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Education & commute Statistics · City estimate

Bachelor's degree or higher in Sarasota

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 133 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 4, 2026
Education & commute · Sarasota Sarasota County Florida United States

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

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Latest value · 2024 41.8% +0.0 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 133 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +11.1 pp
vs Sarasota County +0.9 pp Sarasota County: 40.8% · 2024
Bachelor's degree or higher, 2013 – 2024 percent · Sarasota · Sarasota County · Florida · United States
+11.1 pp since 2014
Sarasota Sarasota 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
Sarasota
41.8%
Sarasota County
40.8%
Florida
34.1%
United States
35.7%

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

The series at a glance Sarasota · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 41.8% · 2024
First value 30.5% · 2013
Highest 41.8% · 2024
Lowest 30.5% · 2013
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearSarasotaChange Sarasota CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 41.8% +0.0 pp 40.8% 34.1% 35.7%
2023estimate 41.7% +0.9 pp 39.7% 33.2% 35.0%
2022estimate 40.8% +2.5 pp 38.3% 32.3% 34.3%
2021estimate 38.3% +1.1 pp 37.3% 31.5% 33.7%
2020estimate 37.2% +0.7 pp 36.4% 30.5% —
2019estimate 36.4% +1.3 pp 35.4% 29.9% —
2018estimate 35.1% +0.4 pp 34.7% 29.2% —
2017estimate 34.8% +0.7 pp 33.9% 28.5% —
2016estimate 34.0% +0.9 pp 33.1% 27.9% —
2015estimate 33.1% +2.4 pp 32.4% 27.3% —
2014estimate 30.7% +0.2 pp 31.1% 26.8% —
2013estimate 30.5% 30.8% 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%
335 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%
92 Bloomingdale 39.8%
35 Boca Raton 52.3%
…
107 Safety Harbor 37.7%
161 San Antonio 31.2%
9 Sanibel 63.4%
140 Sarasota 33.1%
82 Satellite Beach 42.2%
17 Sawgrass 59.3%
4 Sea Ranch Lakes 69.8%
…

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.