List of U.S. states by educational attainment

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This article presents a list of U.S. states sorted by educational attainment for persons 25 years of age and older. This table is an estimation based on the responses to the American Community Survey. This 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.

(NB 2015 data, 2016 data is now available and changes %s and some rankings slightly though #1 & 2 remain the same, list needs to be updated for 2016 data). The Houston Chronical disagrees with the #1 rank assigned Texas. [1]

State % High school graduate Rank % Bachelor's degree Rank % Advanced degree Rank
Montana 92.8% 1 29.5% 20 9.5% 31
Minnesota 92.4% 2 33.7% 10 11.2% 17
New Hampshire 92.3% 3 34.9% 8 13.0% 9
Wyoming 92.3% 3 25.7% 40 8.6% 40
Alaska 92.1% 5 28.0% 26 10.1% 27
Vermont 91.8% 6 36.0% 7 14.3% 6
North Dakota 91.7% 7 27.7% 28 7.6% 48
Maine 91.6% 8 29.0% 22 10.3% 24
Iowa 91.5% 9 26.7% 35 8.5% 41
Utah 91.2% 10 31.1% 15 10.4% 23
Hawaii 91.0% 11 30.8% 17 10.5% 21
Ohio 91.0% 11 27.8% 27 9.4% 33
South Dakota 90.9% 13 27.0% 33 8.0% 43
Nebraska 90.7% 14 29.3% 21 9.7% 30
Colorado 90.7% 14 38.1% 2 14.0% 7
Washington 90.4% 16 32.9% 11 12.0% 13
Kansas 90.2% 17 31.0% 16 11.0% 19
Connecticut 89.9% 18 37.6% 4 16.6% 3
Oregon 89.8% 19 30.8% 17 11.5% 15
Massachusetts 89.8% 19 40.5% 1 17.7% 1
Michigan 89.6% 21 26.9% 34 10.5% 21
Idaho 89.5% 22 25.9% 38 8.2% 42
Maryland 89.4% 23 37.9% 3 17.3% 2
District of Columbia 89.3% 54.6% 31.3%
Pennsylvania 89.2% 24 28.6% 24 11.2% 17
New Jersey 88.6% 25 36.8% 5 14.0% 7
Delaware 88.4% 26 30.0% 19 12.2% 12
Missouri 88.4% 26 27.1% 32 10.2% 25
Virginia 88.3% 28 36.3% 6 15.4% 4
Illinois 87.9% 29 32.3% 12 12.4% 11
Indiana 87.8% 30 24.1% 42 8.7% 38
Oklahoma 86.9% 31 24.1% 42 8.0% 43
Florida 86.9% 31 27.3% 31 9.8% 29
United States 86.7% 29.8% 11.2%
Rhode Island 86.2% 33 31.9% 13 12.8% 10
Arizona 86.0% 34 27.5% 30 10.2% 25
North Carolina 85.8% 35 28.4% 25 9.9% 28
New York 85.6% 36 34.2% 9 14.8% 5
South Carolina 85.6% 36 25.8% 39 9.3% 35
Tennessee 85.5% 38 24.9% 41 9.0% 37
Georgia 85.4% 39 28.8% 23 10.7% 20
Nevada 85.1% 40 23.0% 45 7.9% 45
West Virginia 85.0% 41 19.2% 50 7.4% 50
Arkansas 84.8% 42 21.1% 48 7.5% 49
Alabama 84.3% 43 23.5% 44 8.7% 38
New Mexico 84.2% 44 26.3% 36 11.5% 15
Kentucky 84.2% 44 22.3% 47 9.2% 36
Louisiana 83.4% 46 22.5% 46 7.7% 46
Mississippi 82.3% 47 20.7% 49 7.7% 46
Texas 82.0% 48 29.5% 20 9.5% 31
Wisconsin 81.9% 49 27.6% 29 9.4% 33
California 81.8% 50 31.4% 14 11.6% 14
Puerto Rico 73.0%
Map of states percentage of population 25 years old with Advanced Degree in 2009.
Map of states percentage of population 25 years old with bachelor's degree or Higher in 2009.
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Source:[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Number of Texans who don't have a high school level education is unacceptable". HoustonChronical.com. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  2. ^ Bureau, U.S. Census. "2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2017-07-02.

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