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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 2023, at 90.7%. New Square, NY had the lowest, at 3.1%. The median was 34.3% and the figure for New York was 39.6%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest90.7Scarsdale, NY
Lowest3.1New Square, NY
Median34.390 cities
New York39.6History

Top 40 cities, 2023

Scarsdale, NY: 90.7 %Scarsdale, NY90.7Rye, NY: 80.5 %Rye, NY80.5Garden City, NY: 75.2 %Garden City, NY75.2Ithaca, NY: 70.2 %Ithaca, NY70.2Dobbs Ferry, NY: 67.4 %Dobbs Ferry, NY67.4Rockville Centre, NY: 62.9 %Rockville Centre, NY62.9Tarrytown, NY: 62.4 %Tarrytown, NY62.4Floral Park, NY: 60.8 %Floral Park, NY60.8Harrison, NY: 60.2 %Harrison, NY60.2Saratoga Springs, NY: 58.8 %Saratoga Springs, NY58.8Great Neck, NY: 58.4 %Great Neck, NY58.4Mamaroneck, NY: 55.3 %Mamaroneck, NY55.3Mineola, NY: 55 %Mineola, NY55Massapequa Park, NY: 53.7 %Massapequa Park, NY53.7White Plains, NY: 53.3 %White Plains, NY53.3Babylon, NY: 52.8 %Babylon, NY52.8Mount Kisco, NY: 51.7 %Mount Kisco, NY51.7Long Beach, NY: 51.7 %Long Beach, NY51.7New Hyde Park, NY: 50.2 %New Hyde Park, NY50.2New Rochelle, NY: 49.1 %New Rochelle, NY49.1Oneonta, NY: 47.6 %Oneonta, NY47.6East Rockaway, NY: 46.9 %East Rockaway, NY46.9Lake Grove, NY: 46.7 %Lake Grove, NY46.7Woodbury, NY: 46.2 %Woodbury, NY46.2Kenmore, NY: 45.7 %Kenmore, NY45.7Westbury, NY: 45.5 %Westbury, NY45.5Albany, NY: 44.9 %Albany, NY44.9Beacon, NY: 44.8 %Beacon, NY44.8Lynbrook, NY: 43.9 %Lynbrook, NY43.9Suffern, NY: 43.7 %Suffern, NY43.7Corning, NY: 41.8 %Corning, NY41.8Sleepy Hollow, NY: 41.4 %Sleepy Hollow, NY41.4New York, NY: 41 %New York, NY41Ossining, NY: 40.3 %Ossining, NY40.3Glen Cove, NY: 40 %Glen Cove, NY40Chestnut Ridge, NY: 40 %Chestnut Ridge, NY40Canandaigua, NY: 39.1 %Canandaigua, NY39.1Plattsburgh, NY: 38.9 %Plattsburgh, NY38.9Valley Stream, NY: 38.2 %Valley Stream, NY38.2Peekskill, NY: 37.9 %Peekskill, NY37.9Scarsdale, NY: 90.7 %Scarsdale, NY90.7Rye, NY: 80.5 %Rye, NY80.5Garden City, NY: 75.2 %Garden City, NY75.2Ithaca, NY: 70.2 %Ithaca, NY70.2Dobbs Ferry, NY: 67.4 %Dobbs Ferry, NY67.4Rockville Centre, NY: 62.9 %Rockville Centre, NY62.9Tarrytown, NY: 62.4 %Tarrytown, NY62.4Floral Park, NY: 60.8 %Floral Park, NY60.8Harrison, NY: 60.2 %Harrison, NY60.2Saratoga Springs, NY: 58.8 %Saratoga Springs, NY58.8Great Neck, NY: 58.4 %Great Neck, NY58.4Mamaroneck, NY: 55.3 %Mamaroneck, NY55.3Mineola, NY: 55 %Mineola, NY55Massapequa Park, NY: 53.7 %Massapequa Park, NY53.7White Plains, NY: 53.3 %White Plains, NY53.3Babylon, NY: 52.8 %Babylon, NY52.8Mount Kisco, NY: 51.7 %Mount Kisco, NY51.7Long Beach, NY: 51.7 %Long Beach, NY51.7New Hyde Park, NY: 50.2 %New Hyde Park, NY50.2New Rochelle, NY: 49.1 %New Rochelle, NY49.1Oneonta, NY: 47.6 %Oneonta, NY47.6East Rockaway, NY: 46.9 %East Rockaway, NY46.9Lake Grove, NY: 46.7 %Lake Grove, NY46.7Woodbury, NY: 46.2 %Woodbury, NY46.2Kenmore, NY: 45.7 %Kenmore, NY45.7Westbury, NY: 45.5 %Westbury, NY45.5Albany, NY: 44.9 %Albany, NY44.9Beacon, NY: 44.8 %Beacon, NY44.8Lynbrook, NY: 43.9 %Lynbrook, NY43.9Suffern, NY: 43.7 %Suffern, NY43.7Corning, NY: 41.8 %Corning, NY41.8Sleepy Hollow, NY: 41.4 %Sleepy Hollow, NY41.4New York, NY: 41 %New York, NY41Ossining, NY: 40.3 %Ossining, NY40.3Glen Cove, NY: 40 %Glen Cove, NY40Chestnut Ridge, NY: 40 %Chestnut Ridge, NY40Canandaigua, NY: 39.1 %Canandaigua, NY39.1Plattsburgh, NY: 38.9 %Plattsburgh, NY38.9Valley Stream, NY: 38.2 %Valley Stream, NY38.2Peekskill, NY: 37.9 %Peekskill, NY37.9
