Most college-educated in New York

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

This page ranks the counties and cities of New York 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, New York County leads at 64.0%.

Among cities & places, Captree leads at 100.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Bachelor's+ (25+)
1	New York County	64.0%
2	Tompkins County	59.2%
3	Westchester County	52.5%
4	Nassau County	48.7%
5	Albany County	45.2%
6	Saratoga County	43.8%
7	Putnam County	43.5%
8	Rockland County	42.1%
9	Kings County	41.3%
10	Monroe County	41.2%
11	Suffolk County	39.9%
12	Dutchess County	39.7%
13	Onondaga County	38.1%
14	Columbia County	38.1%
15	Rensselaer County	37.3%
16	Ontario County	37.2%
17	Ulster County	37.1%
18	Erie County	36.9%
19	Richmond County	35.8%
20	Queens County	35.3%
21	Schenectady County	35.1%
22	Warren County	34.6%
23	Otsego County	33.9%
24	Orange County	32.2%
25	Essex County	31.3%
26	Livingston County	30.6%
27	Broome County	30.6%
28	Sullivan County	29.7%
29	Greene County	28.9%
30	Cortland County	28.3%
31	Madison County	28.0%
32	Oneida County	27.8%
33	Niagara County	27.2%
34	Hamilton County	26.9%
35	Chemung County	26.9%
36	Clinton County	26.8%
37	Delaware County	26.7%
38	Steuben County	26.0%
39	Jefferson County	25.7%
40	Tioga County	25.6%
41	Wayne County	25.5%
42	Schuyler County	25.4%
43	Chautauqua County	25.1%
44	Yates County	25.0%
45	Schoharie County	25.0%
46	St. Lawrence County	24.6%
47	Allegany County	24.6%
48	Seneca County	24.1%
49	Cayuga County	23.9%
50	Franklin County	23.8%
51	Genesee County	23.6%
52	Herkimer County	22.6%
53	Bronx County	22.0%
54	Oswego County	21.9%
55	Washington County	21.2%
56	Fulton County	21.2%
57	Cattaraugus County	20.7%
58	Montgomery County	20.5%
59	Lewis County	19.4%
60	Chenango County	19.2%
61	Wyoming County	18.2%
62	Orleans County	17.5%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Bachelor's+ (25+)
1	Captree	100.0%
2	Paul Smiths	100.0%
3	University at Buffalo	97.3%
4	Forest Home	95.0%
5	SUNY Oswego	92.6%
6	Scarsdale	90.7%
7	Munsey Park	90.0%
8	Hewlett Bay Park	89.4%
9	Plandome	89.3%
10	Sands Point	88.1%
11	Harbor Hills	87.9%
12	Bard College	87.5%
13	Rochester Institute of Technology	86.9%
14	Millwood	86.8%
15	Irvington	86.0%
16	Tuxedo Park	85.7%
17	Northeast Ithaca	85.6%
18	Woodsburgh	84.5%
19	Russell Gardens	83.8%
20	Flower Hill	83.6%
21	Old Field	83.5%
22	Hewlett Harbor	83.5%
23	Bedford	83.4%
24	Larchmont	83.3%
25	Scotts Corners	83.2%
26	Plandome Heights	83.1%
27	Leeds	82.9%
28	Huntington Bay	82.3%
29	Vassar College	81.9%
30	Hamilton College	81.8%
31	Chappaqua	81.4%
32	Lansing	81.0%
33	East Hills	81.0%
34	North Hills	80.8%
35	Hewlett Neck	80.6%
36	Cayuga Heights	80.5%
37	Rye	80.5%
38	Roslyn Estates	80.3%
39	Armonk	80.0%
40	Chautauqua	79.6%
41	Briarcliff Manor	79.1%
42	West Point	78.7%
43	Stone Ridge	78.7%
44	Oyster Bay Cove	78.6%
45	Pelham Manor	78.6%
46	Greenville	78.1%
47	Brookville	77.8%
48	Plandome Manor	77.8%
49	Cold Spring Harbor	77.7%
50	Water Mill	77.6%
51	Poquott	77.5%
52	Roslyn	77.3%
53	Grand View-on-Hudson	77.0%
54	Bronxville	76.9%
55	Pittsford	76.6%
56	East Ithaca	76.4%
57	West Hampton Dunes	76.3%
58	West Danby	76.3%
59	Mill Neck	76.2%
60	Ardsley	75.8%
61	Bridgehampton	75.7%
62	Hartsdale	75.5%
63	Rye Brook	75.4%
64	Kensington	75.4%
65	Muttontown	75.3%
66	Garden City	75.2%
67	Old Westbury	75.0%
68	Skaneateles	74.6%
69	Houghton	74.4%
70	Matinecock	74.3%
71	Upper Brookville	74.2%
72	Searingtown	74.0%
73	Setauket	73.9%
74	Golden's Bridge	73.6%
75	Lawrence	73.6%
76	Katonah	73.5%
77	Hastings-on-Hudson	72.5%
78	Lloyd Harbor	72.3%
79	Brooktondale	72.3%
80	Croton-on-Hudson	72.2%
81	Danby	72.2%
82	Centerport	72.0%
83	Laurel Hollow	71.9%
84	Varna	71.9%
85	Lincolndale	71.6%
86	East Norwich	71.5%
87	Thomaston	71.3%
88	Pleasantville	71.2%
89	Upper Nyack	71.1%
90	Roslyn Harbor	71.0%
91	Shoreham	70.6%
92	Amagansett	70.4%
93	Old Brookville	70.2%
94	West Hills	70.2%
95	Ithaca	70.2%
96	Port Washington	70.1%
97	Greenvale	70.1%
98	Syosset	70.1%
99	Saltaire	70.0%
100	East Williston	69.9%

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