# US states by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2024

All 51 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/us-states

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | District of Columbia | 38 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | 21.8 |
| 3 | Maryland | 20.8 |
| 4 | Connecticut | 19.2 |
| 5 | Vermont | 18.6 |
| 6 | Virginia | 18.5 |
| 7 | New York | 17.9 |
| 8 | Colorado | 17.6 |
| 9 | New Jersey | 17.6 |
| 10 | New Hampshire | 16.2 |
| 11 | Washington | 15.6 |
| 12 | Rhode Island | 15.4 |
| 13 | Delaware | 15.3 |
| 14 | Illinois | 15.3 |
| 15 | California | 14.4 |
| 16 | Pennsylvania | 14.3 |
| 17 | Oregon | 14.1 |
| 18 | New Mexico | 13.9 |
| 19 | Georgia | 13.9 |
| 20 | Minnesota | 13.8 |
| 21 | Maine | 13.7 |
| 22 | North Carolina | 13.5 |
| 23 | Kansas | 13.4 |
| 24 | Hawaii | 13.3 |
| 25 | Utah | 13 |
| 26 | Arizona | 13 |
| 27 | Florida | 12.9 |
| 28 | Michigan | 12.7 |
| 29 | Missouri | 12.6 |
| 30 | Texas | 12.3 |
| 31 | South Carolina | 12.3 |
| 32 | Nebraska | 12.3 |
| 33 | Ohio | 12.2 |
| 34 | Montana | 12 |
| 35 | Alaska | 11.8 |
| 36 | Tennessee | 11.7 |
| 37 | Wyoming | 11.5 |
| 38 | Wisconsin | 11.4 |
| 39 | Kentucky | 11.4 |
| 40 | Alabama | 11.1 |
| 41 | Indiana | 10.8 |
| 42 | Idaho | 10.5 |
| 42 | Iowa | 10.5 |
| 44 | Louisiana | 10.1 |
| 45 | South Dakota | 10 |
| 46 | Oklahoma | 9.9 |
| 47 | Mississippi | 9.9 |
| 48 | Nevada | 9.8 |
| 49 | North Dakota | 9.7 |
| 50 | West Virginia | 9.7 |
| 51 | Arkansas | 9.5 |