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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

2019 · 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
271 Alva 20.9%
71 Anna Maria 47.3%
247 Apalachicola 22.7%
108 Apollo Beach 40.6%
47 Atlantic Beach 52.7%
12 Atlantis 63.3%
46 Aventura 52.7%
203 Bagdad 27.9%
17 Bal Harbour 61.5%
360 Baldwin 10.3%
42 Bay Harbor Islands 54.2%
197 Bay Pines 28.9%
325 Bayonet Point 15.1%
305 Bayshore Gardens 16.8%
352 Bell 11.8%
376 Belle Glade 8.1%
39 Belleair 55.3%
24 Belleair Beach 59.3%
146 Belleair Bluffs 35.4%
262 Bellview 21.6%
377 Beverly Hills 7.2%
185 Big Pine Key 30.8%
85 Biscayne Park 44.8%
99 Bloomingdale 41.5%
40 Boca Raton 55.3%
…
289 Florida Ridge 19.0%
371 Fort Denaud 9.2%
135 Fort Lauderdale 37.0%
191 Fort Myers 29.7%
96 Fort Myers Beach 41.7%
311 Fort Pierce 16.1%
212 Fort Walton Beach 27.1%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019

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.