Cities in New Jersey by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2024

Princeton, NJ had the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree of 117 cities in 2024, at 84.7%. Bridgeton, NJ had the lowest, at 7.4%. The median was 42% and the figure for New Jersey was 43.6%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest84.7Princeton, NJ

Lowest7.4Bridgeton, NJ

Median42117 cities

New Jersey43.6History

Top 40 cities, 2024

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2024 (%)	Change on 2023
1	Princeton, NJ	84.7	+0.1 pts
2	Chatham, NJ	83.7	-1 pts
3	Hoboken, NJ	82.6	-0.5 pts
4	Ridgewood, NJ	80.1	-0.5 pts
5	Haddonfield, NJ	79	+0.5 pts
6	Tenafly, NJ	78.7	-0.5 pts
7	Westfield, NJ	78.1	+1.4 pts
8	Franklin Lakes, NJ	77.4	-1.5 pts
9	Madison, NJ	74.1	+3.4 pts
10	Glen Rock, NJ	73.1	-2.3 pts
11	Edgewater, NJ	72.7	-1.3 pts
12	Summit, NJ	72.5	-0.2 pts
13	Florham Park, NJ	69.9	+3.6 pts
14	Highland Park, NJ	69.8	-0.4 pts
15	New Providence, NJ	67.6	+1 pts
16	Metuchen, NJ	67.1	+0.3 pts
17	Ramsey, NJ	67	-2.3 pts
18	River Edge, NJ	66.8	-4 pts
19	Fort Lee, NJ	65.9	+1 pts
20	Kinnelon, NJ	65.4	-1 pts
21	Fair Lawn, NJ	63.3	-0.9 pts
21	Hillsdale, NJ	63.3	+1.2 pts
23	Secaucus, NJ	63.1	+0.4 pts
24	Rutherford, NJ	60.6	+1.7 pts
25	Waldwick, NJ	59.5	+2.4 pts
26	Morristown, NJ	58.1	+0.6 pts
27	Westwood, NJ	57	+1.2 pts
28	Oakland, NJ	56.8	+2.4 pts
29	Ocean City, NJ	56.8	+2 pts
30	Montvale, NJ	55	-1.8 pts
31	Jersey City, NJ	54.8	+1.6 pts
32	Somerville, NJ	54.7	+1.2 pts
33	Tinton Falls, NJ	54.3	+0.7 pts
34	Collingswood, NJ	53.9	+2.4 pts
35	Wood-Ridge, NJ	53.6	+0.1 pts
36	Ringwood, NJ	52.5	+2.2 pts
37	Paramus, NJ	51.8	+1.5 pts
38	Red Bank, NJ	51.6	-0.4 pts
39	Palisades Park, NJ	51	-2.7 pts
40	Harrison, NJ	50.7	+1.6 pts
41	Dumont, NJ	50.3	+3.5 pts
42	Point Pleasant, NJ	50	+1.5 pts
43	Bergenfield, NJ	48.3	+0.6 pts
44	New Milford, NJ	47.4	-0.5 pts
45	Hawthorne, NJ	47	+1.7 pts
46	East Rutherford, NJ	46.7	+1.7 pts
47	Maywood, NJ	46.6	+3 pts
48	Englewood, NJ	46.5	+0.9 pts
49	Ridgefield, NJ	46.5	-0.8 pts
50	Lincoln Park, NJ	45.1	-0.2 pts
51	Guttenberg, NJ	44.7	+1.4 pts
52	South Plainfield, NJ	44	+2 pts
53	Pompton Lakes, NJ	43.8	+2.5 pts
54	Asbury Park, NJ	43	-1.4 pts
54	Glassboro, NJ	43	+1.9 pts
56	Hackensack, NJ	42.1	+0.5 pts
57	Hasbrouck Heights, NJ	42.1	-0.1 pts
58	Wanaque, NJ	42	+1.9 pts
59	Cliffside Park, NJ	42	-0.4 pts
60	Woodland Park, NJ	41.7	+5 pts
61	Totowa, NJ	40.8	+2.8 pts
62	Bayonne, NJ	39.6	-0 pts
63	Wallington, NJ	38.6	+1.6 pts
64	Roselle Park, NJ	38.5	-0.5 pts
65	North Arlington, NJ	38.3	-0.3 pts
66	Eatontown, NJ	37.9	-2.1 pts
67	Hackettstown, NJ	37.5	+2.7 pts
68	Middlesex, NJ	36.9	+2.4 pts
69	Sayreville, NJ	36.6	-0.3 pts
70	Little Ferry, NJ	36.1	+2.7 pts
71	Long Branch, NJ	36.1	+1.5 pts
72	Clifton, NJ	35.5	+1 pts
73	Elmwood Park, NJ	35.1	-0.7 pts
74	Somers Point, NJ	34.9	+4.3 pts
