Ft Wayne Times

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

This number was 2.8 percent higher than the state average of 33.8 percent. In 2017 the total municipality population reached 262,450.

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

Fort Wayne 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	19,255	11.4
Regular high school diploma	40,935	24.3
GED or alternative credential	7,903	4.7
Some college less than 1 year	11,748	7
Some college 1 or more years no degree	26,938	16
Associate's degree	16,521	9.8
Bachelor's degree	29,652	17.6
Master's degree	11,841	7
Professional school degree	2,546	1.5
Doctorate degree	1,172	0.7

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