# Cities in Pennsylvania by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2024

All 68 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, 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
- 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, 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/pennsylvania-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Franklin Park, PA | 77.1 |
| 2 | State College, PA | 68.4 |
| 3 | West Chester, PA | 59.1 |
| 4 | Wyomissing, PA | 57.8 |
| 5 | Phoenixville, PA | 56.9 |
| 6 | Murrysville, PA | 56.7 |
| 7 | Bethel Park, PA | 53.5 |
| 8 | Pittsburgh, PA | 49.1 |
| 9 | Indiana, PA | 48.9 |
| 10 | Monroeville, PA | 46.4 |
| 11 | Jefferson Hills, PA | 45.3 |
| 12 | Plum, PA | 45 |
| 13 | Whitehall, PA | 43.1 |
| 14 | Mechanicsburg, PA | 42.9 |
| 15 | Lansdale, PA | 39.8 |
| 16 | Greensburg, PA | 39 |
| 17 | Lansdowne, PA | 38.4 |
| 18 | Carlisle, PA | 37.9 |
| 19 | Dunmore, PA | 37.3 |
| 20 | Wilkinsburg, PA | 36.7 |
| 21 | Bethlehem, PA | 36 |
| 22 | Philadelphia, PA | 35.4 |
| 23 | Hermitage, PA | 35.2 |
| 24 | Baldwin, PA | 33.3 |
| 25 | Lower Burrell, PA | 33.1 |
| 26 | Bloomsburg, PA | 32.5 |
| 27 | Emmaus, PA | 32.1 |
| 28 | Kingston, PA | 31.7 |
| 29 | Elizabethtown, PA | 31.4 |
| 30 | Munhall, PA | 30.9 |
| 31 | Lancaster, PA | 29.4 |
| 32 | Easton, PA | 28.2 |
| 33 | Chambersburg, PA | 27.3 |
| 34 | Williamsport, PA | 27 |
| 35 | Northampton, PA | 26.2 |
| 36 | Harrisburg, PA | 25.9 |
| 37 | Yeadon, PA | 25 |
| 38 | West Mifflin, PA | 24.6 |
| 39 | Norristown, PA | 23.5 |
| 40 | Ephrata, PA | 23.2 |
| 41 | Scranton, PA | 23.1 |
| 42 | Erie, PA | 23.1 |
| 43 | Butler, PA | 23 |
| 44 | Meadville, PA | 22.7 |
| 45 | New Kensington, PA | 22.5 |
| 46 | Pottsville, PA | 21.9 |
| 47 | St. Marys, PA | 21.4 |
| 48 | Berwick, PA | 21.3 |
| 49 | Pottstown, PA | 21.1 |
| 50 | Altoona, PA | 20.5 |
| 51 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | 20.5 |
| 52 | Coatesville, PA | 19.8 |
| 53 | Allentown, PA | 19.1 |
| 54 | Washington, PA | 19 |
| 55 | Waynesboro, PA | 19 |
| 56 | Nanticoke, PA | 18.6 |
| 57 | Sharon, PA | 18.4 |
| 58 | York, PA | 17.5 |
| 59 | Columbia, PA | 17.4 |
| 60 | New Castle, PA | 16.3 |
| 61 | Hanover, PA | 15.9 |
| 62 | Lebanon, PA | 15.9 |
| 63 | Johnstown, PA | 15.8 |
| 64 | Darby, PA | 15.5 |
| 65 | Chester, PA | 14.4 |
| 66 | Reading, PA | 11.4 |
| 67 | McKeesport, PA | 11 |
| 68 | Hazleton, PA | 10.8 |