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Most graduate degrees, Pennsylvania counties · 2010

Pennsylvania counties ranked by the share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2010 ACS). This list covers the 67 counties in Pennsylvania that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 2000

01Centre County, PAPA157,39319.2%+9%

02Montgomery County, PAPA877,64318.5%+18%

03Chester County, PAPA557,11618.3%+15%

04Delaware County, PAPA580,93714.5%+23%

05Allegheny County, PAPA1,225,03513.6%+24%

06Bucks County, PAPA647,82813.4%+18%

07Cumberland County, PAPA277,27012.0%+22%

08Montour County, PAPA17,86811.5%+4%

09Lehigh County, PAPA384,38310.8%+24%

10Dauphin County, PAPA293,35110.1%+15%

11Northampton County, PAPA324,4119.5%+25%

12Butler County, PAPA200,1699.4%+27%

13Philadelphia County, PAPA1,574,2819.3%+23%

14Union County, PAPA42,3139.2%+18%

15Lackawanna County, PAPA216,5029.0%+26%

16Erie County, PAPA265,8328.7%+14%

17Washington County, PAPA210,8028.2%+36%

18Westmoreland County, PAPA349,3248.0%+22%

19Monroe County, PAPA167,1797.9%+13%

20Pike County, PAPA62,8087.9%+17%

21Lancaster County, PAPA563,1597.8%+15%

22York County, PAPA473,1977.4%+26%

23Berks County, PAPA440,0727.3%+13%

24Luzerne County, PAPA332,1267.3%+22%

25Wayne County, PAPA51,7037.3%+27%

26Adams County, PAPA107,5947.3%+11%

27Franklin County, PAPA160,6527.0%+18%

28Indiana County, PAPA82,8786.9%−10%

29Tioga County, PAPA40,5026.7%+18%

30Crawford County, PAPA81,7926.7%+27%

31Columbia County, PAPA66,1936.6%+14%

32Cambria County, PAPA128,9686.5%+36%

33Clarion County, PAPA36,6806.3%+7%

34Lycoming County, PAPA112,5876.2%+21%

35Mercer County, PAPA107,8606.2%+3%

36Beaver County, PAPA166,0326.2%+31%

37Lebanon County, PAPA146,3806.1%+3%

38Susquehanna County, PAPA38,2376.0%+17%

39Lawrence County, PAPA83,9115.8%+12%

40Wyoming County, PAPA25,7905.7%+1%

41Clinton County, PAPA37,8705.6%+11%

42McKean County, PAPA38,9845.5%+8%

43Warren County, PAPA37,0385.5%+25%

44Snyder County, PAPA39,6555.3%+14%

45Carbon County, PAPA65,8685.3%+42%

46Forest County, PAPA6,6145.2%+55%

47Somerset County, PAPA72,0045.2%+43%

48Schuylkill County, PAPA145,0855.1%+39%

49Bradford County, PAPA59,6005.1%−13%

50Blair County, PAPA119,5415.1%+9%

51Huntingdon County, PAPA43,0014.9%+12%

52Venango County, PAPA49,3464.9%+2%

53Elk County, PAPA29,9264.9%+22%

54Greene County, PAPA33,8854.7%+9%

55Fayette County, PAPA123,0214.6%+6%

56Northumberland County, PAPA89,9204.4%+16%

57Perry County, PAPA46,8064.3%+13%

58Sullivan County, PAPA5,8564.2%−24%

59Potter County, PAPA15,8974.0%−10%

60Armstrong County, PAPA63,6984.0%+19%

61Mifflin County, PAPA46,1273.9%+0%

62Fulton County, PAPA14,4833.9%+9%

63Cameron County, PAPA4,2113.9%+5%

64Jefferson County, PAPA43,2553.9%−4%

65Clearfield County, PAPA78,1003.8%−2%

66Bedford County, PAPA47,4803.8%+6%

67Juniata County, PAPA23,4033.6%+34%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS