Projected Degree Gap: 15.6%

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

Levels of Education

for Indiana

AGES 25-64
  • 108,812 | 3.2%Less than ninth grade
  • 273,086 | 8.1%Ninth to 12th grade, no diploma
  • 1,125,166 | 33.5%High school graduate (or equivalency)
  • 734,541 | 21.8%Some college, no degree
  • 290,493 | 8.6%Associate degree
  • 554,593 | 16.5%Bachelor’s degree
  • 277,639 | 8.3%Graduate or professional degree

Attainment Rates

for Indiana

By Population Group AGES 25-64
  • 33.9%White
  • 23.0%Black
  • 17.0%Hispanic
  • 64.8%Asian
  • 26.5%Native American

Percentage of Indiana adults (25-64) with a two- or four-year degree by county:

Adams 22.7 Hendricks 43.8 Porter 35.6
Allen 37.1 Henry 24.3 Posey 29.4
Bartholomew 39.2 Howard 27.8 Putnam 25.6
Boone 48.5 Huntington 26.6 Randolph 20.6
Cass 20.1 Jackson 23.6 Ripley 25.4
Clark 28.4 Jasper 23.9 Scott 21.0
Clay 28.4 Jay 20.0 Shelby 27.4
Clinton 20.9 Jefferson 25.6 Spencer 31.1
Daviess 22.6 Jennings 16.7 St. Joseph 36.2
DeKalb 28.3 Johnson 36.7 Starke 18.6
Dearborn 28.0 Knox 34.2 Steuben 26.9
Decatur 22.6 Kosciusko 27.2 Sullivan 28.5
Delaware 32.0 LaGrange 14.2 Tippecanoe 45.1
Dubois 30.7 LaPorte 26.1 Vanderburgh 33.0
Elkhart 24.4 Lake 29.1 Vigo 32.2
Fayette 18.9 Lawrence 20.4 Wabash 27.1
Floyd 33.0 Madison 25.4 Warrick 40.1
Franklin 28.9 Marion 36.2 Washington 16.7
Fulton 21.9 Marshall 25.5 Wayne 25.4
Gibson 28.4 Miami 20.2 Wells 27.6
Grant 27.2 Monroe 50.2 White 21.9
Greene 24.0 Montgomery 24.4 Whitley 30.1
Hamilton 63.6 Morgan 24.8 Other counties 20.9*
Hancock 38.3 Noble 23.2    
Harrison 22.9 Owen 16.2    

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

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