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

All 41 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/mississippi-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Madison, MS | 64.2 |
| 2 | Oxford, MS | 57.5 |
| 3 | Flowood, MS | 55 |
| 4 | Ridgeland, MS | 51.7 |
| 5 | Starkville, MS | 50.5 |
| 6 | Clinton, MS | 47.8 |
| 7 | Ocean Springs, MS | 46.3 |
| 8 | Brandon, MS | 41.3 |
| 9 | Bay St. Louis, MS | 38.3 |
| 10 | Hattiesburg, MS | 37.3 |
| 11 | Long Beach, MS | 35.6 |
| 12 | Cleveland, MS | 34.8 |
| 13 | Hernando, MS | 34.5 |
| 14 | Tupelo, MS | 34.5 |
| 15 | Byram, MS | 32.2 |
| 16 | Olive Branch, MS | 31.4 |
| 17 | Biloxi, MS | 30.7 |
| 18 | Southaven, MS | 28.8 |
| 19 | Jackson, MS | 28.8 |
| 20 | Pearl, MS | 28.1 |
| 21 | Petal, MS | 27.8 |
| 22 | Natchez, MS | 27.3 |
| 23 | Vicksburg, MS | 27.1 |
| 24 | Columbus, MS | 26.2 |
| 25 | D'Iberville, MS | 25.9 |
| 26 | Canton, MS | 25.5 |
| 27 | Grenada, MS | 25.3 |
| 28 | Corinth, MS | 25.1 |
| 29 | Greenwood, MS | 24.5 |
| 30 | Gulfport, MS | 23.6 |
| 31 | Greenville, MS | 22 |
| 32 | Gautier, MS | 22 |
| 33 | Laurel, MS | 21.8 |
| 34 | Meridian, MS | 21.8 |
| 35 | Pascagoula, MS | 21.8 |
| 36 | Brookhaven, MS | 21.3 |
| 37 | Clarksdale, MS | 19.4 |
| 38 | Horn Lake, MS | 16.5 |
| 39 | Picayune, MS | 16.2 |
| 40 | McComb, MS | 14.6 |
| 41 | Moss Point, MS | 13.7 |