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

All 64 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/louisiana-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Orleans Parish | 19.7 |
| 2 | Lincoln Parish | 16.2 |
| 3 | East Baton Rouge Parish | 15.9 |
| 4 | St. Tammany Parish | 13.4 |
| 5 | Bossier Parish | 11.3 |
| 6 | Ouachita Parish | 11.2 |
| 7 | Lafayette Parish | 11.1 |
| 8 | Jefferson Parish | 11.1 |
| 9 | Caddo Parish | 10.9 |
| 10 | Natchitoches Parish | 10.3 |
| 11 | Ascension Parish | 10 |
| 12 | Rapides Parish | 8.9 |
| 13 | Calcasieu Parish | 8.6 |
| 14 | West Feliciana Parish | 8.1 |
| 15 | St. Charles Parish | 7.6 |
| 16 | Iberville Parish | 7 |
| 17 | Lafourche Parish | 6.9 |
| 18 | Plaquemines Parish | 6.9 |
| 18 | Richland Parish | 6.9 |
| 20 | St. John the Baptist Parish | 6.8 |
| 21 | Livingston Parish | 6.8 |
| 22 | Tangipahoa Parish | 6.6 |
| 23 | Pointe Coupee Parish | 6.5 |
| 23 | Terrebonne Parish | 6.5 |
| 25 | Catahoula Parish | 6.4 |
| 26 | Concordia Parish | 6.4 |
| 27 | West Baton Rouge Parish | 6.3 |
| 28 | St. Bernard Parish | 6 |
| 29 | East Feliciana Parish | 6 |
| 30 | Tensas Parish | 6 |
| 31 | Franklin Parish | 5.6 |
| 32 | Beauregard Parish | 5.5 |
| 33 | West Carroll Parish | 5.4 |
| 34 | Jackson Parish | 5.3 |
| 35 | Jefferson Davis Parish | 5.3 |
| 36 | Vernon Parish | 5.2 |
| 37 | Cameron Parish | 5.2 |
| 38 | St. Landry Parish | 5.2 |
| 39 | Morehouse Parish | 5.1 |
| 40 | De Soto Parish | 4.9 |
| 41 | St. James Parish | 4.5 |
| 42 | LaSalle Parish | 4.5 |
| 43 | Winn Parish | 4.5 |
| 44 | Assumption Parish | 4.4 |
| 44 | St. Martin Parish | 4.4 |
| 46 | Acadia Parish | 4.3 |
| 46 | Sabine Parish | 4.3 |
| 48 | Iberia Parish | 4.2 |
| 49 | Allen Parish | 4.2 |
| 50 | St. Mary Parish | 4.1 |
| 51 | Union Parish | 4.1 |
| 52 | Red River Parish | 4 |
| 53 | Webster Parish | 4 |
| 54 | Vermilion Parish | 4 |
| 55 | Washington Parish | 3.9 |
| 56 | Claiborne Parish | 3.8 |
| 57 | Avoyelles Parish | 3.8 |
| 58 | Grant Parish | 3.8 |
| 59 | Evangeline Parish | 3.7 |
| 60 | Caldwell Parish | 3.5 |
| 61 | St. Helena Parish | 3.3 |
| 62 | Madison Parish | 3.1 |
| 63 | Bienville Parish | 2.9 |
| 64 | East Carroll Parish | 2.1 |