Graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over
People aged 25 and over whose highest degree is a master's, professional school or doctorate degree, as a percentage of all people aged 25 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
A subset of bachelors_degree_share, which also counts people whose highest degree is a bachelor's.
Key facts
- Graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over in the United States was 14.1% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
- District of Columbia had the highest graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over of 51 states in 2024, at 38%, and Arkansas the lowest, at 9.5%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Published for 6,415 places, with figures from 2021 to 2024.
Rankings
- US states
- US counties
- US cities
- Counties in Texas
- Counties in Georgia
- Counties in Virginia
- Counties in Kentucky
- Counties in Missouri
- Counties in Kansas
- Counties in Illinois
- Counties in North Carolina
- Counties in Iowa
US states by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2024
Places with data
Countries
Regions and states
- California
- Texas
- Florida
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Illinois
- Ohio
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- Michigan
- Virginia
- Vermont
- Washington
- Maryland
- Wisconsin
- Massachusetts
Provinces and counties
- Los Angeles County
- Cook County
- Harris County
- Maricopa County
- San Diego County
- Orange County
- Miami-Dade County
- Dallas County
- Kings County
- Riverside County
- Genesee County
- Queens County
- Gaston County
- Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
- Chesterfield County
- Davis County
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