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Fewest graduate degrees, US metro areas · 2010

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
501Fayetteville, NCNC395,4127.1%+25%
502Fairmont, WVWV55,5847.1%+21%
503Platteville, WIWI52,4467.1%+13%
504The Dalles, OROR26,3107.1%+37%
505Angola, ININ34,7997.1%+17%
506Owensboro, KYKY113,9627.1%+21%
507Granbury, TXTX70,5017.1%+12%
508Americus, GAGA33,3947.1%−10%
509Florence, ALAL156,6097.1%+18%
510Pueblo, COCO169,2777.2%+12%
511Sandusky, OHOH112,7777.2%+29%
512Jacksonville, ILIL37,3817.2%+21%
513Auburn, NYNY74,3657.2%+15%
514Rome, GAGA101,3787.2%+23%
515Magnolia, ARAR21,8947.2%+46%
516Las Vegas, NVNV2,407,2267.2%+23%
517Warsaw, ININ80,8927.2%+26%
518Amarillo, TXTX276,2357.2%+5%
519Albany, GAGA145,5107.2%+27%
520Jonesboro, ARAR139,4407.2%+14%
521Elkins, WVWV26,8827.2%+52%
522The Villages, FLFL157,7727.2%+59%
523Marshall, MNMN25,6847.3%+34%
524St. Cloud, MNMN205,8547.3%+11%
525Pella, IAIA34,1927.3%+34%
526Watertown, WIWI86,5057.3%+42%
527Newberry, SCSC39,5617.3%+74%
528Rockford, ILIL337,2427.3%+14%
529Shreveport, LALA383,4747.3%+11%
530Gettysburg, PAPA107,5947.3%+11%
531Reading, PAPA440,0727.3%+13%
532Vallejo, CACA455,3767.3%+15%
533Oshkosh, WIWI174,2187.3%+13%
534Deltona, FLFL746,9337.4%+18%
535Great Falls, MTMT85,0297.4%+11%
536Elizabethtown, KYKY128,6667.4%+16%
537Columbus, GAGA324,8307.4%+8%
538York, PAPA473,1977.4%+26%
539McPherson, KSKS30,0647.4%+28%
540Idaho Falls, IDID173,8517.4%−4%
541Dover, DEDE194,7867.4%+6%
542Bismarck, NDND139,7507.4%+21%
543Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,1187.4%+8%
544Wenatchee, WAWA128,4147.4%+14%
545Danville, KYKY56,9857.5%+22%
546Cedar City, UTUT67,1417.5%−0%
547Bishop, CACA18,1587.5%+13%
548Chattanooga, TNTN594,5307.5%+15%
549Durant, OKOK51,3677.5%+13%
550Valdosta, GAGA153,2767.5%+18%
551Cedar Rapids, IAIA279,2857.5%+16%
552Waterloo, IAIA169,1897.5%−6%
553Lynchburg, VAVA269,1697.6%+15%
554Clovis, NMNM65,2707.6%+13%
555Jasper, ININ44,0167.6%+51%
556Gainesville, GAGA226,5687.6%+11%
557Big Rapids, MIMI42,3207.6%+2%
558Sheridan, WYWY33,2417.6%+22%
559Sandpoint, IDID54,4207.6%+38%
560Jefferson, GAGA99,2657.6%+79%
561Ketchikan, AKAK13,5497.6%+30%
562Myrtle Beach, SCSC427,5517.6%+29%
563Terre Haute, ININ169,2417.7%−1%
564Atlantic City, NJNJ372,0477.7%+27%
565Winston-Salem, NCNC712,2067.7%+16%
566Kalispell, MTMT115,4297.7%+21%
567Evansville, ININ273,7867.7%+11%
568Stephenville, TXTX43,9117.7%−12%
569Punta Gorda, FLFL217,2127.7%+16%
570Tulsa, OKOK1,069,2737.7%+11%
571Tyler, TXTX252,5497.7%+7%
572Port St. Lucie, FLFL568,7217.8%+17%
573Salem, OROR445,8147.8%+9%
574Lancaster, PAPA563,1597.8%+15%
575Billings, MTMT193,6037.8%+9%
576Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,3327.8%+22%
577Fort Wayne, ININ466,2587.8%+8%
578Duluth, MNMN281,2197.8%+26%
579Scranton, PAPA574,4187.9%+23%
580Greeley, COCO378,4267.9%+11%
581Cleveland, MSMS28,2627.9%+15%
582Eau Claire, WIWI176,6477.9%+12%
583Hemlock Farms, PAPA62,8087.9%+17%
584East Stroudsburg, PAPA167,1797.9%+13%
585Racine, WIWI198,9197.9%+26%
586Batavia, NYNY58,4168.0%+29%
587St. George, UTUT213,6708.0%+13%
588Cape Girardeau, MOMO99,2158.0%+24%
589Jefferson City, MOMO152,7128.0%+15%
590Cheyenne, WYWY102,9388.0%−1%
591Marion, ILIL67,2258.0%+33%
592Spirit Lake, IAIA18,0778.1%+48%
593Greensboro, NCNC805,9458.1%+16%
594Chico, CACA209,2118.1%+16%
595Salina, KSKS59,1218.1%+37%
596Milledgeville, GAGA44,0298.1%+24%
597St. Simons, GAGA118,5248.1%+10%
598Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,9128.1%+21%
599Hilo, HIHI210,0438.1%+9%
600Weatherford, OKOK39,0598.2%+7%
601Kahului, HIHI160,6748.2%+21%
602Montrose, COCO44,5918.2%+53%
603Nacogdoches, TXTX66,0358.2%−10%
604Brenham, TXTX38,2888.2%+56%
605Davenport, IAIA380,4528.3%+27%
606Kokomo, ININ83,9048.3%+21%
607Morehead City, NCNC70,4698.3%+23%
608Kingsland, GAGA60,1438.3%+46%
609Peoria, ILIL363,5058.3%+23%
610Johnson City, TNTN216,4168.4%+27%
611Utica, NYNY285,6118.4%+18%
612Charleston, WVWV200,1708.4%+15%
613Astoria, OROR40,9268.4%+29%
614Springfield, MOMO500,6948.4%+19%
615Madison, ININ33,2798.4%+19%
616Olean, NYNY75,3908.4%+28%
617Greencastle, ININ37,8768.4%+45%
618Baton Rouge, LALA888,6998.4%+7%
619Pensacola, FLFL544,9498.4%+13%
620Riverton, WYWY39,4648.5%+33%
621Bangor, MEME157,9678.5%+14%
622Watertown, NYNY111,5408.5%+33%
623Augusta, GAGA641,2318.5%+19%
624Enterprise, ALAL56,9538.5%+22%
625Arkadelphia, ARAR20,9388.5%−1%
626Grand Junction, COCO162,8458.5%+16%
627Seaford, DEDE277,1408.5%+32%
628Wichita, KSKS663,8098.6%+12%
629Roanoke, VAVA316,5478.6%+21%
630Tampa, FLFL3,418,8958.6%+16%
631Greenville, SCSC1,014,1018.6%+24%
632Natchitoches, LALA36,0898.6%+22%
633Findlay, OHOH75,0348.6%+16%
634Winchester, VAVA152,3328.6%+29%
635Sioux Falls, SDSD314,6388.6%+36%
636Ogden, UTUT672,7848.6%+22%
637Fayetteville, ARAR622,1778.6%+13%
638Jacksonville, FLFL1,785,5008.6%+19%
639Stevens Point, WIWI71,9438.6%+19%
640Eureka, CACA131,6478.6%+17%
641Massena, NYNY105,4888.6%+9%
642Whitewater, WIWI106,1278.6%+26%
643Warner Robins, GAGA208,0918.7%+12%
644Erie, PAPA265,8328.7%+14%
645Daphne, ALAL267,7618.7%+5%
646Toledo, OHOH599,3768.7%+12%
647Memphis, TNTN1,341,4128.7%+16%
648Ukiah, CACA88,1228.7%+10%
649Mount Vernon, WAWA132,9758.7%+25%
650Lubbock, TXTX368,4318.7%+12%
651Rexburg, IDID69,3808.8%+12%
652Boise City, IDID864,2438.8%+14%
653Rapid City, SDSD156,9348.8%+21%
654Dubuque, IAIA99,3818.8%+30%
655Bowling Green, KYKY197,1808.8%+12%
656Springfield, MAMA464,3388.8%+14%
657Kennewick, WAWA324,3348.8%+4%
658Tahlequah, OKOK49,1968.8%+0%
659Menomonie, WIWI46,2238.8%+21%
660Seneca, SCSC83,7758.8%+24%
661Ocean Pines, MDMD54,4598.8%+25%
662Monticello, NYNY80,5868.8%+16%
663Frankfort, KYKY77,8748.8%+22%
664Augusta, MEME129,0678.9%+17%
665Bend, OROR266,3768.9%+26%
666Jamestown, NYNY124,1268.9%+23%
667Cape Coral, FLFL875,6078.9%+17%
668Pocatello, IDID91,5918.9%+4%
669Salisbury, MDMD131,8728.9%+22%
670Grand Rapids, MIMI1,183,6458.9%+20%
671Pierre, SDSD20,5888.9%+18%
672Medford, OROR221,7958.9%+15%
673Laconia, NHNH65,1478.9%+18%
674Charlotte, NCNC2,938,8308.9%+28%
675Des Moines, IAIA758,5398.9%+15%
676New Orleans, LALA970,8498.9%+13%
677Orlando, FLFL2,957,6729.0%+16%
678Atchison, KSKS16,1729.0%+23%
679Emporia, KSKS34,8389.0%+5%
680Pittsburg, KSKS39,0089.0%−4%
681South Bend, ININ324,5389.0%+7%
682San Antonio, TXTX2,813,1409.0%+13%
683Carson, NVNV58,5719.0%+36%
684Topeka, KSKS233,0529.0%+14%
685Rutland, VTVT59,6539.0%+13%
686Niles, MIMI152,4449.0%+22%
687Marquette, MIMI68,0649.0%+16%
688Reno, NVNV578,7349.0%+22%
689Prescott Valley, AZAZ252,5529.1%+12%
690Vicksburg, MSMS41,7599.1%+15%
691Salinas, CACA433,7299.2%+5%
692Jackson, MSMS609,8479.2%+11%
693Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,8139.2%+11%
694Yankton, SDSD23,6359.2%+29%
695Kerrville, TXTX54,0379.2%+11%
696Lewisburg, PAPA42,3139.2%+18%
697Kearney, NENE57,9629.3%−1%
698Troy, ALAL33,6889.3%+32%
699Savannah, GAGA438,3149.3%+21%
700Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,8509.3%+13%
701Maryville, MOMO20,1749.3%−14%
702Winona, MNMN50,5239.3%+28%
703La Crosse, WIWI171,1829.3%+18%
704Cortland, NYNY45,8509.3%+15%
705Newport, OROR50,6369.3%+11%
706Elmira, NYNY80,4159.3%+15%
707Birmingham, ALAL1,197,7669.4%+19%
708Little Rock, ARAR777,6079.4%+12%
709Cody, WYWY31,1719.4%+18%
710Knoxville, TNTN968,1379.4%+13%
711Louisville, KYKY1,402,5099.4%+17%
712Corning, NYNY91,8559.5%+20%
713Plattsburgh, NYNY78,1389.5%+18%
714Hood River, OROR23,7209.5%+22%
715Slidell, LALA279,1089.5%+1%
716Port Angeles, WAWA78,2029.5%+21%
717Muncie, ININ113,1069.6%+0%
718Crestview, FLFL315,0989.6%+11%
719Allentown, PAPA887,6159.6%+24%
720Glens Falls, NYNY124,3739.6%+24%
721Houston, TXTX7,904,6279.6%+10%
722Wilmington, NCNC492,7729.7%+38%
723Ruidoso, NMNM19,8449.7%+3%
724Spokane, WAWA608,0129.7%+15%
725Nashville, TNTN2,197,4169.7%+20%
726Charleston, ILIL46,6079.7%+1%
727Richmond, KYKY131,8069.7%+40%
728Palm Bay, FLFL663,9829.7%+16%
729Fredericksburg, TXTX28,5279.8%+25%
730Sebastian, FLFL172,7999.8%+23%
731Rifle, COCO80,0999.8%+10%
732Warrensburg, MOMO56,6709.8%−3%
733Akron, OHOH701,7809.9%+22%
734Phoenix, AZAZ5,228,9389.9%+16%
735Key West, FLFL80,4069.9%+14%
736Faribault, MNMN69,9399.9%+22%
737Dallas, TXTX8,477,1579.9%+12%
738Mankato, MNMN104,90710.0%+14%
739Gardnerville Ranchos, NVNV51,15410.0%+36%
740Walla Walla, WAWA62,36110.0%+16%
741Fargo, NDND269,52810.0%+26%
742Bremerton, WAWA283,37410.0%+20%
743Las Cruces, NMNM229,09110.0%+8%
744Salt Lake City, UTUT1,308,37710.0%+13%
745Las Vegas, NMNM30,31110.0%+12%
746Cleveland, OHOH2,165,77510.0%+19%
747Grand Forks, NDND105,04610.1%+28%
748Sacramento, CACA2,477,27410.1%+11%
749Spearfish, SDSD29,45910.1%+41%
750Statesboro, GAGA97,97710.2%−4%
751Montgomery, ALAL388,74710.2%+10%
752Napa, CACA132,94910.2%+8%
753Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,21310.2%+22%
754Charleston, SCSC889,26310.2%+18%
755Indianapolis, ININ2,205,69510.2%+17%
756Kill Devil Hills, NCNC38,24510.2%+21%
757Brevard, NCNC34,21110.3%+14%
758Traverse City, MIMI156,97210.3%+17%
759Pinehurst, NCNC110,61910.3%+10%
760Miami, FLFL6,391,07210.3%+11%
761Silver City, NMNM27,25210.3%+13%
762Houghton, MIMI40,02810.4%+18%
763Dayton, OHOH826,55410.4%+14%
764Greenville, NCNC182,93610.4%+12%
765Anchorage, AKAK405,82110.4%+10%
766Cincinnati, OHOH2,312,85810.4%+20%
767Pittsburgh, PAPA2,421,99210.4%+24%
768Harrisburg, PAPA617,42710.4%+18%
769Alamosa, COCO27,89610.4%+21%
770Detroit, MIMI4,390,91310.5%+22%
771Harrisonburg, VAVA140,15510.5%+25%
772Hattiesburg, MSMS158,01410.5%+28%
773Asheville, NCNC422,34510.5%+21%
774Keene, NHNH78,26910.5%+12%
775Rolla, MOMO45,24710.5%+15%
776Kirksville, MOMO29,82410.5%−2%
777Los Angeles, CACA12,844,44110.5%+15%
778Providence, RIRI1,708,16110.6%+23%
779Omaha, NENE1,009,83610.6%+27%
780Milwaukee, WIWI1,575,01010.6%+22%
781Honolulu, HIHI988,70310.6%+18%
782North Port, FLFL948,15810.6%+19%
783Bemidji, MNMN47,05510.7%+41%
784Truckee, CACA101,91110.7%+22%
785Bellingham, WAWA236,39210.7%+20%
786Provo, UTUT773,42610.7%+10%
787Petoskey, MIMI33,77510.8%+12%
788Lexington Park, MDMD211,17610.9%+32%
789Columbus, OHOH2,242,02810.9%+20%
790Taos, NMNM34,56411.0%+18%
791Binghamton, NYNY243,18911.0%+14%
792Oneonta, NYNY60,58911.0%+12%
793Eugene, OROR381,58411.0%+11%
794Steamboat Springs, COCO38,45111.0%+30%
795Santa Rosa, CACA486,44411.1%+14%
796Mount Pleasant, MIMI64,69111.1%+9%
797St. Louis, MOMO2,814,42111.2%+24%
798Oxnard, CACA830,85111.2%+17%
799Helena, MTMT97,15311.2%+16%
800Columbus, ININ85,72911.2%+34%
801Springfield, ILIL206,03311.3%+13%
802Oak Harbor, WAWA85,65711.3%+37%
803Fairbanks, AKAK93,97211.3%+6%
804Lincoln, NENE352,08111.3%+6%
805Kansas City, MOMO2,270,68211.3%+21%
806Columbia, SCSC879,91811.3%+24%
807Richmond, VAVA1,389,33811.4%+19%
808San Luis Obispo, CACA282,36711.4%+22%
809Hailey, IDID32,43611.5%+5%
810Logan, UTUT160,88911.6%+15%
811Hays, KSKS29,07511.7%+10%
812Edwards, COCO54,29111.7%+18%
813Atlanta, GAGA6,482,18211.7%+15%
814Ellensburg, WAWA48,80311.8%+26%
815Ada, OKOK38,52811.8%+28%
816Naples, FLFL417,13111.9%+22%
817Portland, OROR2,542,28211.9%+24%
818Buffalo, NYNY1,155,65311.9%+26%
819Syracuse, NYNY652,27311.9%+15%
820Minneapolis, MNMN3,790,29512.0%+20%
821Tucson, AZAZ1,074,68512.0%+11%
822Manchester, NHNH433,41512.1%+20%
823Huntsville, ALAL556,44412.1%+17%
824Portland, MEME577,63512.1%+18%
825Bennington, VTVT36,63012.1%+19%
826Santa Maria, CACA442,06512.4%+9%
827Lacey, WAWA304,26112.4%+12%
828Midland, MIMI83,75412.5%+7%
829Rochester, MNMN231,18412.5%+20%
830Juneau city and, AKAK31,60912.5%−4%
831Bloomington, ILIL171,41912.6%+15%
832Pittsfield, MAMA128,22412.6%+15%
833Hilton Head Island, SCSC242,96612.6%+23%
834Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,11812.7%+21%
835Kiryas Joel, NYNY718,37712.7%+21%
836Albuquerque, NMNM925,27912.7%+8%
837Concord, NHNH158,07812.7%+23%
838Worcester, MAMA888,50212.7%+24%
839San Diego, CACA3,282,24812.7%+17%
840Lansing, MIMI479,72212.7%+9%
841Kalamazoo, MIMI263,79512.7%+5%
842Chicago, ILIL9,434,12312.8%+19%
843Seattle, WAWA4,161,88312.8%+21%
844Flagstaff, AZAZ144,36812.8%+14%
845Hudson, NYNY60,16812.9%+24%
846Auburn, ALAL208,01313.0%+8%
847Denver, COCO3,092,03713.1%+18%
848Murray, KYKY39,42113.1%+18%
849Colorado Springs, COCO781,79613.2%+14%
850Brookings, SDSD37,63513.2%+7%
851Rochester, NYNY1,056,14913.6%+21%
852Kingston, NYNY183,33013.6%+21%
853Austin, TXTX2,620,94513.6%+9%
854Jackson, WYWY36,58713.6%+11%
855Breckenridge, COCO39,06913.6%+30%
856Lebanon, NHNH224,50013.6%+18%
857Raleigh, NCNC1,595,72013.7%+14%
858Missoula, MTMT128,69813.7%+31%
859Ruston, LALA48,36013.8%−10%
860Lexington, KYKY535,17413.9%+15%
861Blacksburg, VAVA181,61613.9%+9%
862Manhattan, KSKS136,12213.9%+2%
863Santa Cruz, CACA258,85213.9%+12%
864Lafayette, ININ228,46814.2%+9%
865Tallahassee, FLFL397,44214.3%−2%
866Greenfield, MAMA70,69814.3%+12%
867New York, NYNY20,112,44814.4%+17%
868Morgantown, WVWV141,99514.5%+4%
869Macomb, ILIL25,91614.6%+7%
870Stillwater, OKOK83,88914.6%−5%
871Durango, COCO56,89814.7%+21%
872Burlington, VTVT227,80314.7%+11%
873Albany, NYNY915,83514.8%+14%
874Brattleboro, VTVT45,20414.9%+20%
875Baltimore, MDMD2,857,78115.0%+26%
876College Station, TXTX287,47615.0%+0%
877Athens, OHOH63,19715.1%+15%
878Oxford, MSMS71,97215.1%+26%
879Nantucket, MAMA14,75815.2%+34%
880Port Townsend, WAWA33,97015.4%+46%
881Easton, MDMD38,23815.6%+44%
882Barre, VTVT59,65215.6%+27%
883Madison, WIWI709,68515.7%+15%
884Vermillion, SDSD15,03115.7%−10%
885Heber, UTUT81,65516.0%+32%
886Ames, IAIA128,09016.0%+0%
887Bozeman, MTMT128,74016.1%+25%
888Barnstable, MAMA233,53916.1%+24%
889Boone, NCNC54,78616.3%+12%
890Fort Collins, COCO377,29216.6%+15%
891San Francisco, CACA4,630,04116.8%+16%
892Athens, GAGA224,14816.8%+10%
893Gainesville, FLFL359,03616.9%+4%
894Starkville, MSMS62,06317.4%+21%
895Trenton, NJNJ399,28917.6%+14%
896Columbia, MOMO219,06218.0%+10%
897Vineyard Haven, MAMA21,21918.1%+40%
898Carbondale, ILIL52,50118.2%+23%
899Boston, MAMA5,034,22118.3%+20%
900Bloomington, ININ165,23118.6%+8%
901Champaign, ILIL239,97918.7%+7%
902Santa Fe, NMNM156,90719.0%+14%
903Moscow, IDID41,84219.0%+4%
904San Jose, CACA1,984,47319.1%+19%
905State College, PAPA157,39319.2%+9%
906Laramie, WYWY38,55820.1%+9%
907Durham, NCNC625,48520.2%+11%
908Charlottesville, VAVA228,59720.5%+11%
909Iowa City, IAIA182,71120.5%+9%
910Amherst, MAMA164,06520.8%+12%
911Lawrence, KSKS120,92021.1%+16%
912Pullman, WAWA48,51221.6%+9%
913Washington, DCDC6,465,72421.9%+16%
914Corvallis, OROR97,72822.5%+6%
915Boulder, COCO328,56025.0%+18%
916Ann Arbor, MIMI370,21426.2%+10%
917Ithaca, NYNY104,04728.5%+7%
918Los Alamos, NMNM19,40736.8%+2%
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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES