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Fewest graduate degrees, Pennsylvania cities · 2000

Pennsylvania cities with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2000 ACS). This list covers the 250 cities in Pennsylvania that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 1990

01West York, PAPA5,1101.1%−0.6 pts

02Sunbury, PAPA9,4951.5%−1.3 pts

03Folcroft, PAPA6,7801.6%−0.2 pts

04Monaca, PAPA5,4561.6%−1.1 pts

05Croydon, PAPA9,6841.8%−0.8 pts

06Clifton Heights, PAPA6,8351.9%+0.6 pts

07Duquesne, PAPA5,0191.9%−0.0 pts

08Steelton, PAPA6,3281.9%−0.9 pts

09New Brighton, PAPA5,5032.0%+0.5 pts

10McKees Rocks, PAPA5,6242.3%+0.3 pts

11Shamokin, PAPA6,7642.4%+1.2 pts

12Johnstown, PAPA17,6542.4%−0.3 pts

13Tamaqua, PAPA6,9292.5%−0.5 pts

14Aliquippa, PAPA9,0022.5%+0.4 pts

15Exeter, PAPA5,5872.5%−0.9 pts

16Taylor, PAPA6,2322.8%−2.0 pts

17Lehighton, PAPA5,2322.8%−0.4 pts

18Chester, PAPA33,9962.8%+0.7 pts

19McKeesport, PAPA16,9072.9%+0.6 pts

20Lebanon, PAPA26,4792.9%+0.0 pts

21Berwick, PAPA10,2972.9%+1.0 pts

22Reading, PAPA95,8323.0%−0.2 pts

23Darby, PAPA10,6663.0%+0.9 pts

24Jeannette, PAPA8,4893.0%+0.3 pts

25Enola, PAPA6,5343.0%+0.7 pts

26Tyrone, PAPA5,2263.1%+0.8 pts

27Coatesville, PAPA13,2833.1%+0.4 pts

28Weigelstown, PAPA15,4853.1%+1.8 pts

29Lewistown, PAPA8,3853.1%−1.2 pts

30Columbia, PAPA10,3143.1%+1.1 pts

31Connellsville, PAPA6,5743.1%−0.2 pts

32Beaver Falls, PAPA8,8323.2%+0.7 pts

33Woodlyn, PAPA9,7363.2%+0.8 pts

34Parkville, PAPA8,1283.3%+0.0 pts

35Corry, PAPA5,9933.4%+0.9 pts

36Hellertown, PAPA6,1383.4%−1.7 pts

37Butler, PAPA12,8793.4%+0.2 pts

38Plymouth, PAPA5,8013.4%+1.5 pts

39Bristol, PAPA9,9703.4%+1.1 pts

40Dickson City, PAPA5,9763.5%+0.0 pts

41Northampton, PAPA10,5703.5%+1.7 pts

42Middletown, PAPA9,7763.6%−1.1 pts

43Washington, PAPA13,3773.6%−1.1 pts

44Pottstown, PAPA23,3223.6%−0.1 pts

45Collingdale, PAPA8,8983.6%+1.4 pts

46Pittston, PAPA7,7153.7%+0.4 pts

47Palmerton, PAPA5,6153.7%−0.6 pts

48Clairton, PAPA5,8763.7%+1.7 pts

49Canonsburg, PAPA9,5293.7%+1.1 pts

50Red Lion, PAPA6,5233.8%−0.2 pts

51Waynesboro, PAPA11,1903.8%−1.7 pts

52York, PAPA45,3423.8%+0.8 pts

53Altoona, PAPA42,3474.0%+0.3 pts

54Fairless Hills, PAPA8,8274.0%+1.1 pts

55New Castle, PAPA21,1754.0%+1.2 pts

56Prospect Park, PAPA6,4094.0%+2.0 pts

57West Hazleton, PAPA5,2844.0%+1.4 pts

58Mount Carmel, PAPA5,5794.0%+1.0 pts

59Bangor, PAPA5,1184.0%+0.3 pts

