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

All 14 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 (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- 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. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/massachusetts-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/massachusetts-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Middlesex County | 59.5 |
| 2 | Norfolk County | 58.8 |
| 3 | Nantucket County | 56.3 |
| 4 | Dukes County | 51.9 |
| 5 | Hampshire County | 51.6 |
| 6 | Suffolk County | 50.6 |
| 7 | Barnstable County | 48.2 |
| 8 | Essex County | 43 |
| 9 | Plymouth County | 41.8 |
| 10 | Franklin County | 40.6 |
| 11 | Berkshire County | 40 |
| 12 | Worcester County | 39.7 |
| 13 | Bristol County | 30.8 |
| 14 | Hampden County | 29.3 |