rank,state_code,state_name,bachelors_plus_pct,high_school_plus_pct,masters_plus_pct,male_bachelors_plus_pct,female_bachelors_plus_pct 1,MA,Massachusetts,48.3,91.4,22.6,46.6,49.8 2,CO,Colorado,47.8,93.2,18.7,46.8,48.7 3,VT,Vermont,45.1,94.7,19.2,41.1,49.0 4,MD,Maryland,44.7,91.4,21.5,42.8,46.4 5,NJ,New Jersey,44.5,90.4,18.2,43.6,45.4 6,VA,Virginia,43.3,91.7,19.2,42.0,44.6 7,CT,Connecticut,42.6,91.8,19.3,41.0,44.0 8,NH,New Hampshire,41.5,95.0,16.6,39.9,43.1 9,NY,New York,41.2,88.0,18.4,39.2,43.0 10,WA,Washington,41.0,92.3,16.6,39.7,42.3 11,MN,Minnesota,40.0,94.2,14.0,37.7,42.3 12,IL,Illinois,39.2,90.7,15.9,37.6,40.8 13,UT,Utah,39.1,93.6,13.7,40.1,38.1 14,RI,Rhode Island,39.0,90.4,16.5,36.4,41.4 15,CA,California,38.1,84.8,14.9,37.1,39.1 16,HI,Hawaii,37.8,93.7,13.9,35.7,39.7 17,OR,Oregon,37.8,92.3,14.9,36.1,39.5 18,ME,Maine,37.1,94.8,14.6,33.8,40.2 19,NC,North Carolina,37.1,90.9,14.5,35.3,38.8 20,PA,Pennsylvania,36.4,92.4,15.1,34.9,37.7 21,GA,Georgia,36.3,89.8,14.8,34.6,37.9 22,MT,Montana,36.3,94.6,12.0,33.3,39.4 23,DE,Delaware,36.0,91.8,16.0,33.9,37.9 24,KS,Kansas,36.0,92.0,13.6,33.6,38.5 25,FL,Florida,35.8,90.4,13.7,35.0,36.6 26,NE,Nebraska,35.4,92.6,13.0,32.7,38.0 27,TX,Texas,35.2,86.7,13.1,34.0,36.3 28,AZ,Arizona,34.7,89.7,13.8,33.9,35.5 29,WI,Wisconsin,34.6,93.7,12.0,31.9,37.2 30,SD,South Dakota,34.2,94.0,11.2,32.1,36.3 31,ND,North Dakota,34.0,94.1,10.5,29.6,38.5 32,MO,Missouri,33.5,92.0,13.3,31.4,35.4 33,MI,Michigan,33.3,92.2,13.1,32.0,34.6 34,SC,South Carolina,33.3,91.0,13.0,32.0,34.6 35,ID,Idaho,33.0,92.5,11.2,32.6,33.4 36,AK,Alaska,32.8,93.4,13.1,29.6,36.3 37,OH,Ohio,32.4,92.2,12.5,30.8,33.8 38,TN,Tennessee,32.4,90.6,12.4,31.1,33.6 39,WY,Wyoming,32.3,94.4,12.0,30.5,34.1 40,IA,Iowa,32.1,93.0,10.9,30.2,33.9 41,NM,New Mexico,31.8,87.9,14.0,29.9,33.6 42,IN,Indiana,30.7,90.6,11.2,28.9,32.4 43,AL,Alabama,29.9,89.6,11.8,28.4,31.1 44,OK,Oklahoma,29.3,90.2,10.5,27.4,31.2 45,NV,Nevada,28.5,87.7,10.1,27.0,30.1 46,KY,Kentucky,27.9,89.0,11.8,25.4,30.4 47,LA,Louisiana,27.8,88.2,10.5,25.2,30.3 48,AR,Arkansas,27.1,89.3,10.0,25.1,29.0 49,MS,Mississippi,27.0,88.0,10.7,24.2,29.5 50,WV,West Virginia,24.4,90.1,9.6,22.1,26.6