Bachelor's Degree or Higher in Orleans Parish, LA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Bachelor's Degree or Higher Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Education Change
National Distribution
How Orleans Parish's bachelor's degree or higher of 42.4% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 80.5%.
Distribution of Bachelor's Degree or Higher Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Orleans Parish for bachelor's degree or higher.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #212 | Burlington County, NJ | 42.5% |
| #213 | San Juan Municipio, PR | 42.5% |
| #214 | Brookings County, SD | 42.5% |
| #215 | Orleans Parish, LA | 42.4% |
| #216 | Lee County, AL | 42.4% |
| #217 | Baltimore County, MD | 42.3% |
| #218 | Cache County, UT | 42.2% |
About Bachelor's Degree or Higher
Orleans Parish, Louisiana has a bachelor's degree or higher of 42.4%, ranking #215 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 25.7% above the national value of 33.7%. Within Louisiana, it ranks #1 of 64. This places it in the 93th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population aged 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.