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Men 25+ with a graduate degree (%): U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of men 25 and over with a graduate or professional degree (%). 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: 14.1 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 38.4 %
RI 15.4 %
DE 16.5 %
CT 18.3 %
NJ 18.1 %
MD 20.7 %
MA 22.1 %
VT 17.5 %
NH 16.2 %

Lowest: 8.7 to 10.6 %
Group 2: 10.6 to 12.2 %
Group 3: 12.2 to 13.3 %
Group 4: 13.3 to 16.3 %
Highest: 16.3 to 38.4 %

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	District of Columbia	38.4
2	Massachusetts	22.1
3	Maryland	20.7
4	Virginia	19.7
5	Connecticut	18.3
6	New Jersey	18.1
7	Vermont	17.5
8	Colorado	17.4
9	New York	16.9
10	Delaware	16.5
11	Washington	16.3
12	New Hampshire	16.2
12	Utah	16.2
14	Rhode Island	15.4
15	California	15
16	Illinois	14.9
17	Pennsylvania	14
18	Florida	13.9
18	Hawaii	13.9
20	North Carolina	13.7
21	Georgia	13.3
22	Oregon	13.2
23	Arizona	13.1
23	Kansas	13.1
23	Texas	13.1
26	Maine	13
26	Minnesota	13
28	New Mexico	12.9
29	Michigan	12.7
30	Montana	12.2
30	Ohio	12.2
32	Missouri	12.1
33	Nebraska	12
34	South Carolina	11.7
35	Tennessee	11.5
36	Alabama	11.4
36	Alaska	11.4
36	Wisconsin	11.4
36	Wyoming	11.4
40	Idaho	10.9
41	Kentucky	10.6
42	Indiana	10.4
42	Iowa	10.4
44	North Dakota	10.2
45	Nevada	10.1
46	Arkansas	10
47	Oklahoma	9.8
48	South Dakota	9.5
49	Mississippi	8.8
50	Louisiana	8.7
50	West Virginia	8.7

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 share of men 25 and over with a graduate or professional degree (%) (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-graduate-or-professional-degree/

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