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Most graduate degrees, New Mexico counties · 2020

New Mexico counties ranked by the share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2020 ACS). This list covers the 33 counties in New Mexico that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 2000

01Los Alamos County, NMNM19,40742.4%+6.3 pts

02Santa Fe County, NMNM156,90720.1%+3.5 pts

03Bernalillo County, NMNM667,60115.8%+2.7 pts

04Taos County, NMNM34,56413.5%+4.1 pts

05Sandoval County, NMNM159,56512.8%+3.5 pts

06Doña Ana County, NMNM229,09112.2%+3.0 pts

07Socorro County, NMNM15,83811.8%+3.2 pts

08Mora County, NMNM4,05111.3%+2.6 pts

09San Miguel County, NMNM26,26010.9%+1.9 pts

10Grant County, NMNM27,25210.1%+1.0 pts

11Harding County, NMNM6179.4%+2.7 pts

12Sierra County, NMNM11,3958.7%+3.3 pts

13Valencia County, NMNM82,0138.6%+3.5 pts

14Lincoln County, NMNM19,8448.6%−0.8 pts

15Colfax County, NMNM12,1848.4%+2.4 pts

16Rio Arriba County, NMNM39,8327.9%+1.6 pts

17Roosevelt County, NMNM18,6157.1%−2.2 pts

18Curry County, NMNM46,6556.7%+1.0 pts

19Catron County, NMNM3,8276.6%+0.9 pts

20De Baca County, NMNM1,6476.6%+1.5 pts

21Hidalgo County, NMNM3,9296.6%+2.9 pts

22Eddy County, NMNM62,5096.4%+1.6 pts

23San Juan County, NMNM120,3406.4%+1.6 pts

24Lea County, NMNM74,7496.4%+2.2 pts

25Cibola County, NMNM26,8076.3%+1.7 pts

26Otero County, NMNM70,3686.3%+0.0 pts

27Quay County, NMNM8,4545.8%+0.5 pts

28Chaves County, NMNM63,3645.8%−0.6 pts

29Torrance County, NMNM16,1005.6%+1.5 pts

30Luna County, NMNM25,4075.5%+1.4 pts

31McKinley County, NMNM68,1195.5%+0.1 pts

32Union County, NMNM3,8445.2%−0.5 pts

33Guadalupe County, NMNM4,3434.1%−1.4 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS