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Education & commute Statistics · City estimate

Bachelor's degree or higher in Fort Myers

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 217 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 8, 2026
Education & commute · Fort Myers Lee County Florida United States

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

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Latest value · 2024 32.0% −0.1 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 217 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +8.1 pp
vs Lee County +0.8 pp Lee County: 31.2% · 2024
Bachelor's degree or higher, 2013 – 2024 percent · Fort Myers · Lee County · Florida · United States
+8.1 pp since 2014
Fort Myers 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
32.0%
Lee County
31.2%
Florida
34.1%
United States
35.7%

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

The series at a glance Fort Myers · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 32.0% · 2024
First value 22.1% · 2013
Highest 32.1% · 2023
Lowest 22.1% · 2013
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearFort MyersChange Lee CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 32.0% −0.1 pp 31.2% 34.1% 35.7%
2023estimate 32.1% +0.8 pp 30.8% 33.2% 35.0%
2022estimate 31.3% +1.1 pp 30.1% 32.3% 34.3%
2021estimate 30.2% +0.9 pp 29.0% 31.5% 33.7%
2020estimate 29.3% −0.4 pp 28.5% 30.5% —
2019estimate 29.7% +1.7 pp 28.2% 29.9% —
2018estimate 28.0% +0.9 pp 27.8% 29.2% —
2017estimate 27.1% +2.1 pp 27.2% 28.5% —
2016estimate 25.0% +0.1 pp 26.7% 27.9% —
2015estimate 24.9% +0.9 pp 26.0% 27.3% —
2014estimate 23.9% +1.8 pp 25.3% 26.8% —
2013estimate 22.1% 24.7% 26.4% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryBachelor's degree or higher
319 Alva 13.7%
89 Anna Maria 40.4%
232 Apalachicola 22.6%
124 Apollo Beach 35.0%
50 Atlantic Beach 47.9%
40 Atlantis 49.8%
36 Aventura 52.0%
242 Bagdad 21.7%
37 Bal Harbour 51.3%
355 Baldwin 9.9%
34 Bay Harbor Islands 52.5%
246 Bay Pines 21.4%
334 Bayonet Point 12.2%
310 Bayshore Gardens 14.3%
342 Bell 11.9%
347 Belle Glade 11.3%
31 Belleair 54.2%
33 Belleair Beach 52.6%
90 Belleair Bluffs 40.1%
247 Bellview 21.0%
365 Beverly Hills 8.5%
176 Big Pine Key 29.1%
105 Biscayne Park 37.9%
91 Bloomingdale 39.8%
35 Boca Raton 52.3%
…
278 Florida Ridge 18.0%
363 Fort Denaud 8.9%
127 Fort Lauderdale 34.6%
212 Fort Myers 24.9%
102 Fort Myers Beach 38.3%
313 Fort Pierce 14.1%
222 Fort Walton Beach 23.9%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2015

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.