Doctorates per 1,000 residents, '08

State median: 6.6

By Matt Carroll

Boston Globe / November 12, 2009

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Community▴	Number	Population	Per 1,000	Rank
Yarmouth	132	23,778	5.6	192
Wrentham	33	11,133	3.0	256
Worthington	13	1,272	10.2	114
Worcester	1,515	175,011	8.7	132
Woburn	294	36,871	8.0	144
Winthrop	117	21,880	5.3	197
Winchester	715	21,090	33.9	29
Winchendon	37	10,164	3.6	244
Wilmington	141	21,649	6.5	177
Williamstown	393	7,968	49.3	13
Williamsburg	25	2,509	10.0	118
Wilbraham	101	13,970	7.2	165
Whitman	27	14,447	1.9	294
Weymouth	147	53,261	2.8	261
Westwood	227	14,189	16.0	72
West Tisbury	121	2,638	45.9	16
West Springfield	81	27,459	2.9	257
Westport	140	15,417	9.1	124
Weston	504	11,711	43.0	17
West Newbury	53	4,269	12.4	93
Westminster	50	7,391	6.8	174
Westford	369	22,066	16.7	68
Westfield	143	40,608	3.5	248
West Brookfield	28	3,806	7.4	160
West Bridgewater	17	6,674	2.5	269
West Boylston	32	8,277	3.9	236
Westborough	427	18,467	23.1	43
Wenham	37	4,788	7.7	153
Wendell	20	1,000	20.0	50
Wellfleet	65	2,724	23.9	41
Wellesley	936	27,244	34.4	27
Webster	7	16,655	0.4	323
Wayland	475	12,996	36.5	22
Watertown	720	32,365	22.2	45
Warwick	2	749	2.7	263
Warren	2	5,068	0.4	325
Wareham	64	21,221	3.0	254
Ware	23	9,824	2.3	279
Waltham	1,066	60,236	17.7	61
Walpole	86	23,133	3.7	241
Wales	5	1,881	2.7	264
Wakefield	215	24,717	8.7	131
Uxbridge	15	12,672	1.2	313
Upton	35	6,584	5.3	199
Tyngsborough	47	12,019	3.9	233
Truro	10	2,125	4.7	215
Townsend	19	9,400	2.0	290
Topsfield	48	6,051	7.9	146
Tolland	24	457	52.5	11
Tisbury	132	3,811	34.6	26
Tewksbury	113	29,543	3.8	237
Templeton	19	7,831	2.4	276
Taunton	25	55,702	0.4	322
Swansea	2	16,155	0.1	327
Swampscott	268	13,944	19.2	54
Sutton	78	9,028	8.6	134
Sunderland	130	3,710	35.0	25
Sudbury	580	17,207	33.7	30
Sturbridge	111	9,103	12.2	97
Stow	221	6,446	34.3	28
Stoughton	185	26,927	6.9	171
Stoneham	187	21,471	8.7	130
Stockbridge	37	2,217	16.7	69
Sterling	58	7,865	7.4	158
Springfield	643	150,640	4.3	224
Spencer	5	11,922	0.4	324
Southwick	26	9,571	2.7	262
South Hadley	342	17,241	19.8	51
Southbridge	41	16,852	2.4	274
Southborough	187	9,583	19.5	52
Southampton	15	5,970	2.5	271
Somerville	1,669	75,662	22.1	47
Somerset	43	18,055	2.4	278
Shutesbury	95	1,847	51.4	12
Shrewsbury	562	33,435	16.8	67
Shirley	20	7,904	2.5	270
Sherborn	113	4,204	26.9	37
Shelburne	31	2,035	15.2	78
Sheffield	6	3,309	1.8	296
Sharon	357	17,373	20.5	49
Seekonk	24	13,575	1.8	297
Scituate	130	17,926	7.3	164
Saugus	71	27,478	2.6	267
Sandwich	155	20,129	7.7	154
Sandisfield	16	848	18.9	56
Salisbury	41	8,417	4.9	213
Salem	331	41,256	8.0	142
Rutland	41	7,899	5.2	202
Russell	8	1,719	4.7	218
Royalston	8	1,376	5.8	187
Rowley	34	5,738	5.9	185
Rowe	3	348	8.6	135
Rockport	135	7,612	17.7	60
Rockland	40	17,883	2.2	280
Rochester	41	5,268	7.8	150
Richmond	14	1,572	8.9	126
Revere	110	60,204	1.8	295
Rehoboth	107	11,474	9.3	122
Reading	345	23,052	15.0	79
Raynham	84	13,566	6.2	184
Randolph	108	30,082	3.6	247
Quincy	653	92,339	7.1	170
Provincetown	38	3,376	11.3	104
Princeton	43	3,475	12.4	95
Plympton	19	2,785	6.8	172
Plymouth	304	55,705	5.5	195
Plainville	9	8,204	1.1	314
Plainfield	1	591	1.7	299
Pittsfield	238	42,652	5.6	191
Petersham	73	1,288	56.7	9
Peru	16	832	19.2	53
Pepperell	12	11,382	1.1	315
Pembroke	38	18,714	2.0	289
Peabody	127	51,331	2.5	272
Paxton	63	4,632	13.6	85
Palmer	37	12,933	2.9	258
Oxford	62	13,615	4.6	219
Otis	11	1,396	7.9	147
Orleans	91	6,269	14.5	80
Orange	32	7,688	4.2	227
Oakham	15	1,914	7.8	149
Norwood	224	28,211	7.9	145
Norwell	112	10,293	10.9	107
Norton	70	19,186	3.6	243
North Reading	72	14,518	5.0	209
Northfield	15	3,026	5.0	210
North Brookfield	18	4,833	3.7	240
Northbridge	20	14,383	1.4	307
Northborough	348	14,646	23.8	42
North Attleborough	113	27,794	4.1	229
North Andover	342	27,522	12.4	92
Northampton	1,005	28,379	35.4	24
North Adams	21	13,711	1.5	302
Norfolk	42	11,029	3.8	238
Newton	3,495	82,139	42.5	18
Newburyport	126	17,542	7.2	167
Newbury	28	6,934	4.0	230
New Braintree	7	1,116	6.3	182
New Bedford	133	91,365	1.5	304
New Ashford	4	247	16.2	71
Needham	834	28,560	29.2	33
Natick	510	31,880	16.0	73
Nantucket	112	11,215	10.0	117
Nahant	35	3,498	10.0	116
Mount Washington	8	136	58.8	8
Monterey	11	950	11.6	103
Montague	86	8,316	10.3	112
Monson	40	8,952	4.5	221
Milton	414	26,187	15.8	76
Millville	11	2,845	3.9	235
Millis	27	7,957	3.4	250
Millbury	60	13,401	4.5	220
Milford	141	27,246	5.2	204
Middleton	33	9,634	3.4	249
Middlefield	4	557	7.2	168
Middleborough	32	21,117	1.5	303
Methuen	117	44,055	2.7	265
Merrimac	8	6,504	1.2	311
Mendon	30	5,762	5.2	201
Melrose	272	26,708	10.2	115
Medway	80	12,785	6.3	183
Medford	718	55,573	12.9	90
Medfield	189	12,275	15.4	77
Maynard	79	10,182	7.8	151
Mattapoisett	38	6,463	5.9	186
Mashpee	118	14,227	8.3	138
Marshfield	94	24,735	3.8	239
Marlborough	312	37,932	8.2	139
Marion	119	5,148	23.1	44
Marblehead	347	19,951	17.4	64
Mansfield	160	23,969	6.7	175
Manchester-By-The-Sea	101	5,260	19.2	55
Malden	575	55,597	10.3	111
Lynnfield	164	11,412	14.4	81
Lynn	227	86,957	2.6	266
Lunenburg	88	9,946	8.8	127
Ludlow	22	22,410	1.0	317
Lowell	254	103,615	2.5	273
Longmeadow	202	15,329	13.2	88
Littleton	144	8,711	16.5	70
Lincoln	296	8,078	36.6	21
Leyden	7	801	8.7	129
Lexington	2,258	30,272	74.6	4
Leverett	215	1,772	121.3	1
Leominster	129	41,055	3.1	252
Lenox	93	5,095	18.3	59
Leicester	40	10,990	3.6	245
Lee	43	5,763	7.5	157
Lawrence	91	70,014	1.3	309
Lanesborough	5	2,866	1.7	298
Lancaster	30	7,015	4.3	223
Lakeville	66	10,515	6.3	181
Kingston	24	12,328	1.9	291
Ipswich	95	13,219	7.2	166
Huntington	18	2,219	8.1	141
Hull	104	11,041	9.4	121
Hudson	92	19,597	4.7	216
Hubbardston	1	4,482	0.2	326
Hopkinton	245	14,338	17.1	66
Hopedale	34	6,142	5.5	193
Holyoke	89	39,947	2.2	281
Holliston	187	13,901	13.5	86
Holland	16	2,529	6.3	180
Holden	265	16,608	16.0	74
Holbrook	46	10,644	4.3	222
Hinsdale	16	1,913	8.4	137
Hingham	189	22,561	8.4	136
Haverhill	225	61,275	3.7	242
Hatfield	10	3,227	3.1	253
Harwich	90	12,298	7.3	162
Harvard	278	6,006	46.3	14
Hardwick	14	2,649	5.3	200
Hanson	28	10,019	2.8	259
Hanover	57	13,995	4.1	228
Hampden	67	5,400	12.4	94
Hamilton	72	8,155	8.8	128
Halifax	38	7,692	4.9	211
Hadley	158	4,732	33.4	31
Groveland	41	7,198	5.7	188
Groton	101	10,632	9.5	120
Greenfield	116	17,828	6.5	178
Great Barrington	130	7,379	17.6	62
Granville	24	1,686	14.2	83
Granby	48	6,281	7.6	155
Grafton	117	17,553	6.7	176
Goshen	2	974	2.1	286
Gloucester	280	30,243	9.3	123
Gill	12	1,388	8.6	133
Georgetown	46	8,629	5.3	198
Gardner	44	20,682	2.1	285
Freetown	7	9,027	0.8	320
Franklin	218	32,148	6.8	173
Framingham	864	64,885	13.3	87
Foxborough	197	16,347	12.1	99
Fitchburg	170	40,239	4.2	225
Falmouth	857	33,123	25.9	39
Fall River	132	90,931	1.5	305
Fairhaven	63	16,112	3.9	234
Everett	81	37,353	2.2	283
Essex	18	3,333	5.4	196
Erving	3	1,552	1.9	292
Edgartown	44	3,932	11.2	106
Easton	170	23,209	7.3	161
East Longmeadow	87	15,332	5.7	189
Easthampton	122	16,195	7.5	156
Eastham	86	5,438	15.8	75
East Brookfield	2	2,057	1.0	318
East Bridgewater	27	13,996	1.9	293
Duxbury	208	14,496	14.3	82
Dunstable	34	3,323	10.2	113
Dudley	44	11,073	4.0	231
Dracut	147	29,501	5.0	207
Dover	136	5,644	24.1	40
Dighton	33	6,724	4.9	212
Dennis	123	15,349	8.0	143
Deerfield	81	4,694	17.3	65
Dedham	103	24,630	4.2	226
Dartmouth	174	33,899	5.1	206
Danvers	133	26,762	5.0	208
Dalton	47	6,593	7.1	169
Cummington	18	964	18.7	58
Conway	42	1,896	22.2	46
Concord	560	17,450	32.1	32
Community	Number	Population	Per 1,000	Rank
Colrain	22	1,879	11.7	102
Cohasset	101	7,169	14.1	84
Clinton	110	13,965	7.9	148
Chilmark	27	971	27.8	36
Chicopee	66	54,941	1.2	312
Chesterfield	37	1,288	28.7	34
Chester	14	1,287	10.9	108
Cheshire	13	3,314	3.9	232
Chelsea	43	41,577	1.0	316
Chelmsford	332	34,409	9.6	119
Chatham	143	6,701	21.3	48
Charlton	65	12,585	5.2	205
Charlemont	17	1,378	12.3	96
Carver	9	11,574	0.8	319
Carlisle	224	4,874	46.0	15
Canton	248	22,048	11.2	105
Cambridge	6,528	105,596	61.8	7
Burlington	267	24,985	10.7	109
Buckland	1	1,989	0.5	321
Brookline	3,726	54,896	67.9	5
Brookfield	5	3,007	1.7	300
Brockton	143	93,007	1.5	301
Brimfield	27	3,708	7.3	163
Bridgewater	232	25,774	9.0	125
Brewster	117	9,936	11.8	101
Braintree	106	35,294	3.0	255
Boylston	24	4,264	5.6	190
Boxford	142	8,131	17.5	63
Boxborough	145	5,081	28.5	35
Bourne	123	19,392	6.3	179
Boston	7,174	609,023	11.8	100
Bolton	85	4,530	18.8	57
Blandford	6	1,270	4.7	214
Billerica	324	41,844	7.7	152
Beverly	320	39,343	8.1	140
Berlin	4	2,853	1.4	306
Berkley	14	6,462	2.2	284
Belmont	1,261	23,291	54.1	10
Bellingham	51	15,900	3.2	251
Belchertown	172	14,233	12.1	98
Bedford	491	13,545	36.2	23
Becket	19	1,801	10.5	110
Barre	12	5,431	2.2	282
Barnstable	340	46,184	7.4	159
Ayer	19	7,399	2.6	268
Avon	12	4,300	2.8	260
Auburn	76	16,222	4.7	217
Attleboro	104	42,833	2.4	275
Athol	60	11,570	5.2	203
Ashland	206	15,807	13.0	89
Ashfield	23	1,822	12.6	91
Ashby	6	2,927	2.0	287
Ashburnham	33	5,974	5.5	194
Arlington	1,659	40,993	40.5	20
Aquinnah	27	357	75.6	3
Andover	882	33,418	26.4	38
Amherst	2,227	35,565	62.6	6
Amesbury	60	16,584	3.6	246
Alford	45	392	114.8	2
Agawam	39	28,091	1.4	308
Adams	20	8,295	2.4	277
Acushnet	13	10,368	1.3	310
Acton	878	20,797	42.2	19
Abington	34	16,689	2.0	288

SOURCE: Claritas

Doctorates per 1,000 residents, '08

State median: 6.6

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