Skip to: Content | Footer

California Postsecondary Education Data Home Page

50 State Comparison - Fiscal, Economics, and Population

Bachelor's Degree Recipients

Description

Percent of population 25 years and over who have earned a bachelor's degree, 2007.

Pause your mouse over the graph to display the numbers.

50% - District of Columbia: 47.5% Massachusetts: 37.9% Maryland: 35.2% Colorado: 35.0% Connecticut: 34.7% New Jersey: 33.9% Vermont: 33.6% Virginia: 33.6% New Hampshire: 32.5% New York: 31.7% Minnesota: 31.0% Washington: 30.3% Rhode Island: 29.8% California: 29.5% Illinois: 29.5% Hawaii: 29.2% Kansas: 28.8% Utah: 28.7% Oregon: 28.3% Nebraska: 27.5% United States of America: 27.5% Georgia: 27.1% Montana: 27.0% Maine: 26.7% Delaware: 26.1% Alaska: 26.0% Florida: 25.8% Pennsylvania: 25.8% North Dakota: 25.7% North Carolina: 25.6% Wisconsin: 25.4% Arizona: 25.3% Texas: 25.2% South Dakota: 25.0% New Mexico: 24.8% Michigan: 24.7% Idaho: 24.5% Missouri: 24.5% Iowa: 24.3% Ohio: 24.1% South Carolina: 23.5% Wyoming: 23.4% Oklahoma: 22.8% Indiana: 22.1% Nevada: 21.8% Tennessee: 21.8% Alabama: 21.4% Louisiana: 20.4% Kentucky: 20.0% Arkansas: 19.3% Mississippi: 18.9% West Virginia: 17.3%  
38% -
25% -
13% -
 

District of Columbia

Massachusetts

Maryland

Colorado

Connecticut

New Jersey

Vermont

Virginia

New Hampshire

New York

Minnesota

Washington

Rhode Island

California

Illinois

Hawaii

Kansas

Utah

Oregon

Nebraska

United States of America

Georgia

Montana

Maine

Delaware

Alaska

Florida

Pennsylvania

North Dakota

North Carolina

Wisconsin

Arizona

Texas

South Dakota

New Mexico

Michigan

Idaho

Missouri

Iowa

Ohio

South Carolina

Wyoming

Oklahoma

Indiana

Nevada

Tennessee

Alabama

Louisiana

Kentucky

Arkansas

Mississippi

West Virginia

 

  US Reference Color National average    CA Reference Color California
 

View this data for: 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 

Return to 50 State Comparison - Fiscal, Economics, and Population Menu | View Table of These Data

Source of Data: U.S. Census Bureau American FactFinder
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml

 

Looking for other Commission data?

Visit Where to Find Data for quick links sorted by the type of data.

Want to reproduce a pre-configured data report?

Visit Reproduce Pre-Configured Report for available instructions.

How to Cite this Information

See Citing Information on the Terms of Use page for some suggestions.

See something weird?

Known problems and notes about the data are documented on the Caveats page. Please let us know if you notice something that is not included. Send an e-mail to Data_Quality@cpec.ca.gov or fill out the Comments form.