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

Scarsdale, NY had the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree of 90 cities in 2024, at 91.2%. New Square, NY had the lowest, at 5.5%. The median was 35.1% and the figure for New York was 40.2%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest91.2Scarsdale, NY
Lowest5.5New Square, NY
Median35.190 cities
New York40.2History

Top 40 cities, 2024

Scarsdale, NY: 91.2 %Scarsdale, NY91.2Rye, NY: 80.5 %Rye, NY80.5Garden City, NY: 76 %Garden City, NY76Dobbs Ferry, NY: 69.7 %Dobbs Ferry, NY69.7Ithaca, NY: 67.7 %Ithaca, NY67.7Tarrytown, NY: 65.1 %Tarrytown, NY65.1Rockville Centre, NY: 63.9 %Rockville Centre, NY63.9Harrison, NY: 60.4 %Harrison, NY60.4Saratoga Springs, NY: 59.9 %Saratoga Springs, NY59.9Floral Park, NY: 59.9 %Floral Park, NY59.9Mount Kisco, NY: 57.7 %Mount Kisco, NY57.7Mineola, NY: 57.6 %Mineola, NY57.6Mamaroneck, NY: 56.6 %Mamaroneck, NY56.6Long Beach, NY: 55.8 %Long Beach, NY55.8White Plains, NY: 53.9 %White Plains, NY53.9Massapequa Park, NY: 53.7 %Massapequa Park, NY53.7Great Neck, NY: 53.2 %Great Neck, NY53.2New Rochelle, NY: 51.6 %New Rochelle, NY51.6East Rockaway, NY: 51.2 %East Rockaway, NY51.2Babylon, NY: 50.9 %Babylon, NY50.9Beacon, NY: 48.9 %Beacon, NY48.9New Hyde Park, NY: 48.4 %New Hyde Park, NY48.4Kenmore, NY: 48.1 %Kenmore, NY48.1Woodbury, NY: 47.9 %Woodbury, NY47.9Oneonta, NY: 47.5 %Oneonta, NY47.5Albany, NY: 45.3 %Albany, NY45.3Westbury, NY: 43.2 %Westbury, NY43.2Suffern, NY: 43.2 %Suffern, NY43.2Lake Grove, NY: 43.2 %Lake Grove, NY43.2Sleepy Hollow, NY: 43.1 %Sleepy Hollow, NY43.1Lynbrook, NY: 42.8 %Lynbrook, NY42.8Glen Cove, NY: 42.2 %Glen Cove, NY42.2New York, NY: 41.6 %New York, NY41.6Corning, NY: 40.6 %Corning, NY40.6Plattsburgh, NY: 40.5 %Plattsburgh, NY40.5Valley Stream, NY: 39.7 %Valley Stream, NY39.7Geneva, NY: 38.6 %Geneva, NY38.6Peekskill, NY: 37.8 %Peekskill, NY37.8Canandaigua, NY: 37.6 %Canandaigua, NY37.6Ossining, NY: 37.4 %Ossining, NY37.4
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024 (%)Change on 2023
1Scarsdale, NY91.2+0.5 pts
2Rye, NY80.50 pts
3Garden City, NY76+0.7 pts
4Dobbs Ferry, NY69.7+2.4 pts
5Ithaca, NY67.7-2.5 pts
6Tarrytown, NY65.1+2.6 pts
7Rockville Centre, NY63.9+1 pts
8Harrison, NY60.4+0.1 pts
9Saratoga Springs, NY59.9+1.1 pts
10Floral Park, NY59.9-1 pts
11Mount Kisco, NY57.7+6 pts
12Mineola, NY57.6+2.6 pts
13Mamaroneck, NY56.6+1.3 pts
14Long Beach, NY55.8+4.1 pts
15White Plains, NY53.9+0.6 pts
16Massapequa Park, NY53.7-0 pts
17Great Neck, NY53.2-5.2 pts
18New Rochelle, NY51.6+2.5 pts
19East Rockaway, NY51.2+4.3 pts
20Babylon, NY50.9-1.9 pts
21Beacon, NY48.9+4.1 pts
22New Hyde Park, NY48.4-1.8 pts
23Kenmore, NY48.1+2.3 pts
24Woodbury, NY47.9+1.7 pts
25Oneonta, NY47.5-0.2 pts
26Albany, NY45.3+0.5 pts
27Westbury, NY43.2-2.3 pts
28Suffern, NY43.2-0.5 pts
29Lake Grove, NY43.2-3.6 pts
30Sleepy Hollow, NY43.1+1.7 pts
31Lynbrook, NY42.8-1.1 pts
32Glen Cove, NY42.2+2.2 pts
33New York, NY41.6+0.6 pts
34Corning, NY40.6-1.2 pts
35Plattsburgh, NY40.5+1.5 pts
36Valley Stream, NY39.7+1.5 pts
37Geneva, NY38.6+4.5 pts
38Peekskill, NY37.8-0.1 pts
39Canandaigua, NY37.6-1.5 pts
40Ossining, NY37.4-2.8 pts
41Troy, NY37.3+0.5 pts
42Port Chester, NY36.7+2.2 pts
43Mount Vernon, NY35.9+0.9 pts
44Yonkers, NY35.7+0.5 pts
45Patchogue, NY35.2-0.1 pts
46Chestnut Ridge, NY35-5 pts
47Glens Falls, NY33.7+0.5 pts
48Kingston, NY32.6+1 pts
49Airmont, NY32.1-1.6 pts
50Lindenhurst, NY32+0.6 pts
51Poughkeepsie, NY31.9+0.4 pts
52Syracuse, NY31.3+0.7 pts
53Buffalo, NY31.2+0.9 pts
54West Haverstraw, NY30.7+3.2 pts
55Binghamton, NY30.7-0.1 pts
56Rochester, NY30+0.1 pts
57Olean, NY29.9+0.7 pts
58Johnson City, NY29.6+0.4 pts
59Tonawanda, NY28.5+2.5 pts
60Cohoes, NY27.7+1.9 pts
61Freeport, NY27.5+0.3 pts
62Cortland, NY27.2+1.1 pts
62North Tonawanda, NY27.2+0.5 pts
64Watertown, NY26.6+0.7 pts
65Oswego, NY26.1-2.4 pts
66Schenectady, NY25.4+1.8 pts
67Oneida, NY25.3-0 pts
68Depew, NY25.1+0.7 pts
69Haverstraw, NY24.8+0.5 pts
70Lockport, NY24.6+0.2 pts
71Niagara Falls, NY22.7-0 pts
72Amsterdam, NY22.5+2.8 pts
73Utica, NY22.4+0.7 pts
74Endicott, NY21.7+0.8 pts
75Batavia, NY21.5-0.4 pts
76Hempstead, NY21.5+1 pts
77Jamestown, NY21.3-1.9 pts
78Auburn, NY21+0.8 pts
79Rome, NY20.8-0.6 pts
80Middletown, NY20.1+0.4 pts
81Lackawanna, NY200 pts
82Newburgh, NY19.8+2 pts
83Elmira, NY18.1-0.6 pts
84Watervliet, NY17.8-1 pts
85Spring Valley, NY17.4+0.5 pts
86Gloversville, NY16.6+0.2 pts
87Dunkirk, NY16.4+1 pts
88Fulton, NY16.4+0.6 pts
89Kiryas Joel, NY5.7-0.4 pts
90New Square, NY5.5+2.4 pts

Other periods

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.

How to cite

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 York 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 York 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-york-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 York 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-york-cities.

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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 York by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/new-york-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Scarsdale, NY, with 91.2% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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New Square, NY, with 5.5% in 2024.

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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.

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