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| County | Percent w/college degree | Number w/college degree | Total population (ages 25-34) | < 9th grade | 9th-12th grade, no diploma | High school grad/GED | Some college, no degree | Associate's degree | Bachelor's degree | Graduate degree |
| TOTAL | 39.3% | 404,414 | 1,028,034 | 33,391 | 96,957 | 261,107 | 232,165 | 63,744 | 240,056 | 100,614 |
| Falls Church city | 76.1% | 1,084 | 1,425 | 51 | 20 | 108 | 162 | 40 | 616 | 428 |
| Arlington | 71.4% | 34,246 | 47,939 | 2,657 | 2,631 | 3,944 | 4,461 | 1,210 | 18,483 | 14,553 |
| Lexington city | 68.4% | 344 | 503 | 0 | 29 | 71 | 59 | 39 | 196 | 109 |
| Alexandria city | 64.3% | 21,206 | 32,968 | 2,000 | 1,765 | 3,614 | 4,383 | 1,435 | 12,314 | 7,457 |
| Charlottesville city | 62.6% | 4,044 | 6,459 | 102 | 445 | 1,069 | 799 | 188 | 2,024 | 1,832 |
| Albemarle | 61.0% | 6,762 | 11,082 | 228 | 676 | 1,647 | 1,769 | 539 | 3,532 | 2,691 |
| Fairfax | 59.3% | 88,194 | 148,819 | 7,953 | 8,765 | 18,963 | 24,944 | 7,370 | 54,581 | 26,243 |
| Loudoun | 59.1% | 17,684 | 29,925 | 482 | 1,101 | 4,588 | 6,070 | 1,959 | 12,044 | 3,681 |
| Fairfax city | 55.1% | 1,965 | 3,568 | 293 | 162 | 530 | 618 | 179 | 1,207 | 579 |
| Montgomery | 52.3% | 6,032 | 11,523 | 122 | 793 | 2,372 | 2,204 | 748 | 3,137 | 2,147 |
| Williamsburg city | 51.1% | 566 | 1,107 | 26 | 72 | 264 | 179 | 76 | 304 | 186 |
| Henrico | 47.9% | 19,641 | 41,006 | 624 | 2,764 | 8,443 | 9,534 | 2,245 | 12,973 | 4,423 |
| Roanoke | 45.2% | 4,418 | 9,776 | 118 | 563 | 2,480 | 2,197 | 1,022 | 2,671 | 725 |
| James City | 45.1% | 2,423 | 5,377 | 65 | 434 | 1,216 | 1,239 | 332 | 1,396 | 695 |
| Radford city | 43.4% | 707 | 1,628 | 20 | 69 | 252 | 580 | 115 | 479 | 113 |
| Richmond city | 43.2% | 14,140 | 32,695 | 700 | 3,647 | 7,327 | 6,881 | 1,056 | 9,222 | 3,862 |
| York | 41.8% | 2,607 | 6,230 | 35 | 298 | 1,244 | 2,046 | 508 | 1,571 | 528 |
| Chesterfield | 40.8% | 13,588 | 33,265 | 610 | 2,274 | 8,118 | 8,675 | 2,480 | 8,708 | 2,400 |
| Hanover | 39.4% | 3,957 | 10,042 | 114 | 704 | 2,771 | 2,496 | 548 | 2,666 | 743 |
| Harrisonburg city | 39.3% | 1,761 | 4,482 | 489 | 437 | 821 | 974 | 271 | 1,173 | 317 |
| Fredericksburg city | 38.5% | 1,044 | 2,712 | 50 | 413 | 751 | 454 | 167 | 685 | 192 |
| Stafford | 36.5% | 4,561 | 12,483 | 110 | 924 | 3,568 | 3,320 | 1,037 | 2,772 | 752 |
| Bedford | 35.5% | 2,564 | 7,224 | 73 | 706 | 2,482 | 1,399 | 676 | 1,453 | 435 |
| Chesapeake city | 35.5% | 9,467 | 26,695 | 309 | 2,181 | 6,880 | 7,858 | 1,877 | 5,474 | 2,116 |
| Prince William | 35.0% | 15,834 | 45,271 | 1,961 | 3,196 | 11,497 | 12,783 | 3,012 | 10,021 | 2,801 |
| Virginia Beach city | 33.9% | 23,541 | 69,392 | 621 | 3,528 | 18,129 | 23,573 | 5,574 | 14,046 | 3,921 |
| Lynchburg city | 33.6% | 2,673 | 7,953 | 93 | 841 | 2,483 | 1,863 | 474 | 1,726 | 473 |
| Clarke | 33.5% | 467 | 1,392 | 35 | 82 | 540 | 268 | 117 | 280 | 70 |
| Botetourt | 33.4% | 1,110 | 3,326 | 70 | 330 | 1,118 | 698 | 362 | 615 | 133 |
| Poquoson city | 33.1% | 358 | 1,081 | 0 | 49 | 355 | 319 | 101 | 202 | 55 |
| Hampton city | 33.0% | 7,065 | 21,406 | 200 | 1,368 | 5,649 | 7,124 | 1,873 | 3,930 | 1,262 |
| Goochland | 31.3% | 590 | 1,883 | 134 | 251 | 659 | 249 | 77 | 388 | 125 |
| Isle of Wight | 31.2% | 960 | 3,079 | 79 | 400 | 909 | 731 | 333 | 467 | 160 |
| Fauquier | 30.9% | 1,986 | 6,429 | 198 | 549 | 2,078 | 1,618 | 311 | 1,354 | 321 |
| Norton city | 30.4% | 160 | 526 | 16 | 58 | 134 | 158 | 60 | 76 | 24 |
| Greene | 30.3% | 713 | 2,351 | 92 | 219 | 828 | 499 | 119 | 406 | 188 |
| Manassas Park city | 30.1% | 639 | 2,122 | 175 | 266 | 456 | 586 | 149 | 386 | 104 |
| Suffolk city | 29.8% | 2,531 | 8,495 | 128 | 845 | 2,605 | 2,386 | 753 | 1,450 | 328 |
| Bristol city | 29.6% | 626 | 2,112 | 39 | 323 | 623 | 501 | 180 | 382 | 64 |
| Washington | 29.5% | 1,870 | 6,349 | 172 | 717 | 2,125 | 1,465 | 628 | 959 | 283 |
| Bedford city | 29.4% | 237 | 806 | 7 | 93 | 242 | 227 | 20 | 171 | 46 |
| Winchester city | 29.2% | 974 | 3,332 | 222 | 471 | 951 | 714 | 206 | 594 | 174 |
| Franklin city | 29.2% | 273 | 935 | 28 | 166 | 262 | 206 | 76 | 153 | 44 |
| Salem city | 29.2% | 829 | 2,842 | 60 | 270 | 915 | 768 | 260 | 457 | 112 |
| Spotsylvania | 29.1% | 3,547 | 12,188 | 248 | 1,368 | 4,043 | 2,982 | 554 | 2,416 | 577 |
| Manassas city | 28.9% | 1,697 | 5,875 | 508 | 882 | 1,294 | 1,494 | 379 | 995 | 323 |
| Staunton city | 28.4% | 836 | 2,942 | 37 | 368 | 950 | 751 | 146 | 564 | 126 |
| Fluvanna | 28.2% | 797 | 2,827 | 129 | 341 | 967 | 593 | 159 | 424 | 214 |
| Roanoke city | 27.9% | 3,873 | 13,906 | 407 | 1,971 | 4,414 | 3,241 | 952 | 2,216 | 705 |
| Alleghany | 27.4% | 404 | 1,473 | 39 | 160 | 549 | 321 | 114 | 252 | 38 |
| Norfolk city | 27.2% | 9,789 | 35,973 | 514 | 3,979 | 11,163 | 10,528 | 2,265 | 5,506 | 2,018 |
| Giles | 27.2% | 591 | 2,174 | 33 | 182 | 917 | 451 | 248 | 276 | 67 |
| Newport News city | 27.1% | 7,605 | 28,074 | 259 | 2,615 | 8,096 | 9,499 | 2,189 | 4,054 | 1,362 |
| Campbell | 27.0% | 1,853 | 6,852 | 156 | 827 | 2,551 | 1,465 | 567 | 1,109 | 177 |
| Frederick | 26.6% | 2,082 | 7,839 | 238 | 949 | 2,880 | 1,690 | 483 | 1,187 | 412 |
| King George | 26.4% | 608 | 2,300 | 17 | 268 | 735 | 672 | 119 | 365 | 124 |
| Madison | 26.3% | 351 | 1,334 | 32 | 157 | 567 | 227 | 60 | 237 | 54 |
| Rockbridge | 26.2% | 629 | 2,399 | 54 | 316 | 950 | 450 | 106 | 323 | 200 |
| Wythe | 26.1% | 1,021 | 3,919 | 26 | 445 | 1,478 | 949 | 428 | 445 | 148 |
| Tazewell | 26.1% | 1,368 | 5,251 | 77 | 818 | 1,777 | 1,211 | 533 | 613 | 222 |
| Rappahannock | 25.9% | 203 | 785 | 15 | 160 | 264 | 143 | 30 | 132 | 41 |
| Emporia city | 25.8% | 170 | 659 | 49 | 119 | 236 | 85 | 53 | 91 | 26 |
