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Least educated, Minnesota cities

Minnesota cities with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a bachelor's degree or higher (2024 ACS). This list covers the 155 cities in Minnesota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 155 is 36.9%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: St. Joseph, MN, up 48 places to #43.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHERVS 2000

01▲1Glencoe, MNMN5,63210.4%−1.7 pts

02▼1Princeton, MNMN5,48013.6%+2.0 pts

03▲2Worthington, MNMN13,97916.8%+0.4 pts

04▲6Litchfield, MNMN6,52817.2%+0.6 pts

05▲7Waseca, MNMN9,03517.2%−0.6 pts

06▲3Albert Lea, MNMN18,21717.4%+3.6 pts

07▲4St. Francis, MNMN8,63517.5%+7.5 pts

08▲8Faribault, MNMN25,04017.6%+3.3 pts

09▲14North Branch, MNMN12,39818.4%+5.6 pts

10▲19Hibbing, MNMN15,82318.6%+1.3 pts

11▲6Cambridge, MNMN11,09018.8%+0.2 pts

12▲8Montevideo, MNMN5,33519.0%+3.0 pts

13▲29Becker, MNMN5,42519.9%−1.9 pts

14▼11Waite Park, MNMN8,45020.1%+4.0 pts

15▼7Brainerd, MNMN14,42820.3%+6.3 pts

16▼1Virginia, MNMN8,18720.9%+3.6 pts

17▼10International Falls, MNMN5,48121.0%+8.0 pts

18▲3Thief River Falls, MNMN8,79921.2%+5.5 pts

19▼15Zimmerman, MNMN6,90421.2%+13.4 pts

20▲41Lindstrom, MNMN5,03921.4%+3.6 pts

21▼7Little Falls, MNMN9,27722.6%+5.7 pts

22▲8East Bethel, MNMN12,60523.1%+9.2 pts

23▲2Monticello, MNMN15,67023.5%+2.3 pts

24▲8Austin, MNMN26,68923.6%+6.7 pts

25▲3Jordan, MNMN6,98823.9%+7.5 pts

26▼7Redwood Falls, MNMN5,04024.3%+8.3 pts

27▼14St. Paul Park, MNMN5,39624.5%+11.7 pts

28▼2Brooklyn Center, MNMN31,84624.6%+7.9 pts

29▼23Isanti, MNMN7,71424.9%+16.1 pts

30▲23Lonsdale, MNMN5,11725.1%+15.3 pts

31▲8Red Wing, MNMN16,80525.3%+5.6 pts

32▼8Willmar, MNMN22,00125.3%+7.6 pts

33▼6Spring Lake Park, MNMN7,12725.6%+8.9 pts

34Fairmont, MNMN10,09925.7%+7.6 pts

35▲1Coon Rapids, MNMN64,19325.7%+4.2 pts

36▼14Cloquet, MNMN12,39925.8%+11.1 pts

37▲6East Grand Forks, MNMN8,90626.0%+5.9 pts

38▼20Hutchinson, MNMN14,65526.1%+4.9 pts

39▲2Anoka, MNMN18,16926.6%+8.8 pts

40▲7Big Lake, MNMN12,92926.8%+13.2 pts

41▲24Oak Grove, MNMN9,47627.0%+10.8 pts

42▼11Newport, MNMN5,52527.4%+13.3 pts

43▲48St. Joseph, MNMN6,84627.5%−1.3 pts

44▲1New Ulm, MNMN13,86327.9%+6.5 pts

45▲10Lake City, MNMN5,30628.4%+7.8 pts

46▲8Grand Rapids, MNMN11,18128.8%+10.8 pts

47▲10Owatonna, MNMN26,63329.3%+6.1 pts

48▼8Fergus Falls, MNMN14,24629.3%+9.5 pts

49▲3Sauk Rapids, MNMN13,76829.3%+8.5 pts

50▲9Fridley, MNMN30,82930.0%+5.6 pts

51▲17St. Cloud, MNMN72,64730.4%+0.8 pts

52▼3Hastings, MNMN22,56330.9%+10.7 pts

53▼18Chisago City, MNMN5,95531.2%+15.4 pts

54▼8North St. Paul, MNMN12,78031.3%+11.3 pts

55▲15New Prague, MNMN8,23832.0%+11.0 pts

56▲2Buffalo, MNMN16,87832.0%+8.8 pts

57▲5Bemidji, MNMN15,77032.5%+3.7 pts

58▼14South St. Paul, MNMN20,53232.5%+16.4 pts

59▼8Columbia Heights, MNMN22,48232.5%+14.9 pts

60▼22Belle Plaine, MNMN7,63232.7%+15.4 pts

61▲2Brooklyn Park, MNMN83,54332.7%+5.4 pts

62▲2Detroit Lakes, MNMN10,01932.8%+8.8 pts

63▼15Alexandria, MNMN15,04533.2%+17.7 pts

64▼31Elk River, MNMN27,89633.8%+11.1 pts

65▲2Ramsey, MNMN29,62434.4%+13.3 pts

66▼10St. Peter, MNMN12,27534.5%+6.3 pts

67▼7Stewartville, MNMN6,85034.5%+17.3 pts

68▲13Crookston, MNMN7,37534.7%+14.0 pts

69▲29Mankato, MNMN46,52935.1%+2.9 pts

70▲9Maplewood, MNMN40,71735.3%+9.8 pts

71▲16Forest Lake, MNMN20,95235.4%+17.4 pts

72▲5West St. Paul, MNMN21,95035.5%+11.6 pts

73▼23Marshall, MNMN14,17135.5%+6.9 pts

