Graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over in Kannapolis, NC

Graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over in Kannapolis, NC was 10.6% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.8 pts from 2023. That is the 57th highest of 93 cities in 2024.

202410.6%

Change on 2023+0.8 pts

Rank57th of 93Cities in North Carolina ranked

Series high10.62024

Series low8.62021

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Graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over in Kannapolis, NC, 2021 to 2024

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-01-29.

All 4 values

Period	%
2024	10.6
2023	9.8
2022	8.9
2021	8.6

Compared with North Carolina and United States

Place	2024
Kannapolis, NC	10.6
North Carolina	13.5
United States	14.1

Rankings

Definition

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.

How to cite

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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). 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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, Kannapolis, NC, 2021 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat

MLA 9

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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, Kannapolis, NC, 2021 to 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/graduate-or-professional-degree/kannapolis-nc. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. 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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, Kannapolis, NC, 2021 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/graduate-or-professional-degree/kannapolis-nc.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) 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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, Kannapolis, NC, 2021 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/graduate-or-professional-degree/kannapolis-nc (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{census_graduate_or_professional_degree_2024,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, Kannapolis, NC, 2021 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/graduate-or-professional-degree/kannapolis-nc. Publisher attribution: 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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over in Kannapolis, NC?

10.6% in 2024, the highest value since 2021 in this series.

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