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PERCENT RANKING, 2000
| States Ranked by Percent of Population 25 and Over With a College or Professional Degree | ||||
| Rank | State | Number of People 25 and Over With a College or Professional Degree | Total Population 25 and Over | Percent of Population 25 and Over With a College or Professional Degree |
| 1. | District of Columbia | 160,836 | 384,535 | 41.83% |
| 2. | Massachusetts | 1,726,558 | 4,273,275 | 40.40% |
| 3. | Colorado | 1,101,623 | 2,776,632 | 39.67% |
| 4. | Connecticut | 871,920 | 2,295,617 | 37.98% |
| 5. | New Hampshire | 307,876 | 823,987 | 37.36% |
| 6. | Vermont | 150,083 | 404,223 | 37.13% |
| 7. | Maryland | 1,285,546 | 3,495,595 | 36.78% |
| 8. | Washington | 1,368,826 | 3,827,507 | 35.76% |
| 9. | Minnesota | 1,111,175 | 3,164,345 | 35.12% |
| 10. | Virginia | 1,637,801 | 4,666,574 | 35.10% |
| 11. | New Jersey | 1,982,957 | 5,657,799 | 35.05% |
| 12. | New York | 4,332,040 | 12,542,536 | 34.54% |
| 13. | Hawaii | 274,742 | 802,477 | 34.24% |
| 14. | Utah | 407,775 | 1,197,892 | 34.04% |
| 15. | California | 7,188,369 | 21,298,900 | 33.75% |
| 16. | Rhode Island | 226,312 | 694,573 | 32.58% |
| 17. | Illinois | 2,560,551 | 7,973,671 | 32.11% |
| 18. | Alaska | 121,020 | 379,556 | 31.88% |
| 19. | Oregon | 714,205 | 2,250,998 | 31.73% |
| 20. | Kansas | 538,074 | 1,701,207 | 31.63% |
| 21. | Delaware | 162,748 | 514,658 | 31.62% |
| 22. | North Dakota | 128,410 | 408,585 | 31.43% |
| 23. | Nebraska | 337,736 | 1,087,241 | 31.06% |
| 24. | Arizona | 985,568 | 3,256,184 | 30.27% |
| 25. | Montana | 177,381 | 586,621 | 30.24% |
| 26. | Maine | 262,894 | 869,893 | 30.22% |
| 27. | Wisconsin | 1,039,984 | 3,475,878 | 29.92% |
| 28. | Wyoming | 94,383 | 315,663 | 29.90% |
| 29. | Georgia | 1,529,918 | 5,185,965 | 29.50% |
| 30. | New Mexico | 333,150 | 1,134,801 | 29.36% |
| 31. | Florida | 3,235,814 | 11,024,645 | 29.35% |
| 32. | North Carolina | 1,544,788 | 5,282,994 | 29.24% |
| 33. | Idaho | 227,618 | 787,505 | 28.90% |
| 34. | Michigan | 1,844,371 | 6,415,941 | 28.75% |
| 35. | South Dakota | 135,873 | 474,359 | 28.64% |
| 36. | Iowa | 542,730 | 1,895,856 | 28.63% |
| 37. | Texas | 3,640,787 | 12,790,893 | 28.46% |
| 38. | Pennsylvania | 2,335,435 | 8,266,284 | 28.25% |
| 39. | South Carolina | 703,483 | 2,596,010 | 27.10% |
| 40. | Ohio | 2,003,140 | 7,411,740 | 27.03% |
| 41. | Missouri | 969,142 | 3,634,906 | 26.66% |
| 42. | Oklahoma | 565,877 | 2,203,173 | 25.68% |
| 43. | Indiana | 981,148 | 3,893,278 | 25.20% |
| 44. | Alabama | 705,048 | 2,887,400 | 24.42% |
| 45. | Nevada | 318,735 | 1,310,176 | 24.33% |
| 46. | Tennessee | 910,396 | 3,744,928 | 24.31% |
| 47. | Mississippi | 397,652 | 1,757,517 | 22.63% |
| 48. | Louisiana | 615,576 | 2,775,468 | 22.18% |
| 49. | Kentucky | 582,950 | 2,646,397 | 22.03% |
| 50. | Arkansas | 358,006 | 1,731,200 | 20.68% |
| 51. | West Virginia | 236,408 | 1,233,581 | 19.16% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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