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

All 21 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/new-jersey-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Somerset County | 26.6 |
| 2 | Morris County | 24.1 |
| 3 | Hunterdon County | 23.7 |
| 4 | Bergen County | 21.5 |
| 5 | Mercer County | 21.2 |
| 6 | Hudson County | 20.3 |
| 7 | Monmouth County | 20 |
| 8 | Middlesex County | 19.4 |
| 9 | Essex County | 16.9 |
| 10 | Union County | 15.8 |
| 11 | Burlington County | 15.5 |
| 12 | Cape May County | 14.8 |
| 13 | Sussex County | 14.5 |
| 14 | Camden County | 14.5 |
| 15 | Gloucester County | 12.6 |
| 16 | Ocean County | 12.5 |
| 17 | Warren County | 12 |
| 18 | Atlantic County | 10.7 |
| 19 | Passaic County | 10.5 |
| 20 | Salem County | 8.3 |
| 21 | Cumberland County | 6.1 |