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Bachelor's Degree or Higher in New Mexico, by County

Bachelor's Degree or Higher for every county in New Mexico, ranked. The highest is Los Alamos County at 69.7% and the lowest is De Baca County at 9.3%.

New Mexico: 31.0% · United States: 35.7% · median county in New Mexico: 20.9%

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#County Bachelor's Degree or Higher
1Los Alamos County69.7%
2Santa Fe County46.1%
3Taos County38.5%
4Bernalillo County38.2%
5Mora County34.3%
6Sandoval County33.8%
7Harding County33.3%
8Lincoln County32.2%
9Doña Ana County31.7%
10Catron County31.2%
11Grant County30.7%
12San Miguel County26.5%
13Colfax County25.4%
14Curry County23.3%
15Otero County22.7%
16Roosevelt County21.2%
17Valencia County20.9%
18Quay County19.6%
19Eddy County19.3%
20Rio Arriba County19.0%
21Socorro County19.0%
22Union County18.4%
23Hidalgo County18.3%
24San Juan County18.3%
25Chaves County17.9%
26Cibola County17.0%
27Sierra County17.0%
28Torrance County16.6%
29Guadalupe County16.4%
30Lea County15.5%
31Luna County14.6%
32McKinley County13.3%
33De Baca County9.3%

Small populations produce wide margins: De Baca County is 9.3% with a margin of error of ±4.2%. 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.

New Mexico ranks 41st of 52 states for bachelor's degree or higher.

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