U.S. States by Education Level

Which percentage of the residents in each state who are 25 years old or older have earned at least a bachelor's degree?
Notes
This data comes from the American Community Survey, by the U.S. Census. One year estimates for the year 2022.
All States by Education Level
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PercentState
65.4%District of Columbia
46.6%Massachusetts
45.9%Colorado
44.2%Vermont
43.8%Maryland
43.5%New Jersey
42.2%Virginia
41.9%Connecticut
41.3%New Hampshire
40.0%New York
39.6%Rhode Island
39.5%Washington
39.1%Minnesota
37.9%Utah
37.7%Illinois
37.0%California
36.5%Delaware
36.3%Oregon
36.1%Maine
35.9%North Carolina
35.6%Kansas
35.4%Hawaii
35.1%Pennsylvania
34.7%Georgia
34.7%Nebraska
34.6%Montana
34.3%Florida
33.9%Texas
33.2%Wisconsin
33.0%Arizona
32.6%South Carolina
32.3%Iowa
32.3%Idaho
32.2%Missouri
32.1%Michigan
32.0%Ohio
31.8%North Dakota
31.6%South Dakota
31.1%Tennessee
30.6%Alaska
30.5%New Mexico
29.6%Indiana
29.6%Wyoming
28.8%Alabama
28.5%Oklahoma
27.9%Kentucky
27.1%Louisiana
27.0%Nevada
25.4%Arkansas
24.8%West Virginia
24.8%Mississippi
3 Comments
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Level 71
Jan 22, 2022
What is it with Massachusetts?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

(I was born and raised in Mississippi. Haha!)

Yes, of course, you have Harvard there, and Smith and other Ivy League universities. But that doesn't "do it" to the whole state.

Is is because of the Puritan heritage? Have the Boston Brahmins done a really good job of maintaining their intellectual elitism in a really pervasive way?

I don't get it. I'd love to know.

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Level 89
Sep 23, 2023
Watch the fake Dunkin' Donuts ad from Saturday Night Live with Casey Affleck and you'll get the genuine average Massachusetts guy to the T (pun intended).
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Level 40
Aug 7, 2022
Guessed Minnesota and Rhode Island! Damn it.