Educational Attainment
Percentage of Working Age Population With a Bachelor’s Degrees or Higher
What does this mean?
Educational attainment refers to the percentage of the population, ages 25 years and older, who possess a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Why does this matter?
Post-secondary educational attainment helps workers secure jobs with higher than average wages. A well-educated and trained workforce is also attractive to businesses wanting to expand or relocate.
Region Comparison
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Educational Attainment
Educational Attainment
State | 2010-01 | 2011-01 | 2012-01 | 2013-01 | 2014-01 | 2015-01 | 2016-01 | 2017-01 | 2018-01 |
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Alabama | 30.10 | 22.30 | 23.30 | 23.50 | 23.50 | 24.20 | 24.70 | 25.50 | 25.50 |
Alaska | 21.90 | 26.40 | 28.00 | 28.00 | 28.00 | 29.70 | 29.60 | 28.80 | 30.20 |
Arizona | 27.90 | 26.60 | 27.30 | 27.40 | 27.60 | 27.70 | 28.90 | 29.40 | 29.70 |
Arkansas | 25.90 | 20.30 | 21.00 | 20.60 | 21.40 | 21.80 | 22.40 | 23.40 | 23.30 |
California | 19.50 | 30.30 | 30.90 | 31.00 | 31.70 | 32.30 | 32.90 | 33.60 | 34.20 |
Colorado | 36.40 | 36.70 | 37.50 | 37.80 | 38.30 | 39.20 | 39.90 | 41.20 | 41.70 |
Connecticut | 35.50 | 36.20 | 37.10 | 37.20 | 38.00 | 38.30 | 38.60 | 38.70 | 39.60 |
Delaware | 27.80 | 28.80 | 29.50 | 29.80 | 30.60 | 30.90 | 31.00 | 31.50 | 31.30 |
District of Columbia | 50.10 | 52.50 | 53.00 | 55.10 | 55.00 | 56.70 | 56.80 | 57.30 | 60.40 |
Florida | 25.80 | 25.80 | 26.80 | 27.20 | 27.30 | 28.40 | 28.60 | 29.70 | 30.40 |
Georgia | 27.30 | 27.60 | 28.20 | 28.30 | 29.10 | 29.90 | 30.50 | 30.90 | 31.90 |
Hawaii | 29.50 | 29.10 | 30.10 | 31.20 | 31.00 | 31.40 | 31.90 | 32.90 | 33.50 |
Idaho | 24.40 | 25.20 | 25.50 | 26.20 | 25.00 | 26.00 | 27.60 | 26.80 | 27.70 |
Illinois | 30.80 | 31.00 | 31.60 | 32.10 | 32.80 | 32.90 | 34.00 | 34.40 | 35.10 |
Indiana | 20.50 | 23.00 | 23.40 | 23.80 | 24.70 | 24.90 | 25.60 | 26.80 | 27.10 |
Iowa | 22.70 | 25.80 | 26.30 | 26.40 | 27.70 | 26.80 | 28.40 | 28.90 | 29.00 |
Kansas | 24.90 | 30.10 | 30.40 | 31.10 | 31.50 | 31.70 | 32.80 | 33.70 | 33.80 |
Kentucky | 29.80 | 21.10 | 21.80 | 22.60 | 22.20 | 23.30 | 23.40 | 24.00 | 24.80 |
Louisiana | 21.40 | 21.10 | 22.00 | 22.50 | 22.90 | 23.20 | 23.40 | 23.80 | 24.30 |
Maine | 26.80 | 28.40 | 28.00 | 28.20 | 29.40 | 30.10 | 30.10 | 32.10 | 31.50 |
Maryland | 36.10 | 36.90 | 36.90 | 37.40 | 38.20 | 38.80 | 39.30 | 39.70 | 40.80 |
Massachusetts | 39.00 | 39.10 | 39.30 | 40.30 | 41.20 | 41.50 | 42.70 | 43.40 | 44.50 |
