# Counties in Alabama by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2024

All 67 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `graduate_degree_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 25 and over whose highest degree is a 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 master's, professional school or doctorate degree 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: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a master's, professional school or doctorate degree 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 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/graduate-or-professional-degree/alabama-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Lee County | 19.3 |
| 2 | Madison County | 18.8 |
| 3 | Shelby County | 16.1 |
| 4 | Jefferson County | 14.9 |
| 4 | Montgomery County | 14.9 |
| 6 | Tuscaloosa County | 13.8 |
| 7 | Autauga County | 13.7 |
| 8 | Baldwin County | 12.3 |
| 9 | Limestone County | 12.3 |
| 10 | Lauderdale County | 11.2 |
| 11 | Pike County | 11.2 |
| 12 | Coffee County | 10.1 |
| 13 | Macon County | 9.9 |
| 14 | Sumter County | 9.5 |
| 15 | Mobile County | 9.2 |
| 16 | Elmore County | 8.9 |
| 17 | Henry County | 8.6 |
| 18 | Houston County | 8.5 |
| 18 | Marengo County | 8.5 |
| 20 | Morgan County | 8.1 |
| 21 | Colbert County | 8.1 |
| 22 | Calhoun County | 8.1 |
| 23 | Washington County | 8 |
| 24 | Talladega County | 7.8 |
| 25 | Randolph County | 7.5 |
| 26 | Cleburne County | 7.4 |
| 27 | Covington County | 7.3 |
| 28 | Cherokee County | 7.3 |
| 29 | Marshall County | 7.2 |
| 30 | Tallapoosa County | 7.1 |
| 31 | Walker County | 7 |
| 32 | St. Clair County | 7 |
| 33 | Etowah County | 6.9 |
| 34 | Dale County | 6.8 |
| 35 | Cullman County | 6.6 |
| 36 | Perry County | 6.3 |
| 37 | Jackson County | 6.1 |
| 38 | Blount County | 6 |
| 39 | Hale County | 6 |
| 40 | Wilcox County | 6 |
| 41 | Chilton County | 5.9 |
| 42 | Conecuh County | 5.9 |
| 42 | Russell County | 5.9 |
| 44 | Franklin County | 5.9 |
| 45 | Dallas County | 5.7 |
| 46 | Winston County | 5.6 |
| 47 | Butler County | 5.5 |
| 48 | Crenshaw County | 5.5 |
| 49 | Monroe County | 5.4 |
| 50 | Choctaw County | 5.3 |
| 51 | Greene County | 5.3 |
| 52 | Lamar County | 5.3 |
| 53 | DeKalb County | 5.2 |
| 54 | Escambia County | 5.2 |
| 55 | Lawrence County | 5.2 |
| 56 | Marion County | 5 |
| 57 | Clarke County | 5 |
| 58 | Pickens County | 5 |
| 59 | Chambers County | 4.9 |
| 59 | Coosa County | 4.9 |
| 61 | Fayette County | 4.8 |
| 62 | Lowndes County | 4.5 |
| 63 | Bibb County | 4.4 |
| 64 | Clay County | 4.2 |
| 65 | Barbour County | 4.2 |
| 66 | Geneva County | 3.7 |
| 67 | Bullock County | 2.8 |