Metro Areas by Bachelor's Degree or Higher

Share of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher. Educational attainment is strongly correlated with income levels and economic growth.

All 928 metro areas ranked by Bachelor's Degree or Higher, from highest to lowest. Click the column header to reverse sort order. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2023.

States Counties Cities Metros ZIPs

#	Metro Areas	Bachelor's Degree or Higher ↓
1	ZIP Code 14260	100.0%
2	ZIP Code 10580	80.9%
3	ZIP Code 27340	79.6%
4	ZIP Code 37220	77.8%
5	ZIP Code 22180	76.1%
6	ZIP Code 46220	66.9%
7	ZIP Code 44140	66.4%
8	ZIP Code 27540	64.7%
9	Boulder, CO Metro Area	63.9%
10	ZIP Code 43220	63.4%
11	ZIP Code 45220	63.1%
12	ZIP Code 36830	62.9%
13	ZIP Code 11020	62.9%
14	ZIP Code 33140	62.5%
15	ZIP Code 13420	62.2%
16	ZIP Code 21120	62.0%
17	Ithaca, NY Metro Area	59.2%
18	Nantucket, MA Micro Area	58.4%
19	ZIP Code 19460	58.3%
20	Ann Arbor, MI Metro Area	58.1%
21	ZIP Code 20180	57.9%
22	ZIP Code 12520	57.5%
23	Jackson, WY-ID Micro Area	57.1%
24	ZIP Code 11740	57.0%
25	ZIP Code 22060	56.7%
26	ZIP Code 14620	56.4%
27	ZIP Code 31820	55.9%
28	Laramie, WY Micro Area	55.5%
29	ZIP Code 33180	55.4%
30	ZIP Code 19060	55.3%
31	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area	54.8%
32	ZIP Code 12060	54.7%
33	Corvallis, OR Metro Area	54.4%
34	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area	53.8%
35	Heber, UT Micro Area	53.6%
36	ZIP Code 19810	53.2%
37	ZIP Code 45140	52.9%
38	ZIP Code 48220	52.7%
39	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area	52.4%
40	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area	52.3%
41	ZIP Code 21140	51.7%
42	ZIP Code 32940	51.6%
43	ZIP Code 13860	51.3%
44	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area	51.2%
45	ZIP Code 23060	51.2%
46	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area	51.1%
47	Iowa City, IA Metro Area	50.3%
48	Edwards, CO Micro Area	50.3%
49	Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area	50.2%
50	Pullman, WA Micro Area	50.2%
51	Madison, WI Metro Area	49.3%
52	ZIP Code 11360	49.2%
53	ZIP Code 15220	48.7%
54	ZIP Code 20740	48.5%
55	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area	48.4%
56	ZIP Code 12460	47.8%
57	Boone, NC Micro Area	47.7%
58	ZIP Code 13740	47.6%
59	Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area	47.4%
60	Durango, CO Micro Area	47.3%
61	Bloomington, IL Metro Area	46.9%
62	ZIP Code 32820	46.8%
63	Ames, IA Metro Area	46.8%
64	State College, PA Metro Area	46.5%
65	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area	46.3%
66	ZIP Code 34140	46.1%
67	Vermillion, SD Micro Area	46.0%
68	ZIP Code 46060	45.7%
69	ZIP Code 49740	45.5%
70	ZIP Code 25180	45.4%
71	ZIP Code 22840	45.3%
72	ZIP Code 14580	45.3%
73	ZIP Code 48820	45.2%
74	ZIP Code 12140	44.9%
75	Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area	44.9%
76	Brookings, SD Micro Area	44.0%
77	ZIP Code 40220	43.7%
78	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area	43.6%
79	Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area	43.5%
80	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area	43.4%
81	Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area	42.8%
82	ZIP Code 12540	42.7%
83	ZIP Code 12020	42.6%
84	ZIP Code 12580	42.5%
85	Huntsville, AL Metro Area	42.4%
86	Rochester, MN Metro Area	42.3%
87	Fargo, ND-MN Metro Area	42.2%
88	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area	42.2%
89	ZIP Code 22620	42.2%
90	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area	42.1%
91	ZIP Code 18340	42.0%
92	ZIP Code 18020	41.8%
93	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area	41.5%
94	Asheville, NC Metro Area	41.2%
95	Bennington, VT Micro Area	41.2%
96	ZIP Code 30460	41.1%
97	New Haven, CT Metro Area	41.1%
98	Gainesville, FL Metro Area	40.9%
99	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area	40.9%
100	Rifle, CO Micro Area	40.9%