Bachelor's Degree or Higher in Wake County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Bachelor's Degree or Higher Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Education Change
National Distribution
How Wake County's bachelor's degree or higher of 57.2% 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 Wake County for bachelor's degree or higher.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #35 | Johnson County, KS | 57.6% |
| #36 | Clear Creek County, CO | 57.5% |
| #37 | Hunterdon County, NJ | 57.4% |
| #38 | Wake County, NC | 57.2% |
| #39 | Chester County, PA | 57.1% |
| #40 | Forsyth County, GA | 57.1% |
| #41 | Chittenden County, VT | 56.8% |
About Bachelor's Degree or Higher
Wake County, North Carolina has a bachelor's degree or higher of 57.2%, ranking #38 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 69.6% above the national value of 33.7%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #2 of 100. This places it in the 99th 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.