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

All 30 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/alaska-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Juneau City and Borough | 15.6 |
| 2 | Anchorage Municipality | 14.9 |
| 3 | Haines Borough | 14 |
| 4 | Sitka City and Borough | 13.1 |
| 5 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 12.9 |
| 6 | Chugach Census Area | 12.4 |
| 7 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 10.3 |
| 8 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 9.6 |
| 9 | Kodiak Island Borough | 9.1 |
| 10 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 8.7 |
| 11 | Petersburg Borough | 8.1 |
| 12 | Denali Borough | 8.1 |
| 13 | Copper River Census Area | 7.6 |
| 14 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 7.4 |
| 15 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 7.1 |
| 16 | Skagway Municipality | 6.8 |
| 17 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 6.5 |
| 18 | Nome Census Area | 6.1 |
| 19 | Aleutians East Borough | 6 |
| 20 | North Slope Borough | 6 |
| 21 | Wrangell City and Borough | 5.6 |
| 22 | Yakutat City and Borough | 5.4 |
| 23 | Dillingham Census Area | 5.2 |
| 24 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 5 |
| 25 | Bethel Census Area | 4.9 |
| 26 | Lake and Peninsula Borough | 4.3 |
| 27 | Northwest Arctic Borough | 4.2 |
| 28 | Bristol Bay Borough | 3.8 |
| 29 | Aleutians West Census Area | 3.3 |
| 30 | Kusilvak Census Area | 1.2 |