Share with a degree: highest and lowest councils in West Midlands (2021)
Warwick had the highest degree-level qualifications of West Midlands’s 30 councils in 2021, at 45.2%.
Stoke-on-Trent had the lowest, at 21.8%. The middle council, South Staffordshire, had 29.4%.
See it on the map| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warwick | 45.2% |
| 2 | Stratford-on-Avon | 39.5% |
| 3 | Malvern Hills | 38.8% |
| 4 | Bromsgrove | 36.6% |
| 5 | Solihull | 35.4% |
| 6 | Stafford | 35.1% |
| 7 | Rugby | 34.9% |
| 8 | Worcester | 33.7% |
| 9 | Lichfield | 33.6% |
| 10 | Wychavon | 33.0% |
| 11 | Herefordshire | 32.7% |
| 12 | Shropshire | 32.5% |
| 13 | Coventry | 30.6% |
| 14 | Birmingham | 29.9% |
| 15 | South Staffordshire | 29.4% |
| 16 | East Staffordshire | 28.7% |
| 17 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 28.4% |
| 18 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 28.0% |
| 19 | Wolverhampton | 26.2% |
| =20 | Telford and Wrekin | 26.1% |
| =20 | Wyre Forest | 26.1% |
| 22 | Redditch | 25.9% |
| 23 | Dudley | 25.0% |
| 24 | North Warwickshire | 24.8% |
| 25 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 24.5% |
| 26 | Walsall | 23.7% |
| =27 | Cannock Chase | 22.7% |
| =27 | Sandwell | 22.7% |
| 29 | Tamworth | 21.9% |
| 30 | Stoke-on-Trent | 21.8% |