Cities in Illinois by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over
Winnetka, IL had the highest graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over of 225 cities in 2022, at 50.3%. Cicero, IL had the lowest, at 2.9%. The median was 12.6% and the figure for Illinois was 14.7%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 cities, 2022
Full ranking
| Rank | Cities | 2022 (%) | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Winnetka, IL | 50.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 2 | Wilmette, IL | 49.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 3 | Hinsdale, IL | 45.8 | +2.2 pts |
| 4 | River Forest, IL | 45.5 | +1.9 pts |
| 5 | Lake Forest, IL | 43 | +0.8 pts |
| 6 | Deerfield, IL | 40.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 7 | Northbrook, IL | 39.8 | +2.3 pts |
| 8 | Evanston, IL | 39.4 | +0.8 pts |
| 9 | Oak Park, IL | 38.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 10 | Highland Park, IL | 38.7 | +0.5 pts |
| 11 | Burr Ridge, IL | 36.7 | -2.9 pts |
| 12 | Western Springs, IL | 35.3 | 0 pts |
| 13 | Urbana, IL | 35 | -0.2 pts |
| 14 | Glenview, IL | 34.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 15 | Naperville, IL | 31.6 | +1.2 pts |
| 16 | Libertyville, IL | 31.6 | -1.6 pts |
| 17 | Champaign, IL | 30.8 | -0.5 pts |
| 18 | Glen Ellyn, IL | 30.4 | +1.7 pts |
| 19 | Vernon Hills, IL | 30.1 | +1 pts |
| 20 | Elmhurst, IL | 28.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 21 | Buffalo Grove, IL | 28.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 22 | La Grange, IL | 28 | -3.4 pts |
| 23 | Barrington, IL | 27.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 24 | Lisle, IL | 27.3 | -1.2 pts |
| 25 | Wheaton, IL | 26.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 26 | Park Ridge, IL | 26.6 | +0.9 pts |
| 27 | Frankfort, IL | 26 | +1.6 pts |
| 28 | Carbondale, IL | 25.7 | -0.8 pts |
| 29 | La Grange Park, IL | 25.1 | -1.4 pts |
| 30 | Arlington Heights, IL | 25.1 | +0.8 pts |
| 31 | Winfield, IL | 25.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 32 | Edwardsville, IL | 24.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 33 | Geneva, IL | 24.8 | -1.1 pts |
| 34 | Forest Park, IL | 24.7 | +3.9 pts |
| 35 | Downers Grove, IL | 24.6 | -0 pts |
| 36 | Glen Carbon, IL | 23.7 | -1.1 pts |
| 37 | Grayslake, IL | 23.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 38 | Lake Zurich, IL | 22.9 | +0.7 pts |
| 39 | Campton Hills, IL | 22.7 | -1.9 pts |
| 40 | Batavia, IL | 22.4 | +1 pts |
| 41 | O'Fallon, IL | 22.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 42 | St. Charles, IL | 22 | +1 pts |
| 43 | Lincolnwood, IL | 21.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 44 | Columbia, IL | 21.7 | -1.2 pts |
| 45 | Mahomet, IL | 21.6 | +2.6 pts |
| 46 | Gurnee, IL | 21.5 | +0.9 pts |
| 47 | Darien, IL | 21.2 | +0.9 pts |
| 48 | Skokie, IL | 20.1 | +0.9 pts |
| 49 | Macomb, IL | 20 | -2 pts |
| 50 | Chatham, IL | 19.9 | +2.7 pts |
| 51 | Westmont, IL | 19.8 | +1 pts |
| 52 | Swansea, IL | 19.7 | +0.9 pts |
| 53 | Schaumburg, IL | 19.1 | -0.9 pts |
| 54 | Normal, IL | 19 | +0.4 pts |
| 55 | Morton Grove, IL | 18.9 | 0 pts |
| 56 | Palos Heights, IL | 18.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 57 | Woodridge, IL | 18.6 | -0 pts |
| 58 | Sycamore, IL | 18.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 59 | Plainfield, IL | 18.3 | -1.5 pts |
| 60 | Palatine, IL | 18.1 | -1.2 pts |
| 61 | Chicago, IL | 18 | +0.4 pts |
| 62 | New Lenox, IL | 17.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 63 | Oswego, IL | 17.7 | +1.8 pts |
| 64 | Matteson, IL | 17.7 | -2.3 pts |
| 65 | Orland Park, IL | 17.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 66 | Hoffman Estates, IL | 17.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 67 | Mokena, IL | 17.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 68 | Lemont, IL | 17.2 | +0.8 pts |
| 69 | Lombard, IL | 17.1 | +0.7 pts |
| 70 | Mount Prospect, IL | 16.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 71 | Algonquin, IL | 16.6 | +1 pts |
| 72 | Homewood, IL | 16.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 73 | Shiloh, IL | 16.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 74 | Warrenville, IL | 16.4 | +2.2 pts |
| 75 | Huntley, IL | 16.1 | +2 pts |
| 76 | Cary, IL | 16.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 77 | Bloomington, IL | 15.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 78 | Washington, IL | 15.8 | +0.5 pts |
| 79 | DeKalb, IL | 15.7 | +0.8 pts |
| 80 | Peoria, IL | 15.6 | 0 pts |
| 81 | Charleston, IL | 15.6 | +2.7 pts |
| 82 | Evergreen Park, IL | 15.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 83 | Shorewood, IL | 15.4 | +0.5 pts |
