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

All 14 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/south-dakota-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Vermillion, SD | 50.6 |
| 2 | Brookings, SD | 47.5 |
| 3 | Harrisburg, SD | 43.8 |
| 4 | Brandon, SD | 41.9 |
| 5 | Spearfish, SD | 41.8 |
| 6 | Pierre, SD | 39 |
| 7 | Sioux Falls, SD | 38.1 |
| 8 | Rapid City, SD | 37 |
| 9 | Aberdeen, SD | 35 |
| 10 | Yankton, SD | 33.2 |
| 11 | Box Elder, SD | 28.1 |
| 12 | Huron, SD | 27 |
| 13 | Mitchell, SD | 23.6 |
| 14 | Watertown, SD | 21.6 |