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

All 87 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/minnesota-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/minnesota-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Hennepin County | 54.1 |
| 2 | Carver County | 50.4 |
| 3 | Olmsted County | 49.4 |
| 4 | Washington County | 49.1 |
| 5 | Cook County | 46.7 |
| 6 | Ramsey County | 45.7 |
| 7 | Dakota County | 45 |
| 8 | Scott County | 44.2 |
| 9 | Clay County | 39.3 |
| 10 | Nicollet County | 36.1 |
| 11 | Wright County | 34.4 |
| 12 | Blue Earth County | 34.2 |
| 13 | St. Louis County | 33.6 |
| 14 | Winona County | 32.7 |
| 15 | Anoka County | 32.2 |
| 16 | Beltrami County | 31.8 |
| 17 | Lyon County | 31.2 |
| 17 | Stevens County | 31.2 |
| 19 | Hubbard County | 30.7 |
| 20 | Dodge County | 30.2 |
| 21 | Rice County | 30.2 |
| 22 | Houston County | 30.1 |
| 23 | Douglas County | 29.7 |
| 24 | Sherburne County | 29.7 |
| 25 | Crow Wing County | 29.3 |
| 26 | Kittson County | 29.1 |
| 27 | Stearns County | 28.8 |
| 28 | Otter Tail County | 28.3 |
| 29 | Polk County | 28 |
| 30 | Becker County | 28 |
| 31 | Steele County | 28 |
| 32 | Goodhue County | 27.9 |
| 33 | Kandiyohi County | 27.9 |
| 34 | Lake County | 26.8 |
| 35 | Wabasha County | 26.5 |
| 36 | Carlton County | 26.5 |
| 37 | Le Sueur County | 26.3 |
| 38 | Rock County | 26.3 |
| 39 | Benton County | 26.2 |
| 40 | Jackson County | 26.1 |
| 41 | Cass County | 26 |
| 42 | Itasca County | 25.9 |
| 43 | Lincoln County | 25.8 |
| 44 | Big Stone County | 25.7 |
| 45 | Lake of the Woods County | 25.4 |
| 46 | Brown County | 24.5 |
| 47 | Chisago County | 24.4 |
| 48 | Swift County | 24.2 |
| 49 | Fillmore County | 24.1 |
| 50 | Cottonwood County | 24.1 |
| 51 | Mower County | 23.9 |
| 52 | Pope County | 23.9 |
| 53 | Martin County | 23.8 |
| 54 | Murray County | 23.5 |
| 55 | Lac qui Parle County | 23.3 |
| 56 | Wilkin County | 23 |
| 57 | Norman County | 22.8 |
| 58 | Redwood County | 22.2 |
| 59 | Koochiching County | 22 |
| 60 | Faribault County | 21.8 |
| 61 | Pipestone County | 21.8 |
| 62 | Roseau County | 21.5 |
| 63 | Grant County | 21 |
| 64 | Waseca County | 21 |
| 65 | Pennington County | 21 |
| 66 | Isanti County | 20.7 |
| 67 | Aitkin County | 20.3 |
| 68 | McLeod County | 20.2 |
| 69 | Meeker County | 20 |
| 70 | Clearwater County | 19.8 |
| 71 | Wadena County | 19.8 |
| 72 | Yellow Medicine County | 19.7 |
| 73 | Sibley County | 19.4 |
| 74 | Chippewa County | 19.3 |
| 75 | Morrison County | 18.9 |
| 76 | Marshall County | 18.7 |
| 77 | Red Lake County | 18.6 |
| 78 | Freeborn County | 18.2 |
| 79 | Mille Lacs County | 18.2 |
| 80 | Renville County | 18.1 |
| 81 | Nobles County | 17.9 |
| 82 | Pine County | 17.4 |
| 83 | Watonwan County | 17.2 |
| 84 | Traverse County | 16.6 |
| 85 | Mahnomen County | 16.2 |
| 86 | Todd County | 16.1 |
| 87 | Kanabec County | 15.7 |