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

All 159 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/georgia-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Oconee County | 28.3 |
| 2 | Fulton County | 24.6 |
| 3 | Clarke County | 24.3 |
| 4 | Forsyth County | 22.3 |
| 5 | DeKalb County | 21.1 |
| 6 | Cobb County | 19 |
| 7 | Fayette County | 18.9 |
| 8 | Columbia County | 16.8 |
| 9 | Harris County | 16.2 |
| 10 | Lee County | 15.6 |
| 11 | Chatham County | 15.6 |
| 12 | Towns County | 15.2 |
| 13 | Rabun County | 14 |
| 14 | Greene County | 14 |
| 15 | Houston County | 13.9 |
| 16 | Gwinnett County | 13.9 |
| 17 | Coweta County | 13.6 |
| 18 | Dawson County | 13.5 |
| 19 | Rockdale County | 13.3 |
| 20 | Bryan County | 13.2 |
| 21 | Cherokee County | 13 |
| 22 | Bibb County | 12.9 |
| 23 | Clay County | 12.9 |
| 24 | Lumpkin County | 12.8 |
| 25 | Glynn County | 12.7 |
| 26 | Bulloch County | 12.5 |
| 27 | Muscogee County | 12.3 |
| 28 | Douglas County | 12.1 |
| 29 | Monroe County | 11.8 |
| 30 | Lowndes County | 11.6 |
| 30 | Morgan County | 11.6 |
| 32 | Peach County | 11.4 |
| 33 | Baldwin County | 11.3 |
| 34 | Pierce County | 11.2 |
| 35 | Dougherty County | 11.2 |
| 36 | Floyd County | 10.9 |
| 37 | Tift County | 10.8 |
| 38 | Hall County | 10.6 |
| 39 | Oglethorpe County | 10.6 |
| 40 | Henry County | 10.6 |
| 41 | Putnam County | 10.4 |
| 42 | Troup County | 10.3 |
| 43 | Madison County | 10.3 |
| 44 | Habersham County | 10.3 |
| 45 | Union County | 10.2 |
| 46 | Newton County | 10 |
| 47 | Schley County | 10 |
| 48 | Sumter County | 10 |
| 49 | Paulding County | 9.9 |
| 50 | Richmond County | 9.9 |
| 51 | Fannin County | 9.8 |
| 52 | White County | 9.8 |
| 53 | Chattahoochee County | 9.5 |
| 54 | Jackson County | 9.5 |
| 55 | Catoosa County | 9.2 |
| 56 | Carroll County | 9.1 |
| 57 | Camden County | 9.1 |
| 58 | Walton County | 9.1 |
| 59 | Gilmer County | 9 |
| 60 | Whitfield County | 8.9 |
| 61 | Laurens County | 8.9 |
| 62 | Montgomery County | 8.6 |
| 63 | Pickens County | 8.5 |
| 64 | Thomas County | 8.2 |
| 65 | Effingham County | 8.2 |
| 66 | Walker County | 8.2 |
| 67 | Gordon County | 8.1 |
| 68 | Pike County | 8.1 |
| 69 | Bartow County | 8 |
| 70 | Lanier County | 7.7 |
| 71 | Franklin County | 7.7 |
| 72 | Lamar County | 7.7 |
| 73 | Jasper County | 7.7 |
| 74 | Candler County | 7.6 |
| 75 | Clayton County | 7.6 |
| 76 | McIntosh County | 7.5 |
| 77 | Hart County | 7.5 |
| 78 | Barrow County | 7.4 |
| 78 | Colquitt County | 7.4 |
| 80 | Marion County | 7.4 |
| 81 | Bleckley County | 7.4 |
| 82 | Dodge County | 7.3 |
| 83 | Cook County | 7.3 |
| 84 | Wilcox County | 7.3 |
| 85 | Baker County | 7.2 |
| 86 | Taylor County | 7.2 |
| 87 | Lincoln County | 7.2 |
| 88 | Toombs County | 7.1 |
| 89 | McDuffie County | 7 |
| 89 | Miller County | 7 |
| 91 | Jones County | 6.9 |
| 92 | Grady County | 6.8 |
| 93 | Terrell County | 6.8 |
| 94 | Crawford County | 6.7 |
| 95 | Irwin County | 6.7 |
| 96 | Screven County | 6.6 |
| 97 | Brooks County | 6.6 |
| 98 | Liberty County | 6.5 |
| 99 | Spalding County | 6.5 |
| 100 | Meriwether County | 6.4 |
| 101 | Butts County | 6.3 |
| 102 | Mitchell County | 6.3 |
| 103 | Early County | 6.3 |
| 104 | Coffee County | 6.3 |
| 105 | Decatur County | 6.2 |
| 105 | Wayne County | 6.2 |
| 107 | Banks County | 6.1 |
| 108 | Randolph County | 6.1 |
| 109 | Elbert County | 6.1 |
| 110 | Calhoun County | 6 |
| 111 | Tattnall County | 6 |
| 112 | Echols County | 6 |
| 113 | Brantley County | 5.9 |
| 114 | Jeff Davis County | 5.9 |
| 115 | Stephens County | 5.8 |
| 116 | Ware County | 5.8 |
| 117 | Haralson County | 5.8 |
| 118 | Jenkins County | 5.7 |
| 119 | Polk County | 5.6 |
| 120 | Crisp County | 5.5 |
| 120 | Upson County | 5.5 |
| 122 | Chattooga County | 5.3 |
| 123 | Taliaferro County | 5.3 |
| 124 | Dade County | 5.3 |
| 124 | Murray County | 5.3 |
| 126 | Evans County | 5.2 |
| 127 | Appling County | 5.2 |
| 128 | Emanuel County | 5.1 |
| 129 | Pulaski County | 5.1 |
| 130 | Bacon County | 5.1 |
| 131 | Glascock County | 5 |
| 132 | Heard County | 5 |
| 133 | Seminole County | 5 |
| 134 | Berrien County | 5 |
| 134 | Dooly County | 5 |
| 136 | Telfair County | 4.8 |
| 137 | Washington County | 4.7 |
| 138 | Wilkes County | 4.7 |
| 139 | Long County | 4.5 |
| 139 | Talbot County | 4.5 |
| 141 | Johnson County | 4.5 |
| 142 | Wilkinson County | 4.5 |
| 143 | Worth County | 4.2 |
| 144 | Twiggs County | 4.2 |
| 145 | Quitman County | 4.2 |
| 145 | Stewart County | 4.2 |
| 147 | Jefferson County | 4.1 |
| 148 | Burke County | 4.1 |
| 149 | Wheeler County | 4 |
| 150 | Ben Hill County | 4 |
| 151 | Macon County | 3.9 |
| 152 | Atkinson County | 3.7 |
| 153 | Clinch County | 3.5 |
| 154 | Turner County | 3.4 |
| 155 | Hancock County | 3.4 |
| 156 | Charlton County | 3.4 |
| 157 | Warren County | 2.5 |
| 158 | Webster County | 1.7 |
| 159 | Treutlen County | 1.7 |