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Bachelor's Degree or Higher in South Carolina, by County

Bachelor's Degree or Higher for every county in South Carolina, ranked. The highest is Charleston County at 50.3% and the lowest is Marlboro County at 9.0%.

South Carolina: 32.1% · United States: 35.7% · median county in South Carolina: 23.3%

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#County Bachelor's Degree or Higher
1Charleston County50.3%
2Beaufort County46.0%
3Greenville County41.3%
4Richland County40.7%
5York County39.3%
6Lexington County34.1%
7Lancaster County33.6%
8Georgetown County32.8%
9Aiken County31.9%
10Berkeley County31.0%
11Dorchester County29.8%
12Oconee County28.7%
13Pickens County28.5%
14Horry County27.1%
15Anderson County26.5%
16Jasper County26.0%
17Spartanburg County25.1%
18Greenwood County24.7%
19Calhoun County24.5%
20Florence County24.4%
21Kershaw County24.0%
22McCormick County24.0%
23Sumter County23.5%
24Edgefield County23.3%
25Newberry County23.1%
26Abbeville County20.4%
27Saluda County20.4%
28Darlington County19.9%
29Orangeburg County19.4%
30Cherokee County18.4%
31Clarendon County18.2%
32Bamberg County17.9%
33Laurens County17.6%
34Colleton County17.4%
35Williamsburg County17.4%
36Fairfield County15.2%
37Union County15.0%
38Marion County14.5%
39Allendale County14.3%
40Chester County14.0%
41Barnwell County13.9%
42Dillon County13.8%
43Chesterfield County13.6%
44Hampton County12.1%
45Lee County11.6%
46Marlboro County9.0%

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

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

South Carolina ranks 34th of 52 states for bachelor's degree or higher.

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