US Census Bureau · ACS 2023

    US Counties by Bachelor's Degree Attainment

    US counties ranked by the percentage of adults who hold a bachelor's degree or higher, from the Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates.

    3,221 counties rankedSource: US Census Bureau ACS 2023Highest firstShowing #125
    #CountyStateBachelor's Degree+
    1Falls Church cityVirginia79.7%
    2Arlington CountyVirginia77.1%
    3Los Alamos CountyNew Mexico68.2%
    4Alexandria cityVirginia65.8%
    5San Miguel CountyColorado65.2%
    6Howard CountyMaryland64.5%
    7Fairfax CountyVirginia64.3%
    8Loudoun CountyVirginia64.0%
    9New York CountyNew York64.0%
    10Pitkin CountyColorado64.0%
    11Boulder CountyColorado63.9%
    12District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia63.6%
    13Fairfax cityVirginia62.3%
    14Williamson CountyTennessee61.8%
    15Hamilton CountyIndiana61.8%
    16Orange CountyNorth Carolina61.8%
    17Teton CountyWyoming61.2%
    18Douglas CountyColorado60.9%
    19Albemarle CountyVirginia60.6%
    20Charlottesville cityVirginia60.6%
    21Marin CountyCalifornia60.5%
    22Montgomery CountyMaryland60.3%
    23San Francisco CountyCalifornia60.1%
    24Gunnison CountyColorado59.3%
    25Tompkins CountyNew York59.2%

    Data from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates, 2019–2023. Rankings include all counties, county equivalents, and independent cities in the United States. Click any county to see its full profile.