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

All 100 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/north-carolina-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/north-carolina-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Orange County | 61.8 |
| 2 | Wake County | 57.2 |
| 3 | Durham County | 55.2 |
| 4 | Mecklenburg County | 49.2 |
| 5 | Chatham County | 48.9 |
| 6 | Watauga County | 48.1 |
| 7 | Buncombe County | 45.9 |
| 8 | New Hanover County | 45.4 |
| 9 | Dare County | 43.2 |
| 10 | Moore County | 41 |
| 11 | Union County | 40.5 |
| 12 | Transylvania County | 40 |
| 13 | Guilford County | 39 |
| 14 | Forsyth County | 38.5 |
| 15 | Cabarrus County | 37.9 |
| 16 | Henderson County | 36.5 |
| 17 | Polk County | 36.2 |
| 18 | Brunswick County | 34.7 |
| 19 | Carteret County | 34.5 |
| 20 | Iredell County | 34.1 |
| 21 | Pitt County | 33.8 |
| 22 | Madison County | 32.2 |
| 23 | Clay County | 31.8 |
| 24 | Jackson County | 31.1 |
| 25 | Currituck County | 30.9 |
| 26 | Pender County | 30.6 |
| 27 | Haywood County | 29.5 |
| 28 | Johnston County | 28.9 |
| 29 | Alamance County | 28.7 |
| 30 | Camden County | 28.6 |
| 31 | Lincoln County | 28.3 |
| 32 | Macon County | 27.9 |
| 33 | Cumberland County | 27.8 |
| 34 | Pasquotank County | 27.6 |
| 35 | Craven County | 27.5 |
| 36 | Davie County | 27.3 |
| 37 | Franklin County | 27 |
| 38 | Gaston County | 26.5 |
| 39 | Catawba County | 26.1 |
| 40 | Onslow County | 26 |
| 41 | Ashe County | 25.9 |
| 42 | Pamlico County | 25.4 |
| 43 | Granville County | 25.2 |
| 44 | Yancey County | 25.1 |
| 45 | Avery County | 25 |
| 46 | Chowan County | 25 |
| 47 | Harnett County | 24.5 |
| 48 | Mitchell County | 24.2 |
| 49 | Cherokee County | 24.2 |
| 50 | Alleghany County | 23.6 |
| 51 | Hoke County | 23.5 |
| 52 | Rowan County | 23.3 |
| 53 | Nash County | 22.1 |
| 54 | Cleveland County | 22 |
| 55 | Wayne County | 21.7 |
| 55 | Wilson County | 21.7 |
| 57 | Davidson County | 21.7 |
| 57 | Perquimans County | 21.7 |
| 59 | Rutherford County | 21.5 |
| 60 | Swain County | 21.4 |
| 61 | Lee County | 21.3 |
| 62 | Beaufort County | 21.2 |
| 63 | Burke County | 21 |
| 64 | Surry County | 20.4 |
| 65 | Stanly County | 19.9 |
| 66 | Jones County | 19.8 |
| 67 | Bladen County | 19.5 |
| 68 | Person County | 19.3 |
| 69 | Montgomery County | 19.2 |
| 70 | Bertie County | 19 |
| 71 | Warren County | 18.9 |
| 72 | Caldwell County | 18.8 |
| 73 | Stokes County | 18.2 |
| 74 | McDowell County | 18.1 |
| 75 | Caswell County | 17.9 |
| 75 | Randolph County | 17.9 |
| 77 | Northampton County | 17.9 |
| 78 | Duplin County | 17.6 |
| 79 | Graham County | 17.6 |
| 80 | Yadkin County | 17.5 |
| 81 | Edgecombe County | 17.5 |
| 82 | Vance County | 17.2 |
| 83 | Rockingham County | 17 |
| 84 | Wilkes County | 16.9 |
| 85 | Martin County | 16.7 |
| 86 | Alexander County | 16.7 |
| 87 | Scotland County | 16.7 |
| 88 | Hertford County | 16.6 |
| 89 | Lenoir County | 16.4 |
| 90 | Sampson County | 16.2 |
| 91 | Halifax County | 16.1 |
| 92 | Richmond County | 16 |
| 93 | Washington County | 14.8 |
| 94 | Hyde County | 14.7 |
| 95 | Robeson County | 14.7 |
| 96 | Columbus County | 14.6 |
| 97 | Tyrrell County | 13 |
| 98 | Greene County | 12.2 |
| 99 | Gates County | 10.9 |
| 100 | Anson County | 9.9 |