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

All 95 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/tennessee-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/tennessee-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Williamson County | 62.7 |
| 2 | Davidson County | 48.4 |
| 3 | Knox County | 41 |
| 4 | Wilson County | 37.8 |
| 5 | Hamilton County | 37.5 |
| 6 | Rutherford County | 35.8 |
| 7 | Washington County | 34.3 |
| 8 | Shelby County | 34.3 |
| 9 | Sumner County | 33.6 |
| 10 | Montgomery County | 31.1 |
| 11 | Putnam County | 29.8 |
| 12 | Loudon County | 29.5 |
| 13 | Blount County | 28.6 |
| 14 | Maury County | 28 |
| 15 | Anderson County | 27.5 |
| 16 | Fayette County | 27.3 |
| 17 | Sullivan County | 26.8 |
| 18 | Madison County | 26.6 |
| 19 | Cheatham County | 26.6 |
| 20 | Bradley County | 24.4 |
| 21 | Moore County | 24.1 |
| 22 | Franklin County | 23.9 |
| 23 | Marshall County | 23.1 |
| 24 | Weakley County | 22.7 |
| 25 | Robertson County | 22.4 |
| 26 | Roane County | 22.1 |
| 27 | Chester County | 22 |
| 28 | Dickson County | 22 |
| 29 | Sevier County | 21.8 |
| 30 | Coffee County | 21.4 |
| 31 | Unicoi County | 21.3 |
| 32 | Dyer County | 21.1 |
| 33 | Jefferson County | 20.9 |
| 34 | DeKalb County | 20.8 |
| 35 | Tipton County | 20.7 |
| 36 | Lincoln County | 20.6 |
| 36 | Sequatchie County | 20.6 |
| 38 | Carter County | 20.6 |
| 39 | Gibson County | 20.5 |
| 40 | Giles County | 20.1 |
| 41 | Hamblen County | 20 |
| 42 | Henry County | 19.1 |
| 43 | Cumberland County | 19.1 |
| 44 | Pickett County | 19 |
| 45 | Greene County | 18.7 |
| 46 | McMinn County | 18.6 |
| 46 | Rhea County | 18.6 |
| 48 | Smith County | 18.5 |
| 49 | Obion County | 18.3 |
| 50 | Claiborne County | 18.2 |
| 51 | Carroll County | 18.1 |
| 52 | Stewart County | 17.7 |
| 53 | Johnson County | 17.5 |
| 54 | Bedford County | 17.2 |
| 55 | Marion County | 17.2 |
| 56 | Monroe County | 17.1 |
| 57 | Cannon County | 16.8 |
| 58 | Crockett County | 16.6 |
| 58 | Polk County | 16.6 |
| 60 | Hawkins County | 16.2 |
| 61 | Henderson County | 16.1 |
| 62 | Grainger County | 16 |
| 63 | Humphreys County | 15.7 |
| 64 | Lawrence County | 15.2 |
| 65 | White County | 15.1 |
| 66 | Hardin County | 15.1 |
| 67 | Jackson County | 15 |
| 68 | Overton County | 15 |
| 69 | Fentress County | 14.6 |
| 70 | Haywood County | 14.5 |
| 71 | Trousdale County | 14.3 |
| 72 | Grundy County | 14.3 |
| 73 | Union County | 14.2 |
| 74 | Perry County | 14.2 |
| 75 | Warren County | 14.1 |
| 76 | Decatur County | 14 |
| 77 | Hickman County | 13.9 |
| 78 | Wayne County | 13.8 |
| 79 | Van Buren County | 13.7 |
| 80 | Houston County | 13.6 |
| 81 | Morgan County | 13.6 |
| 82 | Meigs County | 13.5 |
| 83 | McNairy County | 13 |
| 84 | Scott County | 12.9 |
| 85 | Benton County | 12.8 |
| 86 | Campbell County | 12.7 |
| 87 | Macon County | 12.5 |
| 88 | Bledsoe County | 12.4 |
| 89 | Hardeman County | 12.2 |
| 90 | Lauderdale County | 12 |
| 91 | Clay County | 11.5 |
| 92 | Cocke County | 11 |
| 93 | Hancock County | 10.8 |
| 94 | Lewis County | 10.3 |
| 95 | Lake County | 9.4 |