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

Douglas County had the highest graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over of 105 counties in 2022, at 23.3%. Stevens County had the lowest, at 2.2%. The median was 6.9% and the figure for Kansas was 13%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest23.3Douglas County
Lowest2.2Stevens County
Median6.9105 counties
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Map of counties, 2022

Allen County: 7.3 %Anderson County: 6.2 %Atchison County: 8.9 %Barber County: 5.7 %Barton County: 6.4 %Bourbon County: 8.1 %Brown County: 5.1 %Butler County: 11.2 %Chase County: 5.9 %Chautauqua County: 4.7 %Cherokee County: 6.8 %Cheyenne County: 4.8 %Clark County: 4.9 %Clay County: 8.6 %Cloud County: 8 %Coffey County: 6.8 %Comanche County: 4.1 %Cowley County: 8.7 %Crawford County: 11.3 %Decatur County: 3.7 %Dickinson County: 6.7 %Doniphan County: 7.9 %Douglas County: 23.3 %Edwards County: 4.4 %Elk County: 5.6 %Ellis County: 14.7 %Ellsworth County: 6.9 %Finney County: 6.2 %Ford County: 7.2 %Franklin County: 9.3 %Geary County: 9.4 %Gove County: 4.5 %Graham County: 6.2 %Grant County: 7.2 %Gray County: 4.1 %Greeley County: 11.3 %Greenwood County: 5.5 %Hamilton County: 4.4 %Harper County: 6 %Harvey County: 9.8 %Haskell County: 6 %Hodgeman County: 7.2 %Jackson County: 7.7 %Jefferson County: 9.2 %Jewell County: 5.8 %Johnson County: 22.4 %Kearny County: 6.2 %Kingman County: 6.6 %Kiowa County: 5.3 %Labette County: 8 %Lane County: 9.9 %Leavenworth County: 14.7 %Lincoln County: 9.9 %Linn County: 7.4 %Logan County: 6.5 %Lyon County: 11.3 %McPherson County: 10.2 %Marion County: 8.9 %Marshall County: 7.3 %Meade County: 8 %Miami County: 10.4 %Mitchell County: 9.7 %Montgomery County: 6.9 %Morris County: 8.4 %Morton County: 4.3 %Nemaha County: 9.5 %Neosho County: 6.7 %Ness County: 3 %Norton County: 6 %Osage County: 6.6 %Osborne County: 5.7 %Ottawa County: 6.5 %Pawnee County: 5.8 %Phillips County: 6.1 %Pottawatomie County: 13.6 %Pratt County: 10.2 %Rawlins County: 4.1 %Reno County: 7.1 %Republic County: 9.7 %Rice County: 7.9 %Riley County: 21.9 %Rooks County: 6 %Rush County: 4.7 %Russell County: 4.7 %Saline County: 10.1 %Scott County: 7.2 %Sedgwick County: 11.6 %Seward County: 3 %Shawnee County: 11.4 %Sheridan County: 6.6 %Sherman County: 5.9 %Smith County: 6 %Stafford County: 6.9 %Stanton County: 4.5 %Stevens County: 2.2 %Sumner County: 8.2 %Thomas County: 9.9 %Trego County: 6.3 %Wabaunsee County: 8.1 %Wallace County: 4.9 %Washington County: 7.3 %Wichita County: 4.7 %Wilson County: 4.9 %Woodson County: 5.8 %Wyandotte County: 7.1 %
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%, 2022. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2022