| 84 | Mundelein, IL | 15.2 | +0.6 pts |
| 85 | Roselle, IL | 15.1 | +1.2 pts |
| 86 | Brookfield, IL | 15 | -1.6 pts |
| 87 | Lindenhurst, IL | 14.8 | -1.1 pts |
| 88 | Bourbonnais, IL | 14.8 | +1.6 pts |
| 89 | Tinley Park, IL | 14.7 | +0.9 pts |
| 90 | Springfield, IL | 14.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 91 | North Aurora, IL | 14.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 92 | Des Plaines, IL | 14.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 93 | Lockport, IL | 14.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 94 | Wauconda, IL | 14.4 | +1.4 pts |
| 95 | Bartlett, IL | 14.3 | +0.8 pts |
| 95 | Hazel Crest, IL | 14.3 | +1.4 pts |
| 97 | Bloomingdale, IL | 14.2 | +1.3 pts |
| 98 | Carol Stream, IL | 14.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 99 | Bolingbrook, IL | 14 | +0.1 pts |
| 100 | Aurora, IL | 13.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 100 | Fairview Heights, IL | 13.9 | -1.2 pts |
| 102 | Westchester, IL | 13.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 103 | Rolling Meadows, IL | 13.6 | +1.6 pts |
| 104 | Woodstock, IL | 13.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 105 | Wheeling, IL | 13.2 | -1.4 pts |
| 106 | Troy, IL | 13.1 | +1.2 pts |
| 107 | South Elgin, IL | 13.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 108 | Minooka, IL | 13 | +0.5 pts |
| 109 | Richton Park, IL | 13 | +0.6 pts |
| 110 | Morton, IL | 12.9 | -2 pts |
| 111 | South Holland, IL | 12.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 112 | Elmwood Park, IL | 12.6 | +1.6 pts |
| 113 | Niles, IL | 12.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 114 | Elk Grove Village, IL | 12.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 115 | Crystal Lake, IL | 12.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 116 | West Chicago, IL | 12.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 117 | Roscoe, IL | 12.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 118 | Homer Glen, IL | 11.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 119 | Prospect Heights, IL | 11.8 | -1.8 pts |
| 120 | Waterloo, IL | 11.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 121 | Antioch, IL | 11.4 | -2.5 pts |
| 122 | Godfrey, IL | 11.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 123 | Lake in the Hills, IL | 11.3 | +0.8 pts |
| 124 | Park Forest, IL | 11.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 125 | Palos Hills, IL | 10.9 | +1.1 pts |
| 126 | Belleville, IL | 10.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 127 | Channahon, IL | 10.8 | -1.9 pts |
| 128 | Norridge, IL | 10.7 | +1.1 pts |
| 129 | Marion, IL | 10.7 | +1.4 pts |
| 130 | Herrin, IL | 10.5 | +2.3 pts |
| 131 | Villa Park, IL | 10.3 | -0 pts |
| 132 | Effingham, IL | 10 | +1.1 pts |
| 133 | Moline, IL | 10 | -0.1 pts |
| 134 | Collinsville, IL | 10 | -0.9 pts |
| 135 | Elgin, IL | 9.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 136 | Oak Lawn, IL | 9.8 | -1.5 pts |
| 137 | Yorkville, IL | 9.8 | +1.6 pts |
| 138 | Morris, IL | 9.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 139 | Hickory Hills, IL | 9.6 | +1.2 pts |
| 140 | Lansing, IL | 9.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 141 | Oak Forest, IL | 9.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 142 | Alsip, IL | 9.4 | +1.5 pts |
| 143 | Pingree Grove, IL | 9.4 | +1.3 pts |
| 143 | Quincy, IL | 9.4 | +1.1 pts |
| 145 | East Peoria, IL | 9.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 146 | Round Lake, IL | 8.9 | +1 pts |
| 147 | Rock Island, IL | 8.8 | +0.7 pts |
| 148 | Highland, IL | 8.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 148 | Rockford, IL | 8.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 150 | Country Club Hills, IL | 8.6 | -1.6 pts |
| 151 | Berwyn, IL | 8.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 152 | Loves Park, IL | 8.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 153 | Streamwood, IL | 8.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 154 | Joliet, IL | 8.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 155 | Hanover Park, IL | 8.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 155 | Manhattan, IL | 8.2 | +3.5 pts |
| 157 | Centralia, IL | 7.9 | +0.8 pts |
| 158 | Danville, IL | 7.8 | +0.6 pts |
| 159 | Waukegan, IL | 7.5 | +0.9 pts |
| 160 | North Chicago, IL | 7.5 | -1.3 pts |
| 161 | Mattoon, IL | 7.5 | +0.9 pts |
| 162 | Glendale Heights, IL | 7.4 | +0.4 pts |
| 163 | Montgomery, IL | 7.4 | -1.1 pts |
