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

Scarsdale, NY had the highest graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over of 90 cities in 2021, at 60.6%. New Square, NY had the lowest, at 0.7%. The median was 13.6% and the figure for New York was 16.8%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest60.6Scarsdale, NY
Lowest0.7New Square, NY
Median13.690 cities
New York16.8History

Top 40 cities, 2021

Scarsdale, NY: 60.6 %Scarsdale, NY60.6Rye, NY: 45.6 %Rye, NY45.6Ithaca, NY: 37.9 %Ithaca, NY37.9Dobbs Ferry, NY: 37.8 %Dobbs Ferry, NY37.8Garden City, NY: 36.6 %Garden City, NY36.6Tarrytown, NY: 30.5 %Tarrytown, NY30.5Rockville Centre, NY: 30.4 %Rockville Centre, NY30.4White Plains, NY: 28.8 %White Plains, NY28.8Saratoga Springs, NY: 28.6 %Saratoga Springs, NY28.6Great Neck, NY: 28.5 %Great Neck, NY28.5Mount Kisco, NY: 27.4 %Mount Kisco, NY27.4Floral Park, NY: 25.4 %Floral Park, NY25.4New Rochelle, NY: 24.7 %New Rochelle, NY24.7Mamaroneck, NY: 24.6 %Mamaroneck, NY24.6Babylon, NY: 24.6 %Babylon, NY24.6Long Beach, NY: 23.9 %Long Beach, NY23.9Harrison, NY: 23.6 %Harrison, NY23.6Corning, NY: 22.6 %Corning, NY22.6Mineola, NY: 22.4 %Mineola, NY22.4Oneonta, NY: 22.4 %Oneonta, NY22.4Albany, NY: 21.9 %Albany, NY21.9Chestnut Ridge, NY: 21.5 %Chestnut Ridge, NY21.5East Rockaway, NY: 20.5 %East Rockaway, NY20.5Kenmore, NY: 20.4 %Kenmore, NY20.4Sleepy Hollow, NY: 20.3 %Sleepy Hollow, NY20.3Massapequa Park, NY: 20.2 %Massapequa Park, NY20.2Woodbury, NY: 19.8 %Woodbury, NY19.8Suffern, NY: 19.6 %Suffern, NY19.6Patchogue, NY: 19.5 %Patchogue, NY19.5Beacon, NY: 19.4 %Beacon, NY19.4Ossining, NY: 19.3 %Ossining, NY19.3Lynbrook, NY: 18.4 %Lynbrook, NY18.4New Hyde Park, NY: 17.9 %New Hyde Park, NY17.9Westbury, NY: 16.9 %Westbury, NY16.9New York, NY: 16.7 %New York, NY16.7Plattsburgh, NY: 16.7 %Plattsburgh, NY16.7Lake Grove, NY: 16.7 %Lake Grove, NY16.7Glen Cove, NY: 16.4 %Glen Cove, NY16.4Yonkers, NY: 15.8 %Yonkers, NY15.8Valley Stream, NY: 15.8 %Valley Stream, NY15.8Scarsdale, NY: 60.6 %Scarsdale, NY60.6Rye, NY: 45.6 %Rye, NY45.6Ithaca, NY: 37.9 %Ithaca, NY37.9Dobbs Ferry, NY: 37.8 %Dobbs Ferry, NY37.8Garden City, NY: 36.6 %Garden City, NY36.6Tarrytown, NY: 30.5 %Tarrytown, NY30.5Rockville Centre, NY: 30.4 %Rockville Centre, NY30.4White Plains, NY: 28.8 %White Plains, NY28.8Saratoga Springs, NY: 28.6 %Saratoga Springs, NY28.6Great Neck, NY: 28.5 %Great Neck, NY28.5Mount Kisco, NY: 27.4 %Mount Kisco, NY27.4Floral Park, NY: 25.4 %Floral Park, NY25.4New Rochelle, NY: 24.7 %New Rochelle, NY24.7Mamaroneck, NY: 24.6 %Mamaroneck, NY24.6Babylon, NY: 24.6 %Babylon, NY24.6Long Beach, NY: 23.9 %Long Beach, NY23.9Harrison, NY: 23.6 %Harrison, NY23.6Corning, NY: 22.6 %Corning, NY22.6Mineola, NY: 22.4 %Mineola, NY22.4Oneonta, NY: 22.4 %Oneonta, NY22.4Albany, NY: 21.9 %Albany, NY21.9Chestnut Ridge, NY: 21.5 %Chestnut Ridge, NY21.5East Rockaway, NY: 20.5 %East Rockaway, NY20.5Kenmore, NY: 20.4 %Kenmore, NY20.4Sleepy Hollow, NY: 20.3 %Sleepy Hollow, NY20.3Massapequa Park, NY: 20.2 %Massapequa Park, NY20.2Woodbury, NY: 19.8 %Woodbury, NY19.8Suffern, NY: 19.6 %Suffern, NY19.6Patchogue, NY: 19.5 %Patchogue, NY19.5Beacon, NY: 19.4 %Beacon, NY19.4Ossining, NY: 19.3 %Ossining, NY19.3Lynbrook, NY: 18.4 %Lynbrook, NY18.4New Hyde Park, NY: 17.9 %New Hyde Park, NY17.9Westbury, NY: 16.9 %Westbury, NY16.9New York, NY: 16.7 %New York, NY16.7Plattsburgh, NY: 16.7 %Plattsburgh, NY16.7Lake Grove, NY: 16.7 %Lake Grove, NY16.7Glen Cove, NY: 16.4 %Glen Cove, NY16.4Yonkers, NY: 15.8 %Yonkers, NY15.8Valley Stream, NY: 15.8 %Valley Stream, NY15.8
