Bachelor's degree or higher: zip codes ranked in Massachusetts
Share of adults 25 and older with at least a four-year college degree. These lists rank zip codes in Massachusetts with at least 1,000 residents, using the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
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Most college-educated zip codes
| # | Zip | City | College grads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 02163 | Boston | 94.1% |
| 2 | 02199 | Boston | 93.9% |
| 3 | 02210 | Boston | 93% |
| 4 | 02481 | Wellesley Hills | 90.6% |
| 5 | 02468 | Waban | 89.4% |
| 6 | 02142 | Cambridge | 89.4% |
| 7 | 02461 | Newton Highlands | 88.1% |
| 8 | 01773 | Lincoln | 88% |
| 9 | 01741 | Carlisle | 87.2% |
| 10 | 02482 | Wellesley | 86.8% |
| 11 | 02109 | Boston | 85.7% |
| 12 | 02138 | Cambridge | 85.6% |
| 13 | 02420 | Lexington | 85.6% |
| 14 | 02446 | Brookline | 85.3% |
| 15 | 02445 | Brookline | 85.3% |
| 16 | 02114 | Boston | 85.3% |
| 17 | 01063 | Northampton | 85.3% |
| 18 | 02492 | Needham | 85% |
| 19 | 02459 | Newton Center | 84.8% |
| 20 | 02030 | Dover | 84.8% |
| 21 | 02493 | Weston | 84.3% |
| 22 | 02467 | Chestnut Hill | 84% |
| 23 | 01776 | Sudbury | 83.3% |
| 24 | 02421 | Lexington | 83.2% |
| 25 | 02215 | Boston | 82.9% |
| 26 | 02113 | Boston | 82.6% |
| 27 | 02110 | Boston | 82.4% |
| 28 | 01770 | Sherborn | 82.3% |
| 29 | 01740 | Bolton | 81.9% |
| 30 | 02478 | Belmont | 80.9% |
| 31 | 02466 | Auburndale | 80.7% |
| 32 | 01719 | Boxborough | 80.6% |
| 33 | 02460 | Newtonville | 80.2% |
| 34 | 02139 | Cambridge | 79.5% |
| 35 | 01890 | Winchester | 79.5% |
| 36 | 01742 | Concord | 79.5% |
| 37 | 01720 | Acton | 79.3% |
| 38 | 02140 | Cambridge | 79.1% |
| 39 | 01778 | Wayland | 78.8% |
| 40 | 02108 | Boston | 78.6% |
| 41 | 01944 | Manchester | 78.3% |
| 42 | 01945 | Marblehead | 78.1% |
| 43 | 02052 | Medfield | 78.1% |
| 44 | 02465 | West Newton | 77.8% |
| 45 | 01451 | Harvard | 77.8% |
| 46 | 02116 | Boston | 77.5% |
| 47 | 01748 | Hopkinton | 77.5% |
| 48 | 02071 | South Walpole | 77.4% |
| 49 | 02067 | Sharon | 76.8% |
| 50 | 02025 | Cohasset | 76.7% |
| 51 | 02474 | Arlington | 76.3% |
| 52 | 02494 | Needham Heights | 76.3% |
| 53 | 02043 | Hingham | 76.2% |
| 54 | 02143 | Somerville | 75.9% |
| 55 | 01772 | Southborough | 75.9% |
| 56 | 02476 | Arlington | 75.7% |
| 57 | 01810 | Andover | 75.6% |
| 58 | 02144 | Somerville | 75.5% |
| 59 | 01002 | Amherst | 75.4% |
| 60 | 01775 | Stow | 75.1% |
| 61 | 02458 | Newton | 74.6% |
| 62 | 02464 | Newton Upper Falls | 74.6% |
| 63 | 02134 | Allston | 74.3% |
| 64 | 02141 | Cambridge | 74.1% |
| 65 | 02130 | Jamaica Plain | 74% |
| 66 | 01886 | Westford | 73.9% |
| 67 | 02090 | Westwood | 72.4% |
| 68 | 02534 | Cataumet | 72.2% |
| 69 | 02135 | Brighton | 72% |
| 70 | 02186 | Milton | 71.9% |
| 71 | 01983 | Topsfield | 71.8% |
| 72 | 02129 | Charlestown | 71.2% |
| 73 | 02332 | Duxbury | 70.9% |
| 74 | 01760 | Natick | 70.8% |
| 75 | 01984 | Wenham | 70.8% |
| 76 | 01921 | Boxford | 70.6% |
| 77 | 02646 | Harwich Port | 70.6% |
| 78 | 02032 | East Walpole | 70.4% |
| 79 | 01450 | Groton | 70.3% |
| 80 | 02630 | Barnstable | 69.9% |
| 81 | 02127 | Boston | 69.8% |
| 82 | 01254 | Richmond | 69.7% |
| 83 | 01730 | Bedford | 69.6% |
| 84 | 02061 | Norwell | 69.6% |
| 85 | 01060 | Northampton | 68.9% |
| 86 | 01267 | Williamstown | 68.9% |
| 87 | 01982 | South Hamilton | 68.9% |
| 88 | 01929 | Essex | 68.8% |
| 89 | 01266 | West Stockbridge | 68.4% |
| 90 | 01342 | Deerfield | 68.3% |
| 91 | 02021 | Canton | 67.5% |
| 92 | 02535 | Chilmark | 67.4% |
| 93 | 01054 | Leverett | 67.4% |
| 94 | 02066 | Scituate | 67.2% |
| 95 | 01950 | Newburyport | 67% |
| 96 | 02115 | Boston | 66.8% |
