What is the #1 most educated cities in massachusetts?

#	City	Population	Bachelor's+
1	Duxbury	1,620	63.5%
2	The Pinehills	4,988	59.8%
3	Lexington	34,085	58.8%
4	Brookline	62,822	58.0%
5	West Chatham	1,337	57.5%
6	West Falmouth	1,655	56.9%
7	Provincetown	3,466	56.7%
8	Belmont	27,009	56.5%
9	Sharon	6,022	56.1%
10	Harwich Port	2,011	56.0%
11	South Duxbury	3,272	55.6%
12	Arlington	46,015	55.6%
13	Marblehead	20,334	55.3%
14	Bourne	1,765	54.9%
15	Chatham	1,614	54.8%
16	Dover	2,386	54.4%
17	Newton	88,504	54.4%
18	Cambridge	117,794	54.1%
19	Watertown Town	35,270	53.3%
20	Needham	32,059	53.1%
21	Winchester	22,862	52.5%
22	Cochituate	6,688	52.0%
23	Somerville	80,549	51.7%
24	Medfield	6,355	51.5%
25	Hingham	5,343	51.4%
26	North Scituate	6,163	51.1%
27	West Concord	5,997	51.1%
28	Nahant	3,328	50.5%
29	North Falmouth	2,558	50.0%
30	Marshfield Hills	2,121	49.5%
31	Wellesley	29,906	49.2%
32	Cordaville	3,076	49.1%
33	Boxford	2,325	48.7%
34	Northborough	6,720	48.6%
35	Rockport	4,795	48.6%
36	Newburyport	18,444	48.6%
37	Sandwich	2,976	48.3%
38	Mattapoisett Center	2,573	47.8%
39	Walpole	5,989	47.5%
40	Brewster	1,711	47.5%
41	North Eastham	1,958	47.5%
42	Maynard	10,663	47.2%
43	Essex	1,775	47.1%
44	Topsfield	2,573	46.5%
45	Melrose	29,488	46.4%
46	Scituate	5,602	46.1%
47	Reading	25,448	46.0%
48	Longmeadow	15,724	45.8%
49	Yarmouth Port	5,825	45.4%
50	Swampscott	15,209	45.3%
51	Milton	28,481	45.1%
52	Andover	9,261	44.6%
53	Hopkinton	3,142	44.6%
54	Rowley	1,576	44.4%
55	Falmouth	3,996	43.7%
56	South Lancaster	1,991	43.5%
57	Burlington	26,223	43.2%
58	Northampton	28,640	43.1%
59	Hull	10,098	42.8%
60	Medford	59,062	42.7%
61	Dennis	1,903	42.5%
62	Wakefield	27,284	42.4%
63	East Sandwich	3,597	42.3%
64	Lenox	1,809	42.2%
65	East Falmouth	6,415	42.2%
66	Housatonic	1,054	41.9%
67	Sturbridge	2,277	41.6%
68	Orleans	1,618	41.5%
69	Lynnfield	12,964	41.4%
70	Nantucket	10,837	41.2%
71	Westborough	4,234	41.1%
72	Salisbury	5,735	40.8%
73	Cedar Crest	2,289	40.6%
74	Stoneham	22,986	40.6%
75	Littleton Common	2,838	40.5%
76	Dedham	25,109	40.4%
77	East Dennis	3,685	40.1%
78	Ipswich	4,806	40.0%
79	Mashpee Neck	1,071	39.4%
80	Marion Center	1,159	39.2%
81	Norwood	31,380	39.1%
82	Franklin Town	33,067	38.7%
83	Lee	1,522	38.7%
84	Pocasset	2,375	38.7%
85	Waltham	64,723	38.4%
86	Boston	663,972	38.0%
87	Quincy	101,361	37.7%
88	Sagamore	3,958	37.7%
89	Hatfield	1,361	37.0%
90	Teaticket	1,728	36.7%
91	Granby	1,127	36.3%
92	Great Barrington	1,953	36.0%
93	North Pembroke	3,924	36.0%
94	Salem	44,241	35.9%
95	Beverly	42,408	35.9%
96	South Deerfield	1,822	35.9%
97	Lunenburg	2,163	35.9%
98	Northwest Harwich	4,205	35.6%
99	West Dennis	2,586	35.4%
100	Kingston	6,373	35.4%
101	Harwich Center	1,620	35.3%
102	Danvers	27,924	35.1%
103	Wilbraham	4,247	34.9%
104	Millis-Clicquot	4,479	34.5%
105	Shelburne Falls	1,755	34.4%
106	Woburn	41,205	34.2%
107	North Attleborough Town	30,842	34.0%
108	Upton	2,985	34.0%
109	Wilmington	23,195	33.9%
110	Framingham	72,013	33.8%
111	Foxborough	6,356	33.6%
112	Braintree Town	38,762	33.6%
113	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock	4,695	33.5%
114	Hudson	15,610	33.5%
115	Vineyard Haven	2,672	33.5%
116	East Harwich	5,670	33.3%
117	Malden	65,509	33.0%
118	Weymouth Town	57,786	32.7%
119	Dennis Port	3,439	32.6%
120	Monument Beach	3,067	32.5%
121	Oak Bluffs	1,357	32.5%
122	Mansfield Center	7,232	32.4%
123	Marshfield	4,698	32.3%
124	Belchertown	2,299	32.2%
125	Shirley	1,256	32.2%
126	Amesbury Town	17,277	32.2%
