College Completion Rates in Appalachia, 2005–2009

(County Rates)

A college completion rate is the percentage of persons ages 25 and over with a bachelor’s degree or more. The map uses natural breaks in the distribution to organize the data into groups of common values.

This map shows the college completion rate of persons ages 25 and over in each of the ARC counties. Appalachian college completion rates range from 4.6% to 48.7%. The Appalachian average is 20.4%. The U.S. average is 27.5%. For a list of county data by state, see the downloadable Excel file.