RANKING · 2024 ACS · 105 SHOWN OF 105

Most college graduates, Kansas counties

Kansas counties with the most adults 25 and over holding a bachelor's degree or higher, as of the 2024 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of graduates, not the share. This list covers the 105 counties in Kansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 105 is 1,130. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Stevens County, KS, up 15 places to #74.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPCOLLEGE GRADUATESVS 2020

01Johnson County, KSKS636,906244,787+8%

02Sedgwick County, KSKS538,433111,197+6%

03Shawnee County, KSKS178,60739,192+4%

04Douglas County, KSKS120,92038,154+5%

05Wyandotte County, KSKS170,59722,536+17%

06Leavenworth County, KSKS84,59020,578+11%

07Riley County, KSKS72,59818,052+2%

08Butler County, KSKS69,48414,734+10%

09Saline County, KSKS53,37710,686+6%

10Reno County, KSKS61,5398,670+1%

11▲2Crawford County, KSKS39,0087,519+8%

12Miami County, KSKS36,2407,376+3%

13▼2Harvey County, KSKS33,5806,916−5%

14▲1McPherson County, KSKS30,0646,891+23%

15▼1Ellis County, KSKS29,0756,7610%

16▲1Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,1866,382+21%

17▲1Cowley County, KSKS34,3825,569+6%

18▲2Geary County, KSKS36,3385,178+26%

19▼3Lyon County, KSKS32,2665,153−4%

20▼1Montgomery County, KSKS30,1774,705+7%

21▲3Franklin County, KSKS26,2994,366+26%

22▼1Finney County, KSKS37,5054,312+13%

23▲2Ford County, KSKS33,9934,188+22%

24▼1Sumner County, KSKS22,3123,933+7%

25▼3Barton County, KSKS24,7903,690−3%

26Jefferson County, KSKS18,2963,223−2%

27Dickinson County, KSKS18,6373,085−3%

28Labette County, KSKS19,6852,734−8%

29Cherokee County, KSKS19,1052,588−6%

30Marion County, KSKS11,6342,433+6%

31Neosho County, KSKS15,6372,427+13%

32Osage County, KSKS15,6932,379+11%

33▲1Bourbon County, KSKS14,3192,230+10%

34▼1Atchison County, KSKS16,1722,149+2%

35▲2Jackson County, KSKS13,4382,030+14%

36▼1Nemaha County, KSKS10,0542,000+12%

37▲2Allen County, KSKS12,3021,902+23%

38▲7Thomas County, KSKS7,7251,702+36%

39▲9Linn County, KSKS9,9501,587+32%

40▲3Rice County, KSKS9,2661,570+16%

41▼5Pratt County, KSKS9,1171,531−14%

42▼4Clay County, KSKS7,9901,452−8%

43▼3Seward County, KSKS21,0731,4330%

44Marshall County, KSKS9,8521,357+4%

45▲2Kingman County, KSKS7,0291,272+5%

46Brown County, KSKS9,1041,267+2%

47▼6Cloud County, KSKS8,8331,238−13%

48▲3Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0181,210+6%

49▲3Morris County, KSKS5,3481,186+10%

50▼1Wilson County, KSKS8,2991,177+1%

51▼9Coffey County, KSKS8,4671,173−16%

52▲1Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2571,137+7%

53▲7Grant County, KSKS7,0281,130+26%

54▲3Ottawa County, KSKS5,7441,124+15%

55Doniphan County, KSKS7,5941,081+5%

56▼2Mitchell County, KSKS5,5901,041−2%

57▲9Washington County, KSKS5,533987+22%

58▼8Russell County, KSKS6,581939−18%

59▲8Scott County, KSKS4,815933+17%

60▲3Greenwood County, KSKS5,826932+6%

61▲1Gray County, KSKS5,652928+5%

62▼1Sherman County, KSKS5,763906+2%

63▲6Norton County, KSKS5,288887+14%

64▼6Pawnee County, KSKS5,991861−9%

65▲6Harper County, KSKS5,370826+33%

66▼1Rooks County, KSKS4,646822−4%

67▼3Phillips County, KSKS4,728766−12%

68▲2Barber County, KSKS4,083756+18%

69▼1Stafford County, KSKS4,005746−5%

70▼14Anderson County, KSKS8,018728−26%

71▼12Republic County, KSKS4,640698−26%

72▲1Meade County, KSKS3,852674+20%

73▼1Smith County, KSKS3,566670+18%

74▲15Stevens County, KSKS4,984670+60%

75▲3Trego County, KSKS2,740640+35%

76▼1Osborne County, KSKS3,285592+11%

77▲11Decatur County, KSKS2,716574+35%

78▼2Chase County, KSKS2,572573+16%

79▼5Lincoln County, KSKS2,861542−1%

80▼1Woodson County, KSKS3,118528+13%

81▲14Logan County, KSKS2,661494+40%

82▲12Kearny County, KSKS3,888487+31%

83▼3Graham County, KSKS2,371460−1%

84▲8Kiowa County, KSKS2,432460+20%

85▼2Ness County, KSKS2,617460+5%

86▼4Haskell County, KSKS3,599459+3%

87▲6Gove County, KSKS2,631456+22%

88▼7Rush County, KSKS2,845453−2%

89▲7Chautauqua County, KSKS3,321448+28%

90▼13Cheyenne County, KSKS2,604422−15%

91▼7Clark County, KSKS1,900420−4%

92▼2Edwards County, KSKS2,640404−3%

93▼8Sheridan County, KSKS2,427399−8%

94▼7Jewell County, KSKS2,830394−8%

95▲3Elk County, KSKS2,458374+13%

96▼5Rawlins County, KSKS2,431369−9%

97▼11Hodgeman County, KSKS1,619353−18%

98▲5Stanton County, KSKS1,986333+38%

99▲2Morton County, KSKS2,470311+4%

100Hamilton County, KSKS2,500287−6%

101▼4Wichita County, KSKS2,031280−19%

102Lane County, KSKS1,508258+6%

103▲1Comanche County, KSKS1,673257+14%

104▲1Greeley County, KSKS1,182250+30%

105▼6Wallace County, KSKS1,441242−25%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES