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Bachelor's Degree or Higher in Virginia, by County

Bachelor's Degree or Higher for every county in Virginia, ranked. The highest is Falls Church city at 80.5% and the lowest is Covington city at 9.5%.

Virginia: 42.2% · United States: 35.7% · median county in Virginia: 27.0%

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#County Bachelor's Degree or Higher
1Falls Church city80.5%
2Arlington County77.1%
3Alexandria city66.2%
4Fairfax County65.0%
5Loudoun County64.6%
6Charlottesville city62.5%
7Fairfax city62.4%
8Albemarle County61.1%
9James City County51.0%
10Lexington city50.7%
11York County50.0%
12Montgomery County48.8%
13Henrico County46.5%
14Fredericksburg city46.1%
15Goochland County45.8%
16Williamsburg city45.8%
17Richmond city45.6%
18Prince William County44.9%
19Chesterfield County43.8%
20Stafford County43.8%
21Hanover County42.7%
22Fauquier County41.7%
23Lancaster County41.3%
24Virginia Beach city40.9%
25Clarke County39.8%
26Lynchburg city38.5%
27New Kent County38.4%
28Radford city37.9%
29Staunton city37.7%
30Harrisonburg city37.5%
31Fluvanna County37.3%
32Roanoke County37.1%
33Chesapeake city36.9%
34Nelson County36.3%
35Poquoson city36.3%
36Powhatan County35.0%
37Spotsylvania County34.9%
38King George County34.7%
39Middlesex County33.8%
40Bedford County33.7%
41Northumberland County33.6%
42Norfolk city33.5%
43Rappahannock County33.3%
44Suffolk city33.3%
45Salem city33.0%
46Rockbridge County32.8%
47Manassas city32.7%
48Northampton County32.0%
49Frederick County31.9%
50Greene County31.5%
51Winchester city31.3%
52Highland County30.8%
53Isle of Wight County30.8%
54Newport News city30.6%
55Roanoke city30.0%
56Louisa County29.7%
57Orange County29.6%
58Rockingham County29.0%
59Botetourt County28.5%
60Hampton city28.5%
61Mathews County28.4%
62Colonial Heights city28.0%
63Culpeper County27.3%
64Prince Edward County27.3%
65Franklin city27.3%
66Surry County27.1%
67Madison County27.0%
68Manassas Park city26.9%
69Washington County26.7%
70Campbell County26.1%
71Waynesboro city25.7%
72Petersburg city25.4%
73Gloucester County25.3%
74Augusta County25.1%
75Franklin County25.1%
76Prince George County25.0%
77Warren County25.0%
78Bristol city24.8%
79Amherst County24.7%
80Floyd County24.4%
81Portsmouth city24.3%
82Buena Vista city23.3%
83King William County23.0%
84Westmoreland County22.5%
85Martinsville city22.1%
86Caroline County21.8%
87Accomack County21.7%
88Shenandoah County21.6%
89Cumberland County20.9%
90Pulaski County20.8%
91Mecklenburg County20.7%
92Southampton County20.1%
93Charlotte County20.0%
94Halifax County19.7%
95Danville city19.6%
96Dinwiddie County19.4%
97Wythe County19.4%
98Appomattox County19.2%
99Craig County19.2%
100Galax city19.1%
101Amelia County18.6%
102King and Queen County18.6%
103Bland County18.4%
104Giles County17.6%
105Charles City County17.3%
106Carroll County16.9%
107Richmond County16.9%
108Smyth County16.8%
109Bath County16.7%
110Brunswick County16.6%
111Essex County16.6%
112Tazewell County16.6%
113Sussex County16.5%
114Pittsylvania County16.1%
115Emporia city16.0%
116Wise County15.8%
117Scott County15.6%
118Grayson County15.5%
119Henry County15.5%
120Page County15.2%
121Patrick County15.1%
122Greensville County14.7%
123Alleghany County14.6%
124Buckingham County14.5%
125Lee County14.1%
126Nottoway County14.1%
127Hopewell city13.7%
128Norton city13.7%
129Russell County13.1%
130Lunenburg County11.6%
131Buchanan County11.5%
132Dickenson County10.1%
133Covington city9.5%

Small populations produce wide margins: Covington city is 9.5% with a margin of error of ±3.4%. 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.

Virginia ranks 8th of 52 states for bachelor's degree or higher.

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