Seattle City Wire

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

This number was 14.2 percent higher than the state average of 44.3 percent. In 2017 the total municipality population reached 2,118,119.

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

King 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	110,255	7.3
Regular high school diploma	197,949	13.2
GED or alternative credential	35,229	2.3
Some college less than 1 year	78,836	5.3
Some college 1 or more years no degree	200,909	13.4
Associate's degree	122,087	8.1
Bachelor's degree	460,158	30.7
Master's degree	207,754	13.8
Professional school degree	49,895	3.3
Doctorate degree	37,018	2.5

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