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

All 62 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-york-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Tompkins County | 34.8 |
| 2 | New York County | 31.3 |
| 3 | Westchester County | 26.7 |
| 4 | Nassau County | 22.8 |
| 5 | Albany County | 22.8 |
| 6 | Saratoga County | 20.5 |
| 7 | Putnam County | 20.4 |
| 8 | Columbia County | 20.3 |
| 9 | Dutchess County | 19.3 |
| 10 | Rockland County | 19.1 |
| 11 | Suffolk County | 18.6 |
| 12 | Monroe County | 18.6 |
| 13 | Onondaga County | 17.6 |
| 14 | Ulster County | 17.5 |
| 15 | Ontario County | 17.1 |
| 16 | Kings County | 17.1 |
| 17 | Erie County | 17.1 |
| 18 | Schenectady County | 16.8 |
| 19 | Warren County | 16.6 |
| 20 | Hamilton County | 15.9 |
| 21 | Otsego County | 15.5 |
| 22 | Rensselaer County | 15.5 |
| 23 | Essex County | 14.7 |
| 24 | Broome County | 14.4 |
| 25 | Schuyler County | 14.1 |
| 26 | Richmond County | 14.1 |
| 27 | Queens County | 14 |
| 28 | Madison County | 14 |
| 29 | Livingston County | 13.9 |
| 29 | Orange County | 13.9 |
| 31 | Cortland County | 13.8 |
| 32 | Sullivan County | 12.9 |
| 33 | Steuben County | 12.6 |
| 34 | Schoharie County | 12.5 |
| 35 | St. Lawrence County | 12.3 |
| 36 | Delaware County | 12.2 |
| 37 | Oneida County | 12.1 |
| 38 | Chemung County | 12.1 |
| 39 | Allegany County | 12 |
| 40 | Greene County | 11.9 |
| 41 | Clinton County | 11.7 |
| 42 | Niagara County | 11.7 |
| 43 | Franklin County | 11.4 |
| 44 | Yates County | 11.3 |
| 45 | Chautauqua County | 11.3 |
| 46 | Cayuga County | 11.3 |
| 47 | Jefferson County | 11.1 |
| 48 | Genesee County | 10.4 |
| 49 | Wayne County | 10.2 |
| 50 | Tioga County | 10 |
| 51 | Cattaraugus County | 9.8 |
| 52 | Seneca County | 9.5 |
| 53 | Herkimer County | 9.5 |
| 54 | Montgomery County | 9.1 |
| 55 | Washington County | 9 |
| 56 | Chenango County | 8.6 |
| 57 | Bronx County | 8.3 |
| 57 | Oswego County | 8.3 |
| 59 | Lewis County | 8.1 |
| 60 | Fulton County | 7.7 |
| 61 | Orleans County | 7.6 |
| 62 | Wyoming County | 7.6 |