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Bachelor's Degree or Higher in Illinois, by County

Bachelor's Degree or Higher for every county in Illinois, ranked. The highest is DuPage County at 51.8% and the lowest is Brown County at 12.6%.

Illinois: 37.8% · United States: 35.7% · median county in Illinois: 20.9%

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#County Bachelor's Degree or Higher
1DuPage County51.8%
2Lake County47.7%
3McLean County47.2%
4Champaign County46.2%
5Cook County42.7%
6Monroe County38.7%
7Kane County38.1%
8Will County37.5%
9Kendall County36.9%
10Sangamon County36.6%
11Jackson County36.3%
12Woodford County35.9%
13McHenry County35.2%
14Peoria County34.9%
15DeKalb County33.0%
16Piatt County32.9%
17St. Clair County31.8%
18McDonough County31.4%
19Madison County31.0%
20Jo Daviess County28.9%
21Tazewell County28.4%
22Menard County28.3%
23Adams County27.5%
24Coles County26.9%
25Effingham County26.9%
26Williamson County26.2%
27Clinton County25.9%
28Winnebago County25.2%
29Hancock County25.1%
30Clark County24.9%
31Henry County24.7%
32Rock Island County24.7%
33Macon County24.4%
34Ogle County24.3%
35Boone County23.6%
36Grundy County23.6%
37Washington County23.5%
38De Witt County23.2%
39Putnam County22.9%
40Jersey County22.6%
41Morgan County22.6%
42Warren County22.0%
43Bureau County21.7%
44Bond County21.6%
45Scott County21.5%
46Stark County21.4%
47Kankakee County21.2%
48Hamilton County21.0%
49Knox County21.0%
50Douglas County20.9%
51Jasper County20.9%
52Logan County20.9%
53Mercer County20.9%
54Union County20.9%
55Cass County20.8%
56Stephenson County20.7%
57Crawford County20.6%
58Henderson County20.6%
59LaSalle County20.5%
60Whiteside County20.5%
61Edgar County20.4%
62Macoupin County20.3%
63Calhoun County20.1%
64Cumberland County19.6%
65Johnson County19.6%
66Saline County19.6%
67Lee County19.4%
68Vermilion County19.2%
69Richland County19.1%
70Schuyler County19.1%
71Greene County19.0%
72Livingston County19.0%
73Moultrie County19.0%
74Ford County18.9%
75Wabash County18.6%
76Fulton County18.5%
77Pike County18.5%
78Montgomery County18.3%
79Shelby County18.3%
80White County18.3%
81Iroquois County18.2%
82Jefferson County18.2%
83Marshall County18.0%
84Carroll County17.8%
85Fayette County17.2%
86Christian County17.1%
87Mason County17.1%
88Massac County17.0%
89Marion County16.8%
90Wayne County16.3%
91Franklin County15.8%
92Pope County15.7%
93Randolph County15.2%
94Lawrence County14.9%
95Edwards County13.9%
96Perry County13.7%
97Gallatin County13.6%
98Hardin County13.3%
99Clay County13.1%
100Pulaski County13.0%
101Alexander County12.6%
102Brown County12.6%

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

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

Illinois ranks 13th of 52 states for bachelor's degree or higher.

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