74▼3Oakdale, MNMN30,58835.6%+11.2 pts

75▼3New Hope, MNMN20,80736.1%+6.3 pts

76Winona, MNMN26,53036.3%+9.9 pts

77▼8Mounds View, MNMN12,78636.6%+12.7 pts

78Blaine, MNMN76,60336.9%+17.2 pts

79▼4Ham Lake, MNMN17,10436.9%+16.1 pts

80▲6Champlin, MNMN23,12536.9%+10.7 pts

81▼8Crystal, MNMN22,23937.1%+14.7 pts

82▼45Wyoming, MNMN8,12137.3%+18.9 pts

83▲5Morris, MNMN5,15037.3%+9.4 pts

84▼18Kasson, MNMN7,35038.1%+19.2 pts

85▲4Andover, MNMN33,87438.2%+10.2 pts

86▲8Baxter, MNMN9,21738.3%+7.5 pts

87▼13Farmington, MNMN25,42538.7%+15.1 pts

88▲12Burnsville, MNMN65,24439.8%+2.9 pts

89▲7Hermantown, MNMN10,11039.9%+16.4 pts

90▲11Otsego, MNMN24,52540.0%+26.6 pts

91▼6Little Canada, MNMN10,56740.3%+12.3 pts

92▲3Shakopee, MNMN49,36640.4%+14.6 pts

93▼13La Crescent, MNMN5,26140.6%+11.7 pts

94▲15North Mankato, MNMN14,16540.7%+3.8 pts

95▲2Cottage Grove, MNMN43,60440.8%+16.9 pts

96▲8Sartell, MNMN19,91840.9%+10.6 pts

97▼5Robbinsdale, MNMN14,03041.4%+14.1 pts

98▼8Moorhead, MNMN46,53341.6%+12.1 pts

99▼16White Bear Lake, MNMN23,39241.7%+11.5 pts

100▲15Elko New Market, MNMN5,30042.1%–

101▲7Lino Lakes, MNMN23,22043.1%+9.6 pts

102Inver Grove Heights, MNMN36,87343.5%+13.9 pts

103▲10St. Michael, MNMN22,49843.7%+20.7 pts

104▲7Richfield, MNMN36,59343.7%+16.4 pts

105St. Paul, MNMN306,68443.8%+11.7 pts

106▼22Dayton, MNMN11,40244.0%+22.9 pts

107▼8Duluth, MNMN88,33044.0%+15.8 pts

108Credit River, MNMN5,64444.2%–

109▼16Albertville, MNMN8,54444.7%+29.4 pts

110▼7Mound, MNMN9,06445.2%+14.9 pts

111▲10Hopkins, MNMN19,52345.6%+10.5 pts

112▲2Apple Valley, MNMN55,24845.9%+4.9 pts

113▼7Vadnais Heights, MNMN13,05245.9%+8.9 pts

114▼4Bloomington, MNMN89,03446.2%+10.8 pts

115▼33Hugo, MNMN17,16746.5%+21.8 pts

116Chaska, MNMN30,51346.6%+14.5 pts

117▼5Delano, MNMN7,78848.0%+24.1 pts

118▲14Byron, MNMN6,74048.2%+22.5 pts

119New Brighton, MNMN22,15948.2%+7.6 pts

120▲6Waconia, MNMN14,11348.9%+19.5 pts

121▲4Lakeville, MNMN79,27050.6%+14.9 pts

122▼2Rochester, MNMN124,29250.9%+12.8 pts

123▼5Stillwater, MNMN19,35451.0%+13.5 pts

124Rosemount, MNMN31,88151.6%+22.3 pts

125▼3Prior Lake, MNMN28,14052.4%+19.6 pts

126▼9Northfield, MNMN21,99253.3%+10.3 pts

127Savage, MNMN32,97053.7%+12.4 pts

128▼21Corcoran, MNMN9,26954.6%+29.3 pts

129▲1Eagan, MNMN67,10954.7%+6.9 pts

130▲1Roseville, MNMN35,66355.0%+12.7 pts

131▼8Rogers, MNMN15,60655.3%+22.0 pts

132▼3Minneapolis, MNMN430,32455.5%+18.1 pts

133▲1Maple Grove, MNMN73,89357.1%+15.4 pts

134▼1St. Anthony city (Hennepin and Ramsey Counties), MNMN9,98957.5%+23.1 pts

135▲5Golden Valley, MNMN21,32560.0%+13.3 pts

136▲1Shoreview, MNMN26,90661.2%+14.3 pts

137▲5Woodbury, MNMN81,55861.3%+12.1 pts

138▼3Lake Elmo, MNMN14,37661.9%+30.0 pts

139Arden Hills, MNMN9,58362.4%+11.3 pts

140▲6Chanhassen, MNMN25,74864.1%+11.0 pts

141St. Louis Park, MNMN50,02764.2%+21.0 pts

142▼4Mahtomedi, MNMN8,18964.7%+21.1 pts

143▲5Eden Prairie, MNMN63,07564.9%+7.8 pts

144▼1Minnetonka, MNMN53,96965.0%+13.4 pts

145▼17Carver, MNMN7,19865.4%+35.1 pts

146▼2Plymouth, MNMN78,94265.9%+15.0 pts

147▲2Victoria, MNMN12,44766.4%+20.6 pts

148▼1Medina, MNMN7,46067.4%+23.5 pts

149▼4Mendota Heights, MNMN11,47567.5%+12.5 pts

150▼14Minnetrista, MNMN9,45868.5%+24.0 pts

151▼1Orono, MNMN8,30172.0%+21.2 pts

152▲1Shorewood, MNMN7,62072.1%+13.3 pts

153▼1Edina, MNMN54,35672.7%+14.2 pts

154▼3Falcon Heights, MNMN5,07172.9%+2.6 pts

155▼1North Oaks, MNMN5,28374.7%−1.5 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES