Bachelor's Degree or Higher in Alaska, by County

Bachelor's Degree or Higher for every county in Alaska, ranked. The highest is Juneau City and Borough at 41.2% and the lowest is Kusilvak Census Area at 5.8%.

Alaska: 31.7% · United States: 35.7% · median county in Alaska: 23.2%

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#	County	Bachelor's Degree or Higher
1	Juneau City and Borough	41.2%
2	Anchorage Municipality	38.7%
3	Sitka City and Borough	34.3%
4	Haines Borough	34.1%
5	Fairbanks North Star Borough	33.1%
6	Chugach Census Area	31.4%
7	Kenai Peninsula Borough	29.8%
8	Kodiak Island Borough	28.7%
9	Skagway Municipality	28.5%
10	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	27.4%
11	Denali Borough	26.6%
12	Petersburg Borough	25.8%
13	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	24.6%
14	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	24.4%
15	Copper River Census Area	23.4%
16	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	23.2%
17	Wrangell City and Borough	21.4%
18	Bristol Bay Borough	20.9%
19	Dillingham Census Area	18.9%
20	Aleutians East Borough	18.3%
21	Aleutians West Census Area	17.9%
22	Lake and Peninsula Borough	16.3%
23	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	16.0%
24	North Slope Borough	15.6%
25	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	14.9%
26	Yakutat City and Borough	14.4%
27	Nome Census Area	14.0%
28	Bethel Census Area	12.8%
29	Northwest Arctic Borough	10.6%
30	Kusilvak Census Area	5.8%

Small populations produce wide margins: Kusilvak Census Area is 5.8% with a margin of error of ±3.9%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of adults 25 and older whose highest completed level is bachelor's degree or higher.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Alaska ranks 37th of 52 states for bachelor's degree or higher.

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