Counties in Texas by share of adults with a bachelor's degree

Travis County had the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree of 254 counties in 2023, at 55.5%. Loving County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 19.7% and the figure for Texas was 33.1%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest55.5Travis County
Median19.7254 counties
Texas33.1History

Top 40 counties, 2023

CSVChart (SVG)

Travis CountyTravis County: 55.5 %55.5Collin CountyCollin County: 54.9 %54.9Fort Bend CountyFort Bend County: 49.3 %49.3Kendall CountyKendall County: 49.1 %49.1Denton CountyDenton County: 48.4 %48.4Williamson CountyWilliamson County: 47.4 %47.4Brewster CountyBrewster County: 45.3 %45.3Rockwall CountyRockwall County: 44 %44Brazos CountyBrazos County: 42.5 %42.5Comal CountyComal County: 42.2 %42.2Hays CountyHays County: 41.9 %41.9Mason CountyMason County: 40.1 %40.1Glasscock CountyGlasscock County: 39.9 %39.9Montgomery CountyMontgomery County: 37.9 %37.9King CountyKing County: 36.4 %36.4Borden CountyBorden County: 35.4 %35.4Gillespie CountyGillespie County: 35.3 %35.3Dallas CountyDallas County: 34.9 %34.9Shackelford CountyShackelford County: 34.6 %34.6Tarrant CountyTarrant County: 34.6 %34.6Blanco CountyBlanco County: 34.3 %34.3Galveston CountyGalveston County: 34.3 %34.3Harris CountyHarris County: 33.8 %33.8Lubbock CountyLubbock County: 33.3 %33.3Llano CountyLlano County: 33.1 %33.1Erath CountyErath County: 32.5 %32.5Hood CountyHood County: 32.4 %32.4Terrell CountyTerrell County: 32.3 %32.3Brazoria CountyBrazoria County: 32.1 %32.1Randall CountyRandall County: 32.1 %32.1Parker CountyParker County: 31.6 %31.6Bexar CountyBexar County: 31.5 %31.5Kerr CountyKerr County: 31.2 %31.2Washington CountyWashington County: 31 %31Midland CountyMidland County: 30.9 %30.9Guadalupe CountyGuadalupe County: 30.9 %30.9Jeff Davis CountyJeff Davis County: 30.4 %30.4Hansford CountyHansford County: 30.4 %30.4Franklin CountyFranklin County: 29.3 %29.3Taylor CountyTaylor County: 29 %29
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Travis County55.5+1.7 pts
2Collin County54.9+0.6 pts
3Fort Bend County49.3+0.7 pts
4Kendall County49.1+0.6 pts
5Denton County48.4+0.5 pts
6Williamson County47.4+1.1 pts
7Brewster County45.3-2.4 pts
8Rockwall County44+0.1 pts
9Brazos County42.5-0.7 pts
10Comal County42.2+1.7 pts
11Hays County41.9+1.5 pts
12Mason County40.1+2.1 pts
13Glasscock County39.9+2.1 pts
14Montgomery County37.9+0.2 pts
15King County36.4+5.7 pts
16Borden County35.4-4.1 pts
17Gillespie County35.3+0.1 pts
18Dallas County34.9+1 pts
19Shackelford County34.6+2.2 pts
20Tarrant County34.6+0.6 pts
21Blanco County34.3+3.7 pts
22Galveston County34.3+0.4 pts
23Harris County33.8+0.6 pts
24Lubbock County33.3+0.7 pts
25Llano County33.1+1.3 pts
26Erath County32.5+0.1 pts
27Hood County32.4+0.8 pts
28Terrell County32.3+2.8 pts
29Brazoria County32.1+0.7 pts
30Randall County32.1-0.7 pts
31Parker County31.6+0.7 pts
32Bexar County31.5+1.1 pts
33Kerr County31.2+1.4 pts
34Washington County31+2.1 pts
35Midland County30.9+1.5 pts
36Guadalupe County30.9+1.4 pts
37Jeff Davis County30.4+2.6 pts
38Hansford County30.4+0.8 pts
39Franklin County29.3-1.4 pts
40Taylor County29+0.3 pts
41Burnet County28.7+0.6 pts
42Ellis County28.6+0.7 pts
43Baylor County28.4+5.1 pts
44Mills County28.1-0.4 pts