| 164 | Crestwood, IL | 7.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 165 | Addison, IL | 7.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 166 | Decatur, IL | 7.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 167 | Alton, IL | 7.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 168 | Sterling, IL | 7.2 | -0 pts |
| 169 | Crest Hill, IL | 7.1 | +0.7 pts |
| 170 | Lincoln, IL | 7.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 171 | Galesburg, IL | 7.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 172 | Freeport, IL | 7.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 173 | McHenry, IL | 7.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 174 | Pontiac, IL | 7.1 | +1.9 pts |
| 175 | Carpentersville, IL | 6.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 175 | Ottawa, IL | 6.9 | -1.5 pts |
| 177 | Mount Vernon, IL | 6.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 178 | Riverdale, IL | 6.7 | +0.8 pts |
| 179 | Midlothian, IL | 6.7 | +0.7 pts |
| 180 | Chicago Heights, IL | 6.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 181 | Canton, IL | 6.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 182 | Dolton, IL | 6.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 183 | East Moline, IL | 6.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 184 | Dixon, IL | 6.5 | 0 pts |
| 185 | Bradley, IL | 6.4 | +0.7 pts |
| 186 | Calumet City, IL | 6.3 | +0.7 pts |
| 187 | Jacksonville, IL | 6.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 188 | Taylorville, IL | 6.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 189 | Rantoul, IL | 6.2 | -2.2 pts |
| 190 | Fox Lake, IL | 6.2 | +1.1 pts |
| 191 | Chicago Ridge, IL | 6.1 | -2 pts |
| 191 | Maywood, IL | 6.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 193 | Zion, IL | 6.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 194 | Lyons, IL | 6 | -1.2 pts |
| 195 | Blue Island, IL | 6 | -0.6 pts |
| 196 | Romeoville, IL | 6 | +0.5 pts |
| 197 | Bensenville, IL | 6 | +0.8 pts |
| 198 | Plano, IL | 5.7 | +1.2 pts |
| 199 | Kankakee, IL | 5.7 | +0.5 pts |
| 200 | Pekin, IL | 5.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 201 | Wood Dale, IL | 5.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 202 | Schiller Park, IL | 5.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 203 | Cahokia Heights, IL | 5.3 | |
| 204 | Beach Park, IL | 5.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 204 | Bridgeview, IL | 5.1 | -0.9 pts |
| 206 | Wood River, IL | 5.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 207 | Round Lake Beach, IL | 5.1 | -1.1 pts |
| 208 | Justice, IL | 5 | -1.2 pts |
| 209 | Machesney Park, IL | 5 | +0.3 pts |
| 210 | Worth, IL | 4.9 | -0.9 pts |
| 211 | East St. Louis, IL | 4.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 212 | Kewanee, IL | 4.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 213 | Melrose Park, IL | 4.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 214 | Belvidere, IL | 4.4 | -1.6 pts |
| 215 | Franklin Park, IL | 4.4 | +1 pts |
| 216 | Granite City, IL | 4.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 217 | River Grove, IL | 4.2 | -1.5 pts |
| 218 | Burbank, IL | 4.1 | -0.9 pts |
| 219 | Northlake, IL | 3.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 220 | Bellwood, IL | 3.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 221 | Streator, IL | 3.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 222 | Summit, IL | 3.3 | +0.8 pts |
| 223 | Markham, IL | 3.2 | -0.7 pts |
| 224 | Harvey, IL | 3 | -0.3 pts |
| 225 | Cicero, IL | 2.9 | +0.6 pts |
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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 cities 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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
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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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Illinois by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Illinois by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b15003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/graduate-or-professional-degree/illinois-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Illinois by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2022}},
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Which city has the highest graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over?
Winnetka, IL, with 50.3% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which city has the lowest graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over?
Cicero, IL, with 2.9% in 2022.
Where does this ranking come from?
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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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