Counties in Kansas by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2024
Johnson County had the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree of 105 counties in 2024, at 57.6%. Seward County had the lowest, at 11.4%. The median was 24.3% and the figure for Kansas was 35.6%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2024
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2024 (%) | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnson County | 57.6 | +0.7 pts |
| 2 | Douglas County | 53.2 | +1.2 pts |
| 3 | Riley County | 48.9 | +0.9 pts |
| 4 | Ellis County | 38.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 5 | Pottawatomie County | 38.2 | +1.6 pts |
| 6 | Leavenworth County | 36.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 7 | Thomas County | 34.6 | +4.4 pts |
| 8 | McPherson County | 34.3 | +1.2 pts |
| 9 | Butler County | 32.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 10 | Shawnee County | 32.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 11 | Crawford County | 32.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 12 | Sedgwick County | 32.1 | +0.5 pts |
| 13 | Clark County | 31.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 14 | Miami County | 31 | -1.1 pts |
| 15 | Marion County | 30.4 | +1.6 pts |
| 16 | Chase County | 30.2 | +1 pts |
| 17 | Hodgeman County | 30.2 | +1.8 pts |
| 18 | Trego County | 30.2 | +1.4 pts |
| 19 | Harvey County | 30.1 | -1.4 pts |
| 20 | Nemaha County | 29.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 21 | Morris County | 29.9 | +2.6 pts |
| 22 | Greeley County | 29.8 | -3.7 pts |
| 23 | Saline County | 29.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 24 | Scott County | 28.7 | -4.7 pts |
| 25 | Kiowa County | 28.3 | +0.8 pts |
| 26 | Ottawa County | 27.7 | +3.5 pts |
| 27 | Barber County | 27.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 28 | Stafford County | 27.1 | +0.8 pts |
| 29 | Decatur County | 27 | -0.8 pts |
| 30 | Graham County | 26.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 31 | Meade County | 26.5 | +3.8 pts |
| 32 | Lyon County | 26.3 | -1.4 pts |
| 33 | Geary County | 26.2 | +1.9 pts |
| 34 | Mitchell County | 26.2 | +0.8 pts |
| 35 | Gray County | 25.9 | +1 pts |
| 35 | Sumner County | 25.9 | -0.8 pts |
| 37 | Lincoln County | 25.9 | +4.3 pts |
| 37 | Rice County | 25.9 | +1.6 pts |
| 39 | Pratt County | 25.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 40 | Washington County | 25.8 | +2.5 pts |
| 41 | Logan County | 25.7 | -1 pts |
| 42 | Smith County | 25.6 | +1 pts |
| 43 | Clay County | 25.5 | +2.2 pts |
| 44 | Kingman County | 25.3 | +1.5 pts |
| 45 | Grant County | 25.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 46 | Ness County | 25 | +2 pts |
| 47 | Wabaunsee County | 25 | -1.7 pts |
| 48 | Jefferson County | 24.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 49 | Franklin County | 24.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 50 | Wallace County | 24.5 | +1.9 pts |
| 51 | Cowley County | 24.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 52 | Lane County | 24.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 53 | Sheridan County | 24.3 | 0 pts |
| 54 | Stanton County | 24.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 55 | Gove County | 24.2 | +3.2 pts |
| 56 | Sherman County | 24.1 | -1.1 pts |
| 57 | Bourbon County | 23.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 58 | Osborne County | 23.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 59 | Dickinson County | 23.7 | +1.8 pts |
| 60 | Neosho County | 23.3 | +1.5 pts |
| 61 | Rooks County | 23.2 | -0.8 pts |
| 62 | Woodson County | 23.1 | +0.5 pts |
| 63 | Harper County | 22.8 | +1.1 pts |
| 64 | Ellsworth County | 22.7 | +0.7 pts |
| 64 | Linn County | 22.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 66 | Jackson County | 22.7 | +1.6 pts |
| 67 | Montgomery County | 22.6 | +1.3 pts |
| 68 | Phillips County | 22.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 69 | Norton County | 22.5 | +3 pts |
| 70 | Allen County | 22.4 | +1.2 pts |
| 71 | Cheyenne County | 22 | +0.4 pts |
| 72 | Atchison County | 21.8 | -1.1 pts |
| 73 | Doniphan County | 21.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 74 | Barton County | 21.7 | 0 pts |
| 75 | Greenwood County | 21.6 | +2.6 pts |
| 76 | Osage County | 21.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 77 | Republic County | 21.5 | -3.9 pts |
| 78 | Elk County | 21.5 | +0.9 pts |
| 79 | Rush County | 21.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 80 | Wyandotte County | 21.2 | +0.7 pts |
| 81 | Cloud County | 20.8 | -1.6 pts |
| 82 | Ford County | 20.7 | -0 pts |
| 83 | Edwards County | 20.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 84 | Hamilton County | 20.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 85 | Reno County | 20.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 86 | Stevens County | 20.3 | +4 pts |
| 87 | Labette County | 20.2 | -0.9 pts |
| 88 | Comanche County | 20.1 | +0.9 pts |
| 89 | Wichita County | 20.1 | +1.2 pts |
| 90 | Rawlins County | 20 | +2.7 pts |
| 91 | Wilson County | 19.9 | -1.4 pts |
| 92 | Haskell County | 19.9 | -2.3 pts |
| 93 | Russell County | 19.7 | +1.6 pts |
| 94 | Coffey County | 19.7 | -1.5 pts |
| 95 | Brown County | 19.6 | +1.3 pts |
| 96 | Cherokee County | 19.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 97 | Kearny County | 19.4 | +4.8 pts |
| 98 | Marshall County | 19.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 99 | Finney County | 19 | -0.8 pts |
| 100 | Chautauqua County | 18.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 101 | Jewell County | 18.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 102 | Pawnee County | 18 | -0.8 pts |
| 103 | Morton County | 17.1 | +0.5 pts |
| 104 | Anderson County | 14 | -1.8 pts |
| 105 | Seward County | 11.4 | -1.3 pts |
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About this ranking
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.
Excludes associate degrees and college without a degree. Not comparable with EU tertiary attainment, which includes short-cycle tertiary education and usually covers ages 25 to 64. Calculated from counts in ACS table B15003, which are stored as inputs.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
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. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
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Questions
Which county has the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree?
Johnson County, with 57.6% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest share of adults with a bachelor's degree?
Seward County, with 11.4% in 2024.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
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