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

Scarsdale, NY had the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree of 90 cities in 2022, at 89.7%. New Square, NY had the lowest, at 2.4%. The median was 33.6% and the figure for New York was 38.8%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest89.7Scarsdale, NY
Lowest2.4New Square, NY
Median33.690 cities
New York38.8History

Top 40 cities, 2022

Scarsdale, NY: 89.7 %Scarsdale, NY89.7Rye, NY: 81.9 %Rye, NY81.9Garden City, NY: 74.4 %Garden City, NY74.4Ithaca, NY: 69.4 %Ithaca, NY69.4Dobbs Ferry, NY: 67.8 %Dobbs Ferry, NY67.8Tarrytown, NY: 64.5 %Tarrytown, NY64.5Rockville Centre, NY: 62.5 %Rockville Centre, NY62.5Floral Park, NY: 60.4 %Floral Park, NY60.4Harrison, NY: 59 %Harrison, NY59Saratoga Springs, NY: 59 %Saratoga Springs, NY59Great Neck, NY: 58.6 %Great Neck, NY58.6White Plains, NY: 53.1 %White Plains, NY53.1Mineola, NY: 52.9 %Mineola, NY52.9Mamaroneck, NY: 52.6 %Mamaroneck, NY52.6Mount Kisco, NY: 51.8 %Mount Kisco, NY51.8Long Beach, NY: 51.2 %Long Beach, NY51.2Massapequa Park, NY: 50.9 %Massapequa Park, NY50.9Babylon, NY: 50.4 %Babylon, NY50.4Oneonta, NY: 48.8 %Oneonta, NY48.8New Hyde Park, NY: 48 %New Hyde Park, NY48Westbury, NY: 47.3 %Westbury, NY47.3Lake Grove, NY: 46.6 %Lake Grove, NY46.6East Rockaway, NY: 46.6 %East Rockaway, NY46.6Suffern, NY: 46.5 %Suffern, NY46.5New Rochelle, NY: 46.4 %New Rochelle, NY46.4Lynbrook, NY: 45.9 %Lynbrook, NY45.9Corning, NY: 45.5 %Corning, NY45.5Kenmore, NY: 45.3 %Kenmore, NY45.3Beacon, NY: 45.2 %Beacon, NY45.2Albany, NY: 43 %Albany, NY43Woodbury, NY: 41.5 %Woodbury, NY41.5Glen Cove, NY: 41.5 %Glen Cove, NY41.5Ossining, NY: 40.5 %Ossining, NY40.5New York, NY: 40.2 %New York, NY40.2Valley Stream, NY: 39.9 %Valley Stream, NY39.9Plattsburgh, NY: 39.8 %Plattsburgh, NY39.8Sleepy Hollow, NY: 39.5 %Sleepy Hollow, NY39.5Chestnut Ridge, NY: 39.5 %Chestnut Ridge, NY39.5Canandaigua, NY: 38.9 %Canandaigua, NY38.9Patchogue, NY: 37.1 %Patchogue, NY37.1Scarsdale, NY: 89.7 %Scarsdale, NY89.7Rye, NY: 81.9 %Rye, NY81.9Garden City, NY: 74.4 %Garden City, NY74.4Ithaca, NY: 69.4 %Ithaca, NY69.4Dobbs Ferry, NY: 67.8 %Dobbs Ferry, NY67.8Tarrytown, NY: 64.5 %Tarrytown, NY64.5Rockville Centre, NY: 62.5 %Rockville Centre, NY62.5Floral Park, NY: 60.4 %Floral Park, NY60.4Harrison, NY: 59 %Harrison, NY59Saratoga Springs, NY: 59 %Saratoga Springs, NY59Great Neck, NY: 58.6 %Great Neck, NY58.6White Plains, NY: 53.1 %White Plains, NY53.1Mineola, NY: 52.9 %Mineola, NY52.9Mamaroneck, NY: 52.6 %Mamaroneck, NY52.6Mount Kisco, NY: 51.8 %Mount Kisco, NY51.8Long Beach, NY: 51.2 %Long Beach, NY51.2Massapequa Park, NY: 50.9 %Massapequa Park, NY50.9Babylon, NY: 50.4 %Babylon, NY50.4Oneonta, NY: 48.8 %Oneonta, NY48.8New Hyde Park, NY: 48 %New Hyde Park, NY48Westbury, NY: 47.3 %Westbury, NY47.3Lake Grove, NY: 46.6 %Lake Grove, NY46.6East Rockaway, NY: 46.6 %East Rockaway, NY46.6Suffern, NY: 46.5 %Suffern, NY46.5New Rochelle, NY: 46.4 %New Rochelle, NY46.4Lynbrook, NY: 45.9 %Lynbrook, NY45.9Corning, NY: 45.5 %Corning, NY45.5Kenmore, NY: 45.3 %Kenmore, NY45.3Beacon, NY: 45.2 %Beacon, NY45.2Albany, NY: 43 %Albany, NY43Woodbury, NY: 41.5 %Woodbury, NY41.5Glen Cove, NY: 41.5 %Glen Cove, NY41.5Ossining, NY: 40.5 %Ossining, NY40.5New York, NY: 40.2 %New York, NY40.2Valley Stream, NY: 39.9 %Valley Stream, NY39.9Plattsburgh, NY: 39.8 %Plattsburgh, NY39.8Sleepy Hollow, NY: 39.5 %Sleepy Hollow, NY39.5Chestnut Ridge, NY: 39.5 %Chestnut Ridge, NY39.5Canandaigua, NY: 38.9 %Canandaigua, NY38.9Patchogue, NY: 37.1 %Patchogue, NY37.1
