# Cities in New York by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2024

All 90 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `graduate_degree_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 25 and over whose highest degree is a 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 master's, professional school or doctorate degree 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 master's, professional school or doctorate degree 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/graduate-or-professional-degree/new-york-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Scarsdale, NY | 63.2 |
| 2 | Ithaca, NY | 43.7 |
| 3 | Rye, NY | 43.6 |
| 4 | Dobbs Ferry, NY | 41.7 |
| 5 | Garden City, NY | 39.1 |
| 6 | Tarrytown, NY | 33.6 |
| 7 | Rockville Centre, NY | 32.2 |
| 8 | Mineola, NY | 29.1 |
| 9 | White Plains, NY | 29.1 |
| 10 | Mamaroneck, NY | 29 |
| 11 | Saratoga Springs, NY | 28.7 |
| 12 | New Rochelle, NY | 27 |
| 13 | Massapequa Park, NY | 26.7 |
| 14 | Long Beach, NY | 26.3 |
| 15 | Floral Park, NY | 25.9 |
| 16 | Mount Kisco, NY | 25.9 |
| 17 | Harrison, NY | 25.7 |
| 18 | East Rockaway, NY | 25.4 |
| 19 | Great Neck, NY | 25.3 |
| 20 | Babylon, NY | 24.5 |
| 21 | Sleepy Hollow, NY | 23.8 |
| 22 | Kenmore, NY | 23.7 |
| 23 | Oneonta, NY | 22.1 |
| 24 | Beacon, NY | 22 |
| 25 | Albany, NY | 21.2 |
| 26 | Woodbury, NY | 21.2 |
| 27 | Ossining, NY | 20.6 |
| 28 | Corning, NY | 20.2 |
| 29 | Chestnut Ridge, NY | 20 |
| 30 | Suffern, NY | 19.7 |
| 31 | New Hyde Park, NY | 19.6 |
| 32 | Lake Grove, NY | 18.8 |
| 33 | Lynbrook, NY | 18.3 |
| 34 | Peekskill, NY | 18 |
| 35 | New York, NY | 17.7 |
| 36 | Geneva, NY | 17.6 |
| 37 | Westbury, NY | 17 |
| 38 | Patchogue, NY | 16.9 |
| 39 | Plattsburgh, NY | 16.9 |
| 40 | Glen Cove, NY | 16.7 |
| 41 | Yonkers, NY | 15.7 |
| 42 | Poughkeepsie, NY | 15.6 |
| 42 | Troy, NY | 15.6 |
| 44 | Kingston, NY | 15.2 |
| 45 | Olean, NY | 15.2 |
| 46 | Airmont, NY | 15 |
| 47 | Binghamton, NY | 15 |
| 48 | Port Chester, NY | 14.9 |
| 49 | Canandaigua, NY | 14.9 |
| 50 | Mount Vernon, NY | 14.7 |
| 51 | Glens Falls, NY | 14.7 |
| 52 | Valley Stream, NY | 14.6 |
| 53 | Buffalo, NY | 14.2 |
| 54 | Cortland, NY | 13.9 |
| 55 | Syracuse, NY | 13.8 |
| 56 | Lindenhurst, NY | 12.9 |
| 57 | Rochester, NY | 12.7 |
| 58 | Oswego, NY | 11.5 |
| 59 | Oneida, NY | 11.3 |
| 60 | Cohoes, NY | 11.2 |
| 61 | Tonawanda, NY | 11.2 |
| 62 | Watertown, NY | 11.2 |
| 63 | Johnson City, NY | 10.7 |
| 64 | Depew, NY | 10.7 |
| 65 | North Tonawanda, NY | 10.6 |
| 66 | Batavia, NY | 10.5 |
| 67 | Freeport, NY | 10.1 |
| 68 | Schenectady, NY | 10.1 |
| 69 | Lockport, NY | 9.8 |
| 70 | Hempstead, NY | 9.8 |
| 71 | Utica, NY | 9.5 |
| 72 | Endicott, NY | 9.5 |
| 73 | West Haverstraw, NY | 9.2 |
| 74 | Middletown, NY | 8.9 |
| 75 | Auburn, NY | 8.8 |
| 75 | Niagara Falls, NY | 8.8 |
| 77 | Rome, NY | 8.8 |
| 78 | Jamestown, NY | 8.7 |
| 79 | Elmira, NY | 8 |
| 80 | Haverstraw, NY | 7.6 |
| 81 | Dunkirk, NY | 6.8 |
| 82 | Amsterdam, NY | 6.3 |
| 83 | Lackawanna, NY | 6.2 |
| 84 | Newburgh, NY | 6.1 |
| 85 | Spring Valley, NY | 5.7 |
| 86 | Fulton, NY | 5.2 |
| 87 | Gloversville, NY | 5 |
| 88 | Watervliet, NY | 4.8 |
| 89 | Kiryas Joel, NY | 2.9 |
| 90 | New Square, NY | 2.7 |