# 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. ## 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. - Figures last updated on 2026-10-12. - Indicator id: `graduate_degree_share` - Unit: % - Note: A subset of bachelors_degree_share, which also counts people whose highest degree is a bachelor's. - Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/graduate-or-professional-degree - API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/graduate_degree_share ## Latest figures | Place | Period | % | Source | |---|---|---:|---| | United States | 2024 | 14.1 | U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a master's, professional school or doctorate degree as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. 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