Most Educated Cities in Massachusetts
Cities ranked by percentage of adults (25+) with a bachelor's degree or higher.
| # | City | Bachelor's+ | Graduate+ | Median Income | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wellesley CDP | 87.2% | 55.1% | $250,001 | 29,906 |
| 2 | Brookline CDP | 85.0% | 57.8% | $140,631 | 62,822 |
| 3 | Lexington CDP | 85.0% | 58.8% | $219,402 | 34,085 |
| 4 | Dover CDP | 83.8% | 44.2% | $250,001 | 2,386 |
| 5 | Sharon CDP | 83.4% | 46.7% | $183,239 | 6,022 |
| 6 | Duxbury CDP | 82.4% | 27.1% | $126,750 | 1,620 |
| 7 | Woods Hole CDP | 82.4% | 63.7% | $72,386 | 999 |
| 8 | Needham CDP | 80.8% | 51.2% | $212,241 | 32,059 |
| 9 | Newton city | 80.7% | 52.4% | $184,989 | 88,504 |
| 10 | South Duxbury CDP | 80.6% | 38.4% | $206,111 | 3,272 |
| 11 | Cambridge city | 80.2% | 50.4% | $126,469 | 117,794 |
| 12 | Belmont CDP | 80.2% | 51.9% | $178,188 | 27,009 |
| 13 | Hingham CDP | 79.6% | 40.9% | $222,696 | 5,343 |
| 14 | Winchester CDP | 78.5% | 50.8% | $218,176 | 22,862 |
| 15 | New Seabury CDP | 77.9% | 46.7% | $206,000 | 824 |
| 16 | Marblehead CDP | 76.9% | 35.0% | $165,859 | 20,334 |
| 17 | North Scituate CDP | 76.1% | 25.8% | $136,852 | 6,163 |
| 18 | Popponesset CDP | 75.4% | 39.7% | N/A | 501 |
| 19 | Cordaville CDP | 75.2% | 43.4% | $161,023 | 3,076 |
| 20 | Arlington CDP | 74.4% | 43.8% | $141,440 | 46,015 |
| 21 | Williamstown CDP | 74.4% | 49.9% | $82,917 | 4,352 |
| 22 | West Chatham CDP | 74.2% | 37.8% | $135,199 | 1,337 |
| 23 | Cochituate CDP | 74.1% | 45.7% | $190,938 | 6,688 |
| 24 | Amherst Town city | 73.8% | 52.1% | $65,938 | 35,472 |
| 25 | Medfield CDP | 72.1% | 32.9% | $186,625 | 6,355 |
| 26 | Boxford CDP | 72.0% | 28.3% | $238,375 | 2,325 |
| 27 | Deerfield CDP | 70.5% | 47.9% | N/A | 441 |
| 28 | Milton CDP | 70.4% | 37.1% | $178,053 | 28,481 |
| 29 | West Concord CDP | 69.9% | 45.4% | $178,979 | 5,997 |
| 30 | North Falmouth CDP | 68.7% | 24.3% | $133,571 | 2,558 |
| 31 | Somerville city | 68.0% | 33.4% | $127,056 | 80,549 |
| 32 | Seconsett Island CDP | 68.0% | 48.0% | N/A | 138 |
| 33 | Essex CDP | 67.9% | 27.8% | $156,094 | 1,775 |
| 34 | Andover CDP | 67.7% | 40.3% | $127,054 | 9,261 |
| 35 | Watertown Town city | 67.2% | 35.5% | $123,422 | 35,270 |
| 36 | Harwich Port CDP | 67.1% | 31.7% | $64,813 | 2,011 |
| 37 | Hopkinton CDP | 66.8% | 29.7% | $173,750 | 3,142 |
| 38 | Northborough CDP | 66.8% | 33.9% | $154,926 | 6,720 |
| 39 | Longmeadow CDP | 66.1% | 32.7% | $144,639 | 15,724 |
| 40 | Newburyport city | 65.9% | 28.4% | $144,259 | 18,444 |
| 41 | West Falmouth CDP | 65.8% | 39.5% | $115,735 | 1,655 |
| 42 | Topsfield CDP | 65.3% | 34.3% | $169,468 | 2,573 |
| 43 | Reading CDP | 65.1% | 30.8% | $163,725 | 25,448 |
| 44 | South Lancaster CDP | 64.6% | 10.3% | $104,745 | 1,991 |
| 45 | Maynard CDP | 64.2% | 31.4% | $119,549 | 10,663 |
| 46 | Mattapoisett Center CDP | 64.1% | 31.1% | $99,864 | 2,573 |
| 47 | The Pinehills CDP | 63.8% | 27.8% | $121,792 | 4,988 |
| 48 | Scituate CDP | 63.3% | 30.1% | $126,379 | 5,602 |
| 49 | Marshfield Hills CDP | 63.0% | 25.2% | $210,096 | 2,121 |
| 50 | Provincetown CDP | 62.5% | 32.2% | $123,456 | 3,466 |
| 51 | Walpole CDP | 62.3% | 21.3% | $132,411 | 5,989 |
| 52 | Melrose city | 62.0% | 28.3% | $126,854 | 29,488 |
| 53 | Nahant CDP | 61.7% | 30.7% | $111,004 | 3,328 |
| 54 | Swampscott CDP | 61.7% | 31.5% | $128,964 | 15,209 |
| 55 | Northampton city | 61.3% | 34.1% | $78,467 | 28,640 |
| 56 | Lynnfield CDP | 61.1% | 30.3% | $172,484 | 12,964 |
| 57 | Chatham CDP | 60.4% | 31.3% | $82,269 | 1,614 |
| 58 | Sandwich CDP | 60.2% | 24.9% | $108,583 | 2,976 |
| 59 | Bourne CDP | 59.7% | 14.4% | $125,366 | 1,765 |
| 60 | Rockport CDP | 59.1% | 29.9% | $86,250 | 4,795 |
| 61 | Popponesset Island CDP | 58.3% | 27.8% | N/A | 72 |
| 62 | Burlington CDP | 58.2% | 25.7% | $142,207 | 26,223 |
| 63 | Medford city | 57.6% | 27.3% | $118,089 | 59,062 |
| 64 | Cedar Crest CDP | 57.4% | 29.3% | $175,313 | 2,289 |
| 65 | Siasconset CDP | 57.1% | 23.1% | N/A | 191 |
| 66 | Wakefield CDP | 57.0% | 25.1% | $130,320 | 27,284 |
| 67 | Nantucket CDP | 57.0% | 16.8% | $109,988 | 10,837 |
| 68 | Edgartown CDP | 56.6% | 20.7% | N/A | 752 |
| 69 | Rowley CDP | 56.5% | 37.5% | $106,250 | 1,576 |
| 70 | Franklin Town city | 56.4% | 24.4% | $142,788 | 33,067 |
| 71 | Waltham city | 56.4% | 27.4% | $116,560 | 64,723 |
| 72 | Barre CDP | 55.8% | 15.8% | $55,625 | 550 |
| 73 | Littleton Common CDP | 55.7% | 33.0% | $129,347 | 2,838 |
| 74 | Brewster CDP | 55.2% | 22.7% | $75,481 | 1,711 |
| 75 | North Eastham CDP | 55.2% | 29.8% | $80,375 | 1,958 |
| 76 | Dedham CDP | 55.0% | 25.9% | $124,375 | 25,109 |
| 77 | Sturbridge CDP | 55.0% | 26.7% | $129,413 | 2,277 |
| 78 | Yarmouth Port CDP | 54.7% | 22.8% | $108,563 | 5,825 |
| 79 | Westborough CDP | 54.6% | 25.8% | $100,037 | 4,234 |
| 80 | Ipswich CDP | 54.5% | 19.0% | $92,969 | 4,806 |
| 81 | Lenox CDP | 54.5% | 20.3% | $58,920 | 1,809 |
| 82 | East Sandwich CDP | 54.3% | 26.9% | $128,750 | 3,597 |
| 83 | Boston city | 54.1% | 25.6% | $94,755 | 663,972 |
| 84 | Stoneham CDP | 54.0% | 22.3% | $112,635 | 22,986 |
| 85 | Housatonic CDP | 53.6% | 23.5% | $86,920 | 1,054 |
| 86 | Lunenburg CDP | 53.5% | 23.6% | $112,422 | 2,163 |
| 87 | Norwood CDP | 53.1% | 22.3% | $97,110 | 31,380 |
| 88 | Madaket CDP | 52.9% | 26.6% | $106,615 | 378 |
| 89 | Beverly city | 52.3% | 20.0% | $103,739 | 42,408 |
| 90 | Salisbury CDP | 52.1% | 19.3% | $93,052 | 5,735 |
| 91 | Falmouth CDP | 51.8% | 23.7% | $68,267 | 3,996 |
| 92 | Hull CDP | 51.7% | 23.2% | $127,112 | 10,098 |
| 93 | Seabrook CDP | 51.5% | 24.9% | N/A | 545 |
| 94 | West Warren CDP | 51.4% | 19.6% | N/A | 619 |
| 95 | Sagamore CDP | 51.2% | 13.5% | $132,000 | 3,958 |
| 96 | Marion Center CDP | 51.1% | 36.1% | $180,130 | 1,159 |
| 97 | East Falmouth CDP | 50.7% | 26.8% | $69,121 | 6,415 |
| 98 | Granby CDP | 50.6% | 17.2% | $126,136 | 1,127 |
| 99 | Dennis CDP | 50.3% | 26.5% | $127,292 | 1,903 |
| 100 | Salem city | 49.6% | 20.7% | $85,137 | 44,241 |
| 101 | Framingham city | 49.4% | 20.5% | $98,179 | 72,013 |
| 102 | Wilmington CDP | 49.2% | 18.4% | $161,473 | 23,195 |
| 103 | Petersham CDP | 49.1% | 28.6% | $105,938 | 252 |
| 104 | Marshfield CDP | 49.0% | 13.9% | $99,537 | 4,698 |
| 105 | Mashpee Neck CDP | 48.7% | 24.2% | $131,250 | 1,071 |
| 106 | Quincy city | 48.6% | 20.7% | $95,711 | 101,361 |
| 107 | Foxborough CDP | 48.4% | 17.2% | $83,162 | 6,356 |
| 108 | Hatfield CDP | 47.6% | 22.6% | $109,625 | 1,361 |
| 109 | Kingston CDP | 47.6% | 19.4% | $130,179 | 6,373 |
| 110 | Woburn city | 47.3% | 19.9% | $107,754 | 41,205 |
| 111 | Teaticket CDP | 47.2% | 29.1% | $85,669 | 1,728 |
| 112 | Orleans CDP | 47.1% | 22.7% | $76,768 | 1,618 |
| 113 | Braintree Town city | 47.1% | 19.7% | $125,305 | 38,762 |
| 114 | North Pembroke CDP | 47.1% | 26.9% | $177,703 | 3,924 |
| 115 | Great Barrington CDP | 47.0% | 23.8% | $57,071 | 1,953 |
| 116 | Norton Center CDP | 46.8% | 20.6% | $114,051 | 2,526 |
| 117 | North Attleborough Town city | 46.8% | 17.4% | $109,426 | 30,842 |
| 118 | Danvers CDP | 46.8% | 17.3% | $117,072 | 27,924 |
| 119 | East Dennis CDP | 46.5% | 17.1% | $100,504 | 3,685 |
| 120 | Upton CDP | 46.1% | 18.0% | $109,925 | 2,985 |
| 121 | Monument Beach CDP | 46.1% | 15.2% | $86,953 | 3,067 |
| 122 | Wilbraham CDP | 45.7% | 25.5% | $88,409 | 4,247 |
| 123 | Fiskdale CDP | 45.6% | 21.2% | $92,273 | 2,564 |
| 124 | Shelburne Falls CDP | 45.4% | 25.1% | $52,604 | 1,755 |
| 125 | Millis-Clicquot CDP | 45.3% | 17.6% | $116,324 | 4,479 |
| 126 | Northwest Harwich CDP | 45.3% | 23.5% | $89,063 | 4,205 |
| 127 | Lee CDP | 45.1% | 30.6% | $70,306 | 1,522 |
| 128 | Hudson CDP | 44.9% | 16.9% | $96,149 | 15,610 |
| 129 | Malden city | 44.9% | 18.7% | $95,298 | 65,509 |
| 130 | Groton CDP | 44.8% | 20.0% | N/A | 1,571 |
| 131 | Pocasset CDP | 44.6% | 25.1% | $84,544 | 2,375 |
| 132 | Vineyard Haven CDP | 44.4% | 16.9% | $73,917 | 2,672 |
| 133 | West Dennis CDP | 44.0% | 20.1% | $93,958 | 2,586 |
| 134 | Northfield CDP | 44.0% | 26.9% | $74,875 | 908 |
| 135 | Harwich Center CDP | 43.8% | 23.3% | $76,944 | 1,620 |
| 136 | Hopedale CDP | 43.4% | 22.6% | $111,016 | 4,126 |
| 137 | Mansfield Center CDP | 43.4% | 20.4% | $101,546 | 7,232 |
| 138 | Monomoscoy Island CDP | 43.2% | 16.8% | N/A | 112 |
| 139 | Weymouth Town city | 43.0% | 14.7% | $100,077 | 57,786 |
| 140 | South Deerfield CDP | 42.9% | 20.3% | $97,250 | 1,822 |
| 141 | Winthrop Town city | 42.9% | 16.0% | $106,357 | 18,807 |
| 142 | East Douglas CDP | 42.5% | 15.2% | $141,042 | 2,842 |
| 143 | Amesbury Town city | 42.5% | 15.9% | $100,599 | 17,277 |
| 144 | Belchertown CDP | 42.5% | 20.7% | $68,393 | 2,299 |
| 145 | Barnstable Town city | 42.3% | 18.0% | $97,348 | 49,232 |
| 146 | Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock CDP | 42.0% | 18.7% | $118,625 | 4,695 |
| 147 | Rutland CDP | 41.6% | 16.2% | $102,885 | 1,796 |
| 148 | Shirley CDP | 41.5% | 14.1% | N/A | 1,256 |
| 149 | North Lakeville CDP | 41.5% | 13.5% | $88,750 | 3,602 |
| 150 | Easthampton Town city | 41.0% | 18.7% | $72,925 | 16,103 |
| 151 | East Harwich CDP | 40.9% | 20.6% | $108,157 | 5,670 |
| 152 | Marlborough city | 40.6% | 17.1% | $95,047 | 41,398 |
| 153 | West Yarmouth CDP | 40.1% | 20.0% | $63,859 | 6,323 |
| 154 | Abington CDP | 39.8% | 13.5% | $119,787 | 17,008 |
| 155 | Hanscom AFB CDP | 39.8% | 25.6% | $101,194 | 1,745 |
| 156 | Bridgewater Town city | 39.7% | 16.1% | $112,482 | 28,669 |
| 157 | Huntington CDP | 39.6% | 10.9% | $52,344 | 853 |
| 158 | Raynham Center CDP | 39.2% | 17.0% | $120,913 | 4,871 |
| 159 | North Seekonk CDP | 38.9% | 16.1% | $110,541 | 2,903 |
| 160 | Gloucester city | 38.8% | 15.8% | $87,898 | 29,862 |
| 161 | Forestdale CDP | 38.7% | 14.2% | $105,368 | 3,716 |
| 162 | Hanson CDP | 38.5% | 14.0% | $115,109 | 2,002 |
| 163 | Plymouth CDP | 38.4% | 15.4% | $72,639 | 7,852 |
| 164 | Dennis Port CDP | 38.0% | 14.3% | $61,974 | 3,439 |
