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Some college or associate's degree: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Some college or associate's degree. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Educational attainment of young adults 18–24 by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-03

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National value: 37.9 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 40.9 %
RI 39.5 %
DE 38.3 %
CT 38.7 %
NJ 34.8 %
MD 34.4 %
MA 37.2 %
VT 36.5 %
NH 35 %

Lowest: 29.7 to 35.1 %
Group 2: 35.1 to 36.6 %
Group 3: 36.6 to 37.4 %
Group 4: 37.4 to 39.6 %
Highest: 39.6 to 46.8 %

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	North Dakota	46.8
2	Utah	44.7
3	Mississippi	44.5
4	Iowa	42.9
5	California	42
6	Kansas	41.5
7	Nebraska	41.4
8	District of Columbia	40.9
9	New York	40
10	North Carolina	39.8
11	Maine	39.6
12	Minnesota	39.5
12	Rhode Island	39.5
14	Virginia	39.4
15	Florida	39.3
16	Connecticut	38.7
17	Delaware	38.3
18	Oregon	38.1
19	Hawaii	38
20	Illinois	37.7
21	South Carolina	37.4
22	Colorado	37.3
23	Massachusetts	37.2
24	Michigan	37.1
25	Louisiana	37
26	Arizona	36.9
26	West Virginia	36.9
28	Kentucky	36.8
28	Wisconsin	36.8
30	Pennsylvania	36.6
30	Tennessee	36.6
32	Vermont	36.5
33	Alabama	36.3
34	Arkansas	36.1
34	Oklahoma	36.1
36	Washington	35.8
37	Texas	35.7
38	Missouri	35.6
39	Wyoming	35.5
40	Idaho	35.4
41	Georgia	35.1
41	Ohio	35.1
43	Indiana	35
43	New Hampshire	35
45	Montana	34.9
46	New Jersey	34.8
46	New Mexico	34.8
48	Maryland	34.4
49	South Dakota	33.2
50	Nevada	31.5
51	Alaska	29.7

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S1501: Educational Attainment. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by some college or associate's degree (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1501; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-some-college-or-associates-degree/

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