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

Juneau City and Borough had the highest graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over of 30 counties in 2024, at 15.6%. Kusilvak Census Area had the lowest, at 1.2%. The median was 6.9% and the figure for Alaska was 11.8%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest15.6Juneau City and Borough
Lowest1.2Kusilvak Census Area
Median6.930 counties
Alaska11.8History

Map of counties, 2024

Aleutians East Borough: 6 %Aleutians West Census Area: 3.3 %Anchorage Municipality: 14.9 %Bethel Census Area: 4.9 %Bristol Bay Borough: 3.8 %Chugach Census Area: 12.4 %Copper River Census Area: 7.6 %Denali Borough: 8.1 %Dillingham Census Area: 5.2 %Fairbanks North Star Borough: 12.9 %Haines Borough: 14 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 7.1 %Juneau City and Borough: 15.6 %Kenai Peninsula Borough: 10.3 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 9.6 %Kodiak Island Borough: 9.1 %Kusilvak Census Area: 1.2 %Lake and Peninsula Borough: 4.3 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 8.7 %Nome Census Area: 6.1 %North Slope Borough: 6 %Northwest Arctic Borough: 4.2 %Petersburg Borough: 8.1 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 5 %Sitka City and Borough: 13.1 %Skagway Municipality: 6.8 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 7.4 %Wrangell City and Borough: 5.6 %Yakutat City and Borough: 5.4 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 6.5 %
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  • 4.8 to 5.8
  • 5.8 to 6.9
  • 6.9 to 8.3
  • 8.3 to 12
  • 12 and over
%, 2024. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2024

Juneau City and Borough: 15.6 %Juneau City and Borough15.6Anchorage Municipality: 14.9 %Anchorage Municipality14.9Haines Borough: 14 %Haines Borough14Sitka City and Borough: 13.1 %Sitka City and Borough13.1Fairbanks North Star Borough: 12.9 %Fairbanks North Star Borough12.9Chugach Census Area: 12.4 %Chugach Census Area12.4Kenai Peninsula Borough: 10.3 %Kenai Peninsula Borough10.3Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 9.6 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough9.6Kodiak Island Borough: 9.1 %Kodiak Island Borough9.1Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 8.7 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough8.7Petersburg Borough: 8.1 %Petersburg Borough8.1Denali Borough: 8.1 %Denali Borough8.1Copper River Census Area: 7.6 %Copper River Census Area7.6Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 7.4 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area7.4Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 7.1 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area7.1Skagway Municipality: 6.8 %Skagway Municipality6.8Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 6.5 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area6.5Nome Census Area: 6.1 %Nome Census Area6.1Aleutians East Borough: 6 %Aleutians East Borough6North Slope Borough: 6 %North Slope Borough6Wrangell City and Borough: 5.6 %Wrangell City and Borough5.6Yakutat City and Borough: 5.4 %Yakutat City and Borough5.4Dillingham Census Area: 5.2 %Dillingham Census Area5.2Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 5 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area5Bethel Census Area: 4.9 %Bethel Census Area4.9Lake and Peninsula Borough: 4.3 %Lake and Peninsula Borough4.3Northwest Arctic Borough: 4.2 %Northwest Arctic Borough4.2Bristol Bay Borough: 3.8 %Bristol Bay Borough3.8Aleutians West Census Area: 3.3 %Aleutians West Census Area3.3Kusilvak Census Area: 1.2 %Kusilvak Census Area1.2Juneau City and Borough: 15.6 %Juneau City and Borough15.6Anchorage Municipality: 14.9 %Anchorage Municipality14.9Haines Borough: 14 %Haines Borough14Sitka City and Borough: 13.1 %Sitka City and Borough13.1Fairbanks North Star Borough: 12.9 %Fairbanks North Star Borough12.9Chugach Census Area: 12.4 %Chugach Census Area12.4Kenai Peninsula Borough: 10.3 %Kenai Peninsula Borough10.3Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 9.6 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough9.6Kodiak Island Borough: 9.1 %Kodiak Island Borough9.1Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 8.7 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough8.7Petersburg Borough: 8.1 %Petersburg Borough8.1Denali Borough: 8.1 %Denali Borough8.1Copper River Census Area: 7.6 %Copper River Census Area7.6Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 7.4 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area7.4Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 7.1 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area7.1Skagway Municipality: 6.8 %Skagway Municipality6.8Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 6.5 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area6.5Nome Census Area: 6.1 %Nome Census Area6.1Aleutians East Borough: 6 %Aleutians East Borough6North Slope Borough: 6 %North Slope Borough6Wrangell City and Borough: 5.6 %Wrangell City and Borough5.6Yakutat City and Borough: 5.4 %Yakutat City and Borough5.4Dillingham Census Area: 5.2 %Dillingham Census Area5.2Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 5 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area5Bethel Census Area: 4.9 %Bethel Census Area4.9Lake and Peninsula Borough: 4.3 %Lake and Peninsula Borough4.3Northwest Arctic Borough: 4.2 %Northwest Arctic Borough4.2Bristol Bay Borough: 3.8 %Bristol Bay Borough3.8Aleutians West Census Area: 3.3 %Aleutians West Census Area3.3Kusilvak Census Area: 1.2 %Kusilvak Census Area1.2
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2024 (%)Change on 2023
1Juneau City and Borough15.6+0.7 pts
2Anchorage Municipality14.9+0.6 pts
3Haines Borough14-2.4 pts
4Sitka City and Borough13.1+0.5 pts
5Fairbanks North Star Borough12.9-1 pts
6Chugach Census Area12.4+3.1 pts
7Kenai Peninsula Borough10.30 pts
8Ketchikan Gateway Borough9.6+0.8 pts
9Kodiak Island Borough9.1+0.9 pts
10Matanuska-Susitna Borough8.7+0.1 pts
11Petersburg Borough8.1-0.4 pts
12Denali Borough8.1+0.1 pts
13Copper River Census Area7.6-3.5 pts
14Southeast Fairbanks Census Area7.4+1.1 pts
15Hoonah-Angoon Census Area7.1-0.4 pts
16Skagway Municipality6.8+0.4 pts
17Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area6.5+2.4 pts
18Nome Census Area6.1-3 pts
19Aleutians East Borough6+0.8 pts
20North Slope Borough6-0.1 pts
21Wrangell City and Borough5.6+1.1 pts
22Yakutat City and Borough5.4+1.4 pts
23Dillingham Census Area5.2-1.1 pts
24Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area50 pts
25Bethel Census Area4.9+0.1 pts
26Lake and Peninsula Borough4.3-1.8 pts
27Northwest Arctic Borough4.2+0.2 pts
28Bristol Bay Borough3.8-1.2 pts
29Aleutians West Census Area3.3+0.6 pts
30Kusilvak Census Area1.2+0.3 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

A subset of bachelors_degree_share, which also counts people whose highest degree is a bachelor's.

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 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.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). 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 (Counties in Alaska by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat

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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, Counties in Alaska by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/graduate-or-professional-degree/alaska-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. 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. Counties in Alaska by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/graduate-or-professional-degree/alaska-counties.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) 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, Counties in Alaska by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/graduate-or-professional-degree/alaska-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{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: Counties in Alaska by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2024}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/graduate-or-professional-degree/alaska-counties. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
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Which county has the highest graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over?

Juneau City and Borough, with 15.6% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over?

Kusilvak Census Area, with 1.2% in 2024.

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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 master's, professional school or doctorate degree as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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