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

All 21 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/new-jersey-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/new-jersey-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Morris County | 57.8 |
| 2 | Somerset County | 57.8 |
| 3 | Hunterdon County | 57.4 |
| 4 | Bergen County | 53.1 |
| 5 | Monmouth County | 51.3 |
| 6 | Hudson County | 48.9 |
| 7 | Middlesex County | 45.6 |
| 8 | Mercer County | 45.4 |
| 9 | Burlington County | 42.6 |
| 10 | Sussex County | 40.3 |
| 11 | Essex County | 39.2 |
| 12 | Cape May County | 39.1 |
| 13 | Union County | 38.9 |
| 14 | Gloucester County | 36.8 |
| 15 | Warren County | 36.5 |
| 16 | Camden County | 36.3 |
| 17 | Ocean County | 34.4 |
| 18 | Atlantic County | 31.8 |
| 19 | Passaic County | 30.9 |
| 20 | Salem County | 25 |
| 21 | Cumberland County | 18.9 |