127	Winthrop Town	18,807	32.1%
128	Barnstable Town	49,232	32.0%
129	West Yarmouth	6,323	31.5%
130	Fiskdale	2,564	31.4%
131	Easthampton Town	16,103	31.2%
132	Plymouth	7,852	31.0%
133	East Douglas	2,842	30.9%
134	North Seekonk	2,903	30.6%
135	South Dennis	3,190	30.1%
136	Rutland	1,796	29.9%
137	Gloucester	29,862	29.8%
138	Pepperell	1,887	28.8%
139	Marlborough	41,398	28.7%
140	Williamstown	4,352	28.6%
141	Abington	17,008	28.6%
142	Green Harbor	1,254	28.2%
143	Somerset	18,246	28.1%
144	Weweantic	1,384	28.0%
145	Greenfield	17,662	27.9%
146	Holland	1,313	27.8%
147	North Lakeville	3,602	27.6%
148	Hopedale	4,126	27.6%
149	Ayer	3,012	27.3%
150	Holbrook	11,320	27.1%
151	Forestdale	3,716	26.8%
152	South Yarmouth	11,642	26.7%
153	Bridgewater Town	28,669	26.3%
154	Hanson	2,002	26.3%
155	North Plymouth	4,458	26.3%
156	East Pepperell	1,984	26.2%
157	Agawam Town	28,510	26.1%
158	Raynham Center	4,871	25.8%
159	Turners Falls	3,949	25.7%
160	Pittsfield	43,559	25.7%
161	Peabody	54,180	25.4%
162	West Springfield Town	28,635	25.3%
163	Randolph Town	34,683	25.3%
164	Buzzards Bay	2,941	25.1%
165	Bellingham	4,939	25.1%
166	Amherst Town	35,472	24.3%
167	Smith Mills	4,467	24.1%
168	Pinehurst	6,737	23.9%
169	Saugus	28,599	23.8%
170	Groton	1,571	23.7%
171	Attleboro	46,499	23.6%
172	Leominster	43,697	23.4%
173	Bliss Corner	5,666	23.1%
174	Wareham Center	2,737	22.8%
175	Worcester	205,501	22.4%
176	Milford	27,919	22.3%
177	West Brookfield	1,518	22.1%
178	Westfield	40,673	22.1%
179	Haverhill	67,387	22.1%
180	Townsend	1,082	21.7%
181	Methuen Town	53,043	21.5%
182	Devens	1,871	21.5%
183	Whitinsville	7,250	21.4%
184	Hanscom AFB	1,745	20.6%
185	Middleborough Center	8,064	20.4%
186	East Brookfield	1,349	20.4%
187	Adams	5,584	20.3%
188	Ocean Grove	3,099	20.2%
189	Lowell	114,799	19.9%
190	North Adams	12,660	19.3%
191	Palmer Town	12,372	19.0%
192	Onset	1,561	18.5%
193	Oxford	5,572	18.4%
194	Monson Center	1,794	18.3%
195	Revere	59,933	18.0%
196	Winchendon	4,407	17.9%
197	White Island Shores	1,880	17.8%
198	Gardner	21,075	17.3%
199	Clinton	6,908	17.3%
200	Taunton	59,719	17.2%
201	Holyoke	37,949	17.1%
202	Chicopee	55,213	16.7%
203	Everett	49,236	16.4%
204	Fitchburg	41,633	16.3%
205	Norton Center	2,526	16.0%
206	Millers Falls	1,081	15.7%
207	Lynn	100,905	15.4%
208	Chelsea	39,460	14.9%
209	Athol	8,711	14.8%
210	Baldwinville	2,454	14.1%
211	Brockton	105,080	13.8%
212	North Brookfield	2,477	13.6%
213	North Westport	4,995	13.3%
214	Webster	12,300	12.7%
215	Springfield	154,751	12.4%
216	Spencer	5,520	12.1%
217	Fall River	93,764	12.0%
218	Southbridge Town	17,806	11.8%
219	West Wareham	2,776	11.5%
220	New Bedford	100,731	11.3%
221	Ware	5,723	10.8%
222	Lawrence	88,297	10.3%
223	Orange	3,793	10.0%
224	South Ashburnham	1,174	9.6%
225	Acushnet Center	2,792	7.2%

Methodology

Cities in Massachusetts are ranked by bachelor's+. Only cities with populations above 1,000 are included. Data sourced from U.S. Census Bureau ACS. Last updated 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the #1 most educated cities in massachusetts?: Duxbury ranks #1 with 63.5% (bachelor's+).
What are the top 5 most educated cities in massachusetts?: 1. Duxbury (63.5%), 2. The Pinehills (59.8%), 3. Lexington (58.8%), 4. Brookline (58.0%), 5. West Chatham (57.5%)
How many cities in Massachusetts are ranked?: This ranking includes 225 cities in Massachusetts with available data.

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