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

Dawes County had the highest graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over of 93 counties in 2024, at 17.1%. Hooker County had the lowest, at 1.4%. The median was 6.9% and the figure for Nebraska was 12.3%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest17.1Dawes County
Lowest1.4Hooker County
Median6.993 counties
Nebraska12.3History

Map of counties, 2024

Adams County: 11.9 %Antelope County: 7.3 %Arthur County: 6.6 %Banner County: 8.9 %Blaine County: 3.4 %Boone County: 5.4 %Box Butte County: 6.1 %Boyd County: 7.5 %Brown County: 7.4 %Buffalo County: 11.5 %Burt County: 6.5 %Butler County: 5.3 %Cass County: 12.4 %Cedar County: 7 %Chase County: 6.3 %Cherry County: 8.4 %Cheyenne County: 8.3 %Clay County: 7.4 %Colfax County: 5.1 %Cuming County: 7 %Custer County: 6.6 %Dakota County: 3.3 %Dawes County: 17.1 %Dawson County: 4.4 %Deuel County: 7.9 %Dixon County: 5.6 %Dodge County: 6.9 %Douglas County: 15.9 %Dundy County: 9.4 %Fillmore County: 8.1 %Franklin County: 6.5 %Frontier County: 6.9 %Furnas County: 7.5 %Gage County: 6 %Garden County: 6.8 %Garfield County: 9.8 %Gosper County: 8.5 %Grant County: 5.5 %Greeley County: 6.4 %Hall County: 8.1 %Hamilton County: 10.2 %Harlan County: 7.9 %Hayes County: 2.5 %Hitchcock County: 4.7 %Holt County: 8.9 %Hooker County: 1.4 %Howard County: 5.2 %Jefferson County: 4.4 %Johnson County: 6.1 %Kearney County: 6.3 %Keith County: 6.3 %Keya Paha County: 4.5 %Kimball County: 3.3 %Knox County: 6.4 %Lancaster County: 15.4 %Lincoln County: 7.3 %Logan County: 3.7 %Loup County: 10.1 %McPherson County: 7.3 %Madison County: 8.4 %Merrick County: 7.9 %Morrill County: 5 %Nance County: 5.4 %Nemaha County: 9.9 %Nuckolls County: 8.1 %Otoe County: 9.4 %Pawnee County: 8.2 %Perkins County: 4.7 %Phelps County: 9 %Pierce County: 5.3 %Platte County: 6.2 %Polk County: 6.4 %Red Willow County: 6.9 %Richardson County: 6.8 %Rock County: 6 %Saline County: 5.6 %Sarpy County: 15.8 %Saunders County: 11.9 %Scotts Bluff County: 9.4 %Seward County: 10.5 %Sheridan County: 6 %Sherman County: 6.8 %Sioux County: 5.6 %Stanton County: 7.4 %Thayer County: 7.5 %Thomas County: 6 %Thurston County: 6.7 %Valley County: 6.2 %Washington County: 11.3 %Wayne County: 10.9 %Webster County: 7.1 %Wheeler County: 9.8 %York County: 9 %
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%, 2024. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2024

Dawes County: 17.1 %Dawes County17.1Douglas County: 15.9 %Douglas County15.9Sarpy County: 15.8 %Sarpy County15.8Lancaster County: 15.4 %Lancaster County15.4Cass County: 12.4 %Cass County12.4Saunders County: 11.9 %Saunders County11.9Adams County: 11.9 %Adams County11.9Buffalo County: 11.5 %Buffalo County11.5Washington County: 11.3 %Washington County11.3Wayne County: 10.9 %Wayne County10.9Seward County: 10.5 %Seward County10.5Hamilton County: 10.2 %Hamilton County10.2Loup County: 10.1 %Loup County10.1Nemaha County: 9.9 %Nemaha County9.9Wheeler County: 9.8 %Wheeler County9.8Garfield County: 9.8 %Garfield County9.8Scotts Bluff County: 9.4 %Scotts Bluff County9.4Otoe County: 9.4 %Otoe County9.4Dundy County: 9.4 %Dundy County9.4Phelps County: 9 %Phelps County9York County: 9 %York County9Holt County: 8.9 %Holt County8.9Banner County: 8.9 %Banner County8.9Gosper County: 8.5 %Gosper County8.5Madison County: 8.4 %Madison County8.4Cherry County: 8.4 %Cherry County8.4Cheyenne County: 8.3 %Cheyenne County8.3Pawnee County: 8.2 %Pawnee County8.2Nuckolls County: 8.1 %Nuckolls County8.1Fillmore County: 8.1 %Fillmore County8.1Hall County: 8.1 %Hall County8.1Merrick County: 7.9 %Merrick County7.9Deuel County: 7.9 %Deuel County7.9Harlan County: 7.9 %Harlan County7.9Boyd County: 7.5 %Boyd County7.5Furnas County: 7.5 %Furnas County7.5Thayer County: 7.5 %Thayer County7.5Brown County: 7.4 %Brown County7.4Stanton County: 7.4 %Stanton County7.4Clay County: 7.4 %Clay County7.4Dawes County: 17.1 %Dawes County17.1Douglas County: 15.9 %Douglas County15.9Sarpy County: 15.8 %Sarpy County15.8Lancaster County: 15.4 %Lancaster County15.4Cass County: 12.4 %Cass County12.4Saunders County: 11.9 %Saunders County11.9Adams County: 11.9 %Adams County11.9Buffalo County: 11.5 %Buffalo County11.5Washington County: 11.3 %Washington County11.3Wayne County: 10.9 %Wayne County10.9Seward County: 10.5 %Seward County10.5Hamilton County: 10.2 %Hamilton County10.2Loup County: 10.1 %Loup County10.1Nemaha County: 9.9 %Nemaha County9.9Wheeler County: 9.8 %Wheeler County9.8Garfield County: 9.8 %Garfield County9.8Scotts Bluff County: 9.4 %Scotts Bluff County9.4Otoe County: 9.4 %Otoe County9.4Dundy County: 9.4 %Dundy County9.4Phelps County: 9 %Phelps County9York County: 9 %York County9Holt County: 8.9 %Holt County8.9Banner County: 8.9 %Banner County8.9Gosper County: 8.5 %Gosper County8.5Madison County: 8.4 %Madison County8.4Cherry County: 8.4 %Cherry County8.4Cheyenne County: 8.3 %Cheyenne County8.3Pawnee County: 8.2 %Pawnee County8.2Nuckolls County: 8.1 %Nuckolls County8.1Fillmore County: 8.1 %Fillmore County8.1Hall County: 8.1 %Hall County8.1Merrick County: 7.9 %Merrick County7.9Deuel County: 7.9 %Deuel County7.9Harlan County: 7.9 %Harlan County7.9Boyd County: 7.5 %Boyd County7.5Furnas County: 7.5 %Furnas County7.5Thayer County: 7.5 %Thayer County7.5Brown County: 7.4 %Brown County7.4Stanton County: 7.4 %Stanton County7.4Clay County: 7.4 %Clay County7.4
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2024 (%)Change on 2023
1Dawes County17.1+0.2 pts
2Douglas County15.9+0.2 pts
3Sarpy County15.8+0.4 pts
4Lancaster County15.4+0.7 pts
5Cass County12.4+1 pts
6Saunders County11.9+0.9 pts
7Adams County11.9+0.8 pts
8Buffalo County11.5-0.4 pts
9Washington County11.3+0.5 pts
10Wayne County10.9+0.1 pts
11Seward County10.5+1.2 pts
12Hamilton County10.2+2 pts
13Loup County10.1+2 pts
14Nemaha County9.9-0.2 pts
15Wheeler County9.8+1.4 pts
16Garfield County9.8+0.9 pts
17Scotts Bluff County9.4+0.8 pts
18Otoe County9.4+0.9 pts
19Dundy County9.4-0.1 pts
20Phelps County9+2.1 pts
21York County9+0.8 pts
22Holt County8.9+1.2 pts
23Banner County8.9-0.3 pts
24Gosper County8.5-0.4 pts
25Madison County8.4+0.4 pts
26Cherry County8.4+0.9 pts
27Cheyenne County8.3+1.1 pts
28Pawnee County8.2+1.4 pts
29Nuckolls County8.10 pts
30Fillmore County8.1-0.1 pts
31Hall County8.1+0.3 pts
32Merrick County7.9+1.4 pts
33Deuel County7.9+0.6 pts
34Harlan County7.9+0.9 pts
35Boyd County7.5-1.2 pts
36Furnas County7.5+0.9 pts
36Thayer County7.5+1 pts
38Brown County7.4-0.2 pts
38Stanton County7.4+1.5 pts
40Clay County7.40 pts
41Antelope County7.3+0.1 pts
42Lincoln County7.3+0.4 pts
42McPherson County7.3+3.6 pts
44Webster County7.1-0 pts
45Cuming County7-0.5 pts
46Cedar County7+0.2 pts
47Dodge County6.9-0.5 pts
47Frontier County6.9-0.5 pts
49Red Willow County6.9-0.5 pts
50Garden County6.80 pts
50Richardson County6.8+0.5 pts
52Sherman County6.8+1.2 pts
53Thurston County6.7+0.5 pts
54Custer County6.6-0.3 pts
55Arthur County6.6-1.1 pts
56Burt County6.5-0.4 pts
56Franklin County6.5-1.5 pts
58Polk County6.4+0.6 pts
59Greeley County6.4+0.8 pts
60Knox County6.4+0.4 pts
61Keith County6.3-0.3 pts
62Chase County6.3+0.7 pts
62Kearney County6.3+0.8 pts
64Valley County6.2-0.8 pts
65Platte County6.2-0.5 pts
66Box Butte County6.1+1.1 pts
67Johnson County6.1+0.2 pts
68Rock County6-0.9 pts
68Thomas County6+0.9 pts
70Sheridan County6+1.5 pts
71Gage County6+0.5 pts
72Saline County5.6+0.7 pts
73Dixon County5.6-0.1 pts
74Sioux County5.6-1.1 pts
75Grant County5.5-0.2 pts
76Boone County5.4-0 pts
77Nance County5.4-0.6 pts
78Butler County5.3-0.4 pts
79Pierce County5.3-0.5 pts
80Howard County5.2+1.2 pts
81Colfax County5.1+1.2 pts
82Morrill County5-1.8 pts
83Perkins County4.7+0.2 pts
84Hitchcock County4.7-0.5 pts
85Keya Paha County4.5-1.5 pts
86Jefferson County4.4-0.6 pts
87Dawson County4.4+0.3 pts
88Logan County3.7-0.1 pts
89Blaine County3.4-0.3 pts
90Kimball County3.3-0.6 pts
91Dakota County3.3-0.3 pts
92Hayes County2.5+0.3 pts
93Hooker County1.4+1.1 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/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-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 Nebraska by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-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 Nebraska by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/graduate-or-professional-degree/nebraska-counties. 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 Nebraska by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/graduate-or-professional-degree/nebraska-counties.

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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 Nebraska by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/graduate-or-professional-degree/nebraska-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over?

Dawes County, with 17.1% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over?

Hooker County, with 1.4% in 2024.

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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. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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