45McLennan County27.8+0.8 pts
46Smith County27.7+0.4 pts
47Aransas County27.6+3.5 pts
48Bell County27.2+0.4 pts
49Fayette County27.2+3.1 pts
50Kent County26.9-1 pts
51Waller County26.6+1.7 pts
52Nacogdoches County26.5+1.2 pts
53Wilson County26.3+0.9 pts
54Collingsworth County26.1+0.9 pts
55Edwards County25.9+6.9 pts
56Carson County25.9+0.7 pts
57Kimble County25.7-2.2 pts
58Sherman County25.6+3.8 pts
59Bandera County25.5-1.9 pts
60Lipscomb County25.4+0.7 pts
61El Paso County25.4+0.3 pts
62Kaufman County25.3+1.5 pts
63Oldham County25.3+1.4 pts
64Archer County25.20 pts
65Rains County25.2+4.7 pts
66Tom Green County25.1+0.5 pts
67Throckmorton County25+4.8 pts
68Somervell County25-3.6 pts
69Wichita County24.8+1 pts
70Sterling County24.5+1.1 pts
71Hemphill County24.5+1.1 pts
72Lynn County24.3-0.3 pts
73Hamilton County24.3-0.8 pts
74Schleicher County24.2+10.6 pts
75Colorado County24+1.8 pts
76Callahan County23.9+1 pts
77Clay County23.9+0.6 pts
78Grayson County23.7+0.9 pts
78Kleberg County23.7+0.8 pts
80Nueces County23.7+1.2 pts
81Cooke County23.6+0.3 pts
82Young County23.6+1 pts
83Johnson County23.5+2.2 pts
84Austin County23.4-0.7 pts
85Bastrop County23.4+0.3 pts
86Burleson County23.1+0.6 pts
87Hartley County23.1-2.2 pts
88Chambers County23+0.2 pts
89Menard County22.9-1 pts
90Matagorda County22.8+1.9 pts
91Harrison County22.5+0.3 pts
91Haskell County22.5+2.3 pts
93Gregg County22.4-0.1 pts
94Wood County22.3+1.1 pts
95Eastland County22.2-0.6 pts
96Medina County22.2-0 pts
97Irion County22.1+3.8 pts
98Bowie County22.1-0.2 pts
99Motley County22+1.6 pts
100Roberts County22+2.8 pts
101Hunt County21.9+0.6 pts
102Cottle County21.8+3.5 pts
103San Saba County21.7+2.2 pts
104Lampasas County21.6+1.4 pts
105Walker County21.4+2.1 pts
106Armstrong County21.4-4.5 pts
107Val Verde County21.3+1.1 pts
108Coke County21.1+1.6 pts
109Castro County21+1.5 pts
110Webb County20.9+0.4 pts
111Lavaca County20.9+1.3 pts
112Hardin County20.8+2.3 pts
113Bosque County20.7+1.8 pts
114Wise County20.6-0.2 pts
115Lamar County20.6-0.3 pts
116Cameron County20.6+1.1 pts
117Hidalgo County20.3+0.2 pts
118Henderson County20.2+1.2 pts
119Presidio County20.2-1 pts
120Fannin County20.2-0.4 pts
121Uvalde County20.2+1.1 pts
122Swisher County20.1+0.8 pts
123Hopkins County20-1.6 pts
124Comanche County20+1.1 pts
125Andrews County20+0.3 pts
126Brown County19.9+0.1 pts
127Camp County19.7-1 pts
127Victoria County19.7+0.5 pts
129McCulloch County19.6+1.1 pts
130Delta County19.5-1.9 pts
131Kinney County19.5+6.2 pts
131Milam County19.5+1.3 pts
133Wheeler County19.5+2.2 pts
134Grimes County19.50 pts
135Jefferson County19.5-0.5 pts
136Wharton County19.2+1.1 pts
137Real County19.2-1.8 pts
138Limestone County19.1+2.3 pts
138Robertson County19.1+0.8 pts
140Dickens County19.1-1.1 pts
141Runnels County19.1+0.8 pts
142Briscoe County19+3.3 pts
143Ochiltree County19+0.5 pts
144Goliad County19+1.1 pts
145Jim Hogg County19+6.2 pts
146Lee County18.7+2.1 pts
147Palo Pinto County18.7+0.6 pts
148Coryell County18.7+1.4 pts
149Cherokee County18.5+2.3 pts
150Hill County18.5+0.9 pts
151Hockley County18.3+1.1 pts
152Fisher County18.2-1.7 pts
153Stephens County18.2-0.2 pts
153Van Zandt County18.2+1.1 pts
155Angelina County18-0.6 pts
156Coleman County17.9-2.7 pts
157Scurry County17.9-0.7 pts
158Panola County17.9+1.7 pts
159Rusk County17.9+2 pts
160Montague County17.8+1.1 pts