| Prince George | 25.4% | 1,320 | 5,194 | 169 | 683 | 1,720 | 1,302 | 389 | 764 | 167 |
| Northumberland | 25.0% | 244 | 976 | 32 | 164 | 335 | 201 | 68 | 138 | 38 |
| Essex | 24.7% | 307 | 1,244 | 11 | 222 | 412 | 292 | 68 | 178 | 61 |
| Mathews | 24.3% | 227 | 933 | 10 | 202 | 290 | 204 | 85 | 94 | 48 |
| Gloucester | 24.2% | 987 | 4,077 | 59 | 483 | 1,377 | 1,171 | 278 | 477 | 232 |
| Colonial Heights city | 23.9% | 468 | 1,956 | 29 | 228 | 647 | 584 | 178 | 215 | 75 |
| Orange | 23.7% | 709 | 2,986 | 68 | 401 | 1,278 | 530 | 169 | 418 | 122 |
| Augusta | 23.7% | 1,909 | 8,052 | 216 | 1,056 | 3,418 | 1,453 | 554 | 1,125 | 230 |
| Prince Edward | 23.7% | 416 | 1,756 | 13 | 278 | 649 | 400 | 75 | 266 | 75 |
| Rockingham | 23.3% | 2,007 | 8,607 | 670 | 1,159 | 3,305 | 1,466 | 502 | 1,204 | 301 |
| Clifton Forge city | 22.9% | 107 | 468 | 23 | 63 | 152 | 123 | 50 | 52 | 5 |
| King William | 22.7% | 429 | 1,890 | 3 | 98 | 857 | 503 | 100 | 267 | 62 |
| Powhatan | 22.5% | 765 | 3,399 | 40 | 681 | 1,275 | 638 | 224 | 480 | 61 |
| New Kent | 22.5% | 365 | 1,622 | 23 | 198 | 613 | 423 | 116 | 184 | 65 |
| Portsmouth city | 22.4% | 3,116 | 13,904 | 305 | 1,905 | 4,168 | 4,410 | 1,010 | 1,662 | 444 |
| Martinsville city | 22.1% | 385 | 1,742 | 46 | 292 | 676 | 343 | 138 | 208 | 39 |
| Middlesex | 22.0% | 178 | 809 | 82 | 85 | 281 | 183 | 53 | 78 | 47 |
| Lancaster | 21.9% | 188 | 860 | 6 | 204 | 312 | 150 | 58 | 95 | 35 |
| Warren | 21.6% | 895 | 4,135 | 107 | 570 | 1,723 | 840 | 288 | 471 | 136 |
| Amherst | 21.6% | 839 | 3,884 | 148 | 384 | 1,509 | 1,004 | 257 | 478 | 104 |
| Pittsylvania | 20.9% | 1,555 | 7,445 | 301 | 1,095 | 2,820 | 1,674 | 708 | 612 | 235 |
| Louisa | 20.7% | 643 | 3,100 | 62 | 492 | 1,202 | 701 | 194 | 349 | 100 |
| Southampton | 20.6% | 451 | 2,186 | 51 | 611 | 569 | 504 | 139 | 252 | 60 |
| Appomattox | 20.6% | 343 | 1,664 | 44 | 211 | 744 | 322 | 149 | 166 | 28 |
| Craig | 20.6% | 123 | 598 | 6 | 66 | 257 | 146 | 33 | 87 | 3 |
| Waynesboro city | 20.5% | 499 | 2,438 | 93 | 231 | 991 | 624 | 116 | 269 | 114 |
| Petersburg city | 20.4% | 895 | 4,381 | 172 | 742 | 1,600 | 972 | 185 | 562 | 148 |
| Danville city | 19.8% | 1,039 | 5,238 | 171 | 932 | 1,802 | 1,294 | 389 | 517 | 133 |
| Wise | 19.6% | 1,013 | 5,163 | 181 | 929 | 1,836 | 1,204 | 432 | 445 | 136 |
| Floyd | 19.6% | 346 | 1,765 | 87 | 286 | 777 | 269 | 146 | 162 | 38 |
| Accomack | 19.6% | 832 | 4,251 | 574 | 730 | 1,423 | 692 | 138 | 434 | 260 |
| Pulaski | 19.4% | 980 | 5,054 | 185 | 608 | 2,022 | 1,259 | 414 | 436 | 130 |
| Franklin | 19.2% | 1,097 | 5,719 | 230 | 832 | 2,130 | 1,430 | 303 | 670 | 124 |
| Halifax | 19.2% | 816 | 4,257 | 151 | 706 | 1,682 | 902 | 402 | 271 | 143 |
| Henry | 19.1% | 1,419 | 7,424 | 359 | 1,489 | 2,494 | 1,663 | 557 | 629 | 233 |
| Patrick | 19.0% | 460 | 2,419 | 131 | 509 | 918 | 401 | 185 | 248 | 27 |
| Carroll | 18.9% | 717 | 3,801 | 121 | 764 | 1,592 | 607 | 359 | 276 | 82 |
| Charles City | 18.8% | 132 | 703 | 14 | 106 | 306 | 145 | 46 | 67 | 19 |
| Shenandoah | 18.7% | 790 | 4,231 | 249 | 575 | 1,798 | 819 | 230 | 454 | 106 |
| Amelia | 18.6% | 258 | 1,389 | 33 | 226 | 591 | 281 | 102 | 132 | 24 |
| Dinwiddie | 18.4% | 603 | 3,271 | 224 | 432 | 1,340 | 672 | 202 | 296 | 105 |
| Buena Vista city | 18.3% | 147 | 803 | 7 | 112 | 368 | 169 | 38 | 96 | 13 |
| Scott | 18.1% | 537 | 2,961 | 147 | 452 | 1,189 | 636 | 227 | 275 | 35 |
| Highland | 17.9% | 39 | 218 | 4 | 12 | 100 | 63 | 17 | 20 | 2 |
| Bath | 17.8% | 106 | 595 | 21 | 95 | 234 | 139 | 31 | 46 | 29 |
| Mecklenburg | 17.7% | 675 | 3,810 | 159 | 769 | 1,584 | 623 | 225 | 390 | 60 |
| Westmoreland | 17.7% | 286 | 1,615 | 133 | 281 | 546 | 369 | 81 | 161 | 44 |
| Bland | 17.6% | 170 | 965 | 10 | 152 | 467 | 166 | 99 | 54 | 17 |
| Russell | 16.8% | 742 | 4,409 | 165 | 952 | 1,654 | 896 | 274 | 380 | 88 |
| Nelson | 16.7% | 240 | 1,440 | 83 | 269 | 542 | 306 | 44 | 159 | 37 |
| Smyth | 16.5% | 702 | 4,246 | 114 | 658 | 1,921 | 851 | 323 | 297 | 82 |
| Culpeper | 16.3% | 747 | 4,579 | 313 | 712 | 1,982 | 825 | 205 | 334 | 208 |
| Buchanan | 16.1% | 582 | 3,609 | 241 | 775 | 1,376 | 635 | 261 | 261 | 60 |
| Surry | 15.8% | 99 | 628 | 13 | 106 | 292 | 118 | 31 | 45 | 23 |
| Northampton | 15.5% | 187 | 1,205 | 137 | 164 | 492 | 225 | 60 | 109 | 18 |
| Charlotte | 15.4% | 214 | 1,387 | 84 | 241 | 651 | 197 | 74 | 103 | 37 |
| Covington city | 15.4% | 131 | 851 | 18 | 122 | 277 | 303 | 48 | 78 | 5 |
| Lee | 15.4% | 445 | 2,898 | 160 | 581 | 1,153 | 559 | 147 | 198 | 100 |
| Lunenburg | 14.6% | 230 | 1,576 | 57 | 319 | 550 | 420 | 58 | 155 | 17 |
| Nottoway | 14.3% | 295 | 2,060 | 57 | 574 | 749 | 385 | 109 | 116 | 70 |
| Cumberland | 13.6% | 160 | 1,177 | 54 | 248 | 466 | 249 | 29 | 104 | 27 |
| Richmond | 13.5% | 175 | 1,297 | 35 | 608 | 316 | 163 | 60 | 93 | 22 |
| Caroline | 13.5% | 401 | 2,973 | 63 | 598 | 1,305 | 606 | 89 | 286 | 26 |
| Hopewell city | 12.7% | 382 | 3,002 | 98 | 536 | 1,200 | 786 | 171 | 176 | 35 |
| King and Queen | 12.5% | 93 | 745 | 54 | 74 | 323 | 201 | 32 | 53 | 8 |
| Dickenson | 12.5% | 242 | 1,940 | 106 | 325 | 854 | 413 | 142 | 85 | 15 |
| Page | 11.9% | 354 | 2,968 | 134 | 528 | 1,476 | 476 | 94 | 200 | 60 |
| Sussex | 11.9% | 247 | 2,075 | 34 | 821 | 752 | 221 | 62 | 135 | 50 |
| Grayson | 11.9% | 307 | 2,584 | 201 | 504 | 1,167 | 405 | 143 | 151 | 13 |
| Galax city | 11.8% | 108 | 917 | 119 | 231 | 268 | 191 | 55 | 37 | 16 |
| Brunswick | 11.6% | 298 | 2,568 | 209 | 475 | 1,098 | 488 | 102 | 160 | 36 |
| Buckingham | 9.4% | 191 | 2,030 | 86 | 453 | 978 | 322 | 93 | 73 | 25 |
| Greensville | 6.8% | 145 | 2,127 | 377 | 462 | 974 | 169 | 44 | 89 | 12 |