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

Oconee County had the highest graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over of 159 counties in 2024, at 28.3%. Treutlen County had the lowest, at 1.7%. The median was 7.4% and the figure for Georgia was 13.9%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest28.3Oconee County
Median7.4159 counties
Georgia13.9History

Top 40 counties, 2024

Oconee County: 28.3 %Oconee County28.3Fulton County: 24.6 %Fulton County24.6Clarke County: 24.3 %Clarke County24.3Forsyth County: 22.3 %Forsyth County22.3DeKalb County: 21.1 %DeKalb County21.1Cobb County: 19 %Cobb County19Fayette County: 18.9 %Fayette County18.9Columbia County: 16.8 %Columbia County16.8Harris County: 16.2 %Harris County16.2Lee County: 15.6 %Lee County15.6Chatham County: 15.6 %Chatham County15.6Towns County: 15.2 %Towns County15.2Rabun County: 14 %Rabun County14Greene County: 14 %Greene County14Houston County: 13.9 %Houston County13.9Gwinnett County: 13.9 %Gwinnett County13.9Coweta County: 13.6 %Coweta County13.6Dawson County: 13.5 %Dawson County13.5Rockdale County: 13.3 %Rockdale County13.3Bryan County: 13.2 %Bryan County13.2Cherokee County: 13 %Cherokee County13Bibb County: 12.9 %Bibb County12.9Clay County: 12.9 %Clay County12.9Lumpkin County: 12.8 %Lumpkin County12.8Glynn County: 12.7 %Glynn County12.7Bulloch County: 12.5 %Bulloch County12.5Muscogee County: 12.3 %Muscogee County12.3Douglas County: 12.1 %Douglas County12.1Monroe County: 11.8 %Monroe County11.8Lowndes County: 11.6 %Lowndes County11.6Morgan County: 11.6 %Morgan County11.6Peach County: 11.4 %Peach County11.4Baldwin County: 11.3 %Baldwin County11.3Pierce County: 11.2 %Pierce County11.2Dougherty County: 11.2 %Dougherty County11.2Floyd County: 10.9 %Floyd County10.9Tift County: 10.8 %Tift County10.8Hall County: 10.6 %Hall County10.6Oglethorpe County: 10.6 %Oglethorpe County10.6Henry County: 10.6 %Henry County10.6
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2024 (%)Change on 2023
1Oconee County28.3+1 pts
2Fulton County24.6+0.2 pts
3Clarke County24.3-0.2 pts
4Forsyth County22.3+0.6 pts
5DeKalb County21.1+0.1 pts
6Cobb County19+0.4 pts
7Fayette County18.9+0.6 pts
8Columbia County16.8+0.4 pts
9Harris County16.2+0.8 pts
10Lee County15.6+0.2 pts
11Chatham County15.6+0.8 pts
12Towns County15.2+0.1 pts
13Rabun County14+1.2 pts
14Greene County14+0.9 pts
15Houston County13.9+0.5 pts
16Gwinnett County13.9+0.3 pts
17Coweta County13.6+0.9 pts
18Dawson County13.5+2.2 pts
19Rockdale County13.3+1.8 pts
20Bryan County13.2+0.7 pts
21Cherokee County13+0.9 pts
22Bibb County12.9-0.2 pts
23Clay County12.9+3.3 pts
24Lumpkin County12.8+0.1 pts
25Glynn County12.7+0.5 pts
26Bulloch County12.5+0.3 pts
27Muscogee County12.3+0.2 pts
28Douglas County12.1+0.3 pts
29Monroe County11.8-1.7 pts
30Lowndes County11.6+1 pts
30Morgan County11.6+0.3 pts
32Peach County11.4-0.7 pts
33Baldwin County11.3+1.1 pts
34Pierce County11.2+1.8 pts
35Dougherty County11.2-0.1 pts
36Floyd County10.9+0.1 pts
37Tift County10.8+0.5 pts
38Hall County10.6+0.6 pts
39Oglethorpe County10.6+1 pts
40Henry County10.6+0.9 pts
41Putnam County10.4+0.1 pts
42Troup County10.3+0.6 pts
43Madison County10.30 pts
44Habersham County10.3+0.4 pts
45Union County10.2+0.9 pts
46Newton County10+0.7 pts
47Schley County10+1.8 pts
48Sumter County10+0.7 pts
49Paulding County9.9+0.8 pts
50Richmond County9.9+0.5 pts
51Fannin County9.8+0.5 pts
52White County9.8-1.3 pts
53Chattahoochee County9.5-0.7 pts
54Jackson County9.5+0.8 pts
55Catoosa County9.2+0.1 pts