| 165 | Greenfield city | 37.8% | 17.0% | $53,961 | 17,662 |
| 166 | Pepperell CDP | 37.8% | 17.0% | $76,196 | 1,887 |
| 167 | South Dennis CDP | 37.1% | 13.0% | $86,500 | 3,190 |
| 168 | Somerset CDP | 37.0% | 14.3% | $111,720 | 18,246 |
| 169 | Holbrook CDP | 36.9% | 11.0% | $107,768 | 11,320 |
| 170 | Oak Bluffs CDP | 36.0% | 21.3% | $59,082 | 1,357 |
| 171 | Ayer CDP | 35.9% | 16.1% | $81,286 | 3,012 |
| 172 | Bellingham CDP | 35.8% | 7.8% | $88,731 | 4,939 |
| 173 | Holland CDP | 35.0% | 10.1% | $83,382 | 1,313 |
| 174 | West Springfield Town city | 34.9% | 14.3% | $70,401 | 28,635 |
| 175 | Agawam Town city | 34.9% | 14.4% | $82,359 | 28,510 |
| 176 | Randolph Town city | 34.7% | 12.1% | $103,129 | 34,683 |
| 177 | Warren CDP | 34.2% | 9.6% | $40,315 | 705 |
| 178 | Pittsfield city | 34.2% | 13.8% | $68,386 | 43,559 |
| 179 | Worcester city | 34.1% | 14.0% | $67,544 | 205,501 |
| 180 | Green Harbor CDP | 34.0% | 4.6% | $195,930 | 1,254 |
| 181 | Peabody city | 33.9% | 11.6% | $95,278 | 54,180 |
| 182 | Turners Falls CDP | 33.8% | 19.1% | $56,729 | 3,949 |
| 183 | Attleboro city | 33.7% | 11.3% | $93,266 | 46,499 |
| 184 | East Pepperell CDP | 33.5% | 14.1% | $111,736 | 1,984 |
| 185 | North Plymouth CDP | 33.4% | 10.8% | $71,205 | 4,458 |
| 186 | Pinehurst CDP | 33.3% | 10.0% | $136,406 | 6,737 |
| 187 | South Yarmouth CDP | 33.1% | 13.5% | $79,638 | 11,642 |
| 188 | Buzzards Bay CDP | 32.8% | 11.8% | $95,847 | 2,941 |
| 189 | Smith Mills CDP | 32.7% | 12.2% | $56,250 | 4,467 |
| 190 | Westfield city | 32.6% | 11.6% | $82,847 | 40,673 |
| 191 | Russell CDP | 32.6% | 8.5% | $103,456 | 568 |
| 192 | Leominster city | 32.3% | 12.6% | $81,556 | 43,697 |
| 193 | Weweantic CDP | 32.2% | 3.4% | N/A | 1,384 |
| 194 | Haverhill city | 31.6% | 10.6% | $87,675 | 67,387 |
| 195 | Milford CDP | 31.6% | 11.8% | $88,992 | 27,919 |
| 196 | Saugus CDP | 31.4% | 12.5% | $100,819 | 28,599 |
| 197 | Whitinsville CDP | 31.3% | 10.9% | $93,504 | 7,250 |
| 198 | Cheshire CDP | 31.2% | 12.8% | N/A | 584 |
| 199 | Methuen Town city | 30.5% | 10.5% | $103,270 | 53,043 |
| 200 | Middleborough Center CDP | 30.2% | 9.7% | $79,520 | 8,064 |
| 201 | Bliss Corner CDP | 30.0% | 9.6% | $73,919 | 5,666 |
| 202 | Townsend CDP | 29.9% | 11.5% | $56,726 | 1,082 |
| 203 | Lowell city | 29.9% | 11.9% | $76,205 | 114,799 |
| 204 | Devens CDP | 27.7% | 9.2% | $113,125 | 1,871 |
| 205 | Wareham Center CDP | 27.5% | 8.4% | $88,424 | 2,737 |
