Bachelor's Degree or Higher in Howard County, MD

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Bachelor's Degree or Higher
64.5% +91.3% vs nat'l
Rank #9 of 3,222
100th %ile

How Howard County Compares

Howard County
64.5%
Maryland Average
64.5%
Rank #1 of 24 in state
National
33.7%
91.3% above

National Distribution

Where Howard County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for bachelor's degree or higher.

0.0% 80.5%

■ Howard County: 64.5%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#6 San Miguel County, CO 64.9%
#7 Gunnison County, CO 64.7%
#8 Loudoun County, VA 64.6%
#9 Howard County, MD 64.5%
#10 District of Columbia, DC 64.2%
#11 New York County, NY 64.2%
#12 Boulder County, CO 64.2%
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Bachelor's Degree or Higher in Howard County, Maryland

Howard County, Maryland has a bachelor's degree or higher of 64.5%, which ranks #9 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 91.3% above the national value of 33.7%.

Within Maryland, Howard County ranks #1 of 24 out of 24 counties. This places it in the 100th percentile nationally.

Percentage of the population aged 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.