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021 (%)
1Scarsdale, NY60.6
2Rye, NY45.6
3Ithaca, NY37.9
4Dobbs Ferry, NY37.8
5Garden City, NY36.6
6Tarrytown, NY30.5
7Rockville Centre, NY30.4
8White Plains, NY28.8
9Saratoga Springs, NY28.6
10Great Neck, NY28.5
11Mount Kisco, NY27.4
12Floral Park, NY25.4
13New Rochelle, NY24.7
14Mamaroneck, NY24.6
15Babylon, NY24.6
16Long Beach, NY23.9
17Harrison, NY23.6
18Corning, NY22.6
19Mineola, NY22.4
20Oneonta, NY22.4
21Albany, NY21.9
22Chestnut Ridge, NY21.5
23East Rockaway, NY20.5
24Kenmore, NY20.4
25Sleepy Hollow, NY20.3
26Massapequa Park, NY20.2
27Woodbury, NY19.8
28Suffern, NY19.6
29Patchogue, NY19.5
30Beacon, NY19.4
31Ossining, NY19.3
32Lynbrook, NY18.4
33New Hyde Park, NY17.9
34Westbury, NY16.9
35New York, NY16.7
35Plattsburgh, NY16.7
37Lake Grove, NY16.7
38Glen Cove, NY16.4
39Yonkers, NY15.8
40Valley Stream, NY15.8
41Canandaigua, NY15.7
42Peekskill, NY14.7
43Airmont, NY14.4
44Binghamton, NY14
45Mount Vernon, NY13.9
46Syracuse, NY13.4
47Geneva, NY13.2
48Olean, NY13.1
49Troy, NY13.1
50Oswego, NY13
51Glens Falls, NY12.9
52Poughkeepsie, NY12.8
53Buffalo, NY12.7
54Rochester, NY12.4
55Lindenhurst, NY12.2
56Cortland, NY12.1
57Port Chester, NY11.9
58Watertown, NY11.3
59Kingston, NY11.3
60Freeport, NY10.3
61Oneida, NY10.2
62Johnson City, NY10.1
63Batavia, NY10
64North Tonawanda, NY10
65Lockport, NY9.4
66Niagara Falls, NY9.1
67Schenectady, NY8.9
68Rome, NY8.9
69Depew, NY8.4
70Endicott, NY7.8
71Jamestown, NY7.8
71West Haverstraw, NY7.8
73Haverstraw, NY7.8
74Newburgh, NY7.7
75Cohoes, NY7.6
76Elmira, NY7.4
77Utica, NY7.3
78Amsterdam, NY7.3
79Middletown, NY7
79Spring Valley, NY7
81Tonawanda, NY6.9
82Auburn, NY6.7
83Watervliet, NY6.3
84Hempstead, NY6.3
85Lackawanna, NY6.1
86Fulton, NY6.1
87Gloversville, NY5.9
88Dunkirk, NY5
89Kiryas Joel, NY2.6
90New Square, NY0.7

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About this ranking

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.

A subset of bachelors_degree_share, which also counts people whose highest degree is a bachelor's.

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 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/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-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 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) (Cities in New York by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b15003.dat

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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), Cities in New York by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b15003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/graduate-or-professional-degree/new-york-cities?period=2021. 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 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), Cities in New York by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b15003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/graduate-or-professional-degree/new-york-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Scarsdale, NY, with 60.6% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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