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Adults 25+ with high school or higher: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Educational attainment of adults 25+: High school 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: 90.6 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 92.8 %
RI 89.8 %
DE 93.2 %
CT 92.3 %
NJ 91.4 %
MD 91.9 %
MA 92.2 %
VT 95.4 %
NH 94.9 %

Lowest: 86.2 to 90.3 %
Group 2: 90.3 to 91.4 %
Group 3: 91.4 to 92.7 %
Group 4: 92.7 to 93.7 %
Highest: 93.7 to 95.4 %

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	Vermont	95.4
2	Maine	95
3	New Hampshire	94.9
4	Wyoming	94.8
5	Minnesota	94.7
6	Montana	94.6
7	North Dakota	94.2
8	Alaska	94.1
9	Wisconsin	93.9
10	Hawaii	93.8
11	Iowa	93.7
11	South Dakota	93.7
13	Colorado	93.6
14	Utah	93.5
15	Delaware	93.2
15	Nebraska	93.2
17	District of Columbia	92.8
18	Kansas	92.7
18	Michigan	92.7
18	Ohio	92.7
18	Washington	92.7
22	Idaho	92.6
22	Virginia	92.6
24	Missouri	92.4
24	Pennsylvania	92.4
26	Connecticut	92.3
27	Massachusetts	92.2
27	Oregon	92.2
29	Maryland	91.9
30	Illinois	91.7
31	New Jersey	91.4
32	Florida	91.3
32	North Carolina	91.3
34	Indiana	91.2
35	Tennessee	91
36	South Carolina	90.9
37	Arkansas	90.7
37	Georgia	90.7
39	Arizona	90.5
39	Oklahoma	90.5
41	West Virginia	90.3
42	Kentucky	90.1
43	Rhode Island	89.8
44	Alabama	89.6
45	Nevada	89.4
46	New York	88.8
47	New Mexico	88.6
48	Louisiana	88.3
48	Mississippi	88.3
50	Texas	87.8
51	California	86.2

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+: High school 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-high-school-or-higher/

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