Dallas City Wire

35.8 percent of people 25 years or older had an associate's degree or higher in Dallas County in 2017, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

This number was 0.2 percent higher than the state average of 35.6 percent. In 2017 the total municipality population reached 2,552,213.

78.3 percent of the population had at least a high school diploma or the equivalent. The table below shows how many

Dallas County residents who were at least 25 years old in 2017 held each of the listed degrees.

Degree	Number of people	Percentage of population
No degree	351,604	21.7
Regular high school diploma	311,807	19.2
GED or alternative credential	53,095	3.3
Some college less than 1 year	81,331	5
Some college 1 or more years no degree	243,743	15
Associate's degree	91,567	5.6
Bachelor's degree	311,327	19.2
Master's degree	127,313	7.9
Professional school degree	35,198	2.2
Doctorate degree	14,777	0.9

*All data is for residents who were at least 25 years old in 2017.