Projected Degree Gap: 14.7%

Percent of 25 to 64 Year Olds with Associate Degrees or Higher

Levels of Education

for Georgia

AGES 25-64
  • 231,920 | 4.5%Less than ninth grade
  • 485,252 | 9.3%Ninth to 12th grade, no diploma
  • 1,495,408 | 28.7%High school graduate (or equivalency)
  • 1,111,807 | 21.3%Some college, no degree
  • 367,106 | 7.0%Associate degree
  • 992,802 | 19.1%Bachelor’s degree
  • 524,615 | 10.1%Graduate or professional degree
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Attainment Rates

for Georgia

By Population Group AGES 25-64
  • 40.5%White
  • 27.7%Black
  • 16.7%Hispanic
  • 56.7%Asian
  • 31.4%Native American
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Percentage of Georgia adults (25-64) with a two- or four-year degree by county:

Baldwin 22.1 Emanuel 15.7 Monroe 25.0
Barrow 22.0 Fannin 22.4 Murray 9.6
Bartow 23.0 Fayette 54.2 Muscogee 31.9
Bibb 33.0 Floyd 24.9 Newton 27.7
Bryan 35.6 Forsyth 53.6 Oconee 50.2
Bulloch 29.9 Franklin 20.3 Paulding 26.5
Burke 14.6 Fulton 53.5 Peach 26.2
Butts 16.0 Gilmer 13.2 Pickens 24.8
Camden 28.2 Glynn 33.4 Polk 15.2
Carroll 24.9 Gordon 16.3 Putnam 26.6
Catoosa 26.0 Grady 20.6 Richmond 27.9
Chatham 39.8 Gwinnett 46.3 Rockdale 33.2
Chattooga 14.4 Habersham 27.4 Spalding 18.9
Cherokee 43.2 Hall 25.7 Stephens 20.4
Clarke 48.5 Haralson 17.1 Sumter 26.3
Clayton 25.5 Harris 38.9 Tattnall 14.7
Cobb 51.3 Hart 19.7 Thomas 28.3
Coffee 19.6 Henry 33.6 Tift 26.0
Colquitt 17.3 Houston 35.6 Toombs 22.8
Columbia 45.5 Jackson 20.9 Troup 28.6
Coweta 33.0 Jones 29.4 Union 27.1
Crisp 20.1 Laurens 23.7 Upson 16.3
Dawson 21.5 Lee 26.5 Walker 20.5
DeKalb 45.9 Liberty 27.4 Walton 23.5
Decatur 20.6 Lowndes 32.4 Ware 18.1
Dodge 19.0 Lumpkin 25.4 Washington 15.6
Dougherty 29.7 Madison 18.9 Wayne 19.9
Douglas 33.1 McDuffie 17.1 White 28.4
Effingham 20.2 Meriwether 11.2 Whitfield 21.7
Elbert 18.8 Mitchell 15.1 Other 18.2*

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2008 American Community Survey

*This percentage is an average for the 70 Georgia counties with fewer than 20,000 residents.