# Cities in Maryland by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2024

All 23 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `bachelors_degree_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 25 and over whose highest degree is a bachelor's, master's, professional school or doctorate degree, as a percentage of all people aged 25 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a bachelor's degree or higher as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a bachelor's degree or higher as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/maryland-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Rockville, MD | 65.6 |
| 2 | Takoma Park, MD | 61.7 |
| 3 | Annapolis, MD | 53.8 |
| 4 | College Park, MD | 52.7 |
| 5 | Gaithersburg, MD | 52.5 |
| 6 | Hyattsville, MD | 50.7 |
| 7 | Bowie, MD | 50.4 |
| 8 | Laurel, MD | 47.7 |
| 9 | Greenbelt, MD | 45.3 |
| 10 | Frederick, MD | 43.2 |
| 11 | Bel Air, MD | 43.1 |
| 12 | Havre de Grace, MD | 42.5 |
| 13 | Easton, MD | 38 |
| 14 | Westminster, MD | 36.4 |
| 15 | Baltimore, MD | 36.1 |
| 16 | La Plata, MD | 35.4 |
| 17 | Salisbury, MD | 25.7 |
| 18 | Aberdeen, MD | 25.6 |
| 19 | New Carrollton, MD | 24.2 |
| 20 | Cumberland, MD | 22.7 |
| 21 | Elkton, MD | 21.6 |
| 22 | Hagerstown, MD | 20.5 |
| 23 | Cambridge, MD | 20.1 |