# Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, 2025

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

- Indicator id: `tertiary_attainment_share_25_64`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 25 to 64 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 64. Measured by national labour force surveys.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 64 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 64 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-25-64/germany-regions

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Berlin | 48.1 |
| 2 | Oberbayern | 47.4 |
| 3 | Hamburg | 43 |
| 4 | Tübingen | 40.3 |
| 5 | Karlsruhe | 40 |
| 6 | Leipzig | 39.7 |
| 7 | Köln | 38.8 |
| 8 | Mittelfranken | 38.6 |
| 9 | Stuttgart | 38 |
| 10 | Darmstadt | 37.9 |
| 11 | Freiburg | 37.6 |
| 12 | Dresden | 36.9 |
| 13 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 36.8 |
| 14 | Hannover | 35.5 |
| 15 | Braunschweig | 34.9 |
| 16 | Unterfranken | 34.3 |
| 17 | Schwaben | 34.1 |
| 18 | Oberpfalz | 32.7 |
| 19 | Gießen | 32.5 |
| 20 | Bremen | 32.3 |
| 21 | Brandenburg | 32.2 |
| 21 | Trier | 32.2 |
| 23 | Düsseldorf | 31.8 |
| 23 | Oberfranken | 31.8 |
| 23 | Schleswig-Holstein | 31.8 |
| 26 | Lüneburg | 31.6 |
| 27 | Detmold | 30.9 |
| 28 | Weser-Ems | 30.8 |
| 29 | Kassel | 30.6 |
| 30 | Thüringen | 30.4 |
| 31 | Münster | 30.1 |
| 32 | Chemnitz | 29.3 |
| 33 | Koblenz | 28.7 |
| 33 | Niederbayern | 28.7 |
| 35 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 28.3 |
| 36 | Saarland | 28.1 |
| 37 | Arnsberg | 27.3 |
| 38 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 25.4 |