA | 20.6 |
| 28 | New Iberia, LA | 17.3 |
| 29 | Sulphur, LA | 16.9 |
| 30 | Minden, LA | 16.7 |
| 31 | Carencro, LA | 15.9 |
| 32 | Morgan City, LA | 15.3 |
| 33 | Bogalusa, LA | 12 |
| 34 | Opelousas, LA | 10.7 |
| 35 | Abbeville, LA | 10.3 |