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Men 25+ with a high school diploma: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of men 25 and over with a high school diploma 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: 90 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 93.1 %
RI 88.7 %
DE 92.2 %
CT 91.8 %
NJ 91.1 %
MD 91.1 %
MA 91.6 %
VT 94.5 %
NH 93.7 %

Lowest: 85.9 to 89.3 %
Group 2: 89.3 to 90.8 %
Group 3: 90.8 to 92.1 %
Group 4: 92.1 to 93.1 %
Highest: 93.1 to 94.8 %

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	Wyoming	94.8
2	Minnesota	94.6
3	Vermont	94.5
4	Montana	94.4
5	Maine	94.3
6	Hawaii	94.1
7	North Dakota	93.8
8	New Hampshire	93.7
9	Alaska	93.4
10	South Dakota	93.2
11	District of Columbia	93.1
12	Iowa	93
12	Wisconsin	93
14	Utah	92.9
15	Colorado	92.7
16	Ohio	92.3
17	Delaware	92.2
17	Kansas	92.2
17	Washington	92.2
20	Michigan	92.1
20	Nebraska	92.1
20	Virginia	92.1
23	Idaho	92
23	Missouri	92
25	Connecticut	91.8
26	Pennsylvania	91.7
27	Massachusetts	91.6
28	Oregon	91.3
29	Maryland	91.1
29	New Jersey	91.1
31	Illinois	90.8
32	Indiana	90.7
33	Florida	90.4
34	Tennessee	90.2
35	Arizona	90.1
36	North Carolina	90
37	Georgia	89.8
37	Oklahoma	89.8
37	South Carolina	89.8
40	Arkansas	89.5
41	Kentucky	89.3
42	West Virginia	88.8
43	Nevada	88.7
43	Rhode Island	88.7
45	New York	88.4
46	Alabama	88
47	New Mexico	87.7
48	Texas	87.2
49	Louisiana	86.5
50	Mississippi	86.2
51	California	85.9

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 high school diploma 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-high-school-diploma-or-higher/

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