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

Chatham, NJ had the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree of 117 cities in 2023, at 84.7%. Bridgeton, NJ had the lowest, at 5.8%. The median was 40.1% and the figure for New Jersey was 42.9%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest84.7Chatham, NJ

Lowest5.8Bridgeton, NJ

Median40.1117 cities

New Jersey42.9History

Top 40 cities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	Chatham, NJ	84.7	+2.4 pts
2	Princeton, NJ	84.6	-0.8 pts
3	Hoboken, NJ	83.1	+2.1 pts
4	Ridgewood, NJ	80.6	+2 pts
5	Tenafly, NJ	79.2	-2.3 pts
6	Franklin Lakes, NJ	78.9	+1.5 pts
7	Haddonfield, NJ	78.5	-2.5 pts
8	Westfield, NJ	76.7	-0.6 pts
9	Glen Rock, NJ	75.4	+1 pts
10	Edgewater, NJ	74	-0.3 pts
11	Summit, NJ	72.7	+0.9 pts
12	River Edge, NJ	70.8	-1.2 pts
13	Madison, NJ	70.7	-0.4 pts
14	Highland Park, NJ	70.2	-0.1 pts
15	Ramsey, NJ	69.3	+1.8 pts
16	Metuchen, NJ	66.8	+3.1 pts
17	New Providence, NJ	66.6	-3 pts
18	Kinnelon, NJ	66.4	+0.3 pts
19	Florham Park, NJ	66.3	-1.5 pts
20	Fort Lee, NJ	64.8	+2 pts
21	Fair Lawn, NJ	64.2	+2.2 pts
22	Secaucus, NJ	62.7	+2.2 pts
23	Hillsdale, NJ	62.1	-0.8 pts
24	Rutherford, NJ	58.8	+3 pts
25	Morristown, NJ	57.5	-2 pts
26	Waldwick, NJ	57.1	+2.7 pts
27	Montvale, NJ	56.8	+2.8 pts
28	Westwood, NJ	55.8	+3 pts
29	Ocean City, NJ	54.7	-0.2 pts
30	Oakland, NJ	54.4	+0.2 pts
31	Palisades Park, NJ	53.7	-1.1 pts
32	Tinton Falls, NJ	53.6	-1.6 pts
33	Somerville, NJ	53.5	-0.3 pts
33	Wood-Ridge, NJ	53.5	-2.2 pts
35	Jersey City, NJ	53.1	+1.2 pts
36	Red Bank, NJ	52	+0.8 pts
37	Collingswood, NJ	51.6	+2.8 pts
38	Ringwood, NJ	50.3	+1.8 pts
39	Paramus, NJ	50.2	-0 pts
40	Harrison, NJ	49.2	+2.7 pts
41	Point Pleasant, NJ	48.5	+2.1 pts
42	New Milford, NJ	48	-0.8 pts
43	Bergenfield, NJ	47.7	+2.3 pts
44	Ridgefield, NJ	47.2	+0.9 pts
45	Dumont, NJ	46.8	+2.2 pts
46	Englewood, NJ	45.6	+1.6 pts
47	Hawthorne, NJ	45.3	-0.5 pts
48	Lincoln Park, NJ	45.3	-1.2 pts
49	East Rutherford, NJ	45	+1.7 pts
50	Asbury Park, NJ	44.4	+2.2 pts
51	Maywood, NJ	43.5	+0.6 pts
52	Guttenberg, NJ	43.3	+0.4 pts
53	Cliffside Park, NJ	42.4	-1.9 pts
54	Hasbrouck Heights, NJ	42.2	+0.2 pts
55	South Plainfield, NJ	42	-1 pts
56	Hackensack, NJ	41.7	+0.9 pts
57	Pompton Lakes, NJ	41.4	+0.5 pts
58	Glassboro, NJ	41	+0.8 pts
59	Wanaque, NJ	40.1	+2.7 pts
60	Eatontown, NJ	39.9	-0.3 pts
61	Bayonne, NJ	39.7	+1.3 pts
62	Roselle Park, NJ	39	+0.9 pts
63	North Arlington, NJ	38.6	+2.2 pts
64	Totowa, NJ	37.9	+2.3 pts
65	Wallington, NJ	36.9	+0.9 pts
66	Sayreville, NJ	36.8	-1.3 pts
67	Woodland Park, NJ	36.8	-4.9 pts
68	Elmwood Park, NJ	35.7	+3.4 pts
69	Rahway, NJ	35.6	+1.5 pts
70	Ridgefield Park, NJ	35.5	+1.3 pts
71	Hackettstown, NJ	34.8	-4.9 pts
72	Long Branch, NJ	34.5	+0.2 pts
73	Clifton, NJ	34.5	+0.2 pts
74	Middlesex, NJ	34.5	-0.9 pts
75	Hopatcong, NJ	34.2	-0.9 pts
76	West New York, NJ	33.5	-0.5 pts
77	Little Ferry, NJ	33.4	-0.4 pts
78	Hammonton, NJ	32.1	+2.8 pts
79	South River, NJ	31.1	+4.1 pts
80	Somers Point, NJ	30.5	+2.9 pts
81	South Amboy, NJ	30	-0.4 pts
82	Kearny, NJ	29.4	+0.8 pts
83	Freehold, NJ	28.7	-1.4 pts
84	Woodbury, NJ	28.7	-2.3 pts
85	Manville, NJ	28.6	-0 pts
86	Union City, NJ	28.4	+2.8 pts
87	Beachwood, NJ	28.3	+0.3 pts
88	Lodi, NJ	28.2	0 pts
89	Bound Brook, NJ	27.7	-2.2 pts
89	Carteret, NJ	27.7	+0.2 pts
91	Burlington, NJ	26.2	-0.5 pts
92	Roselle, NJ	26.1	+1.4 pts
93	North Plainfield, NJ	25.3	-4.1 pts
94	Garfield, NJ	24.3	+2 pts
95	New Brunswick, NJ	24	-0.3 pts
96	Fairview, NJ	23.6	-0.7 pts
97	Vineland, NJ	23.4	+0.9 pts
98	Linden, NJ	23.3	+0.7 pts
99	Bellmawr, NJ	22.9	+1.2 pts
100	East Orange, NJ	22.9	+1.4 pts
101	Plainfield, NJ	22.8	-0.2 pts
102	Phillipsburg, NJ	22.2	+0.7 pts
103	Gloucester City, NJ	21.1	+3.4 pts
104	Atlantic City, NJ	20.5	+1.3 pts
105	Lindenwold, NJ	20.5	+1.9 pts
106	Pine Hill, NJ	20	-2.8 pts
107	Millville, NJ	18.5	+0.8 pts
108	Newark, NJ	17.4	+0.5 pts
109	Dover, NJ	17.2	-0.9 pts
110	Passaic, NJ	16.9	+0.9 pts
111	Trenton, NJ	16.7	+1 pts
112	Perth Amboy, NJ	15.2	+0.5 pts
113	Elizabeth, NJ	14.2	+0.1 pts
114	Paterson, NJ	12.5	-0.2 pts
115	Pleasantville, NJ	11.6	+0.6 pts
116	Camden, NJ	9.6	0 pts
117	Bridgeton, NJ	5.8	-1.2 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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b15003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/new-jersey-cities?period=2023. 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, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b15003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/new-jersey-cities?period=2023.

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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, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b15003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/new-jersey-cities?period=2023 (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, 2023}},
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Which city has the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree?

Chatham, NJ, with 84.7% in 2023, 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.