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Men 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of men 25 and over with a bachelor's degree or higher (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Educational attainment of women and men by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 35.9 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 65 %
RI 39.1 %
DE 37 %
CT 41.6 %
NJ 44.1 %
MD 43.5 %
MA 47.8 %
VT 40.6 %
NH 39.5 %

Lowest: 22.8 to 29.8 %
Group 2: 29.8 to 32.5 %
Group 3: 32.5 to 35.8 %
Group 4: 35.8 to 40.2 %
Highest: 40.2 to 65 %

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	65
2	Massachusetts	47.8
3	Colorado	45.6
4	New Jersey	44.1
5	Virginia	43.6
6	Maryland	43.5
7	Connecticut	41.6
8	Vermont	40.6
9	New York	40.5
9	Washington	40.5
11	Utah	40.2
12	New Hampshire	39.5
13	Rhode Island	39.1
14	Minnesota	38.4
15	California	37.7
16	Illinois	37.4
17	Delaware	37
18	Hawaii	36.2
19	North Carolina	36.1
20	Maine	35.9
21	Pennsylvania	35.8
22	Florida	35.6
23	Kansas	35.4
24	Oregon	34.8
25	Georgia	34.4
26	Texas	34.2
27	Arizona	33.8
28	Nebraska	33.7
29	Montana	33.6
30	South Carolina	32.8
31	Michigan	32.5
32	Wisconsin	32.4
33	Idaho	32
34	Missouri	31.5
35	Tennessee	31.3
36	Ohio	31.2
37	Wyoming	31
38	South Dakota	30.9
39	Iowa	30.8
40	North Dakota	30.3
41	Alabama	29.8
42	Alaska	29.7
43	Indiana	29.5
44	New Mexico	29.4
45	Nevada	27.3
46	Kentucky	27
47	Oklahoma	26.7
48	Arkansas	26.2
49	Louisiana	25.6
50	Mississippi	24.1
51	West Virginia	22.8

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 share of men 25 and over with a 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 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-share-of-men-25-and-over-with-a-bachelors-degree-or-higher/

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