State

% College graduate

#1  

District of Columbia:

45.7% 

#2  

Massachusetts:

36.7% 

#3  

Colorado:

35.5% 

#4  

New Hampshire:

35.4% 

#5  

Maryland:

35.2% 

#6  

New Jersey:

34.6% 

#7  

Connecticut:

34.5% 

#8  

Vermont:

34.2% 

#9  

Virginia:

33.1% 

#10  

Minnesota:

32.5% 

#11  

California:

31.7% 

#12  

Utah:

30.8% 

#13  

New York:

30.6% 

#14  

Kansas:

30% 

#15  

Washington:

29.9% 

#16  

Missouri:

28.1% 

#17  

Arizona:

28% 

#18  

Georgia:

27.6% 

#19  

Illinois:

27.4% 

#20  

Rhode Island:

27.2% 

#21  

Delaware:

26.9% 

#22  

Hawaii:

26.6% 

#23  

Florida:

26% 

#24  

Oregon:

25.9% 

#25  

Wisconsin:

25.6% 

#26  

South Dakota:

25.5% 

#27  

Montana:

25.5% 

#28  

Alaska:

25.5% 

#29  

Pennsylvania:

25.3% 

#30  

North Dakota:

25.2% 

#31  

New Mexico:

25.1% 

#32  

South Carolina:

24.9% 

#33  

Nebraska:

24.8% 

#34  

Ohio:

24.6% 

#35  

Nevada:

24.5% 

#36  

Texas:

24.5% 

#37  

Michigan:

24.4% 

#38  

Iowa:

24.3% 

#39  

Tennessee:

24.3% 

#40  

Maine:

24.2% 

#41  

Idaho:

23.8% 

#42  

North Carolina:

23.4% 

#43  

Oklahoma:

22.9% 

#44  

Wyoming:

22.5% 

#45  

Louisiana:

22.4% 

#46  

Alabama:

22.3% 

#47  

Indiana:

21.1% 

#48  

Kentucky:

21% 

#49  

Mississippi:

20.1% 

#50  

Arkansas:

18.8% 

#51  

West Virginia:

15.3% 

Weighted average:

27.2%