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Bachelor's Degree or Higher in Louisiana, by County

Bachelor's Degree or Higher for every county in Louisiana, ranked. The highest is Orleans Parish at 42.4% and the lowest is Claiborne Parish at 10.7%.

Louisiana: 27.0% · United States: 35.7% · median county in Louisiana: 17.1%

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#County Bachelor's Degree or Higher
1Orleans Parish42.4%
2East Baton Rouge Parish38.5%
3St. Tammany Parish37.7%
4Lincoln Parish36.2%
5Lafayette Parish35.3%
6Jefferson Parish30.5%
7Ascension Parish29.1%
8Ouachita Parish28.6%
9Bossier Parish28.4%
10St. Charles Parish26.9%
11Caddo Parish26.0%
12Natchitoches Parish25.8%
13Calcasieu Parish24.9%
14West Baton Rouge Parish23.3%
15Rapides Parish23.1%
16West Feliciana Parish21.6%
17Plaquemines Parish21.5%
18Lafourche Parish21.1%
19Tangipahoa Parish20.8%
20Livingston Parish20.5%
21Vernon Parish19.8%
22St. James Parish19.5%
23East Feliciana Parish19.3%
24Terrebonne Parish18.7%
25Iberville Parish18.6%
26Pointe Coupee Parish18.4%
27St. John the Baptist Parish18.2%
28Richland Parish17.6%
29St. Bernard Parish17.6%
30Vermilion Parish17.6%
31Franklin Parish17.5%
32Concordia Parish17.2%
33Beauregard Parish17.1%
34Cameron Parish16.8%
35St. Martin Parish16.8%
36Catahoula Parish16.0%
37De Soto Parish16.0%
38Grant Parish15.4%
39Jefferson Davis Parish15.4%
40West Carroll Parish15.2%
41St. Landry Parish14.9%
42Iberia Parish14.8%
43Union Parish14.8%
44Jackson Parish14.7%
45Tensas Parish14.6%
46Winn Parish14.4%
47Madison Parish14.1%
48Red River Parish14.0%
49Acadia Parish13.9%
50Assumption Parish13.8%
51Morehouse Parish13.8%
52Evangeline Parish13.7%
53Sabine Parish13.6%
54St. Mary Parish13.6%
55Webster Parish13.3%
56Bienville Parish13.2%
57LaSalle Parish13.1%
58Washington Parish12.8%
59East Carroll Parish12.2%
60Allen Parish11.9%
61Avoyelles Parish11.5%
62St. Helena Parish11.4%
63Caldwell Parish11.2%
64Claiborne Parish10.7%

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

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

Louisiana ranks 49th of 52 states for bachelor's degree or higher.

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