Ranking of Alaska Counties By Percentage of Population Aged 25 years and above with an Educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on September 3, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of the population of Alaska (aged 25 years and above) who had an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher was 30.59%. Among all Alaska counties, Juneau City and Borough had the highest percentage of its population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher (40.06%), followed by Denali Borough (39.43%), and Anchorage Municipality (36.77%).

The chart below shows the top 10 Alaska counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Alaska counties.

You can see similar information for other educational attainments.

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Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates.

Ranking of Alaska Counties By Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021

Juneau City and Borough

Denali Borough

Anchorage Municipality

Sitka City and Borough

Fairbanks North Star Borough

Chugach Census Area

Copper River Census Area

Kodiak Island Borough

Petersburg Borough

Kenai Peninsula Borough

Ranking of Alaska Counties By Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021

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Rank	County	Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) (%)
1	Juneau City and Borough	40.06
2	Denali Borough	39.43
3	Anchorage Municipality	36.77
4	Sitka City and Borough	33.25
5	Fairbanks North Star Borough	32.56
6	Chugach Census Area	30.75
7	Copper River Census Area	29.76
8	Kodiak Island Borough	29.18
9	Petersburg Borough	28.41
10	Kenai Peninsula Borough	27.37
11	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	26.39
12	Haines Borough	25.65
13	Skagway Municipality	25.05
14	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	23.72
15	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	22.35
16	Lake and Peninsula Borough	22.24
17	Bristol Bay Borough	22.08
18	Dillingham Census Area	19.56
19	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	19.35
20	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	19.20
21	Nome Census Area	18.37
22	Aleutians West Census Area	16.81
23	Aleutians East Borough	15.94
24	North Slope Borough	15.60
25	Wrangell City and Borough	15.16
26	Northwest Arctic Borough	14.43
27	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	12.91
28	Bethel Census Area	12.73
29	Yakutat City and Borough	10.31
30	Kusilvak Census Area	2.92