56Carroll County9.1+0.4 pts
57Camden County9.1+1 pts
58Walton County9.1+0.1 pts
59Gilmer County9+0.9 pts
60Whitfield County8.9+0.5 pts
61Laurens County8.9+0.3 pts
62Montgomery County8.6-0.8 pts
63Pickens County8.5+0.7 pts
64Thomas County8.2-0.2 pts
65Effingham County8.2+0.5 pts
66Walker County8.2+0.5 pts
67Gordon County8.1+0.8 pts
68Pike County8.1+0.3 pts
69Bartow County8+0.5 pts
70Lanier County7.7+0.6 pts
71Franklin County7.7+0.6 pts
72Lamar County7.7-0.7 pts
73Jasper County7.7-0.9 pts
74Candler County7.6+1.8 pts
75Clayton County7.6+0.3 pts
76McIntosh County7.5+1.3 pts
77Hart County7.5+2.4 pts
78Barrow County7.4+0.3 pts
78Colquitt County7.4+0.4 pts
80Marion County7.4+4.2 pts
81Bleckley County7.4+0.2 pts
82Dodge County7.3+1.4 pts
83Cook County7.3+1.1 pts
84Wilcox County7.3+0.4 pts
85Baker County7.2+0.3 pts
86Taylor County7.2+0.3 pts
87Lincoln County7.2+0.7 pts
88Toombs County7.1-1.1 pts
89McDuffie County7+0.4 pts
89Miller County7-1.3 pts
91Jones County6.9+0.4 pts
92Grady County6.8+0.8 pts
93Terrell County6.8+2 pts
94Crawford County6.7+0.6 pts
95Irwin County6.7-2.7 pts
96Screven County6.6-0.3 pts
97Brooks County6.6+1.5 pts
98Liberty County6.5+0.1 pts
99Spalding County6.5-0.4 pts
100Meriwether County6.4+1.2 pts
101Butts County6.3+0.4 pts
102Mitchell County6.3-0 pts
103Early County6.3-0.9 pts
104Coffee County6.3+1.2 pts
105Decatur County6.2+0.4 pts
105Wayne County6.2+0.6 pts
107Banks County6.1+0.5 pts
108Randolph County6.1+0.3 pts
109Elbert County6.1+0.2 pts
110Calhoun County6+0.6 pts
111Tattnall County6-0.6 pts
112Echols County6-0.1 pts
113Brantley County5.9+0.2 pts
114Jeff Davis County5.9+1.4 pts
115Stephens County5.8+0.3 pts
116Ware County5.8+1.1 pts
117Haralson County5.8-1 pts
118Jenkins County5.7+1.5 pts
119Polk County5.6-0.1 pts
120Crisp County5.5-0.7 pts
120Upson County5.5+0.5 pts
122Chattooga County5.3+0.5 pts
123Taliaferro County5.3+0.5 pts
124Dade County5.3-0.4 pts
124Murray County5.3+0.4 pts
126Evans County5.2-0.6 pts
127Appling County5.2+0.2 pts
128Emanuel County5.1-0.3 pts
129Pulaski County5.1+0.3 pts
130Bacon County5.1-0.1 pts
131Glascock County5+4 pts
132Heard County5+1.6 pts
133Seminole County5-0.3 pts
134Berrien County5+0.3 pts
134Dooly County5+0.7 pts
136Telfair County4.8+0.3 pts
137Washington County4.7-0.5 pts
138Wilkes County4.7+0.9 pts
139Long County4.5-0.3 pts
139Talbot County4.5-2 pts
141Johnson County4.5+0.1 pts
142Wilkinson County4.5-0.4 pts
143Worth County4.2+0.8 pts
144Twiggs County4.2+0.2 pts
145Quitman County4.2+0.3 pts
145Stewart County4.2-0.1 pts
147Jefferson County4.1+1 pts
148Burke County4.1+0.7 pts
149Wheeler County4+2.7 pts
150Ben Hill County4-0.1 pts
151Macon County3.9+0.4 pts
152Atkinson County3.7-0.8 pts
153Clinch County3.5-0.4 pts
154Turner County3.4+0.4 pts
155Hancock County3.4+0.8 pts
156Charlton County3.4+0.4 pts
157Warren County2.5-0.9 pts
158Webster County1.7-1.1 pts
159Treutlen County1.7-0.8 pts

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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 Georgia 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 Georgia 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/georgia-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 Georgia 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/georgia-counties.

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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 Georgia 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/georgia-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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