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

Princeton, NJ had the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree of 117 cities in 2022, at 85.4%. Bridgeton, NJ had the lowest, at 7%. The median was 40.3% and the figure for New Jersey was 42.3%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest85.4Princeton, NJ

Lowest7Bridgeton, NJ

Median40.3117 cities

New Jersey42.3History

Top 40 cities, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Princeton, NJ	85.4	+0.1 pts
2	Chatham, NJ	82.3	+3.3 pts
3	Tenafly, NJ	81.5	-0.8 pts
4	Haddonfield, NJ	81	+1.9 pts
5	Hoboken, NJ	81	+0.7 pts
6	Ridgewood, NJ	78.6	+0.4 pts
7	Franklin Lakes, NJ	77.3	+2 pts
8	Westfield, NJ	77.3	+0.9 pts
9	Glen Rock, NJ	74.5	-1.2 pts
10	Edgewater, NJ	74.3	-0.2 pts
11	River Edge, NJ	72	+1.7 pts
12	Summit, NJ	71.8	+2.2 pts
13	Madison, NJ	71.1	+1.3 pts
14	Highland Park, NJ	70.3	-1.6 pts
15	New Providence, NJ	69.6	0 pts
16	Florham Park, NJ	67.8	+0.3 pts
17	Ramsey, NJ	67.5	-2.8 pts
18	Kinnelon, NJ	66.2	-0.2 pts
19	Metuchen, NJ	63.7	-0.3 pts
20	Hillsdale, NJ	62.9	+2.5 pts
21	Fort Lee, NJ	62.8	+2.6 pts
22	Fair Lawn, NJ	62	+1.7 pts
23	Secaucus, NJ	60.5	+1.2 pts
24	Morristown, NJ	59.5	+1.6 pts
25	Rutherford, NJ	55.8	+0.8 pts
26	Wood-Ridge, NJ	55.7	+5.1 pts
27	Tinton Falls, NJ	55.2	+3.5 pts
28	Ocean City, NJ	54.9	+0.9 pts
29	Palisades Park, NJ	54.8	+4.3 pts
30	Waldwick, NJ	54.5	+0.8 pts
31	Oakland, NJ	54.2	+1.6 pts
32	Montvale, NJ	54	-4.5 pts
33	Somerville, NJ	53.8	+6.1 pts
34	Westwood, NJ	52.8	-1.1 pts
35	Jersey City, NJ	51.9	+0.8 pts
36	Red Bank, NJ	51.2	+0.9 pts
37	Paramus, NJ	50.3	+1 pts
38	Collingswood, NJ	48.8	+0.8 pts
39	New Milford, NJ	48.7	-0 pts
40	Ringwood, NJ	48.5	-0.1 pts
41	Lincoln Park, NJ	46.5	+0.6 pts
42	Harrison, NJ	46.5	+3.5 pts
43	Point Pleasant, NJ	46.4	+1.7 pts
44	Ridgefield, NJ	46.3	+0.3 pts
45	Hawthorne, NJ	45.8	+0.9 pts
46	Bergenfield, NJ	45.4	-0.4 pts
47	Dumont, NJ	44.5	-0.3 pts
48	Cliffside Park, NJ	44.3	+0.7 pts
49	Englewood, NJ	44.1	-1 pts
50	East Rutherford, NJ	43.3	+0.8 pts
51	South Plainfield, NJ	43	+1.9 pts
52	Maywood, NJ	43	+0.1 pts
53	Guttenberg, NJ	43	+2.1 pts
54	Asbury Park, NJ	42.2	+3.7 pts
55	Hasbrouck Heights, NJ	42.1	-1.6 pts
56	Woodland Park, NJ	41.7	+2.3 pts
57	Pompton Lakes, NJ	40.9	-0.6 pts
58	Hackensack, NJ	40.8	+0.7 pts
59	Glassboro, NJ	40.3	+1.2 pts
60	Eatontown, NJ	40.2	-4.4 pts
61	Hackettstown, NJ	39.7	+2.9 pts
62	Bayonne, NJ	38.4	0 pts
63	Sayreville, NJ	38.1	+0.6 pts
64	Roselle Park, NJ	38.1	-0.9 pts
65	Wanaque, NJ	37.4	-1.4 pts
66	North Arlington, NJ	36.3	+1.3 pts
67	Wallington, NJ	36.1	-0.3 pts
68	Totowa, NJ	35.6	+7.2 pts
69	Middlesex, NJ	35.4	+6.3 pts
70	Hopatcong, NJ	35.1	+5.2 pts
71	Clifton, NJ	34.3	+0.6 pts
71	Long Branch, NJ	34.3	+1.7 pts
73	Ridgefield Park, NJ	34.2	+0.3 pts
74	Rahway, NJ	34.1	-0.9 pts
75	West New York, NJ	34	-0.5 pts
76	Little Ferry, NJ	33.8	+0.7 pts
77	Elmwood Park, NJ	32.3	+1.9 pts
78	Woodbury, NJ	30.9	+3.1 pts
79	South Amboy, NJ	30.4	+1.9 pts
80	Freehold, NJ	30.1	+3.1 pts
81	Bound Brook, NJ	29.9	+2.5 pts
82	North Plainfield, NJ	29.4	-0.9 pts
83	Hammonton, NJ	29.3	+1.2 pts
84	Manville, NJ	28.7	+1.1 pts
85	Kearny, NJ	28.6	+0.9 pts
86	Lodi, NJ	28.1	-0.3 pts
87	Beachwood, NJ	27.9	+1.6 pts
88	Somers Point, NJ	27.6	-0.4 pts
89	Carteret, NJ	27.5	+1.4 pts
90	South River, NJ	27.1	-0.6 pts
91	Burlington, NJ	26.7	+0.4 pts
92	Union City, NJ	25.6	+2 pts
93	Roselle, NJ	24.7	+2.3 pts
94	New Brunswick, NJ	24.3	-0.2 pts
95	Fairview, NJ	24.3	-0.8 pts
96	Plainfield, NJ	23	+2.4 pts
97	Pine Hill, NJ	22.8	-1.3 pts
98	Linden, NJ	22.6	-0.7 pts
99	Vineland, NJ	22.5	+0.8 pts
100	Garfield, NJ	22.2	-1 pts
101	Bellmawr, NJ	21.7	-0.8 pts
102	East Orange, NJ	21.5	-0 pts
103	Phillipsburg, NJ	21.4	+0.1 pts
104	Atlantic City, NJ	19.2	+0.8 pts
105	Lindenwold, NJ	18.5	-0.8 pts
106	Dover, NJ	18.1	+3 pts
107	Millville, NJ	17.7	-0.4 pts
108	Gloucester City, NJ	17.7	+0.1 pts
109	Newark, NJ	17	+1 pts
110	Passaic, NJ	16.1	+0.2 pts
111	Trenton, NJ	15.6	+0.5 pts
112	Perth Amboy, NJ	14.6	+1 pts
113	Elizabeth, NJ	14.1	-0.5 pts
114	Paterson, NJ	12.6	+0.1 pts
115	Pleasantville, NJ	11	+0.6 pts
116	Camden, NJ	9.6	-0.5 pts
117	Bridgeton, NJ	7	0 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/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b15003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/new-jersey-cities?period=2022. 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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b15003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/new-jersey-cities?period=2022.

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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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b15003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/new-jersey-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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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, 2022}},
  year = {2026},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/new-jersey-cities?period=2022. Publisher attribution: 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/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which city has the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree?

Princeton, NJ, with 85.4% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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). Retrieved 2026-10-12.