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Most educated, Washington cities

Washington cities ranked by the share of adults 25+ holding a bachelor's degree or higher (2024 ACS). This list covers the 196 cities in Washington that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHERVS 2000

01Mercer Island, WAWA25,42281.4%+18%

02Sammamish, WAWA66,11077.1%+25%

03Bainbridge Island, WAWA24,69176.4%+27%

04Redmond, WAWA82,50675.3%+42%

05Bellevue, WAWA154,19372.1%+33%

06Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WAWA23,04771.7%+34%

07Snoqualmie, WAWA13,64071.0%+163%

08Issaquah, WAWA39,42370.5%+46%

09Woodinville, WAWA14,54870.4%+65%

10Newcastle, WAWA13,12868.5%+26%

11Seattle, WAWA784,77768.4%+45%

12Cottage Lake, WAWA22,51867.8%+28%

13Mill Creek East, WAWA25,45367.6%–

14Kirkland, WAWA97,41066.3%+40%

15Lake Forest Park, WAWA13,19166.0%+29%

16Bothell East, WAWA14,57865.9%–

17North Bend, WAWA8,75863.3%+67%

18Kenmore, WAWA24,24961.8%+49%

19Pullman, WAWA33,75661.4%−6%

20Normandy Park, WAWA6,60960.0%+28%

21Bothell, WAWA52,19959.8%+55%

22Duvall, WAWA9,44059.3%+46%

23Tehaleh, WAWA9,56156.8%–

24Mukilteo, WAWA21,23956.3%+32%

25Bothell West, WAWA22,02956.2%–

26Mill Creek, WAWA20,90256.0%+17%

27Wollochet, WAWA6,68955.8%–

28Artondale, WAWA14,07355.4%+39%

29Camas, WAWA27,74954.8%+76%

30Black Diamond, WAWA6,97854.7%+151%

31Felida, WAWA10,84154.0%+45%

32Edmonds, WAWA42,74854.0%+48%

33Maplewood, WAWA5,80353.6%–

34DuPont, WAWA9,77853.6%+25%

35Port Townsend, WAWA10,67853.2%+61%

36Shoreline, WAWA66,54252.8%+41%

37Gig Harbor, WAWA12,63052.1%+68%

38Silver Firs, WAWA22,30651.9%–

39Olympia, WAWA56,72451.8%+28%

40Fircrest, WAWA6,95950.8%+53%

41Brier, WAWA6,59750.6%+57%

42Fairwood CDP (King County), WAWA17,85650.3%–

43Martha Lake, WAWA22,63450.3%+82%

44Maple Valley, WAWA28,48250.2%+58%

45Vashon, WAWA9,93450.1%+3%

46Poulsbo, WAWA12,74949.2%+67%

47Sudden Valley, WAWA6,08449.1%+5%

48Liberty Lake, WAWA14,02948.7%+14%

49Bellingham, WAWA96,39548.5%+47%

50Hobart, WAWA6,55247.9%+46%

51Steilacoom, WAWA6,64847.8%+31%

52Maltby, WAWA10,91047.3%+62%

53Anacortes, WAWA18,08047.2%+70%

54Richland, WAWA65,25846.6%+20%

55Fairwood CDP (Spokane County), WAWA10,67446.5%+9%

56North Lynnwood, WAWA23,33943.8%–

57East Renton Highlands, WAWA12,58243.3%+74%

58Mountlake Terrace, WAWA25,43043.0%+76%

59Tumwater, WAWA28,01042.9%+29%

60Picnic Point, WAWA10,26142.5%–

61University Place, WAWA35,47942.1%+24%

62Lake Tapps, WAWA12,79842.1%–

63Ellensburg, WAWA21,30841.4%+29%

64Eastmont, WAWA23,72140.5%–

65Alderwood Manor, WAWA10,26639.7%+42%

66Renton, WAWA104,97539.5%+42%

67Hockinson, WAWA6,15039.4%+32%

68West Richland, WAWA19,25739.4%+35%

69Lake Shore, WAWA6,97839.2%+22%

70Ridgefield, WAWA16,13238.9%+89%

71Mount Vista, WAWA10,76438.7%+10%

72Cheney, WAWA12,65038.0%−10%

73Bryn Mawr-Skyway, WAWA17,63837.6%+58%

74Lake Stickney, WAWA15,89037.3%–

75Covington, WAWA21,49637.3%+51%

76Barberton, WAWA8,66837.3%+41%

77Ferndale, WAWA17,55936.9%+97%

78Salmon Creek, WAWA20,01736.4%+33%

79Silverdale, WAWA20,68536.3%+19%

80Woods Creek, WAWA6,94336.0%+96%

81White Center, WAWA14,88635.9%+169%

82Clarkston Heights-Vineland, WAWA7,88435.7%+46%

83College Place, WAWA9,92335.4%+8%

84Sultan, WAWA7,23035.4%+295%

85Camano, WAWA17,30335.3%+38%

86Lake Stevens, WAWA42,09135.0%+73%

87Port Orchard, WAWA19,83934.9%+141%

88Lynnwood, WAWA42,13234.9%+56%

89Lake Morton-Berrydale, WAWA11,18334.6%+33%

90Tacoma, WAWA229,81634.5%+73%

91Snohomish, WAWA10,71934.4%+51%

92Sequim, WAWA8,21534.2%+79%

93Lacey, WAWA58,83334.1%+27%

