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Bachelor's degree or higher, ages 18–24: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Educational attainment of young adults 18–24: Bachelor's degree or higher, 18–24. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Educational attainment of young adults 18–24 by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-03

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National value: 13.8 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 28.9 %
RI 13.9 %
DE 10.8 %
CT 18.4 %
NJ 20.3 %
MD 17.1 %
MA 21.8 %
VT 13.7 %
NH 14.6 %

Lowest: 6.7 to 10.5 %
Group 2: 10.5 to 12.3 %
Group 3: 12.3 to 13.2 %
Group 4: 13.2 to 14.9 %
Highest: 14.9 to 28.9 %

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	28.9
2	Massachusetts	21.8
3	New Jersey	20.3
4	New York	19.1
5	Connecticut	18.4
6	Maryland	17.1
7	Illinois	16.4
8	Virginia	16.2
9	Minnesota	15
9	Wisconsin	15
11	North Dakota	14.9
12	Hawaii	14.7
13	New Hampshire	14.6
14	Pennsylvania	14.4
15	California	14.3
16	Colorado	14.1
17	Rhode Island	13.9
17	South Dakota	13.9
19	Vermont	13.7
20	Georgia	13.3
21	Kansas	13.2
22	North Carolina	13
23	Ohio	12.9
23	Washington	12.9
25	Florida	12.8
26	Arizona	12.6
27	Michigan	12.5
28	Alabama	12.3
28	Maine	12.3
28	Tennessee	12.3
28	Texas	12.3
32	Missouri	12.2
32	Wyoming	12.2
34	Nebraska	12
35	Iowa	11.8
36	Indiana	11
37	Arkansas	10.9
37	Montana	10.9
39	Delaware	10.8
39	South Carolina	10.8
41	Kentucky	10.5
42	Mississippi	10
43	Utah	9.8
43	West Virginia	9.8
45	Louisiana	9.7
46	Nevada	9.5
46	Oregon	9.5
48	Idaho	8.8
49	Oklahoma	8.5
50	New Mexico	7.9
51	Alaska	6.7

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 young adults 18–24: Bachelor's degree or higher, 18–24 (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1501; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-educational-attainment-of-young-adults-18-to-24-bachelors-degree-or-higher-18-to-24/

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