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Scarsdale, NY89.7-1 pts
2Rye, NY81.9+1.8 pts
3Garden City, NY74.4+0.5 pts
4Ithaca, NY69.4+0.2 pts
5Dobbs Ferry, NY67.8+6.1 pts
6Tarrytown, NY64.5+3.2 pts
7Rockville Centre, NY62.5+0.2 pts
8Floral Park, NY60.4+1.9 pts
9Harrison, NY59+1.6 pts
10Saratoga Springs, NY59+0.3 pts
11Great Neck, NY58.6+0.1 pts
12White Plains, NY53.1+0.1 pts
13Mineola, NY52.9+4 pts
14Mamaroneck, NY52.6-2.2 pts
15Mount Kisco, NY51.8-1 pts
16Long Beach, NY51.2+0.4 pts
17Massapequa Park, NY50.9+3.7 pts
18Babylon, NY50.4-1.6 pts
19Oneonta, NY48.8+2.9 pts
20New Hyde Park, NY48-1 pts
21Westbury, NY47.3+2.3 pts
22Lake Grove, NY46.6+2.4 pts
23East Rockaway, NY46.6-1.6 pts
24Suffern, NY46.5+0.8 pts
25New Rochelle, NY46.4-0.3 pts
26Lynbrook, NY45.9+1.8 pts
27Corning, NY45.5+1.9 pts
28Kenmore, NY45.3-1 pts
29Beacon, NY45.2+3.3 pts
30Albany, NY43-1.1 pts
31Woodbury, NY41.5-2.8 pts
32Glen Cove, NY41.5+3.6 pts
33Ossining, NY40.5+5 pts
34New York, NY40.2+0.6 pts
35Valley Stream, NY39.9-1.3 pts
36Plattsburgh, NY39.8+3 pts
37Sleepy Hollow, NY39.5+0.7 pts
38Chestnut Ridge, NY39.5+0.1 pts
39Canandaigua, NY38.9-0.4 pts
40Patchogue, NY37.1+0.5 pts
41Peekskill, NY37.1+3.5 pts
42Airmont, NY35.7-1.2 pts
43Yonkers, NY35.5+1.1 pts
44Mount Vernon, NY34.2+2.1 pts
45Geneva, NY33.7+1.5 pts
46Troy, NY33.5+2.8 pts
47Port Chester, NY33.3+2.2 pts
48Poughkeepsie, NY32.7+3.1 pts
49Binghamton, NY30.7+1.9 pts
50Lindenhurst, NY30.1+1.8 pts
51Buffalo, NY30+0.6 pts
52Glens Falls, NY29.9+0.5 pts
53Syracuse, NY29.7+0.8 pts
54Rochester, NY29.4+0.6 pts
55Johnson City, NY28.1+1.1 pts
56Kingston, NY28.1+1.4 pts
57Oswego, NY27.8+0.8 pts
58North Tonawanda, NY27.4+0.8 pts
59Cortland, NY27.1-0.8 pts
60Olean, NY26.7+0.6 pts
61Freeport, NY26.5-0.5 pts
62Cohoes, NY26.4+1.4 pts
63Tonawanda, NY25.4+2.4 pts
64Watertown, NY25.3+0.9 pts
65Haverstraw, NY24.9-0.1 pts
65Lockport, NY24.9+0.8 pts
67Oneida, NY24.8+0.3 pts
68West Haverstraw, NY23.9-0.4 pts
69Schenectady, NY22.6-0.2 pts
70Batavia, NY22.5+1.4 pts
71Depew, NY22.2+0.7 pts
72Niagara Falls, NY22+0.9 pts
73Rome, NY21.3+0.4 pts
74Jamestown, NY21.1+2.1 pts
75Utica, NY20.6+1.2 pts
76Middletown, NY20.2+1.1 pts
77Lackawanna, NY19.8+0.8 pts
78Newburgh, NY19.7+0.1 pts
79Amsterdam, NY19.4+1.1 pts
80Endicott, NY19.1-0.6 pts
81Auburn, NY19.1-0.1 pts
82Watervliet, NY18.9-3.6 pts
83Spring Valley, NY18.5-0.8 pts
84Hempstead, NY17.40 pts
85Elmira, NY17.1+0.7 pts
86Dunkirk, NY16.9+3 pts
87Fulton, NY15.7-2.2 pts
88Gloversville, NY15.3+1 pts
89Kiryas Joel, NY6.3-1.3 pts
90New Square, NY2.4-0.5 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/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 York 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 York 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-york-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 York 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-york-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 York 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-york-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Scarsdale, NY, with 89.7% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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