60Wilson, PAPA8,1594.0%+1.5 pts

61Lancaster, PAPA58,3664.1%+0.1 pts

62Coraopolis, PAPA5,2804.1%+0.7 pts

63West Mifflin, PAPA18,7074.1%+1.0 pts

64Norwood, PAPA5,9274.1%+2.0 pts

65Catasauqua, PAPA6,5904.1%+1.6 pts

66Gilbertsville, PAPA6,1654.1%−2.6 pts

67Nanticoke, PAPA10,7124.2%+0.9 pts

68Munhall, PAPA10,2534.2%+0.6 pts

69Norristown, PAPA35,9114.2%+0.5 pts

70Milton, PAPA6,4574.3%+1.7 pts

71Glenolden, PAPA7,2174.3%−0.1 pts

72Levittown, PAPA50,9264.3%+0.6 pts

73Sharon, PAPA12,6484.3%−0.1 pts

74Ellwood City, PAPA7,3624.4%+0.0 pts

75Sharon Hill, PAPA5,9954.4%+1.8 pts

76Carbondale, PAPA8,7314.4%−0.7 pts

77South Williamsport, PAPA6,1244.4%+1.2 pts

78Bridgeport, PAPA5,7584.5%+2.2 pts

79Nazareth, PAPA6,0914.5%−0.9 pts

80Punxsutawney, PAPA5,5584.5%−0.5 pts

81Mount Joy, PAPA8,3194.6%+1.7 pts

82Old Forge, PAPA8,6404.6%+1.1 pts

83Monessen, PAPA6,6574.6%+1.5 pts

84Ephrata, PAPA13,6474.6%+0.7 pts

85Quakertown, PAPA9,2354.7%+0.1 pts

86Carnegie, PAPA7,7774.7%+0.4 pts

87Wilkes-Barre, PAPA44,5234.7%+0.0 pts

88Hazleton, PAPA30,2864.9%+0.9 pts

89Oxford, PAPA5,8874.9%−0.7 pts

90St. Marys, PAPA12,2534.9%+0.8 pts

91DuBois, PAPA7,2545.0%+2.1 pts

92Birdsboro, PAPA5,1615.0%+3.0 pts

93Baldwin, PAPA20,5165.0%+1.8 pts

94Oil City, PAPA9,3015.0%+0.3 pts

95Rutherford, PAPA6,8905.0%+2.1 pts

96Ambridge, PAPA6,9445.0%+2.8 pts

97Warren, PAPA9,0465.0%+0.2 pts

98New Kensington, PAPA11,7595.2%−0.5 pts

99Swoyersville, PAPA5,1555.3%+1.9 pts

100New Holland, PAPA5,7545.3%+0.2 pts

101Allentown, PAPA126,0445.3%+0.2 pts

102Uniontown, PAPA9,4345.3%+0.9 pts

103Pottsville, PAPA13,1705.3%+0.6 pts

104Brentwood, PAPA9,5975.5%+1.3 pts

105Hanover, PAPA16,6845.5%+1.6 pts

106Village Green-Green Ridge, PAPA9,0735.5%−0.6 pts

107Schuylkill Haven, PAPA5,2535.5%+2.2 pts

108Olyphant, PAPA5,3905.5%+2.0 pts

109Duryea, PAPA5,1575.6%+1.9 pts

110Harrisburg, PAPA50,5225.7%+0.7 pts

111Lititz, PAPA9,6895.8%−0.1 pts

112Brookhaven, PAPA8,3625.9%+0.2 pts

113Scranton, PAPA75,5145.9%+0.7 pts

114Bradford, PAPA7,4425.9%−0.2 pts

115Williamsport, PAPA27,3845.9%+1.3 pts

116Middletown, PAPA7,6286.0%+0.9 pts

117Blakely, PAPA6,6116.0%+2.3 pts

118Conshohocken, PAPA9,2666.1%+2.2 pts

119Easton, PAPA30,4026.1%+1.4 pts

120Clearfield, PAPA5,7536.1%+0.5 pts

121Erie, PAPA91,8386.2%+1.7 pts

122Morrisville, PAPA9,6656.2%+0.5 pts

123Palmyra, PAPA7,7626.2%+2.7 pts

124Fullerton, PAPA16,7246.2%−0.1 pts

125Titusville, PAPA5,1126.2%+0.3 pts

126West View, PAPA6,3556.3%+2.0 pts

127Downingtown, PAPA8,3846.3%+1.8 pts

128Lock Haven, PAPA8,5006.4%−0.1 pts

129Franklin, PAPA5,8996.6%+2.6 pts

130Stroudsburg, PAPA5,8096.6%−3.7 pts

131Perkasie, PAPA9,3126.7%−1.6 pts

132Greenville, PAPA5,4066.7%−0.1 pts

133Souderton, PAPA7,2886.8%+2.5 pts

134Phoenixville, PAPA20,3566.9%+1.2 pts

135Latrobe, PAPA7,8266.9%+2.2 pts

136Moosic, PAPA5,9896.9%+5.1 pts

137Hollidaysburg, PAPA5,4707.0%+0.5 pts

138Shanor-Northvue, PAPA5,1257.1%−1.7 pts

139Chambersburg, PAPA23,3767.1%+1.0 pts

140Castle Shannon, PAPA8,0067.1%+3.8 pts

141Kennett Square, PAPA6,8937.1%−0.1 pts

142Bellefonte, PAPA5,8627.2%−0.4 pts

143Lower Burrell, PAPA11,4707.2%+2.8 pts

144Bellevue, PAPA7,8887.2%+1.7 pts

145Homeacre-Lyndora, PAPA6,7837.3%+1.0 pts

146Mechanicsburg, PAPA10,0377.3%+0.8 pts

147Folsom, PAPA8,6717.4%+5.0 pts

148Lansdale, PAPA18,9867.4%+2.9 pts

149Philadelphia, PAPA1,574,2817.5%+1.2 pts

150Yeadon, PAPA12,3207.6%−0.2 pts

151Dunmore, PAPA14,2497.6%−0.5 pts

152Campbelltown, PAPA6,0927.6%+2.5 pts

153Somerset, PAPA5,8157.6%+1.4 pts

154Broomall, PAPA10,6797.9%−0.3 pts

155Hatboro, PAPA8,5937.9%+2.9 pts

156Linglestown, PAPA6,9578.0%+1.4 pts

157Crafton, PAPA5,7908.0%+2.4 pts

158Shiloh, PAPA11,2468.0%+1.8 pts

159Ambler, PAPA6,8408.1%−0.5 pts

160Sayre, PAPA5,3288.1%+0.6 pts

161Schlusser, PAPA5,4028.2%−0.2 pts

162Northwest Harborcreek, PAPA8,7538.3%+5.0 pts

163Emmaus, PAPA12,5148.5%+2.2 pts

164Arlington Heights, PAPA6,8478.5%+1.4 pts

165Dormont, PAPA7,8168.5%+2.0 pts

166Economy, PAPA9,0988.6%+3.5 pts

167Sanatoga, PAPA8,9498.6%+4.0 pts

168Wilkinsburg, PAPA13,6028.7%−0.1 pts

169Colonial Park, PAPA18,0328.8%+2.9 pts

170White Oak, PAPA7,2868.8%+0.7 pts

171Plum, PAPA26,2258.9%+1.2 pts

172Progress, PAPA11,0179.0%+1.3 pts

173Jefferson Hills, PAPA12,3579.0%–

174Swissvale, PAPA8,1979.1%−0.1 pts

175Collegeville, PAPA5,2879.1%+0.3 pts

176Ridley Park, PAPA7,2559.1%+2.4 pts

177Archbald, PAPA7,5989.2%+5.4 pts

178Bloomsburg, PAPA13,3759.2%+0.2 pts

179Meadville, PAPA12,2309.2%+0.5 pts

180Mountain Top, PAPA11,8509.3%–

181Willow Grove, PAPA14,1319.3%+1.2 pts

182East York, PAPA9,3889.3%+1.2 pts

183Harleysville, PAPA9,0909.4%+1.4 pts

184Selinsgrove, PAPA5,4889.5%−0.1 pts

185Bethlehem, PAPA79,6449.6%+1.3 pts

186Kingston, PAPA13,4629.8%+0.0 pts

187Huntingdon, PAPA6,8629.8%+3.1 pts

188East Stroudsburg, PAPA9,4389.8%+2.2 pts

189Elizabethtown, PAPA11,96110.2%+3.1 pts

