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

All 46 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/south-carolina-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/south-carolina-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Charleston County | 50.3 |
| 2 | Beaufort County | 46 |
| 3 | Greenville County | 41.3 |
| 4 | Richland County | 40.7 |
| 5 | York County | 39.3 |
| 6 | Lexington County | 34.1 |
| 7 | Lancaster County | 33.6 |
| 8 | Georgetown County | 32.8 |
| 9 | Aiken County | 31.9 |
| 10 | Berkeley County | 31 |
| 11 | Dorchester County | 29.8 |
| 12 | Oconee County | 28.7 |
| 13 | Pickens County | 28.5 |
| 14 | Horry County | 27.2 |
| 15 | Anderson County | 26.5 |
| 16 | Jasper County | 26 |
| 17 | Spartanburg County | 25.1 |
| 18 | Greenwood County | 24.7 |
| 19 | Calhoun County | 24.5 |
| 20 | Florence County | 24.4 |
| 21 | Kershaw County | 24 |
| 22 | McCormick County | 24 |
| 23 | Sumter County | 23.6 |
| 24 | Edgefield County | 23.3 |
| 25 | Newberry County | 23.1 |
| 26 | Saluda County | 20.4 |
| 27 | Abbeville County | 20.4 |
| 28 | Darlington County | 19.9 |
| 29 | Orangeburg County | 19.4 |
| 30 | Cherokee County | 18.4 |
| 31 | Clarendon County | 18.2 |
| 32 | Bamberg County | 17.9 |
| 33 | Laurens County | 17.6 |
| 34 | Colleton County | 17.4 |
| 35 | Williamsburg County | 17.4 |
| 36 | Fairfield County | 15.2 |
| 37 | Union County | 15 |
| 38 | Marion County | 14.5 |
| 39 | Allendale County | 14.3 |
| 40 | Chester County | 14 |
| 41 | Barnwell County | 13.9 |
| 42 | Dillon County | 13.8 |
| 43 | Chesterfield County | 13.6 |
| 44 | Hampton County | 12.1 |
| 45 | Lee County | 11.6 |
| 46 | Marlboro County | 9 |