Rankings · Schools

Highest high school or higher by state

Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

Census ACS 5-year, table B15003, counting every level from a regular diploma upward.

  1. 1New Hampshire95.0%
  2. 2Maine94.8%
  3. 3Vermont94.7%
  4. 4Montana94.6%
  5. 5Wyoming94.4%
  6. 6Minnesota94.2%
  7. 7North Dakota94.1%
  8. 8South Dakota94.0%
  9. 9Hawaii93.7%
  10. 10Wisconsin93.7%
  11. 11Utah93.6%
  12. 12Alaska93.4%
  13. 13Colorado93.2%
  14. 14Iowa93.0%
  15. 15Nebraska92.6%
  16. 16Idaho92.5%
  17. 17Pennsylvania92.4%
  18. 18Oregon92.3%
  19. 19Washington92.3%
  20. 20Michigan92.2%
  21. 21Ohio92.2%
  22. 22District of Columbia92.0%
  23. 23Kansas92.0%
  24. 24Missouri92.0%
  25. 25Connecticut91.8%
  26. 26Delaware91.8%
  27. 27Virginia91.7%
  28. 28Massachusetts91.4%
  29. 29Maryland91.4%
  30. 30South Carolina91.0%
  31. 31North Carolina90.9%
  32. 32Illinois90.7%
  33. 33Indiana90.6%
  34. 34Tennessee90.6%
  35. 35Florida90.4%
  36. 36New Jersey90.4%
  37. 37Rhode Island90.4%
  38. 38Oklahoma90.2%
  39. 39West Virginia90.1%
  40. 40Georgia89.8%
  41. 41Arizona89.7%
  42. 42Alabama89.6%
  43. 43Arkansas89.3%
  44. 44Kentucky89.0%
  45. 45Louisiana88.2%
  46. 46Mississippi88.0%
  47. 47New York88.0%
  48. 48New Mexico87.9%
  49. 49Nevada87.7%
  50. 50Texas86.7%
  51. 51California84.8%
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau. · How this is built