Michigan | 25.20 | 25.60 | 26.00 | 26.90 | 27.40 | 27.80 | 28.30 | 29.10 | 29.60 |
Minnesota | 31.80 | 32.40 | 33.20 | 33.50 | 34.30 | 34.70 | 34.80 | 36.10 | 36.70 |
Mississippi | 19.50 | 19.80 | 20.70 | 20.40 | 21.10 | 20.80 | 21.80 | 21.90 | 23.20 |
Missouri | 25.60 | 26.10 | 26.40 | 27.00 | 27.50 | 27.80 | 28.50 | 29.10 | 29.50 |
Montana | 28.80 | 28.20 | 29.40 | 29.00 | 29.30 | 30.60 | 31.00 | 32.30 | 31.70 |
Nebraska | 28.60 | 27.90 | 29.00 | 29.40 | 29.50 | 30.20 | 31.40 | 31.70 | 32.40 |
Nevada | 21.70 | 22.50 | 22.40 | 22.50 | 23.10 | 23.60 | 23.50 | 24.90 | 24.90 |
New Hampshire | 32.80 | 33.40 | 34.60 | 34.60 | 35.00 | 35.70 | 36.60 | 36.90 | 36.80 |
New Jersey | 35.40 | 35.30 | 36.20 | 36.60 | 37.40 | 37.60 | 38.60 | 39.70 | 40.80 |
New Mexico | 25.00 | 25.60 | 26.10 | 26.40 | 26.40 | 26.50 | 27.20 | 27.10 | 27.70 |
New York | 32.50 | 32.90 | 33.40 | 34.10 | 34.50 | 35.00 | 35.70 | 36.00 | 37.20 |
North Carolina | 26.50 | 26.90 | 27.40 | 28.40 | 28.70 | 29.40 | 30.40 | 31.30 | 31.90 |
North Dakota | 27.60 | 26.30 | 27.90 | 27.10 | 27.40 | 29.10 | 29.60 | 30.70 | 29.70 |
Ohio | 24.60 | 24.70 | 25.20 | 26.10 | 26.60 | 26.80 | 27.50 | 28.00 | 29.00 |
Oklahoma | 22.90 | 23.80 | 23.80 | 23.80 | 24.20 | 24.60 | 25.20 | 25.50 | 25.60 |
Oregon | 28.80 | 29.30 | 29.90 | 30.70 | 30.80 | 32.20 | 32.70 | 33.70 | 34.00 |
Pennsylvania | 27.10 | 27.00 | 27.80 | 28.70 | 29.00 | 29.70 | 30.80 | 31.40 | 31.80 |
Rhode Island | 30.20 | 31.10 | 31.40 | 32.40 | 30.40 | 32.70 | 34.10 | 25.70 | 26.70 |
South Carolina | 24.50 | 24.10 | 25.10 | 26.10 | 26.30 | 26.80 | 27.20 | 33.50 | 34.40 |
South Dakota | 26.30 | 26.30 | 26.30 | 26.60 | 27.80 | 27.50 | 28.90 | 28.00 | 28.30 |
Tennessee | 23.10 | 23.60 | 24.30 | 24.80 | 25.30 | 25.70 | 26.10 | 28.10 | 29.20 |
Texas | 25.90 | 26.40 | 26.70 | 27.50 | 27.80 | 28.40 | 28.90 | 27.30 | 27.50 |
Utah | 33.60 | 35.40 | 35.80 | 35.70 | 34.90 | 36.90 | 36.40 | 34.60 | 34.90 |
Vermont | 34.20 | 35.10 | 35.50 | 36.10 | 36.70 | 37.00 | 38.10 | 38.30 | 38.70 |
Virginia | 31.10 | 31.90 | 31.70 | 32.70 | 33.10 | 34.20 | 35.10 | 38.70 | 39.30 |
Washington | 17.50 | 18.50 | 18.60 | 18.90 | 19.20 | 19.60 | 20.80 | 35.50 | 36.70 |
West Virginia | 26.30 | 26.50 | 27.10 | 27.70 | 28.40 | 28.40 | 29.50 | 20.20 | 21.30 |
Wisconsin | 24.10 | 24.70 | 24.70 | 26.60 | 26.60 | 26.20 | 27.10 | 30.40 | 30.00 |
Wyoming | 24.10 | 24.70 | 24.70 | 26.60 | 26.60 | 26.20 | 27.10 | 27.60 | 34.90 |
U.S. Average | 27.83 | 28.24 | 28.81 | 29.31 | 29.65 | 30.22 | 30.90 | 31.56 | 32.25 |