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Cities in Indiana by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over

West Lafayette, IN had the highest graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over of 88 cities in 2023, at 43.2%. Decatur, IN had the lowest, at 2.3%. The median was 8.5% and the figure for Indiana was 10.5%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest43.2West Lafayette, IN
Lowest2.3Decatur, IN
Median8.588 cities
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Top 40 cities, 2023

West Lafayette, IN: 43.2 %West Lafayette, IN43.2Bloomington, IN: 34.7 %Bloomington, IN34.7Zionsville, IN: 32.2 %Zionsville, IN32.2Carmel, IN: 32 %Carmel, IN32Fishers, IN: 24 %Fishers, IN24Westfield, IN: 20.1 %Westfield, IN20.1Columbus, IN: 19.4 %Columbus, IN19.4Whitestown, IN: 19 %Whitestown, IN19Munster, IN: 17.3 %Munster, IN17.3Noblesville, IN: 17.1 %Noblesville, IN17.1Yorktown, IN: 16.6 %Yorktown, IN16.6Valparaiso, IN: 15.5 %Valparaiso, IN15.5Brownsburg, IN: 15.5 %Brownsburg, IN15.5Avon, IN: 15.2 %Avon, IN15.2Dyer, IN: 14.7 %Dyer, IN14.7Bargersville, IN: 14.6 %Bargersville, IN14.6Huntertown, IN: 14.6 %Huntertown, IN14.6St. John, IN: 14 %St. John, IN14Warsaw, IN: 14 %Warsaw, IN14McCordsville, IN: 13.6 %McCordsville, IN13.6Crown Point, IN: 13.4 %Crown Point, IN13.4Plainfield, IN: 12.7 %Plainfield, IN12.7Indianapolis, IN: 12.5 %Indianapolis, IN12.5South Bend, IN: 12.5 %South Bend, IN12.5Lawrence, IN: 12.4 %Lawrence, IN12.4Chesterton, IN: 12.2 %Chesterton, IN12.2Danville, IN: 12.1 %Danville, IN12.1Greenwood, IN: 11.8 %Greenwood, IN11.8Muncie, IN: 11 %Muncie, IN11Mishawaka, IN: 10.6 %Mishawaka, IN10.6Highland, IN: 10.6 %Highland, IN10.6Schererville, IN: 10.5 %Schererville, IN10.5Speedway, IN: 10.5 %Speedway, IN10.5Lafayette, IN: 9.9 %Lafayette, IN9.9Cedar Lake, IN: 9.8 %Cedar Lake, IN9.8Sellersburg, IN: 9.7 %Sellersburg, IN9.7Goshen, IN: 9.5 %Goshen, IN9.5Greenfield, IN: 9.4 %Greenfield, IN9.4Merrillville, IN: 9.4 %Merrillville, IN9.4Terre Haute, IN: 9.2 %Terre Haute, IN9.2West Lafayette, IN: 43.2 %West Lafayette, IN43.2Bloomington, IN: 34.7 %Bloomington, IN34.7Zionsville, IN: 32.2 %Zionsville, IN32.2Carmel, IN: 32 %Carmel, IN32Fishers, IN: 24 %Fishers, IN24Westfield, IN: 20.1 %Westfield, IN20.1Columbus, IN: 19.4 %Columbus, IN19.4Whitestown, IN: 19 %Whitestown, IN19Munster, IN: 17.3 %Munster, IN17.3Noblesville, IN: 17.1 %Noblesville, IN17.1Yorktown, IN: 16.6 %Yorktown, IN16.6Valparaiso, IN: 15.5 %Valparaiso, IN15.5Brownsburg, IN: 15.5 %Brownsburg, IN15.5Avon, IN: 15.2 %Avon, IN15.2Dyer, IN: 14.7 %Dyer, IN14.7Bargersville, IN: 14.6 %Bargersville, IN14.6Huntertown, IN: 14.6 %Huntertown, IN14.6St. John, IN: 14 %St. John, IN14Warsaw, IN: 14 %Warsaw, IN14McCordsville, IN: 13.6 %McCordsville, IN13.6Crown Point, IN: 13.4 %Crown Point, IN13.4Plainfield, IN: 12.7 %Plainfield, IN12.7Indianapolis, IN: 12.5 %Indianapolis, IN12.5South Bend, IN: 12.5 %South Bend, IN12.5Lawrence, IN: 12.4 %Lawrence, IN12.4Chesterton, IN: 12.2 %Chesterton, IN12.2Danville, IN: 12.1 %Danville, IN12.1Greenwood, IN: 11.8 %Greenwood, IN11.8Muncie, IN: 11 %Muncie, IN11Mishawaka, IN: 10.6 %Mishawaka, IN10.6Highland, IN: 10.6 %Highland, IN10.6Schererville, IN: 10.5 %Schererville, IN10.5Speedway, IN: 10.5 %Speedway, IN10.5Lafayette, IN: 9.9 %Lafayette, IN9.9Cedar Lake, IN: 9.8 %Cedar Lake, IN9.8Sellersburg, IN: 9.7 %Sellersburg, IN9.7Goshen, IN: 9.5 %Goshen, IN9.5Greenfield, IN: 9.4 %Greenfield, IN9.4Merrillville, IN: 9.4 %Merrillville, IN9.4Terre Haute, IN: 9.2 %Terre Haute, IN9.2
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023 (%)Change on 2022
1West Lafayette, IN43.2+1 pts
2Bloomington, IN34.7+1.2 pts
