https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/26/the-10-most-and-least-educated-cities-in-the-united-states.html
https://www.forbes.com/pictures/fjle45iglg/no-1-most-educated-city-/#5ca4c1ea5102
https://wallethub.com/edu/most-and-least-educated-cities/6656/
Most Educated Cities
Overall Rank |
MSA |
Total Score |
‘Educational Attainment’ Rank |
‘Quality of Education & Attainment Gap’ Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ann Arbor, MI | 94.02 | 1 | 5 |
2 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 82.29 | 4 | 3 |
3 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 81.54 | 2 | 43 |
4 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 79.11 | 7 | 10 |
5 | Madison, WI | 78.68 | 3 | 70 |
6 | San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA | 78.59 | 6 | 21 |
7 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 76.44 | 5 | 100 |
8 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 73.10 | 10 | 16 |
9 | Austin-Round Rock, TX | 72.97 | 16 | 2 |
10 | Provo-Orem, UT | 71.70 | 14 | 22 |
11 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 71.41 | 8 | 145 |
12 | Colorado Springs, CO | 71.02 | 12 | 31 |
13 | Raleigh, NC | 70.45 | 9 | 134 |
14 | Trenton, NJ | 69.54 | 11 | 97 |
15 | Tallahassee, FL | 69.29 | 21 | 7 |
16 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | 69.17 | 13 | 81 |
17 | Portland-South Portland, ME | 67.78 | 19 | 40 |
18 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 67.42 | 18 | 51 |
19 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 66.82 | 15 | 117 |
20 | San Diego-Carlsbad, CA | 66.46 | 26 | 4 |
21 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 65.67 | 20 | 86 |
22 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 65.51 | 23 | 45 |
23 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 65.02 | 17 | 120 |
24 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 64.42 | 22 | 104 |
25 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | 63.54 | 24 | 35 |
26 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | 62.56 | 29 | 20 |
27 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 61.81 | 30 | 36 |
28 | Urban Honolulu, HI | 61.68 | 43 | 8 |
29 | Eugene, OR | 61.26 | 48 | 6 |
30 | Huntsville, AL | 60.93 | 25 | 113 |
31 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | 60.53 | 35 | 45 |
32 | Asheville, NC | 59.93 | 39 | 32 |
33 | Kansas City, MO-KS | 59.84 | 28 | 103 |
34 | Pittsburgh, PA | 59.17 | 45 | 39 |
35 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 59.14 | 32 | 91 |
36 | Salt Lake City, UT | 59.11 | 40 | 47 |
37 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 59.01 | 37 | 102 |
38 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 58.85 | 36 | 92 |
39 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 58.77 | 53 | 17 |
40 | Santa Rosa, CA | 58.58 | 44 | 68 |
41 | New Haven-Milford, CT | 58.46 | 31 | 129 |
42 | Albuquerque, NM | 58.36 | 52 | 29 |
43 | Rochester, NY | 58.33 | 33 | 118 |
44 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 58.20 | 34 | 115 |
45 | Columbus, OH | 58.11 | 38 | 93 |
46 | Richmond, VA | 58.10 | 42 | 73 |
47 | Anchorage, AK | 57.87 | 41 | 77 |
48 | Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL | 57.36 | 55 | 50 |
49 | Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA | 57.09 | 54 | 52 |
50 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 56.58 | 47 | 112 |
51 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 56.39 | 58 | 58 |
52 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 56.27 | 62 | 30 |
52 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 56.27 | 61 | 34 |
54 | Boise City, ID | 55.96 | 64 | 33 |
55 | Worcester, MA-CT | 55.83 | 51 | 101 |
56 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 55.80 | 60 | 55 |
57 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | 55.45 | 27 | 150 |
58 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY | 55.43 | 49 | 126 |
59 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 55.18 | 46 | 137 |
60 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | 55.09 | 77 | 9 |
61 | Tucson, AZ | 54.87 | 50 | 132 |
62 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 54.80 | 66 | 59 |
63 | Syracuse, NY | 54.65 | 56 | 128 |
64 | Reno, NV | 54.63 | 78 | 13 |
65 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 53.80 | 71 | 57 |
66 | Springfield, MA | 53.55 | 70 | 71 |
67 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 53.48 | 83 | 19 |
68 | Columbia, SC | 53.41 | 63 | 111 |
69 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 53.15 | 69 | 90 |
70 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | 53.11 | 67 | 99 |
71 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 52.90 | 75 | 54 |
72 | Dayton, OH | 52.80 | 72 | 89 |
73 | Akron, OH | 52.66 | 74 | 76 |
74 | Savannah, GA | 52.55 | 65 | 119 |
75 | Jacksonville, FL | 52.19 | 80 | 66 |
76 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 52.16 | 79 | 69 |
77 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 52.06 | 81 | 65 |
78 | Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 52.00 | 57 | 149 |
79 | North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL | 51.87 | 59 | 142 |
80 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 51.16 | 95 | 12 |
81 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 51.03 | 68 | 139 |
82 | Cleveland-Elyria, OH | 50.73 | 73 | 136 |
83 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 50.58 | 82 | 107 |
84 | Oklahoma City, OK | 50.48 | 86 | 67 |
85 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 50.38 | 88 | 62 |
86 | Wichita, KS | 50.32 | 76 | 122 |
87 | Jackson, MS | 50.08 | 84 | 121 |
88 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 50.07 | 90 | 53 |
89 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 49.84 | 101 | 11 |
90 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 49.48 | 94 | 42 |
90 | Springfield, MO | 49.48 | 92 | 63 |
92 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 49.24 | 99 | 25 |
93 | Peoria, IL | 48.85 | 85 | 124 |
94 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 48.60 | 89 | 105 |
95 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 48.58 | 87 | 114 |
95 | Knoxville, TN | 48.58 | 97 | 48 |
97 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | 48.50 | 105 | 18 |
98 | Toledo, OH | 48.25 | 93 | 84 |
99 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 48.05 | 91 | 110 |
100 | Fayetteville, NC | 47.68 | 108 | 27 |
101 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 47.31 | 98 | 78 |
102 | Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC | 47.00 | 109 | 37 |
103 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 46.94 | 102 | 72 |
104 | Fort Wayne, IN | 46.80 | 103 | 61 |
105 | Montgomery, AL | 46.77 | 100 | 88 |
106 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 46.46 | 112 | 24 |
107 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC | 46.09 | 114 | 23 |
108 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 45.15 | 110 | 87 |
109 | Tulsa, OK | 44.98 | 106 | 106 |
110 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 44.53 | 104 | 125 |
111 | Killeen-Temple, TX | 44.19 | 111 | 94 |
112 | Baton Rouge, LA | 43.90 | 113 | 85 |
113 | Winston-Salem, NC | 43.55 | 116 | 64 |
114 | Salem, OR | 42.73 | 119 | 74 |
115 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 42.60 | 96 | 148 |
116 | Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | 42.35 | 107 | 140 |
117 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | 42.08 | 117 | 96 |
118 | Salisbury, MD-DE | 41.66 | 115 | 133 |
119 | Canton-Massillon, OH | 41.00 | 125 | 41 |
120 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | 40.60 | 127 | 28 |
121 | Flint, MI | 40.49 | 122 | 116 |
122 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 40.32 | 121 | 127 |
123 | Lancaster, PA | 39.94 | 129 | 38 |
124 | Mobile, AL | 39.68 | 131 | 26 |
125 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 39.38 | 118 | 141 |
126 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA | 39.35 | 123 | 135 |
127 | Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS | 38.92 | 124 | 109 |
128 | York-Hanover, PA | 38.88 | 130 | 60 |
129 | Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 38.14 | 128 | 95 |
130 | Port St. Lucie, FL | 38.12 | 120 | 146 |
131 | Rockford, IL | 37.57 | 126 | 130 |
132 | Reading, PA | 36.48 | 132 | 75 |
133 | Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 36.03 | 133 | 79 |
134 | Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 34.00 | 134 | 80 |
135 | Lafayette, LA | 33.43 | 139 | 14 |
136 | El Paso, TX | 33.07 | 140 | 15 |
137 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 32.66 | 136 | 82 |
138 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 31.51 | 138 | 56 |
139 | Corpus Christi, TX | 30.17 | 137 | 123 |
140 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 29.80 | 141 | 83 |
141 | Fresno, CA | 28.30 | 144 | 44 |
142 | Ocala, FL | 27.71 | 135 | 147 |
143 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 27.33 | 143 | 108 |
144 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | 26.20 | 145 | 98 |
145 | Salinas, CA | 25.67 | 142 | 143 |
146 | Modesto, CA | 21.40 | 146 | 138 |
147 | Bakersfield, CA | 17.19 | 147 | 131 |
148 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 13.97 | 150 | 1 |
149 | Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 12.03 | 149 | 49 |
150 | Visalia-Porterville, CA | 8.31 | 148 | 144 |