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Adults with higher education in Missouri

2006 – 2024 · 18 data points section.rank · Regions of United States section.updated Oct 22, 2026
education · Missouri United States

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 2006 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 45.2% +0.5 pp section.change_since
Regions of United States · 2024 section.rank Place 1 is the highest value.
section.change_since +6.5 pp
vs United States −2.6 pp United States: 47.8% · 2024
Adults with higher education, 2006 – 2024 percent · Missouri · United States
+6.5 pp section.change_since
Missouri United States

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 2006 – 2024

section.compare Adults with higher education · percent
Missouri
45.2%
United States
47.8%

section.source: OECD Regional Database

The series at a glance Missouri · 2006 – 2024
Latest value 45.2% · 2024
First value 33.9% · 2006
Highest 45.2% · 2024
Lowest 33.9% · 2006
Data points 18

By year

section.all_years · 2006 – 2024

YearMissouriChange United States
2024 45.2% +0.5 pp 47.8%
2023 44.7% +0.7 pp 47.1%
2022 44.0% +0.7 pp —
2021 43.4% +1.8 pp 46.2%
2019 41.6% +0.2 pp 48.3%
2018 41.3% +0.9 pp 47.4%
2017 40.5% +0.8 pp 46.4%
2016 39.7% +0.8 pp 45.7%
2015 38.9% +0.2 pp 44.6%
2014 38.7% +0.7 pp 44.2%
2013 38.0% +1.5 pp 43.9%
2012 36.6% −0.3 pp 43.1%
2011 36.9% +1.0 pp 42.4%
2010 35.8% +0.3 pp 41.7%
2009 35.6% +0.2 pp 41.2%
2008 35.4% +0.2 pp 41.1%
2007 35.2% +1.2 pp 40.3%
2006 33.9% 39.5%

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 2006 – 2024

Ranking · Regions of United States

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryAdults with higher education
1 District of Columbia 63.8%
2 Massachusetts 53.7%
3 Minnesota 50.4%
4 Colorado 50.4%
5 New Hampshire 49.7%
6 Connecticut 49.6%
7 Virginia 48.7%
8 New Jersey 48.7%
9 Maryland 47.9%
10 New York 47.7%
11 North Dakota 47.6%
12 Washington 46.5%
13 Nebraska 46.4%
14 Hawaii 45.6%
15 Vermont 45.5%
16 South Dakota 45.5%
17 Illinois 45.1%
18 Iowa 45.0%
19 Rhode Island 44.9%
20 Kansas 44.1%
21 Utah 44.0%
22 Wisconsin 44.0%
23 Oregon 43.2%
24 Pennsylvania 43.2%
25 Montana 43.0%
26 North Carolina 42.8%
27 Maine 42.6%
28 California 41.7%
29 Delaware 40.9%
30 Georgia 40.7%
31 Wyoming 40.6%
32 Florida 40.4%
33 Michigan 40.0%
34 Ohio 39.9%
35 Missouri 39.7%
36 Idaho 38.6%
37 South Carolina 38.6%
38 Arizona 38.3%
39 Texas 37.7%
40 Indiana 37.5%
41 Alaska 37.5%
42 New Mexico 36.5%
43 Tennessee 36.3%
44 Alabama 35.6%
45 Oklahoma 35.3%
46 Kentucky 35.0%
47 Mississippi 33.2%
48 Nevada 31.3%
49 West Virginia 31.1%
50 Arkansas 31.1%
51 Louisiana 31.1%

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 2016

section.what

The share of adults with a university or other tertiary degree.

section.how

People aged 25–64 whose highest completed education is tertiary (ISCED 5–8) divided by all people of that age.