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

All 13 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/west-virginia-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Morgantown, WV | 58.5 |
| 2 | Charleston, WV | 45.2 |
| 3 | South Charleston, WV | 37.8 |
| 4 | Huntington, WV | 35.3 |
| 5 | Wheeling, WV | 34.1 |
| 6 | Fairmont, WV | 32.9 |
| 7 | Vienna, WV | 31.4 |
| 8 | Beckley, WV | 29.2 |
| 9 | Clarksburg, WV | 25.7 |
| 10 | Martinsburg, WV | 24.7 |
| 11 | St. Albans, WV | 24.3 |
| 12 | Weirton, WV | 24.2 |
| 13 | Parkersburg, WV | 21 |