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Graduate or Professional Degree

Lincoln has a high percentage of adults with a graduate or professional degree

Lincoln has a higher percentage of adults with a graduate or professional degree than Nebraska or the U.S. Lincoln’s percentage of adults with a graduate or professional degree has gradually increased over the last decade.

• In 2019, 15% of Lincoln’s adults had a graduate or professional degree compared to 13% of Nebraska’s adults and 11% of the adults in the United States.
• The percentage of adults in Lincoln with a graduate or professional degree has increased by 3.5 percentage points from 2010 to 2019.