94Spokane, WAWA230,78333.9%+34%

95Edgewood, WAWA13,54833.6%+32%

96Tracyton, WAWA6,13733.6%+38%

97Des Moines, WAWA33,03233.4%+46%

98Burien, WAWA51,85933.2%+56%

99Lynden, WAWA16,88133.1%+23%

100South Hill, WAWA68,02532.9%+40%

101Manchester, WAWA5,95632.4%+43%

102Vancouver, WAWA199,69832.3%+49%

103Birch Bay, WAWA10,83732.0%+75%

104Blaine, WAWA6,47531.9%+47%

105Federal Way, WAWA99,72930.8%+17%

106Country Homes, WAWA6,19830.7%−1%

107Minnehaha, WAWA11,48230.6%+74%

108Port Angeles, WAWA20,14630.3%+60%

109Bonney Lake, WAWA22,13930.2%+80%

110Monroe, WAWA20,02530.0%+57%

111Kent, WAWA134,87129.8%+24%

112Puyallup, WAWA42,68229.4%+29%

113Mead, WAWA6,89328.9%–

114Washougal, WAWA18,02828.9%+80%

115Oak Harbor, WAWA24,08328.9%+29%

116Wenatchee, WAWA35,54728.8%+23%

117Everett, WAWA113,56728.8%+56%

118Lake Goodwin, WAWA5,53628.5%+25%

119Bremerton, WAWA45,48228.5%+93%

120Waller, WAWA7,68328.4%+98%

121Lakeland South, WAWA13,10028.2%+12%

122Terrace Heights, WAWA10,04128.2%+19%

123Mount Vernon, WAWA35,19327.9%+50%

124Fife, WAWA11,06127.9%+146%

125Walla Walla, WAWA34,05827.6%+28%

126North Fort Lewis, WAWA6,33727.4%–

127Yelm, WAWA12,04327.4%+55%

128Enumclaw, WAWA13,17227.3%+46%

129Chehalis, WAWA7,76427.3%+63%

130Hazel Dell, WAWA23,23727.2%–

131Battle Ground, WAWA23,51326.7%+62%

132Suncrest, WAWA5,34526.6%–

133Spokane Valley, WAWA108,40526.5%–

134Lakeland North, WAWA15,95026.4%+11%

135SeaTac, WAWA34,57826.4%+72%

136Sumner, WAWA10,87126.3%+34%

137Kennewick, WAWA88,36626.2%+19%

138Bangor Base, WAWA6,11225.8%–

139Five Corners, WAWA21,19425.7%+63%

140Auburn, WAWA86,30125.6%+64%

141Tanglewilde, WAWA6,31425.6%–

142Selah, WAWA8,67825.5%+9%

143Tukwila, WAWA22,00325.3%+45%

144Colville, WAWA5,11625.1%+60%

145Orchards, WAWA29,43824.7%+76%

146Fort Lewis, WAWA15,16724.4%+43%

147Marysville, WAWA77,68624.3%+28%

148Stanwood, WAWA9,42124.3%+34%

149Orting, WAWA8,88424.0%+98%

150Graham, WAWA35,07923.8%+75%

151Ocean Shores, WAWA7,89223.4%+37%

152Prosser, WAWA6,65423.3%+44%

153Lakewood, WAWA62,75523.2%+6%

154Buckley, WAWA5,68823.1%+149%

155Omak, WAWA5,18522.7%+60%

156Parkwood, WAWA6,87322.7%+46%

157Pacific, WAWA7,05622.6%+148%

158Clover Creek, WAWA7,34522.3%–

159Milton, WAWA8,91122.1%+53%

160Pasco, WAWA82,84821.4%+102%

161Moses Lake, WAWA27,46921.4%+31%

162Summit View, WAWA8,48021.1%–

163Finley, WAWA5,63420.9%+253%

164Arlington, WAWA22,03120.8%+8%

165Yakima, WAWA97,45820.8%+30%

166Summit, WAWA8,79120.6%+12%

167Burlington, WAWA11,35620.5%+75%

168Sedro-Woolley, WAWA13,30820.1%+115%

169Frederickson, WAWA25,38320.0%+41%

170East Wenatchee, WAWA14,41419.8%+13%

171Centralia, WAWA19,37519.4%+64%

172Midland, WAWA9,05019.1%+140%

173Hoquiam, WAWA8,71018.6%+104%

174Quincy, WAWA8,51018.5%+46%

175Shelton, WAWA10,92118.1%+37%

176Rochester, WAWA5,83417.5%+120%

177Parkland, WAWA38,74217.5%+18%

178Elk Plain, WAWA14,27617.5%+22%

179Otis Orchards-East Farms, WAWA5,45417.3%+50%

180Airway Heights, WAWA11,81117.0%+137%

181Clarkston, WAWA7,18916.9%+29%

182Ephrata, WAWA8,83416.8%−20%

183Longview, WAWA38,36216.8%+15%

184Spanaway, WAWA34,01916.6%+48%

185West Clarkston-Highland, WAWA5,44416.2%−4%

186Aberdeen, WAWA17,08815.2%+28%

187Deer Park, WAWA5,37014.6%+9%

188Prairie Ridge, WAWA12,07414.3%+34%

189Woodland, WAWA6,61113.6%+13%

190Kelso, WAWA12,80112.5%+21%

191Othello, WAWA9,23711.8%−1%

192Connell, WAWA5,08010.1%−22%

193Sunnyside, WAWA16,4309.8%−10%

194Toppenish, WAWA8,6359.5%+35%

195Grandview, WAWA12,0627.3%−31%

196Union Gap, WAWA6,6174.4%−25%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES