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

All 16 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/nebraska-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Papillion, NE | 47.9 |
| 2 | Lincoln, NE | 41.8 |
| 3 | Omaha, NE | 40.1 |
| 4 | Kearney, NE | 36.5 |
| 5 | La Vista, NE | 35.8 |
| 6 | Bellevue, NE | 34.5 |
| 7 | Hastings, NE | 29.2 |
| 8 | Scottsbluff, NE | 26.3 |
| 9 | Norfolk, NE | 24 |
| 10 | Fremont, NE | 21.9 |
| 11 | Columbus, NE | 21.8 |
| 12 | Beatrice, NE | 21.3 |
| 13 | Grand Island, NE | 20.9 |
| 14 | North Platte, NE | 20.8 |
| 15 | South Sioux City, NE | 15.5 |
| 16 | Lexington, NE | 13.1 |