Most college-educated in New Jersey

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

This page ranks the counties and cities of New Jersey 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, Somerset County leads at 57.4%.

Among cities & places, Leeds Point leads at 100.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Bachelor's+ (25+)
1	Somerset County	57.4%
2	Morris County	57.2%
3	Hunterdon County	56.5%
4	Bergen County	52.6%
5	Monmouth County	50.6%
6	Hudson County	47.9%
7	Middlesex County	45.1%
8	Mercer County	44.9%
9	Burlington County	42.0%
10	Sussex County	40.0%
11	Union County	38.6%
12	Essex County	37.9%
13	Cape May County	37.4%
14	Warren County	36.4%
15	Gloucester County	35.8%
16	Camden County	35.3%
17	Ocean County	33.7%
18	Atlantic County	31.2%
19	Passaic County	30.3%
20	Salem County	24.0%
21	Cumberland County	17.9%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Bachelor's+ (25+)
1	Leeds Point	100.0%
2	Tavistock	100.0%
3	Pluckemin	99.3%
4	Rutgers University-Livingston Campus	91.7%
5	Short Hills	90.0%
6	Rutgers University-Busch Campus	88.4%
7	Kean University	87.5%
8	Plainsboro Center	86.9%
9	Mantoloking	86.4%
10	Blawenburg	85.9%
11	Harlingen	85.7%
12	Upper Montclair	85.5%
13	Chatham	84.7%
14	Princeton	84.6%
15	Mountain Lakes	84.4%
16	Montclair State University	83.5%
17	Glen Ridge	83.4%
18	Hoboken	83.1%
19	Essex Fells	81.5%
20	Spring Lake	81.3%
21	Fair Haven	81.0%
22	Ho-Ho-Kus	81.0%
23	Alpine	80.8%
24	Ridgewood	80.6%
25	Little Silver	79.8%
26	Princeton Junction	79.5%
27	Tenafly	79.2%
28	Mendham	79.2%
29	Franklin Lakes	78.9%
30	Haddonfield	78.5%
31	Sea Girt	78.0%
32	Blackwells Mills	77.7%
33	Rumson	77.7%
34	Woodcliff Lake	77.4%
35	Forsgate	77.2%
36	North Caldwell	77.0%
37	Englewood Cliffs	76.9%
38	Old Tappan	76.9%
39	Westfield	76.7%
40	Neshanic Station	76.4%
41	Saddle River	76.3%
42	Princeton Meadows	76.3%
43	The College of New Jersey	75.9%
44	Cranbury	75.8%
45	Glen Rock	75.4%
46	The Hills	75.3%
47	Bay Head	75.3%
48	New Vernon	75.0%
49	Demarest	74.7%
50	Heathcote	74.5%
51	Upper Saddle River	74.3%
52	Edgewater	74.0%
53	William Paterson University of New Jersey	73.9%
54	Basking Ridge	73.6%
55	Pennington	73.6%
56	Ten Mile Run	73.4%
57	Monroe Manor	73.2%
58	Towaco	73.0%
59	Manasquan	73.0%
60	Belle Mead	72.9%
61	Monmouth Junction	72.9%
62	Hopewell	72.7%
63	Summit	72.7%
64	Brookside	72.7%
65	Barnegat Light	72.7%
66	Rocky Hill	72.4%
67	Deans	72.2%
68	Greentree	72.1%
69	Avon-by-the-Sea	72.1%
70	Allendale	72.0%
71	Lawrenceville	72.0%
72	Oradell	71.9%
73	Martinsville	71.9%
74	Loch Arbour	71.5%
75	Springdale	71.5%
76	Barclay	71.3%
77	Fanwood	71.2%
78	Harvey Cedars	70.9%
79	River Edge	70.8%
80	Madison	70.7%
81	Highland Park	70.2%
82	Liberty Corner	70.0%
83	Dayton	69.9%
84	Avalon	69.7%
85	Haworth	69.6%
86	Stone Harbor	69.6%
87	Lambertville	69.5%
88	Bernardsville	69.5%
89	Peapack and Gladstone	69.4%
90	Ramsey	69.3%
91	Morris Plains	68.8%
92	Harrington Park	68.7%
93	Robbinsville Center	68.4%
94	Gillette	68.3%
95	Tuckahoe	68.2%
96	Franklin Center	68.2%
97	Interlaken	67.7%
98	Richwood	67.5%
99	Stonebridge	67.1%
100	Stockton University	67.0%

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