Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of Population Aged 25 years and above with an Educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on September 3, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of the population of Kansas (aged 25 years and above) who had an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher was 34.40%. Among all Kansas counties, Johnson County had the highest percentage of its population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher (56.33%), followed by Douglas County (52.34%), and Riley County (48.17%).

The chart below shows the top 10 Kansas counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Kansas counties.

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Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021
Johnson County
Douglas County
Riley County
Ellis County
Pottawatomie County
Leavenworth County
Miami County
Shawnee County
Butler County
Pratt County
Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) (%)
1 Johnson County 56.33
2 Douglas County 52.34
3 Riley County 48.17
4 Ellis County 37.42
5 Pottawatomie County 36.71
6 Leavenworth County 34.64
7 Miami County 32.80
8 Shawnee County 32.28
9 Butler County 32.26
10 Pratt County 32.09
11 Harvey County 31.99
12 Sedgwick County 31.19
13 Hodgeman County 30.21
14 Crawford County 30.13
15 McPherson County 29.70
16 Chase County 29.33
17 Greeley County 29.32
18 Wallace County 28.32
19 Nemaha County 28.11
20 Saline County 27.81
21 Marion County 27.55
22 Clark County 27.34
23 Lyon County 26.68
24 Graham County 26.38
24 Stafford County 26.38
25 Republic County 26.10
26 Mitchell County 25.90
27 Clay County 25.80
28 Sumner County 25.45
29 Morris County 25.25
30 Lincoln County 24.73
31 Barber County 24.71
32 Jefferson County 24.59
33 Kiowa County 24.56
34 Dickinson County 24.47
35 Wabaunsee County 24.31
36 Thomas County 24.15
37 Cowley County 24.14
38 Grant County 24.08
39 Scott County 23.94
40 Geary County 23.86
41 Lane County 23.80
42 Trego County 23.76
43 Bourbon County 23.55
44 Norton County 23.29
45 Gray County 23.07
46 Franklin County 23.02
47 Sheridan County 22.85
48 Coffey County 22.73
49 Rice County 22.50
50 Washington County 22.42
51 Meade County 22.37
52 Cloud County 22.33
53 Decatur County 22.31
54 Labette County 22.29
55 Kingman County 22.24
56 Atchison County 22.15
57 Ness County 21.95
58 Rawlins County 21.68
59 Cheyenne County 21.61
60 Russell County 21.56
61 Osborne County 21.49
62 Phillips County 21.46
63 Sherman County 21.42
64 Osage County 21.37
64 Smith County 21.37
65 Ottawa County 21.25
66 Jackson County 21.16
67 Barton County 20.87
68 Ellsworth County 20.81
69 Reno County 20.70
70 Rooks County 20.66
71 Linn County 20.51
71 Neosho County 20.51
72 Ford County 20.49
72 Montgomery County 20.49
73 Rush County 20.45
74 Woodson County 20.43
75 Logan County 20.40
76 Jewell County 19.70
77 Cherokee County 19.64
78 Gove County 19.61
79 Pawnee County 19.49
80 Hamilton County 19.45
81 Wyandotte County 19.27
82 Kearny County 19.21
83 Brown County 19.08
84 Marshall County 18.76
85 Allen County 18.71
85 Doniphan County 18.71
86 Wilson County 18.35
87 Edwards County 18.16
88 Comanche County 18.14
89 Wichita County 18.04
90 Elk County 17.98
91 Finney County 17.74
92 Greenwood County 17.61
93 Morton County 17.23
94 Harper County 16.79
95 Anderson County 16.45
96 Haskell County 15.28
97 Chautauqua County 15.17
98 Stanton County 14.97
99 Stevens County 12.23
100 Seward County 11.32