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

All 33 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-mexico-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Los Alamos County | 44.2 |
| 2 | Santa Fe County | 24 |
| 3 | Mora County | 23.1 |
| 4 | Bernalillo County | 17.6 |
| 5 | Taos County | 16.3 |
| 6 | Harding County | 15.1 |
| 7 | Grant County | 14.1 |
| 8 | Doña Ana County | 13.8 |
| 9 | Sandoval County | 13.5 |
| 10 | Lincoln County | 13.5 |
| 11 | Catron County | 12.7 |
| 12 | San Miguel County | 11.1 |
| 13 | Curry County | 9.8 |
| 14 | Roosevelt County | 9.7 |
| 15 | Colfax County | 9.2 |
| 16 | Socorro County | 9.1 |
| 17 | Quay County | 8.8 |
| 18 | Rio Arriba County | 8.6 |
| 19 | Valencia County | 8.5 |
| 20 | Eddy County | 7.8 |
| 21 | Cibola County | 7.7 |
| 22 | Otero County | 7.7 |
| 23 | Lea County | 7.4 |
| 24 | Chaves County | 7.3 |
| 25 | San Juan County | 6.9 |
| 26 | Sierra County | 6.3 |
| 27 | Hidalgo County | 5.4 |
| 28 | McKinley County | 5.3 |
| 29 | Union County | 5.3 |
| 30 | Luna County | 5.1 |
| 31 | De Baca County | 4.8 |
| 32 | Torrance County | 4.7 |
| 33 | Guadalupe County | 4.1 |