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

All 42 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/kentucky-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | St. Matthews, KY | 58.7 |
| 2 | Fort Thomas, KY | 55.3 |
| 3 | Lexington, KY | 48.3 |
| 4 | Lyndon, KY | 43.8 |
| 5 | Jeffersontown, KY | 39.8 |
| 6 | La Grange, KY | 38.4 |
| 7 | Versailles, KY | 36.7 |
| 8 | Independence, KY | 36.4 |
| 9 | Newport, KY | 36.3 |
| 10 | Murray, KY | 36.1 |
| 11 | Alexandria, KY | 35.3 |
| 12 | Richmond, KY | 34.9 |
| 13 | Georgetown, KY | 34.1 |
| 14 | Louisville, KY | 33.8 |
| 15 | Covington, KY | 32.3 |
| 16 | Erlanger, KY | 32.1 |
| 17 | Bowling Green, KY | 31.2 |
| 18 | Paducah, KY | 28.8 |
| 19 | Frankfort, KY | 28.4 |
| 20 | Elizabethtown, KY | 28.3 |
| 21 | Berea, KY | 27.2 |
| 22 | Nicholasville, KY | 26.9 |
| 23 | Shelbyville, KY | 26.7 |
| 24 | Bardstown, KY | 26.7 |
| 25 | Danville, KY | 26.5 |
| 26 | Florence, KY | 26.4 |
| 27 | Mount Washington, KY | 26.1 |
| 28 | Owensboro, KY | 26.1 |
| 29 | Paris, KY | 25 |
| 30 | Ashland, KY | 24.8 |
| 31 | Campbellsville, KY | 24.7 |
| 32 | Madisonville, KY | 23.7 |
| 33 | Hopkinsville, KY | 23.3 |
| 34 | Glasgow, KY | 22.4 |
| 34 | Winchester, KY | 22.4 |
| 36 | Lawrenceburg, KY | 21.8 |
| 37 | Somerset, KY | 19.9 |
| 38 | Henderson, KY | 19.4 |
| 39 | Radcliff, KY | 18.3 |
| 40 | Shepherdsville, KY | 16.8 |
| 41 | Franklin, KY | 15.5 |
| 42 | Shively, KY | 13.9 |