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

All 17 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/nevada-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Storey County | 16.1 |
| 2 | Washoe County | 13.4 |
| 3 | Lander County | 11 |
| 4 | Douglas County | 10.8 |
| 5 | Clark County | 9.5 |
| 6 | Carson City | 9.2 |
| 7 | Lincoln County | 7.5 |
| 8 | Esmeralda County | 6.3 |
| 9 | Elko County | 6.1 |
| 10 | Eureka County | 5.7 |
| 11 | Lyon County | 5.4 |
| 12 | Humboldt County | 4.8 |
| 13 | Churchill County | 4.8 |
| 14 | Nye County | 4 |
| 15 | Mineral County | 3.3 |
| 16 | White Pine County | 3.3 |
| 17 | Pershing County | 2.4 |