| 206 | North Adams city | 27.0% | 11.9% | $48,521 | 12,660 |
| 207 | East Brookfield CDP | 26.6% | 6.9% | $70,625 | 1,349 |
| 208 | Adams CDP | 26.0% | 6.9% | $48,750 | 5,584 |
| 209 | West Brookfield CDP | 25.8% | 5.3% | $59,734 | 1,518 |
| 210 | Ocean Grove CDP | 25.7% | 8.5% | $97,109 | 3,099 |
| 211 | Winchendon CDP | 25.2% | 10.4% | $67,188 | 4,407 |
| 212 | Blandford CDP | 25.2% | 12.5% | $93,500 | 437 |
| 213 | Oxford CDP | 25.1% | 8.4% | $91,742 | 5,572 |
| 214 | Onset CDP | 25.0% | 12.3% | N/A | 1,561 |
| 215 | Monson Center CDP | 24.8% | 6.4% | $58,603 | 1,794 |
| 216 | Revere city | 24.7% | 7.9% | $81,121 | 59,933 |
| 217 | Fitchburg city | 24.5% | 7.4% | $70,659 | 41,633 |
| 218 | Taunton city | 24.4% | 7.3% | $79,715 | 59,719 |
| 219 | Holyoke city | 24.3% | 8.9% | $51,892 | 37,949 |
| 220 | Palmer Town city | 24.0% | 8.6% | $78,789 | 12,372 |
| 221 | Everett city | 23.4% | 7.3% | $79,658 | 49,236 |
| 222 | Lynn city | 23.3% | 7.8% | $74,715 | 100,905 |
| 223 | Chicopee city | 23.2% | 8.8% | $66,927 | 55,213 |
| 224 | Clinton CDP | 23.2% | 7.9% | $78,909 | 6,908 |
| 225 | Gardner city | 22.8% | 7.1% | $62,948 | 21,075 |
| 226 | Baldwinville CDP | 22.7% | 5.8% | $56,957 | 2,454 |
| 227 | Chelsea city | 22.0% | 7.7% | $72,220 | 39,460 |
| 228 | White Island Shores CDP | 21.9% | 5.3% | $104,940 | 1,880 |
| 229 | Athol CDP | 21.9% | 6.5% | $61,742 | 8,711 |
| 230 | Brockton city | 21.3% | 6.7% | $77,089 | 105,080 |
| 231 | Millers Falls CDP | 20.7% | 10.0% | $63,646 | 1,081 |
| 232 | North Brookfield CDP | 20.0% | 4.6% | $75,956 | 2,477 |
| 233 | Springfield city | 19.7% | 8.9% | $51,339 | 154,751 |
| 234 | Webster CDP | 18.8% | 5.7% | $60,384 | 12,300 |
| 235 | North Westport CDP | 18.3% | 5.1% | $85,120 | 4,995 |
| 236 | Southbridge Town city | 17.7% | 5.5% | $59,397 | 17,806 |
| 237 | Fall River city | 16.8% | 5.7% | $53,933 | 93,764 |
| 238 | New Bedford city | 16.8% | 5.1% | $56,025 | 100,731 |
| 239 | Lawrence city | 16.4% | 4.9% | $57,903 | 88,297 |
| 240 | Chester CDP | 16.1% | 8.5% | $86,042 | 692 |
| 241 | Ware CDP | 15.9% | 2.6% | $52,039 | 5,723 |
| 242 | Spencer CDP | 15.7% | 4.2% | $59,618 | 5,520 |
| 243 | West Wareham CDP | 15.3% | 4.1% | $55,900 | 2,776 |
| 244 | Orange CDP | 14.0% | 5.3% | $53,014 | 3,793 |
| 245 | South Ashburnham CDP | 13.8% | 1.4% | $82,006 | 1,174 |
| 246 | Brookfield CDP | 12.9% | 5.8% | $66,774 | 940 |
| 247 | Acushnet Center CDP | 9.8% | 1.4% | $69,159 | 2,792 |
| 248 | Lenox Dale CDP | 0.0% | 0.0% | N/A | 165 |