# US states by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2024

All 51 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/us-states
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/us-states.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | District of Columbia | 64.3 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | 47.3 |
| 3 | Colorado | 45.7 |
| 4 | Vermont | 43.8 |
| 5 | New Jersey | 43.6 |
| 6 | Maryland | 43.5 |
| 7 | Connecticut | 42.5 |
| 8 | Virginia | 42.2 |
| 9 | New Hampshire | 40.7 |
| 10 | New York | 40.2 |
| 11 | Washington | 39.6 |
| 12 | Minnesota | 39.4 |
| 13 | Illinois | 37.9 |
| 14 | Rhode Island | 37.7 |
| 15 | Utah | 37.7 |
| 16 | California | 37.1 |
| 17 | Oregon | 36.8 |
| 18 | Maine | 36.2 |
| 19 | Hawaii | 36.1 |
| 20 | Delaware | 35.8 |
| 21 | North Carolina | 35.7 |
| 22 | Kansas | 35.6 |
| 23 | Montana | 35.2 |
| 23 | Pennsylvania | 35.2 |
| 25 | Georgia | 35 |
| 26 | Nebraska | 34.6 |
| 27 | Florida | 34.2 |
| 28 | Texas | 33.8 |
| 29 | Wisconsin | 33.4 |
| 30 | Arizona | 33.3 |
| 31 | North Dakota | 32.7 |
| 32 | Michigan | 32.5 |
| 33 | Missouri | 32.4 |
| 34 | South Carolina | 32.1 |
| 35 | South Dakota | 31.9 |
| 36 | Idaho | 31.8 |
| 37 | Alaska | 31.7 |
| 38 | Ohio | 31.5 |
| 39 | Iowa | 31.4 |
| 40 | Tennessee | 31.1 |
| 41 | New Mexico | 31 |
| 42 | Wyoming | 30.6 |
| 43 | Indiana | 29.5 |
| 44 | Alabama | 28.4 |
| 45 | Oklahoma | 28.4 |
| 46 | Nevada | 27.9 |
| 47 | Kentucky | 27.6 |
| 48 | Louisiana | 27 |
| 49 | Arkansas | 25.7 |
| 50 | Mississippi | 25.1 |
| 51 | West Virginia | 24.1 |