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Bachelor's Degree or Higher in Iowa, by County

Bachelor's Degree or Higher for every county in Iowa, ranked. The highest is Johnson County at 55.2% and the lowest is Clayton County at 14.5%.

Iowa: 31.4% · United States: 35.7% · median county in Iowa: 22.3%

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#County Bachelor's Degree or Higher
1Johnson County55.2%
2Story County54.8%
3Dallas County51.5%
4Jefferson County43.2%
5Polk County40.3%
6Scott County36.6%
7Bremer County36.2%
8Linn County34.7%
9Dubuque County33.4%
10Warren County33.3%
11Marion County32.1%
12Dickinson County31.2%
13Winneshiek County31.2%
14Mills County31.0%
15Sioux County30.6%
16Black Hawk County30.3%
17Boone County28.5%
18Grundy County27.8%
19Clay County27.5%
20Poweshiek County27.3%
21Madison County27.1%
22Adams County27.0%
23Washington County26.2%
24Winnebago County26.1%
25Benton County25.6%
26Guthrie County25.0%
27Mitchell County24.9%
28Wright County24.9%
29Iowa County24.8%
30Ringgold County24.6%
31Woodbury County24.3%
32Mahaska County24.1%
33Shelby County24.1%
34Carroll County24.0%
35Cerro Gordo County24.0%
36Des Moines County23.8%
37Cedar County23.7%
38Pottawattamie County23.6%
39Decatur County23.5%
40Cherokee County23.4%
41Union County23.3%
42Muscatine County23.1%
43Henry County23.0%
44Hamilton County22.8%
45Kossuth County22.8%
46Delaware County22.6%
47Marshall County22.6%
48Buchanan County22.4%
49Clinton County22.4%
50Sac County22.3%
51Allamakee County22.2%
52Buena Vista County22.2%
53Cass County22.1%
54Harrison County22.0%
55Jones County22.0%
56O'Brien County22.0%
57Webster County22.0%
58Hardin County21.9%
59Calhoun County21.8%
60Lee County21.7%
61Plymouth County21.7%
62Ida County21.6%
63Butler County21.4%
64Monroe County21.4%
65Chickasaw County21.2%
66Greene County21.2%
67Audubon County20.8%
68Fremont County20.8%
69Fayette County20.7%
70Appanoose County20.5%
71Hancock County20.5%
72Tama County20.5%
73Lyon County20.4%
74Montgomery County20.4%
75Jasper County20.0%
76Adair County19.9%
77Monona County19.6%
78Wapello County19.6%
79Howard County19.5%
80Jackson County19.5%
81Franklin County19.4%
82Humboldt County19.4%
83Page County19.2%
84Worth County19.1%
85Palo Alto County19.0%
86Van Buren County18.8%
87Pocahontas County18.7%
88Floyd County18.3%
89Crawford County17.7%
90Wayne County17.2%
91Davis County17.1%
92Emmet County17.1%
93Keokuk County17.0%
94Louisa County16.8%
95Osceola County16.7%
96Clarke County16.0%
97Taylor County16.0%
98Lucas County15.8%
99Clayton County14.5%

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

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

Iowa ranks 39th of 52 states for bachelor's degree or higher.

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