List of U.S. states and territories by educational attainment

This is a list of U.S. states and territories by educational attainment. This article presents a list of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited territories of the United States sorted by educational attainment for persons 25 years of age and older. The list is based on the responses to the 2013-2017 American Community Survey for the 50 states, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico,[1] and based on the 2010 U.S. Census for the other 4 U.S. territories (the latest data available for those 4 territories).[2] [note 1] Educational attainment is lower in the U.S. territories than it is in the states and the District of Columbia. The American Community Survey is a large demographic survey collected throughout the year using mailed questionnaires, telephone interviews, and visits from Census Bureau field representatives to about 3.5 million household addresses annually, regardless of their legal immigration status. The survey does not measure graduation rates from a state's high schools, rather, it measures the percentage of adult residents with a high school diploma.A

Overall, the percent of people with a high school degree (or higher) is highest in Montana (93%), and lowest in the U.S. Virgin Islands (68.9%).[1][2] The percent with a bachelor's degree or higher is highest in the District of Columbia (56.6%) and lowest in American Samoa (9.9%).[1][2]

List

State,
federal district,
or territory
Bachelor's rank% Bachelor's degree
or higher
High School rank% High school graduate
or higher
Advanced rank% Advanced degree
 Montana2130.7%193.0%3310.1%
 New Hampshire936.0%292.8%1013.8%
 Minnesota1134.8%392.8%1811.8%
 Wyoming4126.7%492.8%399.3%
 Alaska2829.0%592.4%2910.4%
 North Dakota2928.9%692.3%517.8%
 Vermont836.8%792.3%715.0%
 Maine2330.3%892.1%2410.9%
 Iowa3627.7%991.8%429.0%
 Utah1632.5%1091.8%2311.0%
 Wisconsin2729.0%1191.7%359.9%
 Hawaii1932.0%1291.6%2510.8%
 South Dakota3527.8%1391.4%458.3%
 Colorado339.4%1491.1%914.6%
 Nebraska2230.6%1590.9%3110.2%
Washington1234.5%1690.8%1412.7%
 Kansas1732.3%1790.5%2011.7%
 District of Columbia156.6%1890.3%132.8%
 Massachusetts242.1%1990.3%218.7%
 Idaho4026.8%2090.2%438.5%
 Michigan3428.1%2190.2%2211.0%
 Connecticut538.4%2290.2%417.0%
 Oregon1832.3%2390.2%1612.2%
 Pennsylvania2430.1%2489.9%1911.8%
 Maryland439.0%2589.8%318.0%
 Ohio3727.2%2689.8%3210.2%
 Delaware2031.0%2789.3%1312.9%
 Missouri3328.2%2889.2%2610.7%
 New Jersey638.1%2989.2%814.7%
 Virginia737.6%3089.0%516.1%
 Illinois1333.4%3188.6%1213.0%
 Indiana4325.3%3288.3%409.2%
 Florida3128.5%3387.6%3010.3%
 Oklahoma4524.8%3487.5%448.3%
 Rhode Island1433.0%3587.3%1113.1%
 United States30.9%87.3%11.8%
 North Carolina2629.9%3686.9%2810.6%
 South Carolina3827.0%3786.5%369.8%
 Tennessee4226.1%3886.5%379.6%
 Arizona3228.4%3986.5%2710.7%
Georgia2529.9%4086.3%2111.4%
New York1035.3%4186.1%615.4%
 West Virginia5419.9%4285.9%497.9%
 Nevada5023.7%4385.8%478.1%
 Arkansas4722.0%4485.6%50 7.9%
 Alabama4624.5%4585.3%419.1%
 Kentucky4923.2%4685.2%389.6%
 New Mexico3926.9%4785.0%1711.8%
 Louisiana4823.4%4884.3%468.1%
 Mississippi5121.3%4983.4%488.0%
 Texas3028.7%5082.8%349.9%
 California1532.6%5182.5%1512.2%
 Northern Mariana Islands5320.2%5282.4%553.7%
 American Samoa569.9%5382.1%563.5%
 Guam5220.4%5479.4%545.2%
 Puerto Rico4424.9%5574.7%537.1%
 U.S. Virgin Islands5519.2%5668.9%527.4%

Visual

Map of states percentage of population 25 years old with Advanced Degree in 2009. Territories of the United States are not on the map.
Map of states percentage of population 25 years old with bachelor's degree or Higher in 2009. Territories of the United States are not on the map.

Notes

^A (NB 2017 data)[1]
  1. Data is collected between decennial Census years in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, whereas data for American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands is only collected once every 10 years. Among U.S. territories, only Puerto Rico is part of the American Community Survey program.

References

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