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

All 58 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/massachusetts-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Newton, MA | 81.1 |
| 2 | Cambridge, MA | 80.8 |
| 3 | Amherst Town, MA | 75.6 |
| 4 | Somerville, MA | 69.4 |
| 5 | Newburyport, MA | 67 |
| 6 | Watertown, MA | 66.5 |
| 7 | Northampton, MA | 62.7 |
| 8 | Melrose, MA | 62 |
| 9 | Medford, MA | 59.8 |
| 10 | Franklin Town, MA | 58.1 |
| 11 | Waltham, MA | 57.3 |
| 12 | Boston, MA | 54.9 |
| 13 | Beverly, MA | 53.4 |
| 14 | Quincy, MA | 50.3 |
| 15 | Framingham, MA | 48.7 |
| 16 | Salem, MA | 47.8 |
| 17 | Braintree Town, MA | 47.5 |
| 18 | Woburn, MA | 46.5 |
| 19 | North Attleborough Town, MA | 46.4 |
| 20 | Winthrop Town, MA | 45.6 |
| 21 | Malden, MA | 45.1 |
| 22 | Amesbury, MA | 44.8 |
| 23 | Weymouth Town, MA | 42.8 |
| 24 | Barnstable Town, MA | 42.1 |
| 25 | Marlborough, MA | 40.5 |
| 26 | Gloucester, MA | 40.3 |
| 27 | Bridgewater Town, MA | 39.6 |
| 28 | Greenfield, MA | 39.2 |
| 29 | Easthampton, MA | 38 |
| 30 | Randolph Town, MA | 35.5 |
| 31 | Worcester, MA | 35.2 |
| 32 | Peabody, MA | 35 |
| 33 | Pittsfield, MA | 34.2 |
| 34 | Attleboro, MA | 34 |
| 35 | West Springfield Town, MA | 34 |
| 36 | Agawam Town, MA | 34 |
| 37 | Leominster, MA | 33.5 |
| 38 | Westfield, MA | 33.2 |
| 39 | Haverhill, MA | 32.6 |
| 40 | Methuen, MA | 31 |
| 41 | Lowell, MA | 30 |
| 42 | North Adams, MA | 28.4 |
| 43 | Holyoke, MA | 25.9 |
| 44 | Fitchburg, MA | 25.1 |
| 45 | Everett, MA | 24.9 |
| 46 | Revere, MA | 24.6 |
| 47 | Lynn, MA | 24.1 |
| 48 | Taunton, MA | 24 |
| 49 | Gardner, MA | 23.8 |
| 50 | Palmer Town, MA | 23.5 |
| 51 | Chicopee, MA | 22.9 |
| 52 | Brockton, MA | 22.3 |
| 53 | Chelsea, MA | 22.2 |
| 54 | Springfield, MA | 20.5 |
| 55 | Southbridge Town, MA | 19.4 |
| 56 | New Bedford, MA | 17 |
| 57 | Lawrence, MA | 16.8 |
| 58 | Fall River, MA | 16.5 |