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Scarsdale, NY90.7+1 pts
2Rye, NY80.5-1.4 pts
3Garden City, NY75.2+0.9 pts
4Ithaca, NY70.2+0.8 pts
5Dobbs Ferry, NY67.4-0.4 pts
6Rockville Centre, NY62.9+0.4 pts
7Tarrytown, NY62.4-2.1 pts
8Floral Park, NY60.8+0.4 pts
9Harrison, NY60.2+1.2 pts
10Saratoga Springs, NY58.8-0.2 pts
11Great Neck, NY58.4-0.2 pts
12Mamaroneck, NY55.3+2.7 pts
13Mineola, NY55+2.1 pts
14Massapequa Park, NY53.7+2.8 pts
15White Plains, NY53.3+0.3 pts
16Babylon, NY52.8+2.3 pts
17Mount Kisco, NY51.7-0.1 pts
18Long Beach, NY51.7+0.5 pts
19New Hyde Park, NY50.2+2.2 pts
20New Rochelle, NY49.1+2.7 pts
21Oneonta, NY47.6-1.2 pts
22East Rockaway, NY46.9+0.4 pts
23Lake Grove, NY46.7+0.2 pts
24Woodbury, NY46.2+4.6 pts
25Kenmore, NY45.7+0.4 pts
26Westbury, NY45.5-1.7 pts
27Albany, NY44.9+1.9 pts
28Beacon, NY44.8-0.4 pts
29Lynbrook, NY43.9-2 pts
30Suffern, NY43.7-2.8 pts
31Corning, NY41.8-3.7 pts
32Sleepy Hollow, NY41.4+1.9 pts
33New York, NY41+0.8 pts
34Ossining, NY40.3-0.3 pts
35Glen Cove, NY40-1.4 pts
36Chestnut Ridge, NY40+0.5 pts
37Canandaigua, NY39.1+0.2 pts
38Plattsburgh, NY38.9-0.9 pts
39Valley Stream, NY38.2-1.7 pts
40Peekskill, NY37.9+0.8 pts
41Troy, NY36.8+3.3 pts
42Patchogue, NY35.3-1.8 pts
43Yonkers, NY35.2-0.4 pts
44Mount Vernon, NY35+0.9 pts
45Port Chester, NY34.5+1.2 pts
46Geneva, NY34.1+0.4 pts
47Airmont, NY33.8-2 pts
48Glens Falls, NY33.2+3.3 pts
49Kingston, NY31.6+3.5 pts
50Poughkeepsie, NY31.5-1.3 pts
51Lindenhurst, NY31.4+1.3 pts
52Binghamton, NY30.8+0.1 pts
53Syracuse, NY30.5+0.8 pts
54Buffalo, NY30.3+0.3 pts
55Rochester, NY29.9+0.6 pts
56Johnson City, NY29.3+1.1 pts
57Olean, NY29.1+2.4 pts
58Oswego, NY28.5+0.7 pts
59West Haverstraw, NY27.6+3.6 pts
60Freeport, NY27.2+0.7 pts
61North Tonawanda, NY26.7-0.8 pts
62Cortland, NY26.1-1 pts
63Tonawanda, NY26+0.7 pts
64Watertown, NY25.9+0.7 pts
65Cohoes, NY25.7-0.7 pts
66Oneida, NY25.4+0.6 pts
67Lockport, NY24.4-0.5 pts
68Depew, NY24.4+2.1 pts
69Haverstraw, NY24.3-0.6 pts
70Schenectady, NY23.6+1 pts
71Jamestown, NY23.2+2.1 pts
72Niagara Falls, NY22.8+0.8 pts
73Batavia, NY21.9-0.6 pts
74Utica, NY21.7+1.1 pts
75Rome, NY21.4+0.1 pts
76Endicott, NY20.9+1.8 pts
77Hempstead, NY20.5+3.1 pts
78Auburn, NY20.3+1.2 pts
79Lackawanna, NY20+0.2 pts
80Middletown, NY19.8-0.4 pts
81Amsterdam, NY19.7+0.3 pts
82Watervliet, NY18.8-0 pts
83Elmira, NY18.7+1.6 pts
84Newburgh, NY17.8-1.8 pts
85Spring Valley, NY16.9-1.6 pts
86Gloversville, NY16.4+1.1 pts
87Fulton, NY15.8+0.2 pts
88Dunkirk, NY15.4-1.4 pts
89Kiryas Joel, NY6.1-0.2 pts
90New Square, NY3.1+0.7 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 York 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 York 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-york-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 York 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-york-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 York 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-york-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Scarsdale, NY, with 90.7% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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New Square, NY, with 3.1% in 2023.

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