Most college-educated in New Hampshire

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

This page ranks the counties and cities of New Hampshire 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, Grafton County leads at 44.8%.

Among cities & places, Hanover leads at 88.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Bachelor's+ (25+)
1	Grafton County	44.8%
2	Rockingham County	44.8%
3	Hillsborough County	40.6%
4	Carroll County	38.8%
5	Strafford County	38.5%
6	Merrimack County	38.1%
7	Cheshire County	35.3%
8	Belknap County	32.6%
9	Sullivan County	30.5%
10	Coos County	20.2%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Bachelor's+ (25+)
1	Hanover	88.0%
2	New Boston	82.0%
3	Durham	76.9%
4	Hancock	74.5%
5	Newfields	73.2%
6	New Hampton	72.4%
7	Amherst	67.0%
8	Francestown	63.9%
9	Portsmouth	63.4%
10	Blodgett Landing	61.8%
11	Plymouth	60.8%
12	Contoocook	60.1%
13	North Woodstock	56.5%
14	Lebanon	56.4%
15	Peterborough	53.9%
16	New London	53.7%
17	Center Sandwich	53.7%
18	Bethlehem	53.0%
19	Exeter	52.1%
20	Newmarket	51.9%
21	Dover	49.2%
22	Goffstown	47.0%
23	Klondike Corner	46.5%
24	Londonderry	46.1%
25	Seabrook Beach	45.3%
26	Wolfeboro	45.2%
27	North Conway	44.6%
28	West Swanzey	43.9%
29	Suissevale	43.7%
30	Hampton	43.5%
31	Keene	43.4%
32	Hooksett	42.2%
33	Walpole	41.3%
34	Nashua	40.5%
35	Concord	40.1%
36	East Merrimack	38.2%
37	Pinardville	38.2%
38	South Hooksett	37.3%
39	Enfield	36.8%
40	Marlborough	36.6%
41	Conway	36.4%
42	Hampton Beach	36.2%
43	Wilton	36.2%
44	Loudon	35.3%
45	Lincoln	35.3%
46	Derry	34.0%
47	Newport	33.9%
48	Manchester	33.5%
49	Milton Mills	33.3%
50	Ashland	32.2%
51	Meredith	31.9%
52	Epping	31.5%
53	Milford	30.7%
54	Suncook	29.2%
55	Somersworth	28.7%
56	Hudson	28.6%
57	Troy	28.2%
58	North Walpole	27.8%
59	Sanbornville	27.7%
60	Rochester	26.7%
61	Antrim	26.5%
62	Whitefield	26.3%
63	Laconia	25.3%
64	Bradford	24.9%
65	Lisbon	24.9%
66	Plainfield	24.8%
67	Henniker	24.5%
68	Gorham	24.5%
69	Tilton Northfield	24.2%
70	Jaffrey	24.1%
71	Warner	23.9%
72	Lancaster	23.5%
73	Raymond	23.4%
74	Littleton	22.5%
75	Woodsville	21.1%
76	Bennington	21.0%
77	Colebrook	20.8%
78	Claremont	20.3%
79	Franklin	19.2%
80	Greenville	18.7%
81	Pittsfield	18.0%
82	Milton	17.6%
83	Charlestown	16.9%
84	Bristol	16.6%
85	Canaan	15.4%
86	Berlin	14.2%
87	Farmington	13.4%
88	Winchester	13.0%
89	Hinsdale	12.9%
90	Belmont	10.8%
91	Hillsborough	10.7%
92	Alton	10.3%
93	North Haverhill	9.8%
94	West Stewartstown	8.9%
95	Center Ossipee	8.2%
96	Union	7.4%
97	Groveton	6.5%
98	Bartlett	6.1%
99	Mountain Lakes	5.3%
100	Melvin Village	2.4%

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