Top 10 Most Educated Cities in US

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<p>According to US News & World Report, the top 10 most educated cities in the US in 2012 were:</p>

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<li> Boulder, CO</li>
<li> Anne Arbor, MI</li>
<li> Washington, DC metro area</li>
<li> Durham-Chapel Hill, NC</li>
<li> San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA</li>
<li> Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT</li>
<li> San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA</li>
<li> Boston-Cambridge, MA</li>
<li> Madison, WI</li>
<li> Raleigh, NC</li>
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<p>Just thought I would share this little tidbit of info.</p>

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I’m a native and I beg to differ…but then educated does not necessarily equate to smart or having a lick of common sense.</p>

<p>Not to offend, I know exceptionally smart people who are very well education and have a lot of common sense. I just don’t think one automatically means the other.</p>

<p>EDIT: Please note I’m in a spicy mood because of my ‘neighbors’ job performance, all 534 of them. :mad:</p>

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<p>blueiguana: it never says smarter, it says educated. Nobody said they were the same.</p>

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<p>It’s interesting how they combine Durham and Chapel Hill but list Raleigh separately. I think the three would rise or fall in the ranking depending on how you choose to combine them. They’re all about 20-30 minutes from one another and closely interconnected, in any case.</p>

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<p>Ann Arbor, AKA A-squared :).</p>

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<p>Raleigh representin’ (Ok, technically I live in a suburb of Raleigh; but it’s close enough.)</p>

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<p>Most of DC education is transplanted though.</p>

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<p>‘taxation without representation’ can make folks act a little ugly sometimes…</p>

<p>this DC ‘shade’ is starting to read a little racist in my opinion.</p>

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<p>Madison is a great place to live- many would rather stay than leave after college (as well as take as long as they can to be students). One important factor in ratings is the use of data. A city the size of Madison which specializes in government and the university but lacks much of an industrial base will have a higher percentage of more educated people than other cities than also include many more jobs for less educated people.</p>

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<p>I LOVE this list…couldn’t agree more with ONE of them…:p</p>

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<p>Why is San Francisco linked with Oakland and Fremont?</p>

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<p>on second read, i see you’re referring to congress. oops. not good at double-speak. i take things very literally! whatever</p>

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<p>re. #11: i thought that linkage was weird too. might as well include davis (california) in that group! or berkeley. but i guess both davis and berkeley are too small to be considered cities…</p>

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<p>Yeah…why isn’t Davis included? :)</p>

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<p>You would think if you are going to rate cities, you would actually rate cities. Lol</p>

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<p>Fremont is 38 miles and 44 minutes away from SF. I think that 44 minutes is driving at midnight. :)</p>

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<p>How come these cities are different than “those” cities?</p>

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<p>I am kinda dubious about a list of educated cities that lists Boulder, Co as its number one. Boulder is a great town, but “most educated” does not spring to mind when I think about the demographic as a whole. Not sure what the methodology is here, but obviously methodology in the ranking of anything makes a difference. I am more apt to believe dstark’s links than the OP’s.</p>

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<p>Thanks dstark, I though my little burg had fallen off the list, but no, just a different list.</p>

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<p>Congress doesn’t actually live here.</p>

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<p>Based on a U.S. News analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, these are the 10 most-educated metropolitan areas (population 300,000 or greater) in the United States.</p>

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<p>According to the Census Bureau, 57.7% of adults over the age of 25 have a bachelors degree or higher in Boulder.</p>

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<p>Davis was not included because they do not have a population of at least 300,000. However, 69.3% of adults over the age of 25 have a bachelors degree or higher.</p>

<p>Berkeley was also not included because they don’t have a population over 300,000. 69% of adults have a bachelors degree or higher in this city.</p>

<p>I’m not sure why Madison was included in the list because it’s population is 237,000 according to the census. Same goes for Anne Arbor with a population of 115,000.</p>