Projected Degree Gap: 5.3%

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

Levels of Education

for Virginia

AGES 25-64
  • 161,609 | 3.8%Less than ninth grade
  • 315,365 | 7.5%Ninth to 12th grade, no diploma
  • 1,017,181 | 24.1%High school graduate (or equivalency)
  • 892,761 | 21.2%Some college, no degree
  • 317,050 | 7.5%Associate degree
  • 910,832 | 21.6%Bachelor’s degree
  • 604,552 | 14.3%Graduate or professional degree
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Attainment Rates

for Virginia

By Population Group AGES 25-64
  • 47.1%White
  • 26.6%Black
  • 28.2%Hispanic
  • 64.0%Asian
  • 29.5%Native American
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Percentage of Virginia adults (25-64) with a two- or four-year degree by county:

Accomack 24.4 Halifax 21.5 Prince William 45.6
Albemarle 60.0 Hampton ‡ 31.1 Pulaski 24.6
Alexandria ‡ 67.0 Hanover 41.9 Richmond ‡ 40.4
Amherst 25.8 Harrisonburg ‡ 38.9 Roanoke City ‡ 31.4
Arlington 75.0 Henrico 47.3 Roanoke 44.9
Augusta 26.0 Henry 21.8 Rockbridge 32.2
Bedford 33.8 Hopewell ‡ 16.0 Rockingham 26.8
Botetourt 36.2 Isle of Wight 36.0 Russell 18.2
Buchanan 16.7 James City 52.4 Salem ‡ 37.3
Campbell 25.4 King George 38.7 Scott 22.5
Caroline 22.7 Lee 24.7 Shenandoah 23.7
Carroll 21.7 Loudoun 64.5 Smyth 23.9
Charlottesville ‡ 57.0 Louisa 23.5 Spotsylvania 38.3
Chesapeake ‡ 38.5 Lynchburg ‡ 36.4 Stafford 46.0
Chesterfield 45.3 Manassas ‡ 31.6 Staunton ‡ 36.6
Culpeper 28.9 Mecklenburg 21.7 Suffolk ‡ 33.9
Danville ‡ 27.3 Montgomery 51.6 Tazewell 25.1
Dinwiddie 22.4 Newport News ‡ 35.0 Virginia Beach ‡ 43.1
Fairfax City 58.9 Norfolk ‡ 32.2 Warren 25.8
Fairfax ‡ 66.1 Orange 26.3 Washington 32.7
Fauquier 35.4 Page 14.4 Waynesboro ‡ 25.9
Fluvanna 40.7 Petersburg ‡ 20.6 Winchester ‡ 35.6
Franklin 23.3 Pittsylvania 24.6 Wise 17.2
Frederick 32.8 Portsmouth ‡ 28.7 Wythe 26.8
Fredericksburg ‡ 39.9 Powhatan 26.7 York 54.9
Gloucester 26.2 Prince Edward 25.4 Other counties 26.6*
Goochland 35.8 Prince George 26.9    

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

* This percentage is an average for the 56 Virginia counties with fewer than 20,000 residents. ‡ One of 23 cities treated as counties for Census purposes.