Most Educated Cities in Massachusetts.

Cities in Massachusetts with the highest percentage of residents holding a college degree.

89 cities ranked · See the national list

#	City	Population	College Degree %	Median Income
1	Wellesley	30,347	89.0%	$250,000+
2	Brookline	63,266	85.4%	$142,101
3	Lexington	34,295	84.3%	$238,444
4	Needham	32,459	81.9%	$214,308
5	Newton	89,044	81.1%	$190,304
6	Belmont	27,175	80.9%	$183,137
7	Cambridge	118,796	80.8%	$130,748
8	Winchester	23,406	79.5%	$230,198
9	Marblehead	20,413	78.3%	$182,132
10	Arlington	46,350	76.1%	$150,701
11	Amherst	38,182	75.6%	$66,968
12	Milton	28,587	71.9%	$188,529
13	Somerville	81,036	69.4%	$132,572
14	Longmeadow	15,696	67.1%	$149,601
15	Newburyport	18,652	67.0%	$139,625
16	Watertown	35,543	66.5%	$126,265
17	Reading	25,612	66.3%	$165,912
18	Maynard	10,712	64.2%	$124,067
19	Northampton	30,962	62.7%	$80,288
20	Lynnfield	13,064	62.7%	$175,265
21	Swampscott	15,277	62.2%	$134,386
22	Melrose	29,650	62.0%	$133,953
23	Medford	59,354	59.8%	$129,540
24	Wakefield	27,793	59.7%	$134,306
25	Burlington	26,274	58.4%	$146,436
26	Franklin	33,154	58.1%	$145,773
27	Waltham	64,902	57.3%	$120,216
28	Stoneham	23,355	55.9%	$113,964
29	Norwood	31,542	55.4%	$107,030
30	Dedham	25,237	55.0%	$128,955
31	Boston	666,442	54.9%	$97,344
32	Beverly	42,665	53.4%	$106,044
33	Nantucket	10,017	52.8%	$148,017
34	Wilmington	23,336	50.4%	$168,152
35	Hull	10,138	50.4%	$115,485
36	Quincy	102,114	50.3%	$98,882
37	Framingham	72,399	48.7%	$107,419
38	Danvers	28,098	48.4%	$125,395
39	Salem	44,795	47.8%	$85,153
40	Braintree	38,899	47.5%	$122,214
41	Woburn	41,939	46.5%	$111,185
42	North Attleborough	30,984	46.4%	$112,665
43	Winthrop	18,759	45.6%	$116,167
44	Malden	65,906	45.1%	$100,606
45	Amesbury	17,403	44.8%	$103,554
46	Hudson	15,719	43.5%	$90,524
47	Weymouth	58,505	42.8%	$102,714
48	Barnstable	49,568	42.1%	$91,982
49	Marlborough	41,647	40.5%	$91,968
50	Gloucester	30,075	40.3%	$83,883
51	Abington	17,053	40.0%	$125,400
52	Bridgewater	28,471	39.5%	$112,651
53	Greenfield	17,664	39.1%	$55,614
54	Easthampton	16,086	38.0%	$71,673
55	Somerset	18,298	37.6%	$112,677
56	Randolph	34,878	35.5%	$109,573
57	Worcester	207,055	35.2%	$70,102
58	Peabody	54,695	35.0%	$96,657
59	Holbrook	11,380	34.6%	$115,210
60	South Yarmouth	11,552	34.4%	$82,188
61	Pittsfield	43,457	34.2%	$70,582
62	Attleboro	46,762	34.0%	$98,954
63	West Springfield	28,772	34.0%	$69,371
64	Agawam	28,539	34.0%	$85,421
65	Leominster	43,909	33.5%	$83,816
66	Westfield	40,378	33.2%	$87,753
67	Haverhill	67,698	32.6%	$88,326
68	Milford	27,731	32.6%	$93,310
69	Saugus	28,773	31.4%	$101,539
70	Methuen	53,475	31.0%	$113,310
71	Lowell	118,368	30.0%	$78,658
72	North Adams	12,606	28.4%	$47,500
73	Holyoke	37,813	25.9%	$53,605
74	Fitchburg	41,798	25.1%	$73,040
75	Everett	50,045	24.9%	$85,218
76	Revere	60,012	24.6%	$86,969
77	Lynn	101,709	24.1%	$75,043
78	Taunton	60,433	23.9%	$79,283
79	Gardner	21,148	23.8%	$67,518
80	Palmer	12,381	23.5%	$78,480
81	Chicopee	55,295	22.9%	$62,615
82	Brockton	105,386	22.3%	$80,115
83	Chelsea	39,908	22.2%	$72,179
84	Springfield	154,749	20.5%	$52,656
85	Southbridge	17,928	19.4%	$66,287
86	Webster	12,228	18.8%	$63,837
87	New Bedford	100,998	17.0%	$56,981
88	Lawrence	88,736	16.8%	$60,433
89	Fall River	94,082	16.4%	$56,673