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

All 95 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/tennessee-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Williamson County | 24 |
| 2 | Davidson County | 18.7 |
| 3 | Knox County | 16.2 |
| 4 | Washington County | 14.5 |
| 5 | Hamilton County | 14 |
| 6 | Shelby County | 14 |
| 7 | Wilson County | 12.7 |
| 8 | Montgomery County | 11.9 |
| 9 | Rutherford County | 11.8 |
| 10 | Sumner County | 11.7 |
| 11 | Putnam County | 11.6 |
| 12 | Anderson County | 11.4 |
| 13 | Loudon County | 11.2 |
| 14 | Madison County | 10.9 |
| 15 | Blount County | 10.4 |
| 16 | Bradley County | 10.1 |
| 17 | Moore County | 10 |
| 18 | Cheatham County | 9.3 |
| 19 | Coffee County | 9.2 |
| 20 | Franklin County | 9.2 |
| 21 | Roane County | 9.1 |
| 22 | Claiborne County | 9 |
| 23 | Sullivan County | 9 |
| 24 | Weakley County | 8.8 |
| 25 | Maury County | 8.6 |
| 26 | Hamblen County | 8.1 |
| 27 | Chester County | 8.1 |
| 27 | Sequatchie County | 8.1 |
| 29 | Unicoi County | 7.9 |
| 30 | Fayette County | 7.9 |
| 31 | DeKalb County | 7.8 |
| 32 | Jefferson County | 7.7 |
| 33 | Gibson County | 7.7 |
| 34 | Lincoln County | 7.5 |
| 35 | Dyer County | 7.5 |
| 36 | Sevier County | 7.4 |
| 37 | Carroll County | 7.4 |
| 37 | Cumberland County | 7.4 |
| 37 | Dickson County | 7.4 |
| 40 | Robertson County | 7.3 |
| 41 | Carter County | 7.3 |
| 42 | Tipton County | 7.2 |
| 43 | Greene County | 7.1 |
| 43 | Polk County | 7.1 |
| 45 | Trousdale County | 7 |
| 46 | Grainger County | 6.9 |
| 47 | Obion County | 6.9 |
| 48 | Giles County | 6.9 |
| 49 | Pickett County | 6.8 |
| 50 | McMinn County | 6.5 |
| 51 | Henry County | 6.5 |
| 52 | Marshall County | 6.4 |
| 53 | Grundy County | 6.3 |
| 54 | Clay County | 6.2 |
| 55 | Marion County | 6.1 |
| 56 | Crockett County | 6 |
| 57 | Scott County | 5.9 |
| 58 | Fentress County | 5.9 |
| 59 | Lawrence County | 5.9 |
| 60 | Monroe County | 5.9 |
| 61 | Rhea County | 5.9 |
| 61 | Stewart County | 5.9 |
| 63 | Campbell County | 5.8 |
| 64 | Hawkins County | 5.8 |
| 65 | Cannon County | 5.7 |
| 66 | Smith County | 5.7 |
| 67 | Hancock County | 5.6 |
| 68 | Hardin County | 5.4 |
| 69 | Benton County | 5.3 |
| 69 | White County | 5.3 |
| 71 | Henderson County | 5.3 |
| 72 | Bledsoe County | 5.2 |
| 73 | Johnson County | 5.2 |
| 74 | Bedford County | 5.1 |
| 75 | Morgan County | 5.1 |
| 76 | Union County | 5 |
| 77 | Warren County | 4.9 |
| 78 | Wayne County | 4.8 |
| 79 | Meigs County | 4.7 |
| 80 | Hickman County | 4.7 |
| 80 | Humphreys County | 4.7 |
| 80 | Van Buren County | 4.7 |
| 83 | Overton County | 4.6 |
| 84 | Lake County | 4.5 |
| 85 | McNairy County | 4.3 |
| 86 | Haywood County | 4.2 |
| 87 | Perry County | 4.2 |
| 88 | Jackson County | 4.1 |
| 89 | Cocke County | 4.1 |
| 90 | Houston County | 4 |
| 91 | Lauderdale County | 3.8 |
| 92 | Hardeman County | 3.7 |
| 93 | Macon County | 3.5 |
| 94 | Decatur County | 2.6 |
| 95 | Lewis County | 2.6 |