College degree attainment is heavily dependent on race and geography
Overall college degree attainment rates, by county, and enrollment and completion statistics for 12,000 U.S. college campuses
Explore the map to uncover college degree attainment rates in every county in the United States, gaps by race and ethnicity, and the enrollment and completion statistics for almost 12,000 college campuses. To read the full report analyzing the map, see “Those Left Behind: Gaps in College Attainment by Race and Geography” by Colleen Campbell.
Lee and Pulaski counties are indicative of the attainment challenges faced by rural areas—which have low overall attainment—and urban locales—which have large racial gaps.


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Source: Colleen Campbell, “Those Left Behind: Gaps in College Attainment by Race and Geography” (Washington: Center for American Progress, 2019), available at https://www.americanprogress.org/?p=471242.