# Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34, 2025

All 38 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `tertiary_attainment_share_25_34`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 25 to 34 whose highest completed level of education is tertiary (ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8: short-cycle tertiary, bachelor's or equivalent, master's or equivalent, and doctoral), as a percentage of all people aged 25 to 34 living in private households (EU Labour Force Survey).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 34 years (edat_lfse_04) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 34 years (edat_lfse_04). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/tertiary-education-attainment-25-34/germany-regions

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Oberbayern | 57.2 |
| 2 | Berlin | 55.3 |
| 3 | Hamburg | 48.7 |
| 4 | Tübingen | 47.4 |
| 5 | Leipzig | 47.1 |
| 6 | Köln | 46.1 |
| 7 | Karlsruhe | 45.6 |
| 8 | Mittelfranken | 45.4 |
| 9 | Darmstadt | 43.7 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 43.1 |
| 11 | Freiburg | 42.8 |
| 12 | Unterfranken | 42.5 |
| 13 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 41.9 |
| 14 | Dresden | 40.8 |
| 15 | Oberpfalz | 40.3 |
| 16 | Bremen | 39.9 |
| 16 | Hannover | 39.9 |
| 18 | Schwaben | 38.8 |
| 19 | Gießen | 38.2 |
| 19 | Weser-Ems | 38.2 |
| 21 | Braunschweig | 38.1 |
| 22 | Düsseldorf | 35.9 |
| 23 | Thüringen | 35.6 |
| 24 | Münster | 35.3 |
| 25 | Trier | 35.2 |
| 26 | Oberfranken | 34.1 |
| 27 | Detmold | 33.6 |
| 28 | Niederbayern | 33.3 |
| 29 | Arnsberg | 32.4 |
| 29 | Schleswig-Holstein | 32.4 |
| 31 | Brandenburg | 31.8 |
| 31 | Kassel | 31.8 |
| 33 | Koblenz | 31.2 |
| 34 | Chemnitz | 31.1 |
| 35 | Lüneburg | 30.9 |
| 36 | Saarland | 29.6 |
| 37 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 29.4 |
| 38 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 28.9 |