About the Midwest: Education

Alliant Energy service territory

Rank

State

Percent of population with
bachelor’s degree or more

11

Minnesota

30.4 percent

30

Wisconsin

25.1 percent

36

Iowa

24.0 percent

State-by-state rankings

Rank

State

Percent of population with
bachelor’s degree or more

1

Massachusetts

37.0 percent

2

Maryland

35.1 percent

3

Colorado

34.3 percent

4

Connecticut

33.7 percent

5

New Jersey

33.4 percent

6

Virginia

32.7 percent

7

Vermont

32.4 percent

8

New Hampshire

31.9 percent

9

New York

31.2 percent

10

Washington

30.5 percent

11

Minnesota

30.4 percent

12

Hawaii

29.7 percent

13

Rhode Island

29.6 percent

14

California

29.0 percent

15

Illinois

28.9 percent

16

Kansas

28.6 percent

16

Utah

28.6 percent

18

Oregon

27.5 percent

19

Montana

27.4 percent

20

Delaware

27.0 percent

21

Alaska

26.9 percent

21

Nebraska

26.9 percent

23

Georgia

26.6 percent

24

Maine

25.8 percent

25

North Dakota

25.6 percent

26

Arizona

25.5 percent

27

Pennsylvania

25.4 percent

28

Florida

25.3 percent

28

New Mexico

25.3 percent

30

Wisconsin

25.1 percent

31

North Carolina

24.8 percent

31

South Dakota

24.8 percent

33

Texas

24.7 percent

34

Michigan

24.5 percent

35

Missouri

24.3 percent

36

Iowa

24.0 percent

37

Idaho

23.3 percent

38

Ohio

23.0 percent

39

South Carolina

22.7 percent

39

Wyoming

22.7 percent

41

Oklahoma

22.1 percent

42

Indiana

21.7 percent

42

Tennessee

21.7 percent

44

Alabama

21.1 percent

45

Nevada

20.8 percent

46

Louisiana

20.3 percent

47

Kentucky

20.0 percent

48

Mississippi

18.8 percent

49

Arkansas

18.2 percent

50

West Virginia

16.5 percent