# Cities in Kansas by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2024

All 38 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `bachelors_degree_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 25 and over whose highest degree is a bachelor's, 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.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a bachelor's degree or higher 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
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a bachelor's degree or higher 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/kansas-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Leawood, KS | 73.7 |
| 2 | Prairie Village, KS | 72.6 |
| 3 | Overland Park, KS | 63.7 |
| 4 | Lenexa, KS | 57.8 |
| 5 | Lawrence, KS | 55.8 |
| 6 | Manhattan, KS | 53.3 |
| 7 | Shawnee, KS | 53.1 |
| 8 | Mission, KS | 52.3 |
| 9 | Andover, KS | 51.7 |
| 10 | Olathe, KS | 50.5 |
| 11 | Bel Aire, KS | 50.1 |
| 12 | Spring Hill, KS | 45.9 |
| 13 | Merriam, KS | 45.6 |
| 14 | Hays, KS | 42.7 |
| 15 | McPherson, KS | 38.4 |
| 16 | Derby, KS | 37.6 |
| 17 | Lansing, KS | 36.3 |
| 18 | Pittsburg, KS | 33.2 |
| 19 | Leavenworth, KS | 32.6 |
| 20 | Gardner, KS | 32 |
| 21 | Wichita, KS | 31.1 |
| 22 | Topeka, KS | 29 |
| 23 | Salina, KS | 28.7 |
| 24 | Winfield, KS | 27.8 |
| 25 | Atchison, KS | 26.8 |
| 26 | Newton, KS | 26.2 |
| 27 | El Dorado, KS | 26 |
| 28 | Ottawa, KS | 25.8 |
| 29 | Junction City, KS | 25.6 |
| 30 | Emporia, KS | 24.4 |
| 31 | Kansas City, KS | 20.8 |
| 32 | Arkansas City, KS | 20.6 |
| 33 | Dodge City, KS | 20 |
| 34 | Haysville, KS | 20 |
| 35 | Great Bend, KS | 19.9 |
| 36 | Hutchinson, KS | 19.3 |
| 37 | Garden City, KS | 17.5 |
| 38 | Liberal, KS | 9.8 |