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Education & commute Statistics · City estimate

Bachelor's degree or higher in St. Petersburg

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 128 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 8, 2026

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

Bachelor's degree or higher, 2013 – 2024 percent · St. Petersburg · Pinellas County · Florida · United States
+12.7 pp since 2014
St. Petersburg Pinellas 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
St. Petersburg
42.6%
Florida
34.1%

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

The series at a glance St. Petersburg · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 42.6% · 2024
First value 28.7% · 2013
Highest 42.6% · 2024
Lowest 28.7% · 2013
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearSt. PetersburgChange Pinellas CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 42.6% +1.4 pp 36.8% 34.1% 35.7%
2023estimate 41.3% +0.7 pp 35.8% 33.2% 35.0%
2022estimate 40.6% +1.8 pp 35.1% 32.3% 34.3%
2021estimate 38.8% +1.7 pp 34.1% 31.5% 33.7%
2020estimate 37.1% +1.4 pp 32.5% 30.5% —
2019estimate 35.7% +1.2 pp 31.7% 29.9% —
2018estimate 34.5% +1.4 pp 31.0% 29.2% —
2017estimate 33.1% +1.0 pp 30.1% 28.5% —
2016estimate 32.2% +1.2 pp 29.5% 27.9% —
2015estimate 30.9% +1.0 pp 28.9% 27.3% —
2014estimate 30.0% +1.3 pp 28.3% 26.8% —
2013estimate 28.7% 27.5% 26.4% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2013 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBachelor's degree or higher
281 Alva 17.4%
110 Anna Maria 35.9%
287 Apalachicola 16.8%
136 Apollo Beach 32.4%
50 Atlantic Beach 46.8%
37 Atlantis 49.6%
38 Aventura 49.4%
219 Bagdad 22.7%
39 Bal Harbour 49.3%
372 Baldwin 7.0%
41 Bay Harbor Islands 49.1%
221 Bay Pines 22.4%
350 Bayonet Point 10.5%
330 Bayshore Gardens 12.8%
335 Bell 12.2%
320 Belle Glade 13.3%
31 Belleair 50.8%
45 Belleair Beach 47.9%
112 Belleair Bluffs 35.6%
274 Bellview 17.7%
349 Beverly Hills 10.5%
241 Big Pine Key 20.6%
48 Biscayne Park 47.1%
102 Bloomingdale 36.8%
35 Boca Raton 50.4%
…
59 St Leo 44.6%
47 St Pete Beach 47.4%
122 St. Augustine 33.9%
168 St. Petersburg 28.7%
340 Steinhatchee 11.5%
343 Stock Island 11.2%
178 Stuart 27.6%
…

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

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.