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Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Educational attainment of adults 25+: Bachelor's degree or higher. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Educational attainment of adults 25+ by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

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National value: 37.4 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 64.9 %
RI 39.9 %
DE 39 %
CT 43.6 %
NJ 45 %
MD 45.5 %
MA 49.2 %
VT 44.5 %
NH 41.5 %

Lowest: 24.7 to 32.5 %
Group 2: 32.5 to 34.3 %
Group 3: 34.3 to 37.1 %
Group 4: 37.1 to 41.4 %
Highest: 41.4 to 64.9 %

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	District of Columbia	64.9
2	Massachusetts	49.2
3	Colorado	47.1
4	Maryland	45.5
5	New Jersey	45
6	Virginia	44.7
7	Vermont	44.5
8	Connecticut	43.6
9	New York	42
10	New Hampshire	41.5
11	Washington	41.4
12	Minnesota	40.8
13	Rhode Island	39.9
14	Illinois	39.1
14	Utah	39.1
16	Delaware	39
17	Hawaii	38.9
18	California	38.8
19	Maine	38.6
20	North Carolina	38.1
21	Pennsylvania	37.1
22	Florida	36.7
22	Kansas	36.7
24	Oregon	36.6
25	Georgia	36.3
26	Montana	36.2
26	Nebraska	36.2
28	Texas	35.5
29	Wisconsin	35.2
30	South Carolina	34.5
31	Arizona	34.3
31	North Dakota	34.3
33	Michigan	33.9
34	Missouri	33.7
34	Wyoming	33.7
36	Idaho	33.2
37	South Dakota	33
38	Alaska	32.9
39	Tennessee	32.8
40	Iowa	32.6
41	Ohio	32.5
42	New Mexico	31.4
43	Alabama	31.1
44	Indiana	30.7
45	Nevada	29
46	Arkansas	28.8
47	Kentucky	28.7
47	Oklahoma	28.7
49	Louisiana	28.3
50	Mississippi	26.9
51	West Virginia	24.7

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S1501: Educational Attainment. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by educational attainment of adults 25+: Bachelor's degree or higher (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1501; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-educational-attainment-of-adults-25-plus-bachelors-degree-or-higher/

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