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

All 65 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/tennessee-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Brentwood, TN | 73.8 |
| 2 | Germantown, TN | 71.9 |
| 3 | Nolensville, TN | 66.6 |
| 4 | Farragut, TN | 65 |
| 5 | Franklin, TN | 64.5 |
| 6 | Collierville, TN | 62.5 |
| 7 | Lakeland, TN | 53.1 |
| 8 | Arlington, TN | 51.2 |
| 9 | Collegedale, TN | 50.7 |
| 10 | Spring Hill, TN | 50.3 |
| 11 | Mount Juliet, TN | 49.5 |
| 12 | Nashville, TN | 48.1 |
| 13 | Red Bank, TN | 44.5 |
| 14 | Hendersonville, TN | 43.9 |
| 15 | Murfreesboro, TN | 43 |
| 16 | Johnson City, TN | 42.5 |
| 17 | Oak Ridge, TN | 40.2 |
| 18 | Maryville, TN | 38.5 |
| 19 | Chattanooga, TN | 36 |
| 20 | Bartlett, TN | 35.7 |
| 21 | Fairview, TN | 35.4 |
| 22 | Atoka, TN | 35.2 |
| 23 | Cookeville, TN | 34.8 |
| 24 | Knoxville, TN | 34.6 |
| 25 | Alcoa, TN | 34.1 |
| 26 | Gallatin, TN | 33.5 |
| 27 | Oakland, TN | 33.2 |
| 28 | Goodlettsville, TN | 33.1 |
| 29 | Kingsport, TN | 31.5 |
| 30 | Lebanon, TN | 30.8 |
| 31 | Bristol, TN | 30.6 |
| 32 | Martin, TN | 30.4 |
| 33 | Cleveland, TN | 30.2 |
| 34 | Clarksville, TN | 29.9 |
| 35 | Memphis, TN | 28 |
| 36 | Smyrna, TN | 27.8 |
| 37 | Jackson, TN | 27.8 |
| 38 | Greeneville, TN | 26.8 |
| 39 | White House, TN | 26.8 |
| 40 | Tullahoma, TN | 26.7 |
| 41 | Elizabethton, TN | 26.4 |
| 42 | Winchester, TN | 25.6 |
| 43 | Columbia, TN | 25.4 |
| 44 | Sevierville, TN | 24.6 |
| 45 | East Ridge, TN | 24.2 |
| 46 | Soddy-Daisy, TN | 23.9 |
| 47 | La Vergne, TN | 23.7 |
| 48 | Athens, TN | 23.2 |
| 49 | Manchester, TN | 22.9 |
| 50 | Dyersburg, TN | 21.9 |
| 51 | Paris, TN | 21.1 |
| 52 | Union City, TN | 20.8 |
| 53 | Clinton, TN | 20 |
| 54 | Lenoir City, TN | 19.3 |
| 55 | Millington, TN | 18.8 |
| 56 | Dickson, TN | 17.8 |
| 57 | Crossville, TN | 17.6 |
| 58 | Lewisburg, TN | 17.3 |
| 59 | Springfield, TN | 16.6 |
| 60 | Lawrenceburg, TN | 15.2 |
| 61 | Portland, TN | 15.1 |
| 62 | Morristown, TN | 15 |
| 63 | Hartsville, TN | 14.3 |
| 64 | Shelbyville, TN | 13.1 |
| 65 | McMinnville, TN | 11.7 |