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

All 55 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/west-virginia-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Monongalia County | 26.7 |
| 2 | Ohio County | 14.3 |
| 3 | Cabell County | 13.7 |
| 4 | Jefferson County | 12.6 |
| 5 | Kanawha County | 12.1 |
| 6 | Mineral County | 11.4 |
| 7 | Tucker County | 11.3 |
| 8 | Putnam County | 11.2 |
| 9 | Harrison County | 10.4 |
| 10 | Marion County | 9.9 |
| 11 | Morgan County | 9.4 |
| 12 | Nicholas County | 9.3 |
| 13 | Wood County | 9.1 |
| 14 | Greenbrier County | 9 |
| 15 | Taylor County | 8.8 |
| 16 | Berkeley County | 8.7 |
| 17 | Brooke County | 8.7 |
| 18 | Wayne County | 8.7 |
| 19 | Jackson County | 8.7 |
| 20 | Raleigh County | 8.3 |
| 21 | Pocahontas County | 8.3 |
| 22 | Mercer County | 8.2 |
| 23 | Summers County | 7.9 |
| 24 | Upshur County | 7.8 |
| 25 | Hampshire County | 7 |
| 26 | Wetzel County | 6.8 |
| 27 | Marshall County | 6.8 |
| 28 | Hardy County | 6.8 |
| 29 | Logan County | 6.7 |
| 30 | Pleasants County | 6.5 |
| 31 | Preston County | 6.4 |
| 32 | Pendleton County | 6.1 |
| 33 | Lewis County | 6 |
| 34 | Tyler County | 6 |
| 35 | Mason County | 5.9 |
| 36 | Randolph County | 5.8 |
| 37 | Wyoming County | 5.8 |
| 38 | Hancock County | 5.7 |
| 39 | Roane County | 5.6 |
| 40 | Fayette County | 5.5 |
| 41 | Gilmer County | 5.1 |
| 42 | Grant County | 5.1 |
| 43 | Monroe County | 4.5 |
| 44 | Clay County | 4.5 |
| 45 | Wirt County | 4.2 |
| 46 | Doddridge County | 4.1 |
| 47 | Barbour County | 4.1 |
| 48 | Boone County | 4 |
| 49 | Mingo County | 3.7 |
| 50 | Braxton County | 3.4 |
| 51 | Calhoun County | 3.3 |
| 52 | Webster County | 3 |
| 53 | Lincoln County | 3 |
| 54 | Ritchie County | 2.9 |
| 55 | McDowell County | 2.3 |