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Most graduate degrees, US metro areas

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

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 2000
501LaGrange, GAGA107,0978.6%+75%
502San Angelo, TXTX122,0658.6%+59%
503The Dalles, OROR26,3108.6%+64%
504Durant, OKOK51,3678.6%+28%
505Meridian, MSMS85,4198.5%+53%
506Branson, MOMO57,0018.5%+80%
507Searcy, ARAR80,0858.5%+57%
508Monroe, MIMI156,0048.5%+80%
509El Paso, TXTX881,2918.5%+53%
510Killeen, TXTX511,4978.5%+48%
511Sonora, CACA53,1608.5%+43%
512Kingsville, TXTX30,3158.5%+11%
513Greenwood, MSMS34,9128.5%+67%
514Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,4428.5%+42%
515Sunbury, PAPA107,7888.5%+70%
516Youngstown, OHOH423,6788.4%+65%
517Ocala, FLFL442,6608.4%+66%
518Anderson Creek, NCNC150,1378.4%+146%
519Atchison, KSKS16,1728.4%+16%
520Warsaw, ININ80,8928.4%+47%
521Wausau, WIWI139,4328.4%+48%
522Klamath Falls, OROR70,2748.4%+56%
523Arkansas City, KSKS34,3828.4%+49%
524Lafayette, LALA423,7588.3%+49%
525Decatur, ILIL99,3008.3%+50%
526Quincy, ILIL74,1468.3%+47%
527Marietta, OHOH58,3898.3%+47%
528Wapakoneta, OHOH45,9098.3%+80%
529Effingham, ILIL44,7278.3%+96%
530Kingsport, TNTN314,8348.3%+58%
531Austin, MNMN40,9718.3%+107%
532Lawton, OKOK127,5908.3%+40%
533Brookings, OROR22,6218.3%+23%
534Johnstown, PAPA128,9688.2%+74%
535Corbin, KYKY150,0408.2%+70%
536Baraboo, WIWI66,6528.2%+58%
537Sioux City, IAIA145,7388.2%+38%
538Wilson, NCNC81,1508.2%+110%
539Dublin, GAGA60,3518.2%+60%
540Forest City, NCNC65,7458.2%+110%
541Huron, SDSD19,6248.2%+149%
542Wichita Falls, TXTX149,4488.2%+52%
543Alexandria, LALA147,9528.2%+46%
544Owatonna, MNMN37,4648.2%+71%
545Sayre, PAPA59,6008.2%+38%
546Marshall, MOMO23,2658.1%+29%
547Calhoun, GAGA61,7018.1%+107%
548Hillsdale, MIMI45,7388.1%+79%
549Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,0818.1%+69%
550Kankakee, ILIL105,5258.1%+45%
551Janesville, WIWI166,4728.1%+51%
552Fresno, CACA1,203,3838.1%+53%
553Lake Charles, LALA244,6558.1%+68%
554Rochelle, ILIL51,3998.1%+40%
555St. Joseph, MOMO119,1708.1%+56%
556Oxford, ALAL115,8348.1%+28%
557Gainesville, TXTX44,4618.1%+53%
558Mayfield, KYKY37,0508.1%+59%
559Franklin, KYKY20,7888.1%+64%
560Bay City, TXTX36,4638.0%+171%
561Bedford, ININ45,5688.0%+85%
562Shelby, NCNC103,3258.0%+87%
563Flint, MIMI401,0938.0%+41%
564New Ulm, MNMN25,5178.0%+67%
565Texarkana, TXTX146,8168.0%+56%
566Crescent City, CACA26,4108.0%+166%
567Marion, ININ66,5248.0%+32%
568Lock Haven, PAPA37,8708.0%+59%
569Morristown, TNTN128,8677.9%+68%
570Battle Creek, MIMI133,4087.9%+43%
571Rice Lake, WIWI46,4847.9%+88%
572Celina, OHOH42,7377.9%+54%
573Somerset, KYKY67,3847.9%+68%
574Dalton, GAGA147,8197.9%+93%
575Selinsgrove, PAPA39,6557.9%+69%
576Meadville, PAPA81,7927.9%+51%
577Adrian, MIMI97,7797.9%+45%
578Lima, OHOH100,8817.8%+58%
579Jackson, MIMI159,5527.8%+54%
580Norfolk, NENE49,2287.8%+76%
581Willmar, MNMN44,7207.8%+50%
582Carlsbad, NMNM62,5097.8%+63%
583Danville, ILIL71,2597.8%+88%
584Joplin, MOMO208,7967.8%+51%
585Corpus Christi, TXTX451,1917.8%+25%
586Grand Island, NENE78,0767.8%+68%
587Sherman, TXTX153,6137.8%+30%
588Bradford, PAPA38,9847.8%+52%
589Waycross, GAGA57,6707.8%+85%
590Gloversville, NYNY52,2167.7%+39%
591Thomasville, GAGA72,9587.7%+45%
592Guymon, OKOK20,3227.7%+91%
593Zanesville, OHOH87,0147.7%+67%
594Big Rapids, MIMI42,3207.7%+3%
595Shelton, WAWA71,1657.7%+54%
596Clarksdale, MSMS19,8497.7%+58%
597Sterling, ILIL54,1217.7%+125%
598Richmond, ININ66,1697.7%+33%
599St. Marys, PAPA29,9267.7%+92%
600Alamogordo, NMNM70,3687.6%+22%
601Dothan, ALAL156,2667.6%+39%
602Lakeland, FLFL874,7907.6%+56%
603Ottumwa, IAIA35,2107.6%+55%
604Altoona, PAPA119,5417.6%+62%
605Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,0637.6%+54%
606Pikeville, KYKY89,1227.6%+63%
607Redding, CACA181,6487.6%+43%
608Port Lavaca, TXTX19,5997.6%+89%
609Michigan City, ININ111,2947.6%+52%
610Fort Smith, ARAR234,1407.6%+56%
611Tiffin, OHOH54,5227.6%+77%
612Storm Lake, IAIA20,4497.5%+62%
613Fayetteville, TNTN36,8537.5%+111%
614Decatur, ALAL160,3267.5%+52%
615Dyersburg, TNTN36,3207.5%+81%
616Iron Mountain, MIMI30,5757.5%+43%
617Homosassa Springs, FLFL171,6667.5%+54%
618Sebring, FLFL111,1227.5%+43%
619Vidalia, GAGA36,1807.5%+73%
620Madisonville, KYKY45,1277.5%+58%
621Springfield, OHOH135,3407.5%+39%
622Twin Falls, IDID123,9017.5%+49%
623Show Low, AZAZ109,9467.4%+53%
624Talladega, ALAL91,7647.4%+81%
625Mason City, IAIA49,7107.4%+31%
626Sevierville, TNTN101,3427.4%+64%
627Magnolia, ARAR21,8947.4%+51%
628Fairmont, MNMN19,4407.4%+89%
629Marshalltown, IAIA39,8907.4%+65%
630Galesburg, ILIL47,7677.4%+52%
631Moultrie, GAGA47,4387.4%+90%
632Crossville, TNTN66,3007.4%+39%
633Ashland, OHOH52,5237.4%+39%
634Cambridge, MDMD33,6287.4%+42%
635Weirton, WVWV112,4687.4%+82%
636Hobbs, NMNM74,7497.4%+76%
637Mount Sterling, KYKY48,4287.3%+72%
638Elkhart, ININ208,7747.3%+32%
639Beckley, WVWV109,9407.3%+65%
640Huntington, ININ37,2247.3%+29%
641Crawfordsville, ININ38,9547.3%+37%
642Sterling, COCO20,6547.3%+37%
643Stockton, CACA823,8157.3%+67%
644Centralia, WAWA88,0627.3%+42%
645Sedalia, MOMO44,2547.3%+32%
646Roswell, NMNM63,3647.3%+13%
647Lewiston, MEME116,4877.2%+61%
648Baker City, OROR16,6587.2%+51%
649Bluefield, WVWV96,1387.2%+57%
650Grants Pass, OROR87,8677.2%+56%
651Jasper, ININ44,0167.2%+43%
652Brigham City, UTUT70,4057.2%+57%
653North Platte, NENE33,9727.2%+64%
654Sanford, NCNC70,2587.2%+23%
655Muscatine, IAIA41,8537.2%+49%
656Laurel, MSMS82,2817.1%+67%
657Albertville, ALAL103,5377.1%+49%
658Washington, NCNC44,6707.1%+38%
659Duncan, OKOK44,3107.1%+52%
660Burlington, IAIA44,0617.1%+46%
661Dodge City, KSKS33,9937.1%+26%
662Mount Airy, NCNC72,2877.1%+115%
663Sidney, OHOH48,0657.1%+79%
664Greeneville, TNTN73,8317.1%+47%
665Fond du Lac, WIWI104,6697.1%+45%
666Cadillac, MIMI49,7197.1%+46%
667Pottsville, PAPA145,0857.1%+91%
668Gaffney, SCSC58,2757.1%+66%
669Williston, NDND41,7677.1%+73%
670Alexander City, ALAL40,9537.1%+50%
671Wabash, ININ30,7137.1%+27%
672Roseburg, OROR111,9517.1%+43%
673Hickory, NCNC376,8907.1%+78%
674Bay City, MIMI102,1237.0%+59%
675West Plains, MOMO40,7987.0%+71%
676Lincoln, ILIL27,1827.0%+64%
677Vincennes, ININ35,6527.0%+2%
678Warren, PAPA37,0387.0%+60%
679Huntsville, TXTX83,8427.0%+7%
680McAlester, OKOK43,3207.0%+57%
681Plymouth, ININ46,5997.0%+18%
682Payson, AZAZ53,8017.0%+30%
683Brownsville, TXTX433,9467.0%+42%
684Paris, TXTX63,3197.0%+49%
685Kokomo, ININ83,9047.0%+2%
686Dickinson, NDND39,1427.0%+44%
687Enid, OKOK61,7797.0%+6%
688Freeport, ILIL43,2207.0%+39%
689Clinton, IAIA46,0027.0%+77%
690Spencer, IAIA16,2027.0%+144%
691Yakima, WAWA259,1857.0%+26%
692Gadsden, ALAL103,8866.9%+31%
693Dixon, ILIL32,9146.9%+51%
694Bucyrus, OHOH41,8966.9%+124%
695Union City, TNTN30,0676.9%+108%
696Jamestown, NDND21,4146.9%+35%
697Fremont, NENE38,0576.9%+63%
698Huntingdon, PAPA43,0016.9%+58%
699Alpena, MIMI28,8536.9%+30%
700Farmington, NMNM120,3406.9%+44%
701Athens, TXTX88,5956.9%+74%
702El Dorado, ARAR36,9266.8%+61%
703Hutchinson, KSKS61,5396.8%+17%
704Russellville, ARAR84,9326.8%+24%
705Ozark, ALAL49,9126.8%+55%
706Albany, OROR132,8436.8%+59%
707Oil City, PAPA49,3466.8%+42%
708Longview, TXTX297,3156.8%+30%
709Mount Vernon, ILIL36,1476.7%+40%
710New Philadelphia, OHOH92,3736.7%+65%
711Kendallville, ININ47,9376.7%+83%
712Jacksonville, ILIL37,3816.7%+13%
713Ardmore, OKOK48,9106.7%+40%
714Wilmington, OHOH42,3016.7%+39%
715Houma, LALA199,6686.7%+79%
716Blackfoot, IDID51,1536.7%+79%
717Evanston, WYWY23,4156.7%+70%
718Lufkin, TXTX88,1546.7%+44%
719Malvern, ARAR33,4516.7%+103%
720Rocky Mount, NCNC148,4866.7%+73%
721Woodward, OKOK19,8276.6%+72%
722Chillicothe, OHOH76,4296.6%+67%
723Cullman, ALAL94,0096.6%+48%
724Ottawa, ILIL145,9026.6%+48%
725Sikeston, MOMO49,9786.6%+109%
726Hammond, LALA141,3466.6%+23%
727Sparta, WIWI46,5726.6%+90%
728Laurinburg, NCNC33,3226.6%+23%
729Shawnee, OKOK75,1026.6%+18%
730McAllen, TXTX921,5496.6%+45%
731Goldsboro, NCNC122,2786.6%+39%
732Manitowoc, WIWI81,7106.6%+58%
733Bonham, TXTX39,2656.6%+47%
734Portsmouth, OHOH71,3656.6%+77%
735Fort Madison, IAIA32,3066.5%+95%
736Wisconsin Rapids, WIWI74,0606.5%+29%
737Mexico, MOMO24,5286.5%+56%
738Glasgow, KYKY56,2246.5%+47%
739Greencastle, ININ37,8766.5%+13%
740Burley, IDID49,3086.5%+66%
741DuBois, PAPA78,1006.5%+65%
742Bakersfield, CACA927,0686.5%+45%
743Paris, TNTN32,8966.5%+49%
744Defiance, OHOH38,2926.5%+42%
745Norwalk, OHOH58,2506.5%+95%
746Muskegon, MIMI177,9016.4%+43%
747Lewisburg, TNTN38,0716.4%+96%
748Mansfield, OHOH124,8936.4%+63%
749Mountain Home, IDID29,4656.4%+10%
750Fort Morgan, COCO30,3066.4%+43%
751Natchez, MSMS54,7226.4%+38%
752Brookhaven, MSMS35,0126.4%+53%
753Corinth, MSMS34,5696.4%+58%
754Hutchinson, MNMN36,6316.4%+84%
755Somerset, PAPA72,0046.3%+74%
756Jacksonville, TXTX53,3376.3%+60%
757Danville, VAVA101,1376.3%+51%
758Cañon City, COCO50,0396.3%+21%
759Laredo, TXTX281,2246.3%+18%
760Henderson, KYKY57,1846.3%+25%
761Yuba City, CACA187,4786.3%+56%
762Modesto, CACA557,7196.3%+41%
763Ponca City, OKOK43,4906.3%+22%
764Rock Springs, WYWY41,2676.2%+47%
765Farmington, MOMO67,8096.2%+64%
766Middlesborough, KYKY22,8296.2%+40%
767Paragould, ARAR47,4116.2%+79%
768Owosso, MIMI67,6816.2%+27%
769Kennett, MOMO26,8556.2%+115%
770Bainbridge, GAGA29,4326.2%+29%
771Jesup, GAGA32,4816.2%+56%
772Uvalde, TXTX24,9636.2%+51%
773Athens, TNTN71,5906.1%+71%
774North Wilkesboro, NCNC66,2336.1%+69%
775Yuma, AZAZ224,4496.1%+32%
776Vineland, NJNJ157,1486.1%+67%
777Martinsville, VAVA63,0916.1%+64%
778Carroll, IAIA20,3036.1%+76%
779Batesville, ARAR38,7856.1%+20%
780Logansport, ININ37,8366.1%+25%
781Elko, NVNV56,6826.1%+25%
782Sturgis, MIMI60,9686.1%+45%
783Camden, ARAR26,3636.1%+65%
784Hinesville, GAGA91,8706.1%+34%
785Scottsboro, ALAL54,2816.1%+58%
786New Castle, ININ49,1376.1%+27%
787Great Bend, KSKS24,7906.1%+5%
788Shawano, WIWI45,7596.0%+64%
789Canton, ILIL32,9016.0%+66%
790Oskaloosa, IAIA21,8806.0%+39%
791Auburn, ININ44,5356.0%+47%
792Beatrice, NENE21,7116.0%+44%
793Pontiac, ILIL35,0576.0%+52%
794Hermiston, OROR93,7216.0%−1%
795Garden City, KSKS37,5056.0%+27%
796Bellefontaine, OHOH46,3026.0%+32%
797Aberdeen, WAWA78,1446.0%+25%
798Albert Lea, MNMN30,4406.0%+67%
799Forrest City, ARAR21,8006.0%+78%
800Victoria, TXTX99,8646.0%+15%
801Muskogee, OKOK66,7085.9%+19%
802Columbus, NENE46,5835.9%+27%
803Beaumont, TXTX399,3105.9%+41%
804Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,9145.9%+69%
805Kinston, NCNC55,8375.9%+60%
806Beaver Dam, WIWI89,0975.9%+59%
807Russellville, ALAL32,4495.9%+56%
808Seymour, ININ47,3705.9%+40%
809Salem, OHOH99,3775.9%+75%
810Alma, MIMI41,1905.8%+42%
811Fort Dodge, IAIA36,8385.8%+15%
812Toccoa, GAGA27,8545.8%+25%
813Douglas, GAGA52,8615.8%+78%
814Clearlake, CACA67,7725.8%+28%
815Visalia, CACA485,1465.8%+57%
816McComb, MSMS52,6405.8%+30%
817Lebanon, MOMO36,9435.8%+72%
818Elkins, WVWV26,8825.8%+22%
819Pine Bluff, ARAR70,2115.8%+25%
820Corsicana, TXTX57,1815.8%+33%
821Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,1025.8%+61%
822Mitchell, SDSD25,9135.8%+16%
823Watertown, SDSD29,5625.7%+18%
824Marion, NCNC45,1985.7%+116%
825Longview, WAWA114,8855.7%+16%
826Escanaba, MIMI36,5825.7%+5%
827Selma, ALAL35,1405.7%+5%
828Rockingham, NCNC42,0415.7%+64%
829Brownwood, TXTX38,7115.7%+25%
830Harrison, ARAR45,6545.7%+45%
831Van Wert, OHOH29,0135.6%+40%
832Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,0255.6%+95%
833Marinette, WIWI65,5155.6%+55%
834Price, UTUT20,6805.6%+37%
835Cambridge, OHOH38,3795.6%+42%
836Moses Lake, WAWA105,7275.6%+20%
837Cedartown, GAGA45,5145.5%+42%
838Lewistown, PAPA46,1275.5%+42%
839Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,9045.5%+5%
840Mineral Wells, TXTX30,7915.5%+37%
841Blytheville, ARAR37,8285.5%+55%
842Albemarle, NCNC68,8305.5%+52%
843Thomaston, GAGA28,5005.5%+57%
844Cordele, GAGA19,2375.5%+33%
845Fremont, OHOH58,6555.5%+32%
846DeRidder, LALA36,6735.5%+21%
847Odessa, TXTX173,8015.5%+61%
848Sweetwater, TXTX14,1175.4%+47%
849Greenville, OHOH51,5205.4%+52%
850Othello, WAWA21,4885.4%+45%
851Mountain Home, ARAR42,9825.4%+28%
852Coshocton, OHOH37,1885.3%+55%
853Okeechobee, FLFL42,6085.3%+87%
854Lake City, FLFL74,0945.3%+32%
855Summerville, GAGA25,3005.3%+80%
856Centralia, ILIL36,3825.3%+30%
857Greensburg, ININ26,5765.3%+19%
858Gallup, NMNM68,1195.3%−1%
859Red Bluff, CACA64,6655.3%+79%
860Plainview, TXTX36,7005.3%+26%
861Moberly, MOMO24,5135.3%+39%
862Wahpeton, NDND23,0195.2%+60%
863Fort Payne, ALAL74,0855.2%+56%
864Urbana, OHOH38,8205.2%+48%
865Frankfort, ININ33,3225.2%+59%
866Opelousas, LALA80,7655.1%+39%
867Monticello, ININ25,1645.1%+15%
868Shelbyville, TNTN55,2735.1%+42%
869Lumberton, NCNC119,9415.1%+39%
870El Campo, TXTX42,0605.1%+10%
871Zapata, TXTX13,7535.1%+69%
872Marion, OHOH65,1155.1%+35%
873Decatur, ININ36,6505.1%+14%
874Deming, NMNM25,4075.1%+23%
875Taylorville, ILIL33,4435.0%+48%
876Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,0765.0%+20%
877Le Mars, IAIA25,6975.0%+12%
878Peru, ININ34,4875.0%+26%
879Big Spring, TXTX30,5045.0%+50%
880Vernon, TXTX12,4815.0%+3%
881Worthington, MNMN22,3385.0%+36%
882Coldwater, MIMI45,9934.9%+36%
883McMinnville, TNTN43,7174.9%+53%
884Henderson, NCNC42,6384.8%+47%
885Washington Court House, OHOH28,5524.8%+61%
886Ontario, OROR60,0854.8%+43%
887Winnemucca, NVNV17,2674.8%+25%
888Fallon, NVNV25,8514.8%−8%
889Merced, CACA297,2604.7%+37%
890Picayune, MSMS59,3634.7%−4%
891Lexington, NENE26,2554.7%+12%
892Miami, OKOK30,4384.7%+15%
893Rio Grande City, TXTX66,3194.7%+47%
894Safford, AZAZ40,1574.7%−14%
895Alice, TXTX45,3834.6%+24%
896El Centro, CACA181,4114.5%+22%
897Beeville, TXTX32,5154.5%−7%
898Palestine, TXTX59,8054.5%+10%
899Vernal, UTUT38,2784.4%+25%
900Hanford, CACA154,3274.3%+59%
901Eagle Pass, TXTX58,8234.3%+27%
902Palatka, FLFL77,7344.3%+16%
903Washington, ININ34,2094.2%−4%
904New Iberia, LALA66,8464.2%+40%
905Connersville, ININ23,5334.2%+41%
906Eufaula, ALAL26,8614.2%+16%
907Borger, TXTX19,6334.1%−13%
908Morgan City, LALA46,5524.1%+63%
909Newport, TNTN37,8894.1%+94%
910Minden, LALA34,9484.0%−3%
911Pahrump, NVNV57,3364.0%+25%
912Fitzgerald, GAGA17,0993.9%+8%
913Bogalusa, LALA44,9373.9%−10%
914Clewiston, FLFL61,5463.5%+31%
915Elk City, OKOK22,1593.5%−42%
916Liberal, KSKS21,0733.3%−21%
917Arcadia, FLFL37,0783.3%+2%
918Hereford, TXTX18,6263.2%−11%
919Andrews, TXTX18,9143.2%−19%
920Raymondville, TXTX19,9713.1%+51%
921Pampa, TXTX21,7863.1%−14%
922Susanville, CACA28,1173.0%+1%
923Dumas, TXTX21,8912.8%−18%
924Snyder, TXTX16,1622.5%−44%
925Town of Pecos, TXTX12,1382.1%−33%
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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES