Public College or University by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Public College or University across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Corona (87.7%). Lowest: Morningside Heights (4.9%). New York City avg: 55.1%. Data: 2020–2024.
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Public College or University (% of college enrollees) · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2020–24

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New York City citywide · Public College or University (% of college enrollees) 55.1%
Highest neighborhood Corona: 87.7%
Lowest neighborhood Morningside Heights: 4.9%

Universe: Population enrolled in college or graduate school · Geography: Census Block Group · Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-Year Estimates

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Min 5% 25th pct 49% Median 64% 75th pct 73% Max 88%

Neighborhood ranking: Public College or University (% of college enrollees) (2020–24)

#1 Corona 87.7%+32.6 pts
#2 West Farms 87.2%+32.1 pts
#3 Cypress Hills 86.2%+31.1 pts
#4 Fordham Heights 86.2%+31.1 pts
#5 Hunts Point 84.5%+29.5 pts
#6 North Corona 83.4%+28.3 pts
#7 Bay Terrace-Clearview 83.2%+28.1 pts
#8 East New York (North) 82.7%+27.6 pts
#9 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 82.4%+27.4 pts
#10 Queensboro Hill 82%+27 pts
#11 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 81.7%+26.6 pts
#12 Highbridge 80.4%+25.3 pts
#13 St. Albans 79.5%+24.4 pts
#14 South Jamaica 79.4%+24.3 pts
#15 College Point 78.8%+23.8 pts
#16 Gravesend (West) 78.8%+23.7 pts
#17 Ozone Park (North) 77.9%+22.9 pts
#18 Jamaica 77.9%+22.8 pts
#19 East New York-City Line 77.8%+22.7 pts
#20 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 77.6%+22.5 pts
#21 Brighton Beach 77.6%+22.5 pts
#22 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 77.5%+22.5 pts
#23 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 77.3%+22.2 pts
#24 Soundview-Clason Point 77%+21.9 pts
#25 Richmond Hill 76.8%+21.7 pts
#26 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 76.7%+21.7 pts
#27 University Heights (North)-Fordham 76.7%+21.6 pts
#28 East New York-New Lots 76.5%+21.5 pts
#29 Mount Hope 76.5%+21.4 pts
#30 Ridgewood 76%+20.9 pts
#31 Baisley Park 75.5%+20.4 pts
#32 Williamsbridge-Olinville 75.3%+20.2 pts
#33 Longwood 75.2%+20.2 pts
#34 Parkchester 74.7%+19.6 pts
#35 Jackson Heights 74.7%+19.6 pts
#36 South Ozone Park 74.5%+19.4 pts
#37 Brownsville 74.3%+19.2 pts
#38 Pelham Gardens 74.2%+19.1 pts
#39 Laurelton 74.1%+19 pts
#40 Ozone Park 74.1%+19 pts
#41 East Elmhurst 73.9%+18.8 pts
#42 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 73.7%+18.6 pts
#43 South Richmond Hill 73.6%+18.6 pts
#44 Spring Creek-Starrett City 73.5%+18.5 pts
#45 Flushing-Willets Point 73.2%+18.1 pts
#46 Allerton 72.9%+17.8 pts
#47 Elmhurst 72.8%+17.7 pts
#48 Bedford Park 72.8%+17.7 pts
#49 Chinatown-Two Bridges 72.8%+17.7 pts
#50 Coney Island-Sea Gate 72.6%+17.5 pts
#51 East Flushing 72.5%+17.5 pts
#52 Sunset Park (Central) 72.5%+17.4 pts
#53 Cambria Heights 72.3%+17.2 pts
#54 Mott Haven-Port Morris 72.2%+17.1 pts
#55 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 71.9%+16.8 pts
#56 Tremont 71.8%+16.8 pts
#57 Gravesend (South) 71.4%+16.3 pts
#58 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 71.3%+16.2 pts
#59 Bensonhurst 71.2%+16.1 pts
#60 New Dorp-Midland Beach 71%+16 pts
#61 Melrose 70.8%+15.7 pts
#62 East Flatbush-Farragut 70.8%+15.7 pts
#63 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 70.6%+15.5 pts
#64 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 70.6%+15.5 pts
#65 Woodside 70.5%+15.4 pts
#66 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 70.2%+15.1 pts
#67 St. George-New Brighton 70.1%+15 pts
#68 Castle Hill-Unionport 70.1%+15 pts
#69 Crotona Park East 69.9%+14.8 pts
#70 Port Richmond 69.9%+14.8 pts
#71 Astoria (Central) 69.8%+14.7 pts
#72 Norwood 69.8%+14.7 pts
#73 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 69.7%+14.6 pts
#74 Queens Village 69.5%+14.4 pts
#75 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 69.3%+14.2 pts
#76 Westchester Square 69.1%+14 pts
#77 Woodhaven 68.6%+13.5 pts
#78 Rego Park 68.3%+13.2 pts
#79 East Flatbush-Rugby 68.1%+13 pts
#80 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 68%+13 pts
#81 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 67.3%+12.2 pts
#82 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 67.2%+12.1 pts
#83 Hollis 67.1%+12 pts
#84 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 66.9%+11.8 pts
#85 Flatlands 66.6%+11.5 pts
#86 Madison 66.3%+11.2 pts
#87 Bellerose 66%+11 pts
#88 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 65.8%+10.7 pts
#89 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 65.7%+10.6 pts
#90 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 65.6%+10.5 pts
#91 Glendale 65.2%+10.1 pts
#92 Bay Ridge 64.9%+9.8 pts
#93 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 64.7%+9.6 pts
#94 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 64.7%+9.6 pts
#95 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 64.6%+9.5 pts
#96 Wakefield-Woodlawn 64.3%+9.2 pts
#97 Morrisania 64%+8.9 pts
#98 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 64%+8.9 pts
#99 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 63.6%+8.5 pts
#100 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 63.5%+8.4 pts
#101 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 63.5%+8.4 pts
#102 Dyker Heights 63.5%+8.4 pts
#103 Flatbush 63.4%+8.3 pts
#104 Rosedale 63.1%+8.1 pts
#105 Bath Beach 62.8%+7.7 pts
#106 Inwood 62.7%+7.6 pts
#107 Concourse-Concourse Village 62.6%+7.5 pts
#108 Whitestone-Beechhurst 61.8%+6.7 pts
#109 Sunset Park (West) 61.7%+6.6 pts
#110 East Flatbush-Erasmus 61.7%+6.6 pts
#111 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 61.6%+6.5 pts
#112 Forest Hills 61.4%+6.3 pts
#113 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 60.9%+5.8 pts
#114 Canarsie 60.8%+5.8 pts
#115 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 60.6%+5.5 pts
#116 Auburndale 59.7%+4.6 pts
#117 Maspeth 59%+3.9 pts
#118 Morris Park 59%+3.9 pts
#119 Harlem (North) 58.8%+3.7 pts
#120 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 58.7%+3.6 pts
#121 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 58.3%+3.2 pts
#122 Crown Heights (North) 58%+2.9 pts
#123 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 57.3%+2.2 pts
#124 Ocean Hill 57%+1.9 pts
#125 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 57%+1.9 pts
#126 Oakwood-Richmondtown 56.8%+1.7 pts
#127 Sunnyside 56.6%+1.5 pts
#128 Middle Village 56.5%+1.4 pts
#129 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 56.5%+1.4 pts
#130 Bushwick (East) 55.8%+0.7 pts
#131 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 55.7%+0.6 pts
#132 Co-op City 55.5%+0.4 pts
#133 Bayside 55.5%+0.4 pts
#134 Harlem (South) 55.4%+0.3 pts
#135 Washington Heights (South) 55.3%+0.2 pts
#136 Great Kills-Eltingville 54%-1 pts
#137 Fort Greene 54%-1.1 pts
#138 East Harlem (North) 53.9%-1.1 pts
#139 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 53.6%-1.5 pts
#140 Kew Gardens Hills 53.2%-1.9 pts
#141 Kew Gardens 52%-3 pts
#142 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 51.9%-3.2 pts
#143 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 51.7%-3.4 pts
#144 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 51.1%-4 pts
#145 Greenpoint 51%-4.1 pts
#146 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 49.7%-5.4 pts
#147 Prospect Heights 49.6%-5.5 pts
#148 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 49.4%-5.6 pts
#149 Arden Heights-Rossville 49.2%-5.8 pts
#150 Upper East Side-Yorkville 48.7%-6.4 pts
#151 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 48.3%-6.8 pts
#152 Lower East Side 47.9%-7.2 pts
#153 Tottenville-Charleston 47.5%-7.5 pts
#154 Washington Heights (North) 46%-9 pts
#155 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 45.9%-9.2 pts
#156 Crown Heights (South) 45.8%-9.3 pts
#157 Park Slope 44.7%-10.4 pts
#158 Midwood 44.3%-10.8 pts
#159 Manhattanville-West Harlem 44.2%-10.9 pts
#160 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 42.9%-12.1 pts
#161 East Williamsburg 42.3%-12.8 pts
#162 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 42.2%-12.8 pts
#163 East Harlem (South) 42.1%-13 pts
#164 Bushwick (West) 41.8%-13.3 pts
#165 Upper West Side (Central) 41.3%-13.8 pts
#166 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 40.9%-14.2 pts
#167 Kensington 40.7%-14.4 pts
#168 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 40.4%-14.7 pts
#169 Douglaston-Little Neck 39.6%-15.5 pts
#170 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 38.9%-16.2 pts
#171 Williamsburg 36.5%-18.5 pts
#172 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 36.4%-18.6 pts
#173 Long Island City-Hunters Point 33.4%-21.7 pts
#174 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 31.7%-23.4 pts
#175 Midtown-Times Square 31.4%-23.7 pts
#176 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 31.3%-23.8 pts
#177 Hell's Kitchen 31%-24.1 pts
#178 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 30.1%-25 pts
#179 Belmont 29.8%-25.3 pts
#180 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 29.3%-25.8 pts
#181 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 27.5%-27.6 pts
#182 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 24.8%-30.3 pts
#183 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 23.3%-31.8 pts
#184 South Williamsburg 22%-33.1 pts
#185 Financial District-Battery Park City 20.2%-34.9 pts
#186 Brooklyn Heights 20.2%-34.9 pts
#187 West Village 18.6%-36.5 pts
#188 Borough Park 18.4%-36.7 pts
#189 East Village 17.4%-37.6 pts
#190 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 16.8%-38.3 pts
#191 Clinton Hill 15.6%-39.5 pts
#192 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 13.8%-41.3 pts
#193 Greenwich Village 13.7%-41.4 pts
#194 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 8.8%-46.3 pts
#195 Gramercy 7.2%-47.9 pts
#196 Tribeca-Civic Center 6.4%-48.7 pts
#197 Morningside Heights 4.9%-50.2 pts
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