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

All 62 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-york-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/new-york-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | New York County | 64.2 |
| 2 | Tompkins County | 58.8 |
| 3 | Westchester County | 53.1 |
| 4 | Nassau County | 49.7 |
| 5 | Albany County | 46.4 |
| 6 | Putnam County | 45.5 |
| 7 | Saratoga County | 45.4 |
| 8 | Rockland County | 42.7 |
| 9 | Kings County | 42.1 |
| 10 | Dutchess County | 41.6 |
| 11 | Monroe County | 41.5 |
| 12 | Suffolk County | 40.2 |
| 13 | Columbia County | 39.4 |
| 14 | Onondaga County | 39.2 |
| 15 | Ulster County | 38.2 |
| 16 | Erie County | 38.1 |
| 17 | Ontario County | 38 |
| 18 | Rensselaer County | 37.6 |
| 19 | Warren County | 36.4 |
| 20 | Queens County | 36.1 |
| 21 | Schenectady County | 36.1 |
| 22 | Richmond County | 35.7 |
| 23 | Otsego County | 34.4 |
| 24 | Hamilton County | 33.2 |
| 25 | Essex County | 32.8 |
| 26 | Orange County | 32.6 |
| 27 | Broome County | 31 |
| 28 | Livingston County | 30.6 |
| 29 | Sullivan County | 30.1 |
| 30 | Greene County | 29.9 |
| 31 | Madison County | 29.6 |
| 32 | Cortland County | 29.1 |
| 33 | Niagara County | 28 |
| 34 | Oneida County | 27.9 |
| 35 | Delaware County | 27.6 |
| 36 | Clinton County | 27.6 |
| 37 | Chemung County | 27.2 |
| 38 | Jefferson County | 26.5 |
| 39 | Schuyler County | 26.4 |
| 40 | Steuben County | 26.3 |
| 41 | Schoharie County | 26.2 |
| 42 | Wayne County | 25.6 |
| 43 | Yates County | 25.5 |
| 44 | St. Lawrence County | 25.3 |
| 45 | Tioga County | 25.3 |
| 46 | Seneca County | 25.2 |
| 47 | Chautauqua County | 25.1 |
| 48 | Allegany County | 24.9 |
| 49 | Cayuga County | 24.6 |
| 50 | Genesee County | 23.8 |
| 51 | Franklin County | 23.8 |
| 52 | Montgomery County | 22.9 |
| 53 | Herkimer County | 22.7 |
| 54 | Bronx County | 22.4 |
| 55 | Washington County | 22.4 |
| 56 | Oswego County | 21.6 |
| 57 | Cattaraugus County | 21.1 |
| 58 | Fulton County | 20.9 |
| 59 | Chenango County | 19.6 |
| 60 | Lewis County | 18.6 |
| 61 | Wyoming County | 18.2 |
| 62 | Orleans County | 17.9 |