Wednesday, November 4 Fort Pierce
  1. Home
  2. Fort Pierce
  3. Statistics
  4. Education & commute
  5. Bachelor's degree or higher
Education & commute Statistics · City estimate

Bachelor's degree or higher in Fort Pierce

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 326 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 4, 2026

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

Bachelor's degree or higher, 2013 – 2024 percent · Fort Pierce · St. Lucie County · Florida · United States
+4.8 pp since 2014
Fort Pierce St. Lucie 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 Pierce
18.7%
Florida
34.1%

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

The series at a glance Fort Pierce · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 18.7% · 2024
First value 13.9% · 2013
Highest 20.1% · 2022
Lowest 13.9% · 2013
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearFort PierceChange St. Lucie CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 18.7% −0.1 pp 26.7% 34.1% 35.7%
2023estimate 18.8% −1.3 pp 25.4% 33.2% 35.0%
2022estimate 20.1% +2.6 pp 25.0% 32.3% 34.3%
2021estimate 17.6% +2.0 pp 24.2% 31.5% 33.7%
2020estimate 15.6% −0.5 pp 22.5% 30.5% —
2019estimate 16.1% +1.1 pp 21.6% 29.9% —
2018estimate 15.0% +0.3 pp 20.3% 29.2% —
2017estimate 14.7% +0.6 pp 19.6% 28.5% —
2016estimate 14.1% −0.0 pp 19.8% 27.9% —
2015estimate 14.1% +0.2 pp 19.9% 27.3% —
2014estimate 13.9% +0.0 pp 19.0% 26.8% —
2013estimate 13.9% 19.5% 26.4% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2022 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBachelor's degree or higher
1 Indian River Shores 77.2%
2 Golden Beach 77.2%
3 Sea Ranch Lakes 76.5%
4 Highland Beach 74.2%
5 Key Biscayne 73.4%
6 South Beach 72.9%
7 Pinecrest 72.3%
8 Coral Gables 70.1%
9 Ocean Ridge 69.8%
10 Palm Beach 68.5%
11 Longboat Key 66.6%
12 Weston 66.0%
13 Parkland 66.0%
14 Nocatee 65.9%
15 Melbourne Beach 64.9%
16 Bal Harbour 64.7%
17 Sawgrass 63.5%
18 Siesta Key 63.2%
19 Palmetto Bay 62.4%
20 Naples 62.4%
21 Holmes Beach 61.9%
22 Atlantis 61.4%
23 Miami Shores 61.4%
24 Sewall's Point 61.3%
25 Belleair Beach 61.3%
…
291 North Miami 20.7%
292 University 20.5%
293 Crawfordville 20.3%
294 Fort Pierce 20.1%
295 North Fort Myers 20.1%
296 Citrus Springs 20.0%
297 Pembroke Park 20.0%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2022

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.