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Lowest bachelor's or higher by state

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree 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. Measures the adults who live here, not the schools — a college town and a county that keeps its graduates read the same way.

  1. 1West Virginia24.4%
  2. 2Mississippi27.0%
  3. 3Arkansas27.1%
  4. 4Louisiana27.8%
  5. 5Kentucky27.9%
  6. 6Nevada28.5%
  7. 7Oklahoma29.3%
  8. 8Alabama29.9%
  9. 9Indiana30.7%
  10. 10New Mexico31.8%
  11. 11Iowa32.1%
  12. 12Wyoming32.3%
  13. 13Ohio32.4%
  14. 14Tennessee32.4%
  15. 15Alaska32.8%
  16. 16Idaho33.0%
  17. 17Michigan33.3%
  18. 18South Carolina33.3%
  19. 19Missouri33.5%
  20. 20North Dakota34.0%
  21. 21South Dakota34.2%
  22. 22Wisconsin34.6%
  23. 23Arizona34.7%
  24. 24Texas35.2%
  25. 25Nebraska35.4%
  26. 26Florida35.8%
  27. 27Delaware36.0%
  28. 28Kansas36.0%
  29. 29Georgia36.3%
  30. 30Montana36.3%
  31. 31Pennsylvania36.4%
  32. 32Maine37.1%
  33. 33North Carolina37.1%
  34. 34Hawaii37.8%
  35. 35Oregon37.8%
  36. 36California38.1%
  37. 37Rhode Island39.0%
  38. 38Utah39.1%
  39. 39Illinois39.2%
  40. 40Minnesota40.0%
  41. 41Washington41.0%
  42. 42New York41.2%
  43. 43New Hampshire41.5%
  44. 44Connecticut42.6%
  45. 45Virginia43.3%
  46. 46New Jersey44.5%
  47. 47Maryland44.7%
  48. 48Vermont45.1%
  49. 49Colorado47.8%
  50. 50Massachusetts48.3%
  51. 51District of Columbia65.5%
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau. · How this is built