# Counties in Washington 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 (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/washington-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/washington-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | King County | 56.7 |
| 2 | San Juan County | 53.9 |
| 3 | Whitman County | 49.8 |
| 4 | Jefferson County | 43.9 |
| 5 | Whatcom County | 39.3 |
| 6 | Thurston County | 38.5 |
| 7 | Snohomish County | 38.2 |
| 8 | Kitsap County | 37.9 |
| 9 | Kittitas County | 37 |
| 10 | Island County | 36.6 |
| 11 | Clark County | 33.3 |
| 12 | Benton County | 33.2 |
| 13 | Spokane County | 33.1 |
| 14 | Garfield County | 31.8 |
| 15 | Clallam County | 31.6 |
| 16 | Chelan County | 31.2 |
| 16 | Klickitat County | 31.2 |
| 18 | Pierce County | 30.9 |
| 19 | Skagit County | 30.2 |
| 20 | Skamania County | 29.8 |
| 21 | Walla Walla County | 29.8 |
| 22 | Columbia County | 24.9 |
| 23 | Pacific County | 24.9 |
| 24 | Okanogan County | 24.7 |
| 25 | Asotin County | 24.7 |
| 26 | Lincoln County | 24.2 |
| 27 | Stevens County | 22.2 |
| 28 | Mason County | 21.9 |
| 29 | Wahkiakum County | 21.9 |
| 30 | Lewis County | 21.5 |
| 31 | Douglas County | 21.5 |
| 32 | Franklin County | 21.1 |
| 33 | Pend Oreille County | 20.9 |
| 34 | Yakima County | 19.2 |
| 35 | Grant County | 18.4 |
| 36 | Grays Harbor County | 18.2 |
| 37 | Cowlitz County | 17.6 |
| 38 | Adams County | 15.7 |
| 39 | Ferry County | 15.2 |