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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
Education & commute · St. Petersburg Pinellas County Florida United States

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

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Latest value · 2024 42.6% +1.4 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 128 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +12.7 pp
vs Pinellas County +5.9 pp Pinellas County: 36.8% · 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%
Pinellas County
36.8%
Florida
34.1%
United States
35.7%

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

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%
…
63 St Leo 45.0%
55 St Pete Beach 46.2%
118 St. Augustine 36.0%
165 St. Petersburg 30.9%
385 Steinhatchee 1.7%
249 Stock Island 20.8%
210 Stuart 25.1%
…

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.