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

All 66 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/south-dakota-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Clay County | 20.2 |
| 2 | Lincoln County | 14.5 |
| 3 | Brookings County | 14.3 |
| 4 | Hughes County | 14 |
| 5 | Union County | 13.3 |
| 6 | Pennington County | 12.7 |
| 7 | Custer County | 12.6 |
| 8 | Lawrence County | 11.9 |
| 9 | Yankton County | 11.5 |
| 10 | Brown County | 11.1 |
| 11 | Minnehaha County | 10.5 |
| 12 | Moody County | 9.9 |
| 13 | Lake County | 9.8 |
| 14 | Jones County | 9.8 |
| 15 | McCook County | 9.7 |
| 16 | Walworth County | 9.6 |
| 17 | Fall River County | 9.4 |
| 18 | Perkins County | 8.8 |
| 19 | Stanley County | 8.2 |
| 20 | Beadle County | 8.2 |
| 21 | Brule County | 8.2 |
| 22 | Charles Mix County | 7.3 |
| 22 | Grant County | 7.3 |
| 24 | Campbell County | 7.2 |
| 25 | Turner County | 7.1 |
| 26 | Gregory County | 6.7 |
| 27 | Faulk County | 6.7 |
| 27 | Sanborn County | 6.7 |
| 29 | Hutchinson County | 6.4 |
| 30 | Meade County | 6.4 |
| 31 | Bon Homme County | 6.4 |
| 32 | Day County | 6.1 |
| 33 | Hamlin County | 6.1 |
| 34 | Marshall County | 6.1 |
| 35 | Dewey County | 6 |
| 36 | Hanson County | 5.8 |
| 37 | Edmunds County | 5.8 |
| 38 | Codington County | 5.7 |
| 39 | Douglas County | 5.7 |
| 39 | Spink County | 5.7 |
| 41 | Davison County | 5.6 |
| 42 | Hand County | 5.6 |
| 43 | Deuel County | 5.5 |
| 44 | Sully County | 5.5 |
| 45 | Kingsbury County | 5.4 |
| 46 | Mellette County | 5.4 |
| 47 | Roberts County | 5.2 |
| 48 | Butte County | 5.2 |
| 49 | Lyman County | 4.9 |
| 50 | Todd County | 4.9 |
| 51 | McPherson County | 4.4 |
| 52 | Potter County | 4.4 |
| 53 | Miner County | 4.2 |
| 54 | Tripp County | 3.9 |
| 55 | Aurora County | 3.8 |
| 56 | Corson County | 3.8 |
| 57 | Harding County | 3.7 |
| 58 | Haakon County | 3.6 |
| 59 | Oglala Lakota County | 3.4 |
| 60 | Bennett County | 3.3 |
| 61 | Jerauld County | 3 |
| 62 | Ziebach County | 2.4 |
| 63 | Clark County | 2.3 |
| 64 | Jackson County | 2.2 |
| 65 | Buffalo County | 2 |
| 66 | Hyde County | 1.8 |