3Zionsville, IN32.2+2.7 pts
4Carmel, IN32-0.4 pts
5Fishers, IN24-0.7 pts
6Westfield, IN20.1+1.1 pts
7Columbus, IN19.4+0.3 pts
8Whitestown, IN19+0.4 pts
9Munster, IN17.3+0.1 pts
10Noblesville, IN17.1+0.8 pts
11Yorktown, IN16.6-0.8 pts
12Valparaiso, IN15.5-0.3 pts
13Brownsburg, IN15.5-1.4 pts
14Avon, IN15.2+1.4 pts
15Dyer, IN14.7-0.2 pts
16Bargersville, IN14.6+1.4 pts
16Huntertown, IN14.6+3.3 pts
18St. John, IN14+1.2 pts
19Warsaw, IN14+1.1 pts
20McCordsville, IN13.6+3.3 pts
21Crown Point, IN13.4+0.6 pts
22Plainfield, IN12.7+1.4 pts
23Indianapolis, IN12.5+0.6 pts
23South Bend, IN12.5+0.2 pts
25Lawrence, IN12.4+1.1 pts
26Chesterton, IN12.2+0.2 pts
27Danville, IN12.1+1.2 pts
28Greenwood, IN11.8-0.1 pts
29Muncie, IN11+0.6 pts
30Mishawaka, IN10.6+0.1 pts
31Highland, IN10.6-0.2 pts
32Schererville, IN10.5-0.6 pts
33Speedway, IN10.5+0.4 pts
34Lafayette, IN9.9+0.1 pts
35Cedar Lake, IN9.8+1.9 pts
36Sellersburg, IN9.7-0.2 pts
37Goshen, IN9.5-0.1 pts
38Greenfield, IN9.4+0.2 pts
39Merrillville, IN9.4+0.8 pts
40Terre Haute, IN9.2+0.3 pts
41Fort Wayne, IN9.2-0.1 pts
42New Albany, IN8.9-0.3 pts
43Jasper, IN8.8+0.5 pts
44Richmond, IN8.6+0.6 pts
45Jeffersonville, IN8.4-0.3 pts
46Madison, IN8.3-0.5 pts
47Franklin, IN8.2+1 pts
48Lowell, IN8.1+0.3 pts
49Mooresville, IN7.5+1 pts
50Crawfordsville, IN7.3-1.1 pts
51Evansville, IN7.1-0 pts
52Marion, IN6.9+0.2 pts
53Plymouth, IN6.9+0.3 pts
54Wabash, IN6.8-0.3 pts
55Auburn, IN6.6+1.8 pts
56Seymour, IN6.6-0.5 pts
57Michigan City, IN6.6-0.2 pts
58Bedford, IN6.5+0.4 pts
59Griffith, IN6.5-1.4 pts
60Shelbyville, IN6.3+0.3 pts
61Huntington, IN6.2+0.2 pts
62Anderson, IN6.20 pts
63Clarksville, IN6.1-0.1 pts
63Peru, IN6.1+0.8 pts
65Lebanon, IN6.1+0.7 pts
66Kokomo, IN5.8+0.4 pts
67Greensburg, IN5.8+1.1 pts
68Beech Grove, IN5.7-0.6 pts
69Elkhart, IN5.6+0.7 pts
70Martinsville, IN5.4+0.5 pts
71Hobart, IN5.4-0.3 pts
71New Haven, IN5.4-0.1 pts
73Vincennes, IN5.4+0.5 pts
74La Porte, IN5.1+0.9 pts
75Gary, IN4.8-0.8 pts
76New Castle, IN4.8+0.6 pts
77Kendallville, IN4.7+1.7 pts
78Columbia City, IN4.6+0.1 pts
79Portage, IN4.30 pts
80Bluffton, IN4.1+0.2 pts
81Frankfort, IN4-0.2 pts
82Washington, IN4-0.1 pts
83Logansport, IN3.7+0.7 pts
84Connersville, IN3.5+1 pts
84Hammond, IN3.5-0.4 pts
86East Chicago, IN3.4-0.2 pts
87Lake Station, IN3.1+0.3 pts
88Decatur, IN2.3-0.3 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.

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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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Indiana by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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 Indiana by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b15003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/graduate-or-professional-degree/indiana-cities?period=2023. 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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Indiana by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b15003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/graduate-or-professional-degree/indiana-cities?period=2023.

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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 Indiana by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b15003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/graduate-or-professional-degree/indiana-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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West Lafayette, IN, with 43.2% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Decatur, IN, with 2.3% in 2023.

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