190Greensburg, PAPA14,46210.4%+4.0 pts

191Hermitage, PAPA16,30810.4%+4.2 pts

192Lower Allen, PAPA7,64610.6%+2.1 pts

193Shillington, PAPA5,54210.6%+3.8 pts

194Whitehall, PAPA14,52110.7%+0.9 pts

195Horsham, PAPA16,00510.7%+1.8 pts

196Willow Street, PAPA9,64710.8%+4.1 pts

197Carnot-Moon, PAPA13,53411.0%+2.4 pts

198Shippensburg, PAPA5,61511.2%−1.0 pts

199New Cumberland, PAPA7,59011.3%+4.2 pts

200New Freedom, PAPA5,11611.7%+4.4 pts

201Bethel Park, PAPA32,07411.8%+2.4 pts

202Oreland, PAPA5,95312.3%+3.0 pts

203Pittsburgh, PAPA307,63212.5%+2.9 pts

204Millersville, PAPA9,28012.7%−0.5 pts

205Ancient Oaks, PAPA7,77712.8%+0.8 pts

206Treasure Lake, PAPA5,33613.0%+5.9 pts

207Drexel Hill, PAPA30,45113.1%+3.3 pts

208West Chester, PAPA19,59113.1%+1.5 pts

209Lansdowne, PAPA11,14113.6%+0.4 pts

210Kulpsville, PAPA8,79913.8%+2.3 pts

211Media, PAPA5,92013.9%+1.9 pts

212Audubon, PAPA9,22914.0%+3.8 pts

213Oakmont, PAPA6,57614.0%+0.1 pts

214Montgomeryville, PAPA13,38814.2%+0.0 pts

215Pleasant Hills, PAPA8,21214.3%+2.0 pts

216Grove City, PAPA7,69414.3%+2.0 pts

217Carlisle, PAPA22,69315.1%+3.5 pts

218Camp Hill, PAPA8,19915.9%+1.1 pts

219Glenside, PAPA7,65916.0%+2.2 pts

220Maple Glen, PAPA6,64316.5%−1.5 pts

221Richboro, PAPA6,96316.5%+2.7 pts

222Doylestown, PAPA8,33016.6%+5.2 pts

223Gettysburg, PAPA8,36516.9%+6.8 pts

224Plymouth Meeting, PAPA7,50217.0%+2.2 pts

225Churchville, PAPA6,08417.6%+7.1 pts

226Clarks Summit, PAPA5,06918.4%+4.5 pts

227Whitfield, PAPA5,22618.4%+5.1 pts

228Lewisburg, PAPA5,22618.4%+1.2 pts

229Exton, PAPA6,77218.5%+6.8 pts

230King of Prussia, PAPA25,85719.4%+5.4 pts

231Forest Hills, PAPA6,11619.7%+3.3 pts

232Indiana, PAPA14,69719.7%+5.1 pts

233Paoli, PAPA6,36219.8%+8.5 pts

234Wyomissing, PAPA11,28520.0%+4.8 pts

235Hershey, PAPA14,24220.7%+7.0 pts

236Newtown Grant, PAPA6,19321.9%+5.3 pts

237Wyndmoor, PAPA5,63323.3%+4.1 pts

238Edinboro, PAPA5,79023.5%+2.8 pts

239Blue Bell, PAPA6,42423.5%−1.8 pts

240Bryn Mawr, PAPA5,88024.4%+4.0 pts

241Franklin Park, PAPA14,97826.1%+6.8 pts

242Fort Washington, PAPA6,27127.7%+1.2 pts

243Spring House, PAPA5,13727.7%+8.7 pts

244Ardmore, PAPA13,90928.1%+9.8 pts

245Penn Wynne, PAPA6,07030.6%+3.8 pts

246Chesterbrook, PAPA5,83932.2%+8.3 pts

247Park Forest, PAPA8,62437.8%+5.6 pts

248State College, PAPA40,84440.4%+2.8 pts

249Fox Chapel, PAPA5,13942.1%+5.3 pts

250Swarthmore, PAPA6,56145.9%+13.2 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS