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Most graduate degrees, US metro areas · 2020

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
501Richmond, ININ66,1697.8%+35%
502Sheboygan, WIWI118,0477.8%+53%
503Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,1187.8%+13%
504The Dalles, OROR26,3107.8%+49%
505Detroit Lakes, MNMN35,4977.8%+87%
506Adrian, MIMI97,7797.7%+43%
507Guymon, OKOK20,3227.7%+91%
508Meadville, PAPA81,7927.7%+48%
509Toccoa, GAGA27,8547.7%+66%
510Wapakoneta, OHOH45,9097.7%+67%
511Wisconsin Rapids, WIWI74,0607.7%+52%
512Hillsdale, MIMI45,7387.7%+70%
513Wichita Falls, TXTX149,4487.6%+42%
514Lafayette, LALA423,7587.6%+37%
515Battle Creek, MIMI133,4087.6%+37%
516Kankakee, ILIL105,5257.6%+36%
517Klamath Falls, OROR70,2747.6%+42%
518Midland, TXTX193,1397.6%+22%
519Ashland, OHOH52,5237.6%+43%
520Marion, ININ66,5247.6%+25%
521Rochelle, ILIL51,3997.6%+31%
522Hot Springs, ARAR99,6957.6%+21%
523Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,0817.6%+57%
524Amarillo, TXTX276,2357.6%+10%
525Meridian, MSMS85,4197.5%+35%
526Saginaw, MIMI187,6887.5%+40%
527Dothan, ALAL156,2667.5%+37%
528Corbin, KYKY150,0407.5%+56%
529Gallipolis, OHOH29,0727.5%+64%
530Greenwood, SCSC95,2157.5%+39%
531Magnolia, ARAR21,8947.5%+53%
532Janesville, WIWI166,4727.5%+39%
533Youngstown, OHOH423,6787.5%+47%
534Mount Vernon, OHOH64,0027.5%+21%
535Alexandria, LALA147,9527.5%+33%
536Marietta, OHOH58,3897.5%+33%
537Lewiston, MEME116,4877.5%+66%
538Kokomo, ININ83,9047.5%+9%
539Bedford, ININ45,5687.5%+72%
540Rock Springs, WYWY41,2677.5%+76%
541Jackson, MIMI159,5527.5%+47%
542Sioux City, IAIA145,7387.5%+26%
543Wilmington, OHOH42,3017.5%+56%
544Lewiston, IDID65,4507.5%+28%
545Laurel, MSMS82,2817.5%+75%
546Fayetteville, TNTN36,8537.5%+110%
547Coos Bay, OROR63,9927.4%+30%
548North Platte, NENE33,9727.4%+70%
549Dublin, GAGA60,3517.4%+45%
550La Grande, OROR25,9007.4%+2%
551Monroe, MIMI156,0047.4%+57%
552Jefferson, GAGA99,2657.4%+75%
553Lebanon, PAPA146,3807.4%+26%
554Crawfordsville, ININ38,9547.4%+39%
555Baker City, OROR16,6587.4%+54%
556Willmar, MNMN44,7207.4%+41%
557Huntington, ININ37,2247.3%+30%
558Ottumwa, IAIA35,2107.3%+49%
559Homosassa Springs, FLFL171,6667.3%+51%
560Sunbury, PAPA107,7887.3%+48%
561Lake Charles, LALA244,6557.3%+52%
562Madisonville, KYKY45,1277.3%+54%
563Redding, CACA181,6487.3%+38%
564Corpus Christi, TXTX451,1917.3%+17%
565Vidalia, GAGA36,1807.3%+69%
566Somerset, KYKY67,3847.3%+55%
567Mason City, IAIA49,7107.3%+28%
568Plymouth, ININ46,5997.3%+22%
569Springfield, OHOH135,3407.2%+35%
570Mayfield, KYKY37,0507.2%+43%
571Ottawa, KSKS26,2997.2%+50%
572Fremont, NENE38,0577.2%+70%
573Calhoun, GAGA61,7017.2%+83%
574Shelby, NCNC103,3257.2%+68%
575Jacksonville, NCNC217,1757.2%+62%
576Baraboo, WIWI66,6527.2%+38%
577Lock Haven, PAPA37,8707.2%+44%
578Ocala, FLFL442,6607.2%+42%
579Austin, MNMN40,9717.2%+81%
580Anderson Creek, NCNC150,1377.2%+111%
581Russellville, ARAR84,9327.2%+30%
582West Plains, MOMO40,7987.2%+74%
583Sterling, COCO20,6547.2%+35%
584Payson, AZAZ53,8017.2%+33%
585Wabash, ININ30,7137.2%+29%
586Kingsville, TXTX30,3157.2%−6%
587Sedalia, MOMO44,2547.1%+30%
588Lima, OHOH100,8817.1%+43%
589Texarkana, TXTX146,8167.1%+39%
590Altoona, PAPA119,5417.1%+51%
591Enid, OKOK61,7797.1%+7%
592St. Joseph, MOMO119,1707.1%+37%
593Freeport, ILIL43,2207.1%+41%
594Lakeland, FLFL874,7907.1%+44%
595Columbus, NENE46,5837.1%+51%
596Gainesville, TXTX44,4617.0%+33%
597Dyersburg, TNTN36,3207.0%+70%
598Fresno, CACA1,203,3837.0%+32%
599Spencer, IAIA16,2027.0%+145%
600Sidney, OHOH48,0657.0%+77%
601Marshall, MNMN25,6847.0%+28%
602Alexander City, ALAL40,9536.9%+48%
603Scottsbluff, NENE36,2726.9%+38%
604Gadsden, ALAL103,8866.9%+31%
605Muscatine, IAIA41,8536.9%+44%
606Sayre, PAPA59,6006.9%+17%
607Shawnee, OKOK75,1026.9%+23%
608Centralia, WAWA88,0626.9%+34%
609Natchez, MSMS54,7226.9%+49%
610Marshall, MOMO23,2656.8%+9%
611Henderson, KYKY57,1846.8%+37%
612Cañon City, COCO50,0396.8%+31%
613Galesburg, ILIL47,7676.8%+39%
614Clovis, NMNM65,2706.8%+2%
615Sikeston, MOMO49,9786.8%+115%
616Jasper, ININ44,0166.8%+36%
617Bradford, PAPA38,9846.8%+32%
618Crossville, TNTN66,3006.8%+28%
619Sterling, ILIL54,1216.8%+99%
620Celina, OHOH42,7376.8%+32%
621Greenwood, MSMS34,9126.8%+33%
622El Dorado, ARAR36,9266.8%+59%
623Van Wert, OHOH29,0136.7%+67%
624Fort Smith, ARAR234,1406.7%+38%
625Zanesville, OHOH87,0146.7%+45%
626Yakima, WAWA259,1856.7%+22%
627Rice Lake, WIWI46,4846.7%+59%
628Paris, TNTN32,8966.7%+54%
629Del Rio, TXTX47,8356.7%+27%
630Norfolk, NENE49,2286.7%+50%
631Athens, TXTX88,5956.7%+69%
632Wilson, NCNC81,1506.7%+71%
633Brookhaven, MSMS35,0126.7%+60%
634McComb, MSMS52,6406.6%+48%
635Effingham, ILIL44,7276.6%+57%
636Branson, MOMO57,0016.6%+40%
637Albany, OROR132,8436.6%+56%
638Manitowoc, WIWI81,7106.6%+59%
639Defiance, OHOH38,2926.6%+46%
640Albertville, ALAL103,5376.6%+38%
641Evanston, WYWY23,4156.6%+69%
642Bay City, TXTX36,4636.6%+123%
643Warren, PAPA37,0386.6%+50%
644Great Bend, KSKS24,7906.6%+15%
645Decatur, ALAL160,3266.6%+33%
646Hutchinson, KSKS61,5396.6%+12%
647Portsmouth, OHOH71,3656.5%+77%
648Elkhart, ININ208,7746.5%+18%
649Gillette, WYWY48,1456.5%+51%
650Show Low, AZAZ109,9466.5%+34%
651Joplin, MOMO208,7966.5%+26%
652Sherman, TXTX153,6136.5%+9%
653Sparta, WIWI46,5726.5%+88%
654Jacksonville, ILIL37,3816.5%+9%
655Hammond, LALA141,3466.5%+20%
656Clarksdale, MSMS19,8496.5%+33%
657Dodge City, KSKS33,9936.5%+15%
658Corinth, MSMS34,5696.4%+60%
659Carlsbad, NMNM62,5096.4%+34%
660Beckley, WVWV109,9406.4%+45%
661Roseburg, OROR111,9516.4%+30%
662Vincennes, ININ35,6526.4%−6%
663Ottawa, ILIL145,9026.4%+44%
664Farmington, NMNM120,3406.4%+34%
665Greensburg, ININ26,5766.4%+43%
666Alpena, MIMI28,8536.4%+21%
667Storm Lake, IAIA20,4496.4%+37%
668Hobbs, NMNM74,7496.4%+52%
669Grand Island, NENE78,0766.4%+37%
670Port Lavaca, TXTX19,5996.4%+59%
671Selma, ALAL35,1406.4%+17%
672Dixon, ILIL32,9146.4%+38%
673Mitchell, SDSD25,9136.3%+28%
674Bay City, MIMI102,1236.3%+43%
675Mount Sterling, KYKY48,4286.3%+48%
676Marshalltown, IAIA39,8906.3%+41%
677Weirton, WVWV112,4686.3%+56%
678Grants Pass, OROR87,8676.3%+37%
679Garden City, KSKS37,5056.3%+34%
680Morristown, TNTN128,8676.3%+33%
681Dickinson, NDND39,1426.3%+30%
682Alamogordo, NMNM70,3686.3%+0%
683Rockingham, NCNC42,0416.3%+82%
684Burlington, IAIA44,0616.3%+29%
685Blackfoot, IDID51,1536.3%+69%
686Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,0636.3%+26%
687Harrison, ARAR45,6546.3%+60%
688LaGrange, GAGA107,0976.3%+28%
689Lincoln, ILIL27,1826.2%+45%
690Duncan, OKOK44,3106.2%+33%
691Forest City, NCNC65,7456.2%+59%
692Oil City, PAPA49,3466.2%+31%
693McAlester, OKOK43,3206.2%+40%
694St. Marys, PAPA29,9266.2%+56%
695Brigham City, UTUT70,4056.2%+36%
696Stockton, CACA823,8156.2%+42%
697Yuba City, CACA187,4786.2%+54%
698Mount Vernon, ILIL36,1476.2%+29%
699Moultrie, GAGA47,4386.2%+58%
700Oskaloosa, IAIA21,8806.2%+42%
701DeRidder, LALA36,6736.2%+37%
702Goldsboro, NCNC122,2786.2%+31%
703Sanford, NCNC70,2586.2%+6%
704Bluefield, WVWV96,1386.1%+34%
705Fort Dodge, IAIA36,8386.1%+20%
706Talladega, ALAL91,7646.1%+49%
707New Ulm, MNMN25,5176.1%+28%
708Hinesville, GAGA91,8706.1%+35%
709Longview, TXTX297,3156.1%+17%
710Michigan City, ININ111,2946.1%+22%
711Mineral Wells, TXTX30,7916.1%+50%
712Greencastle, ININ37,8766.1%+5%
713New Philadelphia, OHOH92,3736.1%+48%
714Pikeville, KYKY89,1226.1%+30%
715Fairmont, MNMN19,4406.0%+53%
716Sebring, FLFL111,1226.0%+15%
717Mansfield, OHOH124,8936.0%+54%
718El Campo, TXTX42,0606.0%+31%
719Madison, ININ33,2796.0%−15%
720Shelbyville, TNTN55,2736.0%+68%
721Cordele, GAGA19,2376.0%+46%
722Corsicana, TXTX57,1816.0%+38%
723Muskegon, MIMI177,9016.0%+34%
724Tiffin, OHOH54,5226.0%+41%
725Chillicothe, OHOH76,4296.0%+51%
726Mountain Home, ARAR42,9826.0%+43%
727Hickory, NCNC376,8906.0%+50%
728Pine Bluff, ARAR70,2116.0%+29%
729McAllen, TXTX921,5495.9%+31%
730Escanaba, MIMI36,5825.9%+9%
731Crescent City, CACA26,4105.9%+98%
732Henderson, NCNC42,6385.9%+81%
733Batesville, ARAR38,7855.9%+16%
734DuBois, PAPA78,1005.9%+50%
735Sturgis, MIMI60,9685.9%+41%
736Martinsville, VAVA63,0915.9%+59%
737Sevierville, TNTN101,3425.9%+30%
738Jacksonville, TXTX53,3375.9%+50%
739Hermiston, OROR93,7215.9%−2%
740Huntingdon, PAPA43,0015.9%+35%
741Huntsville, TXTX83,8425.9%−11%
742Farmington, MOMO67,8095.9%+54%
743Winnemucca, NVNV17,2675.9%+54%
744Rocky Mount, NCNC148,4865.9%+52%
745Greeneville, TNTN73,8315.9%+22%
746Woodward, OKOK19,8275.9%+52%
747Muskogee, OKOK66,7085.9%+18%
748Seymour, ININ47,3705.8%+40%
749Canton, ILIL32,9015.8%+60%
750Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,9145.8%+66%
751Danville, VAVA101,1375.8%+39%
752Plainview, TXTX36,7005.8%+38%
753Roswell, NMNM63,3645.8%−10%
754Centralia, ILIL36,3825.8%+42%
755Somerset, PAPA72,0045.8%+59%
756Owosso, MIMI67,6815.8%+18%
757Bainbridge, GAGA29,4325.8%+21%
758Jamestown, NDND21,4145.8%+13%
759Victoria, TXTX99,8645.8%+11%
760Kennett, MOMO26,8555.8%+100%
761Bonham, TXTX39,2655.7%+28%
762Bakersfield, CACA927,0685.7%+29%
763Cadillac, MIMI49,7195.7%+18%
764Lufkin, TXTX88,1545.7%+23%
765Gaffney, SCSC58,2755.7%+34%
766Price, UTUT20,6805.7%+40%
767Beatrice, NENE21,7115.7%+36%
768Ozark, ALAL49,9125.7%+28%
769Bellefontaine, OHOH46,3025.7%+25%
770Fremont, OHOH58,6555.6%+36%
771Glasgow, KYKY56,2245.6%+27%
772Mount Airy, NCNC72,2875.6%+71%
773Paris, TXTX63,3195.6%+20%
774Opelousas, LALA80,7655.6%+52%
775New Castle, ININ49,1375.6%+18%
776Clearlake, CACA67,7725.6%+24%
777Mountain Home, IDID29,4655.6%−3%
778Paragould, ARAR47,4115.6%+62%
779Scottsboro, ALAL54,2815.6%+46%
780Elko, NVNV56,6825.6%+14%
781Brownsville, TXTX433,9465.6%+13%
782Elkins, WVWV26,8825.6%+17%
783Urbana, OHOH38,8205.6%+58%
784Union City, TNTN30,0675.6%+67%
785Blytheville, ARAR37,8285.6%+56%
786Deming, NMNM25,4075.5%+35%
787Marinette, WIWI65,5155.5%+53%
788Longview, WAWA114,8855.5%+13%
789Miami, OKOK30,4385.5%+36%
790Moberly, MOMO24,5135.5%+46%
791Aberdeen, WAWA78,1445.5%+16%
792Newberry, SCSC39,5615.5%+32%
793Greenville, OHOH51,5205.5%+55%
794Vineland, NJNJ157,1485.5%+49%
795Athens, TNTN71,5905.5%+52%
796Cambridge, OHOH38,3795.5%+39%
797Gallup, NMNM68,1195.5%+3%
798Othello, WAWA21,4885.5%+47%
799Beaver Dam, WIWI89,0975.5%+47%
800Pontiac, ILIL35,0575.4%+38%
801Beaumont, TXTX399,3105.4%+30%
802Williston, NDND41,7675.4%+33%
803Danville, ILIL71,2595.4%+30%
804Waycross, GAGA57,6705.4%+29%
805Le Mars, IAIA25,6975.4%+21%
806Clinton, IAIA46,0025.4%+37%
807Marion, NCNC45,1985.4%+104%
808Shawano, WIWI45,7595.4%+46%
809Laredo, TXTX281,2245.4%+1%
810Pottsville, PAPA145,0855.4%+45%
811Bucyrus, OHOH41,8965.4%+74%
812Shelton, WAWA71,1655.4%+7%
813Yuma, AZAZ224,4495.4%+15%
814Fort Payne, ALAL74,0855.4%+60%
815Modesto, CACA557,7195.4%+21%
816Hutchinson, MNMN36,6315.3%+55%
817Ponca City, OKOK43,4905.3%+4%
818Lewisburg, TNTN38,0715.3%+63%
819Laurinburg, NCNC33,3225.3%−0%
820Houma, LALA199,6685.3%+43%
821Malvern, ARAR33,4515.3%+62%
822Carroll, IAIA20,3035.3%+53%
823Cullman, ALAL94,0095.3%+18%
824Dalton, GAGA147,8195.3%+28%
825Monticello, ININ25,1645.2%+18%
826Jesup, GAGA32,4815.2%+31%
827Taylorville, ILIL33,4435.2%+53%
828Beeville, TXTX32,5155.2%+7%
829Burley, IDID49,3085.2%+31%
830Elk City, OKOK22,1595.2%−14%
831Albert Lea, MNMN30,4405.2%+45%
832Alma, MIMI41,1905.2%+25%
833Fallon, NVNV25,8515.2%−0%
834Brownwood, TXTX38,7115.1%+13%
835Watertown, SDSD29,5625.1%+6%
836Coshocton, OHOH37,1885.1%+48%
837Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,0765.1%+22%
838Washington Court House, OHOH28,5525.1%+71%
839Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,1025.1%+42%
840Middlesborough, KYKY22,8295.0%+14%
841Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,9045.0%−5%
842Salem, OHOH99,3775.0%+50%
843Fort Morgan, COCO30,3065.0%+12%
844Moses Lake, WAWA105,7275.0%+7%
845Hanford, CACA154,3275.0%+82%
846Mexico, MOMO24,5285.0%+18%
847Thomaston, GAGA28,5004.9%+41%
848Albemarle, NCNC68,8304.9%+37%
849Uvalde, TXTX24,9634.9%+21%
850Fort Madison, IAIA32,3064.9%+46%
851Norwalk, OHOH58,2504.9%+48%
852Frankfort, ININ33,3224.9%+50%
853North Wilkesboro, NCNC66,2334.9%+35%
854Odessa, TXTX173,8014.9%+44%
855Douglas, GAGA52,8614.9%+49%
856Dumas, TXTX21,8914.9%+44%
857Pahrump, NVNV57,3364.9%+54%
858Cedartown, GAGA45,5144.8%+24%
859Red Bluff, CACA64,6654.8%+64%
860Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,0254.8%+67%
861Wahpeton, NDND23,0194.8%+46%
862Russellville, ALAL32,4494.8%+27%
863Auburn, ININ44,5354.8%+16%
864McMinnville, TNTN43,7174.8%+48%
865Visalia, CACA485,1464.8%+28%
866Safford, AZAZ40,1574.8%−13%
867Picayune, MSMS59,3634.7%−4%
868Lumberton, NCNC119,9414.7%+29%
869Lewistown, PAPA46,1274.7%+20%
870Ontario, OROR60,0854.7%+41%
871Camden, ARAR26,3634.7%+28%
872Minden, LALA34,9484.6%+12%
873Pampa, TXTX21,7864.6%+27%
874Snyder, TXTX16,1624.6%+3%
875Peru, ININ34,4874.6%+15%
876Kinston, NCNC55,8374.5%+23%
877Palatka, FLFL77,7344.5%+23%
878Forrest City, ARAR21,8004.5%+35%
879Marion, OHOH65,1154.5%+20%
880Worthington, MNMN22,3384.5%+23%
881Decatur, ININ36,6504.5%+1%
882Lake City, FLFL74,0944.5%+12%
883Kendallville, ININ47,9374.5%+23%
884Merced, CACA297,2604.5%+31%
885Coldwater, MIMI45,9934.4%+23%
886Lexington, NENE26,2554.4%+5%
887Newport, TNTN37,8894.4%+109%
888Eufaula, ALAL26,8614.4%+21%
889El Centro, CACA181,4114.4%+18%
890Sweetwater, TXTX14,1174.3%+18%
891Vernal, UTUT38,2784.3%+22%
892Connersville, ININ23,5334.3%+44%
893Big Spring, TXTX30,5044.2%+27%
894Washington, ININ34,2094.2%−5%
895Franklin, KYKY20,7884.2%−15%
896Lebanon, MOMO36,9434.2%+24%
897New Iberia, LALA66,8464.1%+36%
898Palestine, TXTX59,8054.1%+1%
899Logansport, ININ37,8364.1%−16%
900Okeechobee, FLFL42,6084.0%+41%
901Andrews, TXTX18,9144.0%+3%
902Arcadia, FLFL37,0784.0%+26%
903Bogalusa, LALA44,9373.7%−16%
904Summerville, GAGA25,3003.7%+24%
905Eagle Pass, TXTX58,8233.6%+7%
906Alice, TXTX45,3833.6%−2%
907Borger, TXTX19,6333.6%−25%
908Susanville, CACA28,1173.5%+18%
909Hereford, TXTX18,6263.5%−3%
910Fitzgerald, GAGA17,0993.4%−8%
911Liberal, KSKS21,0733.3%−20%
912Rio Grande City, TXTX66,3193.3%+3%
913Morgan City, LALA46,5523.1%+25%
914Town of Pecos, TXTX12,1383.0%−3%
915Vernon, TXTX12,4813.0%−37%
916Clewiston, FLFL61,5462.9%+6%
917Raymondville, TXTX19,9712.8%+35%
918Zapata, TXTX13,7531.0%−66%
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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES