Most college-educated in Massachusetts

Massachusetts counties and cities ranked by share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Massachusetts by share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher — which have the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Middlesex County leads at 59.0%.

Among cities & places, Wellesley leads at 87.1%.

Counties

#	Name	Bachelor's+ (25+)
1	Middlesex County	59.0%
2	Nantucket County	58.4%
3	Norfolk County	57.6%
4	Hampshire County	51.1%
5	Suffolk County	49.9%
6	Dukes County	49.0%
7	Barnstable County	47.4%
8	Essex County	42.3%
9	Plymouth County	41.2%
10	Franklin County	40.3%
11	Worcester County	39.0%
12	Berkshire County	38.3%
13	Bristol County	30.6%
14	Hampden County	28.9%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Bachelor's+ (25+)
1	Wellesley	87.1%
2	Brookline	85.0%
3	Lexington	85.0%
4	Dover	83.8%
5	Sharon	83.4%
6	Woods Hole	82.4%
7	Duxbury	82.4%
8	Needham	80.8%
9	Newton	80.7%
10	South Duxbury	80.6%
11	Cambridge	80.2%
12	Belmont	80.2%
13	Hingham	79.6%
14	Winchester	78.4%
15	New Seabury	77.9%
16	Marblehead	76.9%
17	North Scituate	76.1%
18	Popponesset	75.4%
19	Cordaville	75.2%
20	Arlington	74.4%
21	Williamstown	74.4%
22	West Chatham	74.2%
23	Cochituate	74.0%
24	Amherst Town	73.8%
25	Medfield	72.1%
26	Boxford	72.0%
27	Deerfield	70.6%
28	Milton	70.4%
29	West Concord	69.9%
30	North Falmouth	68.7%
31	Somerville	68.0%
32	Seconsett Island	68.0%
33	Essex	67.9%
34	Andover	67.7%
35	Watertown	67.2%
36	Harwich Port	67.1%
37	Hopkinton	66.8%
38	Northborough	66.8%
39	Longmeadow	66.1%
40	Newburyport	65.9%
41	West Falmouth	65.9%
42	Topsfield	65.3%
43	Reading	65.1%
44	South Lancaster	64.6%
45	Maynard	64.2%
46	Mattapoisett Center	64.1%
47	The Pinehills	63.8%
48	Scituate	63.3%
49	Marshfield Hills	63.0%
50	Provincetown	62.5%
51	Walpole	62.3%
52	Melrose	62.0%
53	Nahant	61.7%
54	Swampscott	61.7%
55	Northampton	61.3%
56	Lynnfield	61.1%
57	Chatham	60.4%
58	Sandwich	60.2%
59	Bourne	59.7%
60	Rockport	59.1%
61	Popponesset Island	58.3%
62	Burlington	58.2%
63	Medford	57.6%
64	Cedar Crest	57.4%
65	Siasconset	57.1%
66	Wakefield	57.0%
67	Nantucket	57.0%
68	Edgartown	56.6%
69	Rowley	56.5%
70	Franklin Town	56.4%
71	Waltham	56.4%
72	Barre	55.8%
73	Littleton Common	55.7%
74	Brewster	55.2%
75	North Eastham	55.2%
76	Dedham	55.1%
77	Sturbridge	55.0%
78	Yarmouth Port	54.7%
79	Westborough	54.6%
80	Ipswich	54.5%
81	Lenox	54.5%
82	East Sandwich	54.3%
83	Boston	54.1%
84	Stoneham	54.0%
85	Housatonic	53.6%
86	Lunenburg	53.5%
87	Norwood	53.1%
88	Madaket	52.9%
89	Beverly	52.3%
90	Salisbury	52.1%
91	Falmouth	51.8%
92	Hull	51.7%
93	Seabrook	51.5%
94	West Warren	51.5%
95	Sagamore	51.2%
96	Marion Center	51.1%
97	East Falmouth	50.7%
98	Granby	50.6%
99	Dennis	50.3%
100	Salem	49.6%

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