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

All 55 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/west-virginia-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/west-virginia-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Monongalia County | 48.9 |
| 2 | Jefferson County | 33.9 |
| 2 | Ohio County | 33.9 |
| 4 | Cabell County | 32.6 |
| 5 | Kanawha County | 29.7 |
| 6 | Putnam County | 29.1 |
| 7 | Harrison County | 27.2 |
| 7 | Marion County | 27.2 |
| 9 | Berkeley County | 25.1 |
| 10 | Wood County | 24.1 |
| 11 | Mineral County | 23.7 |
| 12 | Tucker County | 23.6 |
| 13 | Brooke County | 23.4 |
| 14 | Nicholas County | 23.3 |
| 15 | Mercer County | 22.9 |
| 16 | Raleigh County | 22.5 |
| 17 | Greenbrier County | 22.2 |
| 18 | Marshall County | 20.5 |
| 18 | Taylor County | 20.5 |
| 20 | Hancock County | 19.9 |
| 21 | Randolph County | 19.8 |
| 22 | Pocahontas County | 19.7 |
| 23 | Jackson County | 19.6 |
| 24 | Wayne County | 19.2 |
| 25 | Lewis County | 18.9 |
| 26 | Summers County | 18.8 |
| 27 | Gilmer County | 18.5 |
| 28 | Pendleton County | 18.5 |
| 29 | Hampshire County | 18.3 |
| 30 | Upshur County | 18.2 |
| 31 | Morgan County | 18 |
| 32 | Preston County | 17.6 |
| 33 | Wetzel County | 17.1 |
| 34 | Mason County | 16.3 |
| 35 | Tyler County | 15.9 |
| 36 | Fayette County | 15.8 |
| 37 | Hardy County | 15.7 |
| 38 | Wirt County | 15.5 |
| 39 | Monroe County | 15.4 |
| 40 | Roane County | 15.2 |
| 41 | Logan County | 14.7 |
| 42 | Ritchie County | 14.4 |
| 43 | Braxton County | 14.4 |
| 44 | Pleasants County | 14.1 |
| 45 | Grant County | 14 |
| 46 | Doddridge County | 13.9 |
| 47 | Wyoming County | 13.1 |
| 48 | Webster County | 12.9 |
| 49 | Barbour County | 12.5 |
| 50 | Boone County | 11.5 |
| 51 | Clay County | 11.3 |
| 52 | Calhoun County | 10.1 |
| 53 | Mingo County | 9.5 |
| 54 | Lincoln County | 8.1 |
| 55 | McDowell County | 6.8 |