Douglas County: 23.3 %Douglas County23.3Johnson County: 22.4 %Johnson County22.4Riley County: 21.9 %Riley County21.9Ellis County: 14.7 %Ellis County14.7Leavenworth County: 14.7 %Leavenworth County14.7Pottawatomie County: 13.6 %Pottawatomie County13.6Sedgwick County: 11.6 %Sedgwick County11.6Shawnee County: 11.4 %Shawnee County11.4Lyon County: 11.3 %Lyon County11.3Greeley County: 11.3 %Greeley County11.3Crawford County: 11.3 %Crawford County11.3Butler County: 11.2 %Butler County11.2Miami County: 10.4 %Miami County10.4McPherson County: 10.2 %McPherson County10.2Pratt County: 10.2 %Pratt County10.2Saline County: 10.1 %Saline County10.1Lincoln County: 9.9 %Lincoln County9.9Thomas County: 9.9 %Thomas County9.9Lane County: 9.9 %Lane County9.9Harvey County: 9.8 %Harvey County9.8Republic County: 9.7 %Republic County9.7Mitchell County: 9.7 %Mitchell County9.7Nemaha County: 9.5 %Nemaha County9.5Geary County: 9.4 %Geary County9.4Franklin County: 9.3 %Franklin County9.3Jefferson County: 9.2 %Jefferson County9.2Atchison County: 8.9 %Atchison County8.9Marion County: 8.9 %Marion County8.9Cowley County: 8.7 %Cowley County8.7Clay County: 8.6 %Clay County8.6Morris County: 8.4 %Morris County8.4Sumner County: 8.2 %Sumner County8.2Bourbon County: 8.1 %Bourbon County8.1Wabaunsee County: 8.1 %Wabaunsee County8.1Labette County: 8 %Labette County8Cloud County: 8 %Cloud County8Meade County: 8 %Meade County8Rice County: 7.9 %Rice County7.9Doniphan County: 7.9 %Doniphan County7.9Jackson County: 7.7 %Jackson County7.7Douglas County: 23.3 %Douglas County23.3Johnson County: 22.4 %Johnson County22.4Riley County: 21.9 %Riley County21.9Ellis County: 14.7 %Ellis County14.7Leavenworth County: 14.7 %Leavenworth County14.7Pottawatomie County: 13.6 %Pottawatomie County13.6Sedgwick County: 11.6 %Sedgwick County11.6Shawnee County: 11.4 %Shawnee County11.4Lyon County: 11.3 %Lyon County11.3Greeley County: 11.3 %Greeley County11.3Crawford County: 11.3 %Crawford County11.3Butler County: 11.2 %Butler County11.2Miami County: 10.4 %Miami County10.4McPherson County: 10.2 %McPherson County10.2Pratt County: 10.2 %Pratt County10.2Saline County: 10.1 %Saline County10.1Lincoln County: 9.9 %Lincoln County9.9Thomas County: 9.9 %Thomas County9.9Lane County: 9.9 %Lane County9.9Harvey County: 9.8 %Harvey County9.8Republic County: 9.7 %Republic County9.7Mitchell County: 9.7 %Mitchell County9.7Nemaha County: 9.5 %Nemaha County9.5Geary County: 9.4 %Geary County9.4Franklin County: 9.3 %Franklin County9.3Jefferson County: 9.2 %Jefferson County9.2Atchison County: 8.9 %Atchison County8.9Marion County: 8.9 %Marion County8.9Cowley County: 8.7 %Cowley County8.7Clay County: 8.6 %Clay County8.6Morris County: 8.4 %Morris County8.4Sumner County: 8.2 %Sumner County8.2Bourbon County: 8.1 %Bourbon County8.1Wabaunsee County: 8.1 %Wabaunsee County8.1Labette County: 8 %Labette County8Cloud County: 8 %Cloud County8Meade County: 8 %Meade County8Rice County: 7.9 %Rice County7.9Doniphan County: 7.9 %Doniphan County7.9Jackson County: 7.7 %Jackson County7.7
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Douglas County23.3-0.3 pts
2Johnson County22.4+0.3 pts
3Riley County21.9+0.2 pts
4Ellis County14.7+1.2 pts
5Leavenworth County14.7+0.3 pts
6Pottawatomie County13.6+1 pts
7Sedgwick County11.6+0.4 pts
8Shawnee County11.4-0.1 pts
9Lyon County11.3+0.7 pts
10Greeley County11.3+0.9 pts
11Crawford County11.3+0.3 pts
12Butler County11.2-0.1 pts
13Miami County10.4-0.9 pts
14McPherson County10.2+0.5 pts
15Pratt County10.2-1.7 pts
16Saline County10.1+0.6 pts
17Lincoln County9.9+0.4 pts
18Thomas County9.9+0.5 pts
19Lane County9.9-0.5 pts
20Harvey County9.8-0.7 pts
21Republic County9.7+0.2 pts
22Mitchell County9.7+3 pts
23Nemaha County9.5-0.1 pts
24Geary County9.4+1.2 pts
25Franklin County9.3+0.7 pts
26Jefferson County9.2+0.7 pts
27Atchison County8.9+0.3 pts
28Marion County8.90 pts
29Cowley County8.7-0.2 pts
30Clay County8.6-0.3 pts
31Morris County8.4+1 pts
32Sumner County8.2+1 pts
33Bourbon County8.1+0.2 pts
34Wabaunsee County8.1-1 pts
35Labette County8+0.3 pts
36Cloud County8-0.9 pts
37Meade County8+0.1 pts
38Rice County7.9+0.1 pts
39Doniphan County7.9+1.4 pts
40Jackson County7.7-0.1 pts
41Linn County7.4+0.5 pts
42Washington County7.3-0.5 pts
43Allen County7.3+0.9 pts
44Marshall County7.3-0 pts
45Scott County7.2-1.2 pts
46Hodgeman County7.2+0.2 pts
47Ford County7.2-0.6 pts
48Grant County7.20 pts
49Wyandotte County7.1+0.6 pts
50Reno County7.10 pts
51Stafford County6.9-0.8 pts
52Montgomery County6.9+0.5 pts
53Ellsworth County6.9-0.2 pts
54Coffey County6.8+0.1 pts
55Cherokee County6.8-0.3 pts
56Dickinson County6.7+0.1 pts
56Neosho County6.7-0 pts
58Kingman County6.6+0.6 pts
59Sheridan County6.6+0.6 pts
60Osage County6.6-0.3 pts
61Ottawa County6.5+0.7 pts
62Logan County6.5+2.5 pts
63Barton County6.4+0.2 pts
64Trego County6.3+0.3 pts
65Anderson County6.2+0.4 pts
66Graham County6.2+0.5 pts
67Kearny County6.2-1.4 pts
68Finney County6.2-0.2 pts
69Phillips County6.1-0.2 pts
70Haskell County6+0.2 pts
70Rooks County6+1 pts
72Harper County6-0.4 pts
73Smith County6+0.7 pts
74Norton County6-0.4 pts
75Chase County5.9-0.8 pts
75Sherman County5.9+0.8 pts
77Jewell County5.8+0.5 pts
78Woodson County5.80 pts
79Pawnee County5.8+0.5 pts
80Barber County5.7-1.4 pts
80Osborne County5.7+0.3 pts
82Elk County5.6-1.7 pts
83Greenwood County5.5-0.3 pts
84Kiowa County5.3-1 pts
85Brown County5.1+0.3 pts
86Wilson County4.9+0.3 pts
87Wallace County4.9-0.8 pts
88Clark County4.9-0.7 pts
89Cheyenne County4.8-0.4 pts
90Wichita County4.7+0.8 pts
91Russell County4.7-2.2 pts
92Chautauqua County4.7+0.2 pts
93Rush County4.7+0.5 pts
94Stanton County4.5-0 pts
95Gove County4.5-0.1 pts
96Hamilton County4.4-0.2 pts
97Edwards County4.4-0.1 pts
98Morton County4.3-0.4 pts
99Gray County4.1-0.5 pts
100Comanche County4.1+0.4 pts
101Rawlins County4.1-0.7 pts
102Decatur County3.7-0.1 pts
103Seward County3-0.2 pts
104Ness County3-1.7 pts
105Stevens County2.2-1.9 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 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/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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 Kansas 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, Counties in Kansas 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/kansas-counties?period=2022. 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 Kansas by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b15003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/graduate-or-professional-degree/kansas-counties?period=2022.

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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 Kansas by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b15003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/graduate-or-professional-degree/kansas-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Douglas County, with 23.3% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Stevens County, with 2.2% in 2022.

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