161Sabine County17.8-0.1 pts
162Hall County17.8-0.4 pts
163Martin County17.8+0.9 pts
163Orange County17.8+0.6 pts
165Cass County17.6+0.4 pts
166Upshur County17.5+0.5 pts
167Wilbarger County17.4+0.8 pts
168Potter County17.3+0.4 pts
169San Patricio County17.2-0.4 pts
170Navarro County17.1+0.1 pts
171Leon County17.1+2 pts
171Reagan County17.1+5.1 pts
173Calhoun County16.9+0.7 pts
174Bailey County16.7+1.4 pts
175Floyd County16.7+0.7 pts
176Parmer County16.7-1.8 pts
177Ector County16.70 pts
178Caldwell County16.4-0.3 pts
179Culberson County16.3+5.8 pts
180Donley County16.2+2.6 pts
181Karnes County16-0.3 pts
182Marion County16-0.3 pts
183Hutchinson County16+0.3 pts
184Freestone County15.9-1.5 pts
184Trinity County15.9+1.1 pts
186Jackson County15.9+2.8 pts
187San Jacinto County15.8-0.2 pts
188DeWitt County15.8+1.7 pts
189Dallam County15.7+1.4 pts
190Red River County15.6+1.7 pts
191Hale County15.6+0.8 pts
192Knox County15.6+1.4 pts
193Jack County15.60 pts
194Morris County15.5+2 pts
195Houston County15.5+0.7 pts
196Sutton County15.5+0.1 pts
197Gray County15.4-0.6 pts
197Titus County15.4+0.1 pts
199Howard County15.3+1.5 pts
200Maverick County15.3-0.5 pts
201Atascosa County15.3+0.7 pts
202Jim Wells County15.2-0.1 pts
203Hardeman County15-2.4 pts
204McMullen County15-0.8 pts
205Falls County15+1.5 pts
206Anderson County14.5+1.4 pts
207Madison County14.5+0.5 pts
208Foard County14.5-1.6 pts
209Dawson County14.5+1 pts
210Brooks County14.4-4.7 pts
211Crane County14.3-1.3 pts
212Lamb County14.3+1.4 pts
213Yoakum County14.2+4.5 pts
214Crosby County14.1+0.1 pts
215Stonewall County14.1-1 pts
216Mitchell County13.9+4.3 pts
217Live Oak County13.8+0.3 pts
218Refugio County13.8+2.6 pts
219Shelby County13.7-0.1 pts
220Nolan County13.7-0.2 pts
221Pecos County13.4+1.9 pts
222Polk County13.4+0.2 pts
223Starr County13.3+0.6 pts
224Zapata County13.3+1.9 pts
225Concho County13.2+1.6 pts
226Gonzales County12.6-0.4 pts
227Jasper County12.6+0.3 pts
228Hudspeth County12.4+2 pts
229Willacy County12.2+1.7 pts
230Moore County12.1+0.2 pts
231Tyler County12-1.1 pts
232Deaf Smith County11.8-0 pts
233San Augustine County11.5-1.3 pts
234Childress County11.5-3.2 pts
235Bee County11.5-0.1 pts
236Frio County11.4+2.9 pts
237Liberty County11.2+0.7 pts
238Jones County11.2+0.1 pts
239Dimmit County11-3.6 pts
240Crockett County11-4.6 pts
241Terry County11-0.1 pts
242Cochran County10.7+2.2 pts
243Ward County10.7-0.7 pts
244Kenedy County10.6+2.6 pts
245Garza County10.6-2.7 pts
246Winkler County10+0.9 pts
247Zavala County9.6-4.2 pts
248Upton County8.8-0.8 pts
249La Salle County8.1+2.7 pts
250Gaines County8.1-2.3 pts

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About this ranking

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.

Excludes associate degrees and college without a degree. Not comparable with EU tertiary attainment, which includes short-cycle tertiary education and usually covers ages 25 to 64. Calculated from counts in ACS table B15003, which are stored as inputs.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which county has the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree?

Travis County, with 55.5% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest share of adults with a bachelor's degree?

Loving County, with 0% in 2023.

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