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Most college graduates, Pennsylvania counties · 2020

Pennsylvania counties with the most adults 25 and over holding a bachelor's degree or higher, as of the 2020 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of graduates, not the share. This list covers the 67 counties in Pennsylvania that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 67 is 12,190.

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01Allegheny County, PAPA1,225,035375,438–

02Philadelphia County, PAPA1,574,281338,030–

03Montgomery County, PAPA877,643289,228–

04Chester County, PAPA557,116193,139–

05Bucks County, PAPA647,828190,042–

06Delaware County, PAPA580,937152,192–

07Lancaster County, PAPA563,159104,762–

08York County, PAPA473,19778,785–

09Westmoreland County, PAPA349,32478,765–

10Lehigh County, PAPA384,38377,269–

11Berks County, PAPA440,07273,948–

12Northampton County, PAPA324,41168,024–

13Cumberland County, PAPA277,27066,091–

14Dauphin County, PAPA293,35162,152–

15Erie County, PAPA265,83253,806–

16Luzerne County, PAPA332,12653,528–

17Butler County, PAPA200,16950,347–

18Washington County, PAPA210,80245,776–

19Centre County, PAPA157,39345,671–

20Lackawanna County, PAPA216,50242,675–

21Beaver County, PAPA166,03230,890–

22Monroe County, PAPA167,17930,421–

23Franklin County, PAPA160,65224,130–

24Cambria County, PAPA128,96820,758–

25Lebanon County, PAPA146,38020,460–

26Blair County, PAPA119,54119,646–

27Lycoming County, PAPA112,58718,886–

28Mercer County, PAPA107,86017,805–

29Schuylkill County, PAPA145,08517,616–

30Fayette County, PAPA123,02116,917–

31Adams County, PAPA107,59416,343–

32Indiana County, PAPA82,87813,920–

33Lawrence County, PAPA83,91113,831–

34Crawford County, PAPA81,79212,190–

35Northumberland County, PAPA89,92011,919–

36Pike County, PAPA62,80811,260–

37Columbia County, PAPA66,19310,654–

38Clearfield County, PAPA78,1009,952–

39Somerset County, PAPA72,0049,253–

40Armstrong County, PAPA63,6988,759–

41Carbon County, PAPA65,8688,502–

42Wayne County, PAPA51,7038,115–

43Bradford County, PAPA59,6008,027–

44Union County, PAPA42,3137,771–

45Venango County, PAPA49,3467,306–

46Clarion County, PAPA36,6806,091–

47Perry County, PAPA46,8066,084–

48Huntingdon County, PAPA43,0015,833–

49Susquehanna County, PAPA38,2375,789–

50Tioga County, PAPA40,5025,764–

51Snyder County, PAPA39,6555,710–

52Warren County, PAPA37,0385,647–

53Bedford County, PAPA47,4805,598–

54McKean County, PAPA38,9845,538–

55Jefferson County, PAPA43,2555,018–

56Clinton County, PAPA37,8704,956–

57Greene County, PAPA33,8854,624–

58Montour County, PAPA17,8684,370–

59Mifflin County, PAPA46,1274,284–

60Elk County, PAPA29,9264,246–

61Wyoming County, PAPA25,7904,030–

62Juniata County, PAPA23,4032,635–

63Potter County, PAPA15,8971,852–

64Fulton County, PAPA14,4831,578–

65Sullivan County, PAPA5,856894–

66Forest County, PAPA6,614600–

67Cameron County, PAPA4,211377–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS