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RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 418 SHOWN OF 918

Fewest graduate degrees, US metro areas · 2000

US metro areas with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2023 ACS).

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 2000
501Kapaa, HIHI73,4006.1%+0%
502Bismarck, NDND139,7506.1%+0%
503Batavia, NYNY58,4166.2%+0%
504Cumberland, MDMD93,6406.2%+0%
505Sheridan, WYWY33,2416.2%+0%
506Gulfport, MSMS431,3296.2%+0%
507Mount Vernon, OHOH64,0026.2%+0%
508Duluth, MNMN281,2196.2%+0%
509Nogales, AZAZ50,0206.2%+0%
510Auburn, NYNY74,3656.2%+0%
511Panama City, FLFL231,1746.2%+0%
512Midland, TXTX193,1396.3%+0%
513Deltona, FLFL746,9336.3%+0%
514Kenosha, WIWI168,4486.3%+0%
515Corpus Christi, TXTX451,1916.3%+0%
516Platteville, WIWI52,4466.3%+0%
517Hot Springs, ARAR99,6956.3%+0%
518Alamogordo, NMNM70,3686.3%+0%
519Oxford, ALAL115,8346.3%+0%
520Marshall, MOMO23,2656.3%+0%
521Racine, WIWI198,9196.3%+0%
522Jonesboro, ARAR139,4406.3%+0%
523Vallejo, CACA455,3766.3%+0%
524Española, NMNM39,8326.3%+0%
525Riverton, WYWY39,4646.3%+0%
526Sioux Falls, SDSD314,6386.3%+0%
527Granbury, TXTX70,5016.4%+0%
528Elizabethtown, KYKY128,6666.4%+0%
529Orangeburg, SCSC83,1776.4%+0%
530Watertown, NYNY111,5406.4%+0%
531Kalispell, MTMT115,4296.4%+0%
532Valdosta, GAGA153,2766.4%+0%
533Rockford, ILIL337,2426.4%+0%
534Scranton, PAPA574,4186.4%+0%
535Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,3326.4%+0%
536Roswell, NMNM63,3646.4%+0%
537Pueblo, COCO169,2776.4%+0%
538Mobile, ALAL411,6586.4%+0%
539Reading, PAPA440,0726.5%+0%
540Monroe, LALA222,3906.5%+0%
541Davenport, IAIA380,4526.5%+0%
542Cape Girardeau, MOMO99,2156.5%+0%
543Cedar Rapids, IAIA279,2856.5%+0%
544Seaford, DEDE277,1406.5%+0%
545Oshkosh, WIWI174,2186.5%+0%
546Astoria, OROR40,9266.5%+0%
547Chattanooga, TNTN594,5306.5%+0%
548Milledgeville, GAGA44,0296.5%+0%
549Wenatchee, WAWA128,4146.5%+0%
550St. Cloud, MNMN205,8546.5%+0%
551Gettysburg, PAPA107,5946.5%+0%
552Shreveport, LALA383,4746.5%+0%
553Johnson City, TNTN216,4166.6%+0%
554Olean, NYNY75,3906.6%+0%
555Huntsville, TXTX83,8426.6%+0%
556Abilene, TXTX185,4296.6%+0%
557Lynchburg, VAVA269,1696.6%+0%
558Enid, OKOK61,7796.6%+0%
559Carson, NVNV58,5716.6%+0%
560Casper, WYWY80,5266.6%+0%
561Winston-Salem, NCNC712,2066.6%+0%
562Bishop, CACA18,1586.6%+0%
563Great Falls, MTMT85,0296.7%+0%
564Punta Gorda, FLFL217,2126.7%+0%
565Lake of the Woods, VAVA40,0836.7%+0%
566Port St. Lucie, FLFL568,7216.7%+0%
567Durant, OKOK51,3676.7%+0%
568Winchester, VAVA152,3326.7%+0%
569Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,5536.7%+0%
570Morehead City, NCNC70,4696.7%+0%
571Clovis, NMNM65,2706.7%+0%
572Martin, TNTN33,2616.7%+0%
573Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,9126.7%+0%
574Brookings, OROR22,6216.7%+0%
575Hemlock Farms, PAPA62,8086.7%+0%
576Lancaster, PAPA563,1596.7%+0%
577Kahului, HIHI160,6746.8%+0%
578Dubuque, IAIA99,3816.8%+0%
579Peoria, ILIL363,5056.8%+0%
580Gainesville, GAGA226,5686.8%+0%
581Waco, TXTX308,8076.8%+0%
582Columbus, GAGA324,8306.8%+0%
583Whitewater, WIWI106,1276.8%+0%
584Kokomo, ININ83,9046.8%+0%
585Amarillo, TXTX276,2356.9%+0%
586Vincennes, ININ35,6526.9%+0%
587Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,1186.9%+0%
588Cleveland, MSMS28,2626.9%+0%
589Evansville, ININ273,7866.9%+0%
590Greenville, SCSC1,014,1016.9%+0%
591Seneca Falls, NYNY32,8837.0%+0%
592Enterprise, ALAL56,9537.0%+0%
593Charlotte, NCNC2,938,8307.0%+0%
594Wilmington, NCNC492,7727.0%+0%
595Tulsa, OKOK1,069,2737.0%+0%
596Greensboro, NCNC805,9457.0%+0%
597Richmond, KYKY131,8067.0%+0%
598Jefferson City, MOMO152,7127.0%+0%
599Chico, CACA209,2117.0%+0%
600Mount Vernon, WAWA132,9757.0%+0%
601Altus, OKOK24,7647.0%+0%
602Springfield, MOMO500,6947.0%+0%
603East Stroudsburg, PAPA167,1797.0%+0%
604Bend, OROR266,3767.0%+0%
605Dover, DEDE194,7867.0%+0%
606St. George, UTUT213,6707.0%+0%
607Troy, ALAL33,6887.0%+0%
608Ogden, UTUT672,7847.1%+0%
609Eau Claire, WIWI176,6477.1%+0%
610Madison, ININ33,2797.1%+0%
611Natchitoches, LALA36,0897.1%+0%
612Ocean Pines, MDMD54,4597.1%+0%
613Utica, NYNY285,6117.1%+0%
614Roanoke, VAVA316,5477.1%+0%
615Greeley, COCO378,4267.1%+0%
616Billings, MTMT193,6037.1%+0%
617Seneca, SCSC83,7757.1%+0%
618Yankton, SDSD23,6357.2%+0%
619Salem, OROR445,8147.2%+0%
620Augusta, GAGA641,2317.2%+0%
621Spearfish, SDSD29,4597.2%+0%
622Jamestown, NYNY124,1267.2%+0%
623Tyler, TXTX252,5497.2%+0%
624Stevens Point, WIWI71,9437.2%+0%
625Fort Wayne, ININ466,2587.2%+0%
626Frankfort, KYKY77,8747.3%+0%
627Jacksonville, FLFL1,785,5007.3%+0%
628Winona, MNMN50,5237.3%+0%
629Charleston, WVWV200,1707.3%+0%
630Atchison, KSKS16,1727.3%+0%
631La Grande, OROR25,9007.3%+0%
632Rapid City, SDSD156,9347.3%+0%
633Winchester, TNTN45,5797.3%+0%
634Menomonie, WIWI46,2237.3%+0%
635Salisbury, MDMD131,8727.3%+0%
636Grand Junction, COCO162,8457.3%+0%
637St. Simons, GAGA118,5247.3%+0%
638Gardnerville Ranchos, NVNV51,1547.4%+0%
639Tampa, FLFL3,418,8957.4%+0%
640Reno, NVNV578,7347.4%+0%
641Niles, MIMI152,4447.4%+0%
642Eureka, CACA131,6477.4%+0%
643Findlay, OHOH75,0347.4%+0%
644Grand Rapids, MIMI1,183,6457.4%+0%
645Bangor, MEME157,9677.4%+0%
646Big Rapids, MIMI42,3207.4%+0%
647Hilo, HIHI210,0437.5%+0%
648Cedar City, UTUT67,1417.5%+0%
649Pensacola, FLFL544,9497.5%+0%
650Memphis, TNTN1,341,4127.5%+0%
651Bemidji, MNMN47,0557.5%+0%
652Augusta, MEME129,0677.6%+0%
653Pierre, SDSD20,5887.6%+0%
654Laconia, NHNH65,1477.6%+0%
655Monticello, NYNY80,5867.6%+0%
656Fayetteville, ARAR622,1777.6%+0%
657Cape Coral, FLFL875,6077.6%+0%
658Wichita, KSKS663,8097.6%+0%
659Erie, PAPA265,8327.6%+0%
660Kingsville, TXTX30,3157.6%+0%
661Boise City, IDID864,2437.7%+0%
662Weatherford, OKOK39,0597.7%+0%
663Savannah, GAGA438,3147.7%+0%
664Indiana, PAPA82,8787.7%+0%
665Orlando, FLFL2,957,6727.7%+0%
666Springfield, MAMA464,3387.7%+0%
667Warner Robins, GAGA208,0917.7%+0%
668Des Moines, IAIA758,5397.7%+0%
669Toledo, OHOH599,3767.8%+0%
670Terre Haute, ININ169,2417.8%+0%
671Lubbock, TXTX368,4317.8%+0%
672Glens Falls, NYNY124,3737.8%+0%
673Allentown, PAPA887,6157.8%+0%
674Idaho Falls, IDID173,8517.8%+0%
675Marquette, MIMI68,0647.8%+0%
676Medford, OROR221,7957.8%+0%
677Lewisburg, PAPA42,3137.8%+0%
678Fredericksburg, TXTX28,5277.8%+0%
679Rexburg, IDID69,3807.8%+0%
680Hood River, OROR23,7207.8%+0%
681Grand Forks, NDND105,0467.9%+0%
682Baton Rouge, LALA888,6997.9%+0%
683Port Angeles, WAWA78,2027.9%+0%
684Bowling Green, KYKY197,1807.9%+0%
685Topeka, KSKS233,0527.9%+0%
686Birmingham, ALAL1,197,7667.9%+0%
687La Crosse, WIWI171,1827.9%+0%
688Americus, GAGA33,3947.9%+0%
689Corning, NYNY91,8557.9%+0%
690New Orleans, LALA970,8497.9%+0%
691Sebastian, FLFL172,7997.9%+0%
692San Antonio, TXTX2,813,1407.9%+0%
693Massena, NYNY105,4887.9%+0%
694Vicksburg, MSMS41,7597.9%+0%
695Rutland, VTVT59,6537.9%+0%
696Fargo, NDND269,5287.9%+0%
697Ukiah, CACA88,1228.0%+0%
698Cody, WYWY31,1718.0%+0%
699Waterloo, IAIA169,1898.0%+0%
700Plattsburgh, NYNY78,1388.0%+0%
701Nashville, TNTN2,197,4168.1%+0%
702Cortland, NYNY45,8508.1%+0%
703Prescott Valley, AZAZ252,5528.1%+0%
704Louisville, KYKY1,402,5098.1%+0%
705Cheyenne, WYWY102,9388.1%+0%
706Akron, OHOH701,7808.1%+0%
707Faribault, MNMN69,9398.1%+0%
708Elmira, NYNY80,4158.1%+0%
709Hattiesburg, MSMS158,0148.2%+0%
710Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,8508.2%+0%
711Jackson, MSMS609,8478.2%+0%
712Daphne, ALAL267,7618.3%+0%
713Oak Harbor, WAWA85,6578.3%+0%
714Lexington Park, MDMD211,1768.3%+0%
715Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,8138.3%+0%
716Kerrville, TXTX54,0378.3%+0%
717Omaha, NENE1,009,8368.3%+0%
718Bremerton, WAWA283,3748.3%+0%
719Knoxville, TNTN968,1378.3%+0%
720Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,2138.4%+0%
721Palm Bay, FLFL663,9828.4%+0%
722Harrisonburg, VAVA140,1558.4%+0%
723Newport, OROR50,6368.4%+0%
724South Bend, ININ324,5388.4%+0%
725Columbus, ININ85,7298.4%+0%
726Spokane, WAWA608,0128.4%+0%
727Little Rock, ARAR777,6078.4%+0%
728Pittsburgh, PAPA2,421,9928.4%+0%
729Cleveland, OHOH2,165,7758.4%+0%
730Kill Devil Hills, NCNC38,2458.4%+0%
731Kennewick, WAWA324,3348.5%+0%
732Phoenix, AZAZ5,228,9388.5%+0%
733Steamboat Springs, COCO38,4518.5%+0%
734Pocatello, IDID91,5918.5%+0%
735Emporia, KSKS34,8388.5%+0%
736Detroit, MIMI4,390,9138.6%+0%
737Arkadelphia, ARAR20,9388.6%+0%
738Providence, RIRI1,708,1618.6%+0%
739Alamosa, COCO27,8968.6%+0%
740Charleston, SCSC889,2638.6%+0%
741Walla Walla, WAWA62,3618.6%+0%
742Milwaukee, WIWI1,575,0108.7%+0%
743Crestview, FLFL315,0988.7%+0%
744Asheville, NCNC422,3458.7%+0%
745Indianapolis, ININ2,205,6958.7%+0%
746Cincinnati, OHOH2,312,8588.7%+0%
747Key West, FLFL80,4068.7%+0%
748Salinas, CACA433,7298.7%+0%
