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Education & commute Statistics · City estimate

Bachelor's degree or higher in Fort Myers Beach

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 114 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 7, 2026

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Bachelor's degree or higher, 2013 – 2024 percent · Fort Myers Beach · Lee County · Florida · United States
+6.6 pp since 2014
Fort Myers Beach Lee County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Compared with Bachelor's degree or higher · percent
Fort Myers Beach
44.7%
Lee County
31.2%
Florida
34.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates

The series at a glance Fort Myers Beach · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 44.7% · 2024
First value 37.4% · 2013
Highest 45.0% · 2023
Lowest 36.6% · 2017
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearFort Myers BeachChange Lee CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 44.7% −0.4 pp 31.2% 34.1% 35.7%
2023estimate 45.0% +0.4 pp 30.8% 33.2% 35.0%
2022estimate 44.6% +2.8 pp 30.1% 32.3% 34.3%
2021estimate 41.8% −1.1 pp 29.0% 31.5% 33.7%
2020estimate 42.9% +1.2 pp 28.5% 30.5% —
2019estimate 41.7% +3.0 pp 28.2% 29.9% —
2018estimate 38.7% +2.2 pp 27.8% 29.2% —
2017estimate 36.6% −1.8 pp 27.2% 28.5% —
2016estimate 38.3% +0.0 pp 26.7% 27.9% —
2015estimate 38.3% +0.2 pp 26.0% 27.3% —
2014estimate 38.1% +0.7 pp 25.3% 26.8% —
2013estimate 37.4% 24.7% 26.4% —

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2024 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBachelor's degree or higher
262 Alva 26.5%
12 Anna Maria 69.9%
199 Apalachicola 34.4%
127 Apollo Beach 42.6%
46 Atlantic Beach 57.4%
32 Atlantis 60.4%
115 Ave Maria 44.6%
51 Aventura 56.9%
256 Bagdad 27.1%
28 Bal Harbour 61.4%
333 Baldwin 17.8%
56 Bay Harbor Islands 56.5%
250 Bay Pines 27.6%
356 Bayonet Point 14.6%
303 Bayshore Gardens 21.5%
374 Bell 11.0%
346 Belle Glade 15.9%
43 Belleair 58.2%
45 Belleair Beach 57.7%
190 Belleair Bluffs 35.8%
315 Bellview 20.1%
363 Beverly Hills 13.9%
228 Big Pine Key 30.5%
97 Biscayne Park 47.1%
131 Bloomingdale 41.8%
…
305 Fort Denaud 21.4%
140 Fort Lauderdale 40.8%
217 Fort Myers 32.0%
114 Fort Myers Beach 44.7%
326 Fort Pierce 18.7%
233 Fort Walton Beach 29.7%
212 Freeport 32.7%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024

What it means

The share of adults with at least a bachelor's degree.

How it is calculated

Adults 25 and over with a bachelor's, master's, professional or doctoral degree, from the survey.