| 97 | 02132 | West Roxbury | 66.8% |
| 98 | 01106 | Longmeadow | 66.8% |
| 99 | 02472 | Watertown | 66.5% |
| 100 | 02556 | North Falmouth | 66.4% |
Least college-educated zip codes
| # | Zip | City | College grads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 02357 | North Easton | 0% |
| 2 | 02746 | New Bedford | 9.6% |
| 3 | 01105 | Springfield | 10.9% |
| 4 | 02723 | Fall River | 13.4% |
| 5 | 02724 | Fall River | 13.6% |
| 6 | 01104 | Springfield | 14.5% |
| 7 | 01841 | Lawrence | 14.7% |
| 8 | 02721 | Fall River | 15% |
| 9 | 01364 | Orange | 15.7% |
| 10 | 02744 | New Bedford | 15.7% |
| 11 | 02740 | New Bedford | 17.3% |
| 12 | 01151 | Indian Orchard | 17.9% |
| 13 | 01107 | Springfield | 17.9% |
| 14 | 01109 | Springfield | 17.9% |
| 15 | 01840 | Lawrence | 18.3% |
| 16 | 01610 | Worcester | 18.8% |
| 17 | 01108 | Springfield | 19.2% |
| 18 | 01550 | Southbridge | 19.4% |
| 19 | 01119 | Springfield | 19.5% |
| 20 | 01080 | Three Rivers | 19.7% |
| 21 | 01436 | Baldwinville | 19.7% |
| 22 | 01434 | Devens | 19.8% |
| 23 | 01850 | Lowell | 19.8% |
| 24 | 02121 | Dorchester | 19.9% |
| 25 | 02558 | Onset | 20% |
| 26 | 02576 | West Wareham | 20.1% |
| 27 | 01843 | Lawrence | 20.3% |
| 28 | 02720 | Fall River | 20.3% |
| 29 | 01905 | Lynn | 20.5% |
| 30 | 01331 | Athol | 21.1% |
| 31 | 01013 | Chicopee | 21.4% |
| 32 | 01902 | Lynn | 21.4% |
| 33 | 01475 | Winchendon | 21.5% |
| 34 | 02302 | Brockton | 21.7% |
| 35 | 01011 | Chester | 21.9% |
| 36 | 02745 | New Bedford | 22% |
| 37 | 02150 | Chelsea | 22.2% |
| 38 | 01069 | Palmer | 22.7% |
| 39 | 02301 | Brockton | 22.7% |
| 40 | 02780 | Taunton | 23.3% |
| 41 | 01081 | Wales | 23.4% |
| 42 | 01020 | Chicopee | 23.4% |
| 43 | 02126 | Mattapan | 23.8% |
| 44 | 01440 | Gardner | 23.9% |
| 45 | 01031 | Gilbertville | 24% |
| 46 | 01344 | Erving | 24.1% |
| 47 | 01571 | Dudley | 24.1% |
| 48 | 01603 | Worcester | 24.1% |
| 49 | 01082 | Ware | 24.4% |
| 50 | 01220 | Adams | 24.5% |
| 51 | 01092 | West Warren | 24.6% |
| 52 | 02538 | East Wareham | 24.6% |
| 53 | 02151 | Revere | 24.6% |
| 54 | 02149 | Everett | 24.9% |
| 55 | 01420 | Fitchburg | 25% |
| 56 | 01235 | Hinsdale | 25.1% |
| 57 | 02743 | Acushnet | 25.3% |
| 58 | 01570 | Webster | 25.3% |
| 59 | 01083 | Warren | 25.8% |
| 60 | 01040 | Holyoke | 25.9% |
| 61 | 01535 | North Brookfield | 26.3% |
| 62 | 01542 | Rochdale | 26.4% |
| 63 | 01225 | Cheshire | 26.9% |
| 64 | 01515 | East Brookfield | 27% |
| 65 | 01056 | Ludlow | 27% |
| 66 | 01474 | West Townsend | 27.5% |
| 67 | 02601 | Hyannis | 28% |
| 68 | 01832 | Haverhill | 28% |
| 69 | 02718 | East Taunton | 28.3% |
| 70 | 01247 | North Adams | 28.3% |
| 71 | 01368 | Royalston | 28.6% |
| 72 | 01506 | Brookfield | 28.9% |
| 73 | 02330 | Carver | 28.9% |
| 74 | 01071 | Russell | 29% |
| 75 | 02571 | Wareham | 29% |
| 76 | 01057 | Monson | 29.1% |
| 77 | 01562 | Spencer | 29.1% |
| 78 | 02790 | Westport | 29.5% |
| 79 | 01540 | Oxford | 29.8% |
| 80 | 01537 | North Oxford | 30.1% |
| 81 | 01851 | Lowell | 30.2% |
| 82 | 01337 | Bernardston | 30.3% |
| 83 | 01585 | West Brookfield | 30.3% |
| 84 | 01022 | Chicopee | 30.4% |
| 85 | 01529 | Millville | 30.6% |
| 86 | 02322 | Avon | 30.6% |
| 87 | 02119 | Roxbury | 30.6% |
| 88 | 01844 | Methuen | 31% |
| 89 | 01854 | Lowell | 31.2% |
| 90 | 02382 | Whitman | 31.3% |
| 91 | 01611 | Cherry Valley | 31.4% |
| 92 | 01906 | Saugus | 31.4% |
| 93 | 01030 | Feeding Hills | 31.6% |
| 94 | 02124 | Dorchester Center | 31.6% |
| 95 | 01008 | Blandford | 31.8% |
| 96 | 01050 | Huntington | 31.9% |
| 97 | 01504 | Blackstone | 31.9% |
| 98 | 01588 | Whitinsville | 31.9% |
| 99 | 02346 | Middleboro | 32% |
| 100 | 01524 | Leicester | 32.5% |
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