About the Midwest: Education

Bachelor's Degree Completion

National average: 27.5 percent

Alliant Energy service territory
Rank	State	Percent of population 25 years old and over who have completed a bachelor's degree
10	Minnesota	31.0 percent
29	Wisconsin	25.4 percent
37	Iowa	24.3 percent

State-by-state rankings
Rank	State	Percent of population 25 years old and over who have completed a bachelor's degree
1	Massachusetts	37.9 percent
2	Maryland	35.2 percent
3	Colorado	35.0 percent
4	Connecticut	34.7 percent
5	New Jersey	33.9 percent
6	Vermont	33.6 percent
6	Virginia	33.6 percent
8	New Hampshire	32.5 percent
9	New York	31.7 percent
10	Minnesota	31.0 percent
11	Washington	30.3 percent
12	Rhode Island	29.8 percent
13	California	29.5 percent
13	Illinois	29.5 percent
15	Hawaii	29.2 percent
16	Kansas	28.8 percent
17	Utah	28.7 percent
18	Oregon	28.3 percent
19	Nebraska	27.5 percent
20	Georgia	27.1 percent
21	Montana	27.0 percent
22	Maine	26.7 percent
23	Delaware	26.1 percent
24	Alaska	26.0 percent
25	Florida	25.8 percent
25	Pennsylvania	25.8 percent
27	North Dakota	25.7 percent
28	North Carolina	25.6 percent
29	Wisconsin	25.4 percent
30	Arizona	25.3 percent
31	Texas	25.2 percent
32	South Dakota	25.0 percent
33	New Mexico	24.8 percent
34	Michigan	24.7 percent
35	Idaho	24.5 percent
35	Missouri	24.5 percent
37	Iowa	24.3 percent
38	Ohio	24.1 percent
39	South Carolina	23.5 percent
40	Wyoming	23.4 percent
41	Oklahoma	22.8 percent
42	Indiana	22.1 percent
43	Nevada	21.8 percent
43	Tennessee	21.8 percent
45	Alabama	21.4 percent
46	Louisiana	20.4 percent
47	Kentucky	20.0 percent
48	Arkansas	19.3 percent
49	Mississippi	18.9 percent
50	West Virginia	17.3 percent