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

All 93 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/nebraska-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Dawes County | 17.1 |
| 2 | Douglas County | 15.9 |
| 3 | Sarpy County | 15.8 |
| 4 | Lancaster County | 15.4 |
| 5 | Cass County | 12.4 |
| 6 | Saunders County | 11.9 |
| 7 | Adams County | 11.9 |
| 8 | Buffalo County | 11.5 |
| 9 | Washington County | 11.3 |
| 10 | Wayne County | 10.9 |
| 11 | Seward County | 10.5 |
| 12 | Hamilton County | 10.2 |
| 13 | Loup County | 10.1 |
| 14 | Nemaha County | 9.9 |
| 15 | Wheeler County | 9.8 |
| 16 | Garfield County | 9.8 |
| 17 | Scotts Bluff County | 9.4 |
| 18 | Otoe County | 9.4 |
| 19 | Dundy County | 9.4 |
| 20 | Phelps County | 9 |
| 21 | York County | 9 |
| 22 | Holt County | 8.9 |
| 23 | Banner County | 8.9 |
| 24 | Gosper County | 8.5 |
| 25 | Madison County | 8.4 |
| 26 | Cherry County | 8.4 |
| 27 | Cheyenne County | 8.3 |
| 28 | Pawnee County | 8.2 |
| 29 | Nuckolls County | 8.1 |
| 30 | Fillmore County | 8.1 |
| 31 | Hall County | 8.1 |
| 32 | Merrick County | 7.9 |
| 33 | Deuel County | 7.9 |
| 34 | Harlan County | 7.9 |
| 35 | Boyd County | 7.5 |
| 36 | Furnas County | 7.5 |
| 36 | Thayer County | 7.5 |
| 38 | Brown County | 7.4 |
| 38 | Stanton County | 7.4 |
| 40 | Clay County | 7.4 |
| 41 | Antelope County | 7.3 |
| 42 | Lincoln County | 7.3 |
| 42 | McPherson County | 7.3 |
| 44 | Webster County | 7.1 |
| 45 | Cuming County | 7 |
| 46 | Cedar County | 7 |
| 47 | Dodge County | 6.9 |
| 47 | Frontier County | 6.9 |
| 49 | Red Willow County | 6.9 |
| 50 | Garden County | 6.8 |
| 50 | Richardson County | 6.8 |
| 52 | Sherman County | 6.8 |
| 53 | Thurston County | 6.7 |
| 54 | Custer County | 6.6 |
| 55 | Arthur County | 6.6 |
| 56 | Burt County | 6.5 |
| 56 | Franklin County | 6.5 |
| 58 | Polk County | 6.4 |
| 59 | Greeley County | 6.4 |
| 60 | Knox County | 6.4 |
| 61 | Keith County | 6.3 |
| 62 | Chase County | 6.3 |
| 62 | Kearney County | 6.3 |
| 64 | Valley County | 6.2 |
| 65 | Platte County | 6.2 |
| 66 | Box Butte County | 6.1 |
| 67 | Johnson County | 6.1 |
| 68 | Rock County | 6 |
| 68 | Thomas County | 6 |
| 70 | Sheridan County | 6 |
| 71 | Gage County | 6 |
| 72 | Saline County | 5.6 |
| 73 | Dixon County | 5.6 |
| 74 | Sioux County | 5.6 |
| 75 | Grant County | 5.5 |
| 76 | Boone County | 5.4 |
| 77 | Nance County | 5.4 |
| 78 | Butler County | 5.3 |
| 79 | Pierce County | 5.3 |
| 80 | Howard County | 5.2 |
| 81 | Colfax County | 5.1 |
| 82 | Morrill County | 5 |
| 83 | Perkins County | 4.7 |
| 84 | Hitchcock County | 4.7 |
| 85 | Keya Paha County | 4.5 |
| 86 | Jefferson County | 4.4 |
| 87 | Dawson County | 4.4 |
| 88 | Logan County | 3.7 |
| 89 | Blaine County | 3.4 |
| 90 | Kimball County | 3.3 |
| 91 | Dakota County | 3.3 |
| 92 | Hayes County | 2.5 |
| 93 | Hooker County | 1.4 |