75	Hopatcong, NJ	34.6	+0.5 pts
76	Ridgefield Park, NJ	34.5	-1.1 pts
77	Rahway, NJ	34.1	-1.5 pts
78	Hammonton, NJ	33.8	+1.6 pts
79	West New York, NJ	33.5	-0.1 pts
80	Kearny, NJ	30.6	+1.2 pts
81	Carteret, NJ	30.1	+2.4 pts
82	Lodi, NJ	29.6	+1.4 pts
83	Freehold, NJ	29.5	+0.8 pts
84	Union City, NJ	28.4	-0 pts
85	South Amboy, NJ	28.2	-1.8 pts
86	Woodbury, NJ	28.1	-0.6 pts
87	South River, NJ	27.9	-3.2 pts
88	Burlington, NJ	27.6	+1.3 pts
89	Beachwood, NJ	27.5	-0.8 pts
90	Bound Brook, NJ	27.2	-0.6 pts
91	Roselle, NJ	27.1	+1 pts
92	Manville, NJ	27	-1.6 pts
93	Garfield, NJ	25.8	+1.5 pts
94	Phillipsburg, NJ	24.6	+2.5 pts
95	North Plainfield, NJ	24.3	-0.9 pts
96	Vineland, NJ	24.1	+0.7 pts
97	Bellmawr, NJ	23.6	+0.7 pts
98	New Brunswick, NJ	23.4	-0.6 pts
99	Linden, NJ	23.3	-0 pts
100	Fairview, NJ	23.3	-0.4 pts
101	East Orange, NJ	22.7	-0.2 pts
102	Atlantic City, NJ	22.4	+1.9 pts
103	Plainfield, NJ	22	-0.8 pts
104	Pine Hill, NJ	21.5	+1.6 pts
105	Lindenwold, NJ	20.9	+0.5 pts
106	Millville, NJ	20.2	+1.7 pts
107	Gloucester City, NJ	19.8	-1.3 pts
108	Newark, NJ	19.7	+2.3 pts
109	Dover, NJ	17.3	+0.1 pts
110	Passaic, NJ	16.7	-0.2 pts
111	Trenton, NJ	16.2	-0.5 pts
112	Perth Amboy, NJ	15.7	+0.5 pts
113	Elizabeth, NJ	14.6	+0.4 pts
114	Paterson, NJ	11.8	-0.7 pts
115	Pleasantville, NJ	11	-0.5 pts
116	Camden, NJ	10.1	+0.5 pts
117	Bridgeton, NJ	7.4	+1.5 pts

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About this ranking

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.

Excludes associate degrees and college without a degree. Not comparable with EU tertiary attainment, which includes short-cycle tertiary education and usually covers ages 25 to 64.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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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.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). 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) (Cities in New Jersey by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat

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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), Cities in New Jersey by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/new-jersey-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. 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). Cities in New Jersey by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/new-jersey-cities.

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{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): Cities in New Jersey by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2024}},
  year = {2026},
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Princeton, NJ, with 84.7% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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