749Houston, TXTX7,904,6278.7%+0%
750Mankato, MNMN104,9078.7%+0%
751Truckee, CACA101,9118.8%+0%
752Harrisburg, PAPA617,4278.8%+0%
753Tahlequah, OKOK49,1968.8%+0%
754Houghton, MIMI40,0288.8%+0%
755Stephenville, TXTX43,9118.8%+0%
756Traverse City, MIMI156,9728.8%+0%
757Dallas, TXTX8,477,1578.8%+0%
758Salt Lake City, UTUT1,308,3778.9%+0%
759Bellingham, WAWA236,3928.9%+0%
760Las Vegas, NMNM30,3119.0%+0%
761Rifle, COCO80,0999.0%+0%
762North Port, FLFL948,1589.0%+0%
763Honolulu, HIHI988,7039.0%+0%
764Brevard, NCNC34,2119.0%+0%
765St. Louis, MOMO2,814,4219.0%+0%
766Sacramento, CACA2,477,2749.1%+0%
767Silver City, NMNM27,2529.1%+0%
768Dayton, OHOH826,5549.1%+0%
769Columbus, OHOH2,242,0289.1%+0%
770Nacogdoches, TXTX66,0359.1%+0%
771Los Angeles, CACA12,844,4419.2%+0%
772Rolla, MOMO45,2479.2%+0%
773Columbia, SCSC879,9189.2%+0%
774Bartlesville, OKOK54,0379.2%+0%
775Ada, OKOK38,5289.2%+0%
776Montgomery, ALAL388,7479.2%+0%
777Las Cruces, NMNM229,0919.2%+0%
778Greenville, NCNC182,9369.3%+0%
779Miami, FLFL6,391,0729.3%+0%
780Pittsburg, KSKS39,0089.3%+0%
781Taos, NMNM34,5649.3%+0%
782San Luis Obispo, CACA282,3679.3%+0%
783Ellensburg, WAWA48,8039.3%+0%
784Kearney, NENE57,9629.4%+0%
785Napa, CACA132,9499.4%+0%
786Keene, NHNH78,2699.4%+0%
787Kansas City, MOMO2,270,6829.4%+0%
788Pinehurst, NCNC110,6199.4%+0%
789Anchorage, AKAK405,8219.4%+0%
790Ruidoso, NMNM19,8449.4%+0%
791Slidell, LALA279,1089.5%+0%
792Buffalo, NYNY1,155,6539.5%+0%
793Richmond, VAVA1,389,3389.5%+0%
794Oxnard, CACA830,8519.5%+0%
795Muncie, ININ113,1069.6%+0%
796Portland, OROR2,542,2829.6%+0%
797Charleston, ILIL46,6079.6%+0%
798Binghamton, NYNY243,1899.6%+0%
799Petoskey, MIMI33,7759.7%+0%
800Helena, MTMT97,1539.7%+0%
801Santa Rosa, CACA486,4449.7%+0%
802Provo, UTUT773,4269.7%+0%
803Naples, FLFL417,1319.7%+0%
804Oneonta, NYNY60,5899.8%+0%
805Eugene, OROR381,5849.9%+0%
806Edwards, COCO54,2919.9%+0%
807Minneapolis, MNMN3,790,29510.0%+0%
808Springfield, ILIL206,03310.0%+0%
809Manchester, NHNH433,41510.1%+0%
810Logan, UTUT160,88910.1%+0%
811Atlanta, GAGA6,482,18210.2%+0%
812Warrensburg, MOMO56,67010.2%+0%
813Bennington, VTVT36,63010.2%+0%
814Mount Pleasant, MIMI64,69110.2%+0%
815Portland, MEME577,63510.2%+0%
816Worcester, MAMA888,50210.3%+0%
817Huntsville, ALAL556,44410.3%+0%
818Hilton Head Island, SCSC242,96610.3%+0%
819Syracuse, NYNY652,27310.3%+0%
820Concord, NHNH158,07810.3%+0%
821Rochester, MNMN231,18410.4%+0%
822Hudson, NYNY60,16810.4%+0%
823Missoula, MTMT128,69810.4%+0%
824Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,11810.5%+0%
825Kiryas Joel, NYNY718,37710.5%+0%
826Breckenridge, COCO39,06910.5%+0%
827Port Townsend, WAWA33,97010.5%+0%
828Statesboro, GAGA97,97710.6%+0%
829Seattle, WAWA4,161,88310.6%+0%
830Hays, KSKS29,07510.6%+0%
831Fairbanks, AKAK93,97210.6%+0%
832Lincoln, NENE352,08110.7%+0%
833Kirksville, MOMO29,82410.7%+0%
834Chicago, ILIL9,434,12310.7%+0%
835Maryville, MOMO20,17410.8%+0%
836Easton, MDMD38,23810.8%+0%
837San Diego, CACA3,282,24810.9%+0%
838Tucson, AZAZ1,074,68510.9%+0%
839Bloomington, ILIL171,41911.0%+0%
840Hailey, IDID32,43611.0%+0%
841Pittsfield, MAMA128,22411.0%+0%
842Murray, KYKY39,42111.1%+0%
843Denver, COCO3,092,03711.1%+0%
844Lacey, WAWA304,26111.1%+0%
845Kingston, NYNY183,33011.2%+0%
846Rochester, NYNY1,056,14911.2%+0%
847Flagstaff, AZAZ144,36811.3%+0%
848Nantucket, MAMA14,75811.4%+0%
849Santa Maria, CACA442,06511.4%+0%
850Colorado Springs, COCO781,79611.5%+0%
851Lebanon, NHNH224,50011.6%+0%
852Midland, MIMI83,75411.6%+0%
853Lansing, MIMI479,72211.7%+0%
854Albuquerque, NMNM925,27911.7%+0%
855Baltimore, MDMD2,857,78111.9%+0%
856Oxford, MSMS71,97212.0%+0%
857Raleigh, NCNC1,595,72012.0%+0%
858Auburn, ALAL208,01312.0%+0%
859Lexington, KYKY535,17412.0%+0%
860Durango, COCO56,89812.1%+0%
861Heber, UTUT81,65512.1%+0%
862Kalamazoo, MIMI263,79512.1%+0%
863Jackson, WYWY36,58712.3%+0%
864New York, NYNY20,112,44812.3%+0%
865Barre, VTVT59,65212.3%+0%
866Brookings, SDSD37,63512.4%+0%
867Brattleboro, VTVT45,20412.4%+0%
868Austin, TXTX2,620,94512.4%+0%
869Santa Cruz, CACA258,85212.5%+0%
870Blacksburg, VAVA181,61612.8%+0%
871Greenfield, MAMA70,69812.9%+0%
872Bozeman, MTMT128,74012.9%+0%
873Vineyard Haven, MAMA21,21913.0%+0%
874Juneau city and, AKAK31,60913.0%+0%
875Albany, NYNY915,83513.0%+0%
876Lafayette, ININ228,46813.0%+0%
877Barnstable, MAMA233,53913.0%+0%
878Athens, OHOH63,19713.1%+0%
879Burlington, VTVT227,80313.2%+0%
880Macomb, ILIL25,91613.6%+0%
881Manhattan, KSKS136,12213.7%+0%
882Madison, WIWI709,68513.7%+0%
883Morgantown, WVWV141,99514.0%+0%
884Starkville, MSMS62,06314.3%+0%
885Fort Collins, COCO377,29214.4%+0%
886San Francisco, CACA4,630,04114.4%+0%
887Boone, NCNC54,78614.5%+0%
888Tallahassee, FLFL397,44214.6%+0%
889Carbondale, ILIL52,50114.8%+0%
890College Station, TXTX287,47615.0%+0%
891Athens, GAGA224,14815.3%+0%
892Boston, MAMA5,034,22115.3%+0%
893Ruston, LALA48,36015.3%+0%
894Stillwater, OKOK83,88915.4%+0%
895Trenton, NJNJ399,28915.5%+0%
896Ames, IAIA128,09015.9%+0%
897San Jose, CACA1,984,47316.1%+0%
898Gainesville, FLFL359,03616.2%+0%
899Columbia, MOMO219,06216.4%+0%
900Santa Fe, NMNM156,90716.6%+0%
901Bloomington, ININ165,23117.2%+0%
902Vermillion, SDSD15,03117.4%+0%
903Champaign, ILIL239,97917.4%+0%
904State College, PAPA157,39317.5%+0%
905Durham, NCNC625,48518.2%+0%
906Moscow, IDID41,84218.2%+0%
907Lawrence, KSKS120,92018.3%+0%
908Charlottesville, VAVA228,59718.4%+0%
909Laramie, WYWY38,55818.5%+0%
910Amherst, MAMA164,06518.6%+0%
911Iowa City, IAIA182,71118.8%+0%
912Washington, DCDC6,465,72418.9%+0%
913Pullman, WAWA48,51219.9%+0%
914Boulder, COCO328,56021.2%+0%
915Corvallis, OROR97,72821.2%+0%
916Ann Arbor, MIMI370,21423.8%+0%
917Ithaca, NYNY104,04726.7%+0%
918Los Alamos, NMNM19,40736.0%+0%
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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES