List of U.S. states by educational attainment

This article presents a list of U.S. states sorted by educational attainment.

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.

Source:

State	% High school graduate	Rank	% Bachelor's degree	Rank	% Advanced degree	Rank
Wyoming	91.8%	1	23.8%	40	7.9%	39
Minnesota	91.5%	2	31.5%	10	10.3%	18
Alaska	91.4%	3	26.6%	24	9.0%	28
New Hampshire	91.3%	4	32.0%	9	11.2%	13
Vermont	91.0%	5	33.1%	7	13.3%	6
Montana	90.8%	6	27.4%	21	8.3%	37
Iowa	91.4%	3	25.1%	34	7.4%	43
Hawaii	90.4%	8	29.6%	15	9.9%	21
Utah	90.4%	9	28.5%	19	9.1%	27
Maine	90.2%	10	26.9%	23	9.6%	23
North Dakota	90.1%	11	25.8%	27	6.7%	48
South Dakota	89.9%	12	25.1%	35	7.3%	45
Nebraska	89.8%	13	27.4%	22	8.8%	30
Wisconsin	89.8%	14	25.7%	28	8.4%	35
Kansas	89.7%	15	29.5%	16	10.2%	19
Washington	89.7%	16	31.0%	11	11.1%	14
Colorado	89.3%	17	35.9%	2	12.7%	9
Oregon	89.1%	18	29.2%	17	10.4%	16
Massachusetts	89.0%	19	38.2%	1	16.4%	1
Connecticut	88.6%	20	35.6%	4	15.5%	3
Idaho	88.4%	21	23.9%	39	7.5%	42
Maryland	88.2%	22	35.7%	3	16.0%	2
Michigan	87.9%	23	24.6%	36	9.4%	25
Pennsylvania	87.9%	24	26.4%	26	10.2%	19
Ohio	87.6%	25	24.1%	38	8.8%	32
Delaware	87.4%	26	28.7%	18	11.4%	12
New Jersey	87.4%	27	34.5%	5	12.9%	7
District of Columbia	87.1%		48.5%		28.0%
Missouri	86.8%	28	25.2%	33	9.5%	24
Indiana	86.6%	29	22.5%	43	8.1%	38
Virginia	86.6%	30	34.0%	6	14.1%	4
Illinois	86.4%	31	30.6%	12	11.7%	10
Oklahoma	85.6%	32	22.7%	42	7.4%	43
United States	85.3%		27.9%		10.3%
Florida	85.3%	33	25.3%	31	9.0%	28
New York	84.7%	34	32.4%	8	14.0%	5
Rhode Island	84.7%	35	30.5%	13	11.7%	10
North Carolina	84.3%	36	26.5%	25	8.8%	31
Arizona	84.2%	37	25.6%	29	9.3%	26
Georgia	83.9%	38	27.5%	20	9.9%	21
Nevada	83.9%	39	21.8%	45	7.6%	41
South Carolina	83.6%	40	24.3%	37	8.4%	35
Tennessee	83.1%	41	23.0%	41	7.9%	39
New Mexico	82.8%	42	25.3%	32	10.4%	16
West Virginia	82.8%	43	17.3%	50	6.7%	48
Arkansas	82.4%	44	18.9%	49	6.1%	50
Louisiana	82.2%	45	21.4%	46	6.9%	47
Alabama	82.1%	46	22.0%	44	7.7%	40
Kentucky	81.7%	47	21.0%	47	8.5%	33
California	80.6%	48	29.9%	14	10.7%	15
Mississippi	80.4%	49	19.6%	48	7.1%	46
Texas	79.9%	50	25.5%	30	8.5%	33