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Share of bachelor's degrees in education: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of bachelor's degrees in education (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Field of bachelor's degree by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Data last updated: 2026-10-29

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National value: 10.5 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 3.9 %
RI 11.5 %
DE 11 %
CT 9.2 %
NJ 9.5 %
MD 8.1 %
MA 7.8 %
VT 11.1 %
NH 10.5 %

Lowest: 3.9 to 9.5 %
Group 2: 9.5 to 11.1 %
Group 3: 11.1 to 12.5 %
Group 4: 12.5 to 15 %
Highest: 15 to 19.2 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Wyoming	19.2
2	Mississippi	18.7
3	North Dakota	17.6
4	South Dakota	17.4
5	Iowa	16.6
6	Nebraska	16.4
7	Arkansas	16.3
8	Oklahoma	16.2
9	West Virginia	15.8
10	Kansas	15.4
11	Alabama	15
12	Kentucky	14.9
13	Missouri	14.4
14	Montana	14
15	Ohio	13.7
15	Wisconsin	13.7
17	Louisiana	13.5
18	South Carolina	13.3
19	Indiana	13.2
20	New Mexico	12.5
20	Pennsylvania	12.5
22	Idaho	12.4
23	Michigan	12.3
24	Arizona	11.7
24	Minnesota	11.7
26	Tennessee	11.6
27	Rhode Island	11.5
28	Hawaii	11.4
29	Illinois	11.3
29	Maine	11.3
31	Georgia	11.1
31	North Carolina	11.1
31	Vermont	11.1
34	Delaware	11
35	Alaska	10.8
35	Florida	10.8
37	New Hampshire	10.5
37	Utah	10.5
39	Texas	10
40	New York	9.8
41	Nevada	9.5
41	New Jersey	9.5
43	Connecticut	9.2
44	Oregon	8.7
45	Washington	8.2
46	Colorado	8.1
46	Maryland	8.1
48	Virginia	7.9
49	Massachusetts	7.8
50	California	5.4
51	District of Columbia	3.9

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S1502: Field of Bachelor's Degree for First Major. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of bachelor's degrees in education (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1502; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-education/

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