# Cities in Kentucky by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2024

All 42 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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). 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/kentucky-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | St. Matthews, KY | 26.5 |
| 2 | Fort Thomas, KY | 23.6 |
| 3 | Lexington, KY | 21 |
| 4 | Lyndon, KY | 17.8 |
| 5 | La Grange, KY | 16.5 |
| 6 | Jeffersontown, KY | 16.2 |
| 7 | Murray, KY | 15.5 |
| 8 | Versailles, KY | 15.3 |
| 9 | Richmond, KY | 14.2 |
| 10 | Louisville, KY | 14 |
| 11 | Bowling Green, KY | 13.2 |
| 12 | Alexandria, KY | 13.2 |
| 13 | Berea, KY | 13 |
| 14 | Newport, KY | 12.8 |
| 15 | Ashland, KY | 12.6 |
| 16 | Georgetown, KY | 12.5 |
| 16 | Paris, KY | 12.5 |
| 18 | Danville, KY | 12.4 |
| 19 | Paducah, KY | 12.2 |
| 20 | Frankfort, KY | 12.1 |
| 21 | Bardstown, KY | 11.8 |
| 22 | Elizabethtown, KY | 11.6 |
| 23 | Erlanger, KY | 11.5 |
| 24 | Madisonville, KY | 11.4 |
| 25 | Independence, KY | 11.2 |
| 26 | Covington, KY | 10.7 |
| 27 | Owensboro, KY | 10.4 |
| 28 | Nicholasville, KY | 10.1 |
| 29 | Somerset, KY | 9.6 |
| 30 | Mount Washington, KY | 9.2 |
| 31 | Florence, KY | 8.9 |
| 31 | Shelbyville, KY | 8.9 |
| 33 | Winchester, KY | 8.1 |
| 34 | Hopkinsville, KY | 8 |
| 35 | Lawrenceburg, KY | 8 |
| 36 | Franklin, KY | 7.6 |
| 37 | Campbellsville, KY | 7.6 |
| 38 | Glasgow, KY | 6.7 |
| 39 | Henderson, KY | 6.2 |
| 40 | Radcliff, KY | 5.2 |
| 41 | Shepherdsville, KY | 5.2 |
| 42 | Shively, KY | 2.9 |