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

All 16 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/maine-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/maine-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Cumberland County | 53 |
| 2 | Sagadahoc County | 44.2 |
| 3 | Lincoln County | 40.2 |
| 4 | Hancock County | 40.1 |
| 5 | Knox County | 39.7 |
| 6 | York County | 36.2 |
| 7 | Waldo County | 34.4 |
| 8 | Franklin County | 32 |
| 9 | Kennebec County | 31.9 |
| 10 | Penobscot County | 30.1 |
| 11 | Washington County | 24.7 |
| 12 | Oxford County | 24 |
| 13 | Aroostook County | 23.4 |
| 14 | Androscoggin County | 23.4 |
| 15 | Piscataquis County | 21.6 |
| 16 | Somerset County | 21.1 |