US counties by share of adults with a bachelor's degree
Falls Church city had the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree of 3135 counties in 2021, at 78.7%. Loving County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 20.5% and the figure for the United States was 33.7%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
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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. 9 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which county has the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree?
Falls Church city, with 78.7% in 2021, 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 2021.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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. Retrieved 2026-10-09. 9 counties have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.
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