# Cities in Virginia by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2024

All 39 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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- 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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/virginia-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Falls Church, VA | 80.5 |
| 2 | Vienna, VA | 74.7 |
| 3 | Blacksburg, VA | 69.2 |
| 4 | Alexandria, VA | 66.2 |
| 5 | Charlottesville, VA | 62.5 |
| 6 | Fairfax, VA | 62.4 |
| 7 | Leesburg, VA | 56.7 |
| 8 | Herndon, VA | 53.2 |
| 9 | Warrenton, VA | 46.1 |
| 10 | Fredericksburg, VA | 46.1 |
| 11 | Williamsburg, VA | 45.8 |
| 12 | Richmond, VA | 45.6 |
| 13 | Christiansburg, VA | 44.7 |
| 14 | Virginia Beach, VA | 40.9 |
| 15 | Lynchburg, VA | 38.5 |
| 16 | Radford, VA | 37.9 |
| 17 | Staunton, VA | 37.7 |
| 18 | Harrisonburg, VA | 37.5 |
| 19 | Chesapeake, VA | 36.9 |
| 20 | Poquoson, VA | 36.3 |
| 21 | Norfolk, VA | 33.5 |
| 22 | Suffolk, VA | 33.3 |
| 23 | Salem, VA | 33.1 |
| 24 | Manassas, VA | 32.7 |
| 25 | Winchester, VA | 31.3 |
| 26 | Culpeper, VA | 30.7 |
| 27 | Newport News, VA | 30.6 |
| 28 | Roanoke, VA | 30 |
| 29 | Hampton, VA | 28.5 |
| 30 | Colonial Heights, VA | 28 |
| 31 | Manassas Park, VA | 26.9 |
| 32 | Waynesboro, VA | 25.7 |
| 33 | Petersburg, VA | 25.4 |
| 34 | Bristol, VA | 24.8 |
| 35 | Portsmouth, VA | 24.3 |
| 36 | Martinsville, VA | 22.1 |
| 37 | Danville, VA | 19.6 |
| 38 | Front Royal, VA | 18.8 |
| 39 | Hopewell, VA | 13.7 |