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Arts, humanities and other: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Arts, humanities and other. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Field of bachelor's degree by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

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National value: 22.7 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 28.8 %
RI 25.7 %
DE 21.7 %
CT 24.1 %
NJ 21.3 %
MD 22.3 %
MA 23.1 %
VT 29.6 %
NH 21.9 %

Lowest: 18.3 to 20.8 %
Group 2: 20.8 to 21.9 %
Group 3: 21.9 to 22.8 %
Group 4: 22.8 to 23.8 %
Highest: 23.8 to 29.6 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Vermont	29.6
2	District of Columbia	28.8
3	Oregon	27
4	Maine	26.4
5	New York	26.2
6	Rhode Island	25.7
7	Alaska	25.3
8	California	25.1
9	Tennessee	24.4
10	Connecticut	24.1
11	Virginia	23.8
12	Utah	23.6
13	Colorado	23.4
14	Kentucky	23.3
15	North Carolina	23.2
16	Massachusetts	23.1
17	Louisiana	23
17	Nevada	23
19	Washington	22.9
20	Missouri	22.8
20	Montana	22.8
22	Illinois	22.7
22	Indiana	22.7
24	New Mexico	22.5
24	Pennsylvania	22.5
26	Idaho	22.4
26	Kansas	22.4
26	Minnesota	22.4
29	Maryland	22.3
30	Georgia	22.2
31	New Hampshire	21.9
32	Wisconsin	21.8
33	Delaware	21.7
33	Hawaii	21.7
35	Ohio	21.5
36	Michigan	21.3
36	New Jersey	21.3
36	South Carolina	21.3
39	Arizona	21.2
39	West Virginia	21.2
41	Nebraska	20.8
42	Iowa	20.5
43	Arkansas	20.3
44	South Dakota	20.2
44	Texas	20.2
46	Alabama	20.1
46	Oklahoma	20.1
48	Florida	19.6
49	Mississippi	19.5
50	North Dakota	18.9
51	Wyoming	18.3

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S1502: Field of Bachelor's Degree for First Major. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by arts, humanities and other (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1502; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-arts-humanities-and-other/

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