Most Educated Counties in America

US counties ranked by the share of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher. Highly educated counties tend to cluster around major universities and knowledge-economy hubs. Data from US Census Bureau ACS 2023.

Ranked by Bachelor's Degree or Higher. Click any location to see its full Census data profile. All figures are from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2023, so they are directly comparable across locations.

#	Location	Bachelor's Degree or Higher
1	Grand Isle County, Vermont	100.0%
2	Franklin County, Kansas	100.0%
3	Morton County, Kansas	93.9%
4	Erath County, Texas	92.8%
5	Cimarron County, Oklahoma	90.8%
6	Crawford County, Kansas	89.8%
7	Harrison County, Iowa	89.1%
8	Barber County, Kansas	86.9%
9	St. Mary Parish, Louisiana	85.9%
10	Butler County, Kansas	85.7%
11	Juneau City and Borough, Alaska	85.5%
12	Bremer County, Iowa	85.2%
13	Sussex County, Delaware	84.3%
14	Magoffin County, Kentucky	84.2%
15	Barton County, Kansas	83.9%
16	Cherokee County, Iowa	83.8%
17	Caroline County, Maryland	82.5%
18	New Castle County, Delaware	82.2%
19	Greene County, Arkansas	82.1%
20	Bullitt County, Kentucky	81.8%
21	Crockett County, Texas	81.6%
22	Johnson County, Iowa	81.1%
23	Anderson County, Kansas	80.8%
24	Claiborne Parish, Louisiana	80.8%
25	Hot Spring County, Arkansas	80.5%
26	Atchison County, Kansas	80.4%
27	Castro County, Texas	79.9%
28	Falls Church city, Virginia	79.7%
29	Jackson County, Arkansas	79.7%
30	Shasta County, California	79.4%
31	Orange County, California	79.4%
32	Clay County, Iowa	78.7%
33	Henry County, Iowa	78.1%
34	Evangeline Parish, Louisiana	78.1%
35	Rock County, Wisconsin	78.0%
36	Allen County, Kansas	77.7%
37	Loving County, Texas	77.3%
38	Moca Municipio, Puerto Rico	77.2%
39	Arlington County, Virginia	77.1%
40	Archer County, Texas	76.9%
41	Marshall County, Iowa	76.5%
42	Tulare County, California	76.3%
43	Blaine County, Montana	76.2%
44	Bee County, Texas	75.5%
45	Juana Díaz Municipio, Puerto Rico	75.0%
46	Crane County, Texas	74.9%
47	Caldwell County, North Carolina	74.0%
48	Scott County, Kansas	73.8%
49	Dolores County, Colorado	73.2%
50	Kauai County, Hawaii	72.8%