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Most educated, US metro areas

US metro areas ranked by the share of adults 25+ holding a bachelor's degree or higher (2023 ACS).

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPBACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHERVS 2000
501Carroll, IAIA20,30324.0%+50%
502Kingsport, TNTN314,83423.9%+55%
503Austin, MNMN40,97123.9%+62%
504Johnstown, PAPA128,96823.9%+74%
505Sherman, TXTX153,61323.9%+39%
506Winchester, TNTN45,57923.9%+56%
507Batavia, NYNY58,41623.8%+46%
508Wheeling, WVWV134,08923.8%+62%
509St. Joseph, MOMO119,17023.8%+45%
510Fairmont, MNMN19,44023.8%+48%
511Redding, CACA181,64823.8%+43%
512Norfolk, NENE49,22823.8%+49%
513Elizabethtown, KYKY128,66623.7%+60%
514Carson, NVNV58,57123.7%+29%
515Jackson, TNTN184,56923.7%+45%
516Gainesville, TXTX44,46123.7%+51%
517Parkersburg, WVWV87,26423.6%+58%
518Huntington, WVWV365,96523.6%+60%
519Sumter, SCSC105,06723.5%+49%
520Greenwood, SCSC95,21523.5%+37%
521Lakeland, FLFL874,79023.5%+57%
522Lake Charles, LALA244,65523.4%+51%
523Jackson, MIMI159,55223.4%+44%
524Fresno, CACA1,203,38323.4%+39%
525Cookeville, TNTN152,47723.4%+60%
526Burlington, IAIA44,06123.4%+56%
527Ocala, FLFL442,66023.4%+71%
528Lewiston, MEME116,48723.4%+63%
529Cleveland, TNTN134,05723.3%+60%
530Gillette, WYWY48,14523.3%+49%
531Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,08123.3%+56%
532Flint, MIMI401,09323.3%+43%
533Enid, OKOK61,77923.3%+19%
534Mason City, IAIA49,71023.3%+21%
535Monroe, MIMI156,00423.3%+62%
536Albany, GAGA145,51023.2%+47%
537Kingsville, TXTX30,31523.2%+14%
538Rice Lake, WIWI46,48423.2%+56%
539Nogales, AZAZ50,02023.1%+53%
540Beatrice, NENE21,71123.1%+50%
541Lewisburg, TNTN38,07123.1%+117%
542Corpus Christi, TXTX451,19123.1%+30%
543Wabash, ININ30,71323.1%+68%
544Terre Haute, ININ169,24123.1%+32%
545Muscatine, IAIA41,85323.1%+35%
546Newberry, SCSC39,56123.1%+56%
547Evanston, WYWY23,41523.1%+48%
548Florence, SCSC201,39223.0%+36%
549Amsterdam, NYNY50,04622.9%+69%
550Battle Creek, MIMI133,40822.9%+43%
551Stockton, CACA823,81522.7%+57%
552Alamogordo, NMNM70,36822.7%+47%
553Clovis, NMNM65,27022.7%+31%
554North Platte, NENE33,97222.7%+41%
555Martin, TNTN33,26122.7%+48%
556Klamath Falls, OROR70,27422.7%+43%
557Michigan City, ININ111,29422.7%+62%
558Adrian, MIMI97,77922.7%+39%
559Marshall, MOMO23,26522.7%+44%
560Coos Bay, OROR63,99222.6%+51%
561Manitowoc, WIWI81,71022.6%+46%
562Hannibal, MOMO38,96922.6%+53%
563Ashland, OHOH52,52322.6%+42%
564Sunbury, PAPA107,78822.6%+76%
565Marshalltown, IAIA39,89022.6%+32%
566Del Rio, TXTX47,83522.5%+59%
567Meridian, MSMS85,41922.5%+50%
568Mitchell, SDSD25,91322.5%+20%
569Enterprise, ALAL56,95322.5%+17%
570Jacksonville, ILIL37,38122.5%+19%
571Big Rapids, MIMI42,32022.5%+18%
572The Dalles, OROR26,31022.4%+43%
573Clinton, IAIA46,00222.4%+56%
574Hickory, NCNC376,89022.4%+64%
575Greenville, MSMS40,44622.4%+36%
576Mountain Home, IDID29,46522.4%+29%
577Russellville, ARAR84,93222.3%+33%
578Fond du Lac, WIWI104,66922.3%+32%
579Storm Lake, IAIA20,44922.2%+19%
580Bay City, TXTX36,46322.2%+78%
581Bay City, MIMI102,12322.1%+56%
582Guymon, OKOK20,32222.1%+25%
583Brownsville, TXTX433,94622.1%+65%
584Brookings, OROR22,62122.1%+34%
585Fort Dodge, IAIA36,83822.0%+31%
586Fremont, NENE38,05722.0%+46%
587Alexandria, LALA147,95222.0%+40%
588Cañon City, COCO50,03922.0%+63%
589Shelby, NCNC103,32522.0%+66%
590Celina, OHOH42,73721.9%+73%
591Magnolia, ARAR21,89421.9%+31%
592Shelton, WAWA71,16521.9%+41%
593Marietta, OHOH58,38921.9%+46%
594Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,06321.9%+45%
595Cumberland, MDMD93,64021.8%+63%
596Sevierville, TNTN101,34221.8%+61%
597Atchison, KSKS16,17221.8%+21%
598Blackfoot, IDID51,15321.8%+51%
599Goldsboro, NCNC122,27821.7%+45%
600Wilson, NCNC81,15021.7%+44%
601Fort Madison, IAIA32,30621.7%+73%
602Le Mars, IAIA25,69721.7%+12%
603Great Bend, KSKS24,79021.7%+30%
604Danville, KYKY56,98521.7%+51%
605Tullahoma, TNTN69,33921.7%+28%
606Decatur, ALAL160,32621.6%+37%
607Huntsville, TXTX83,84221.6%+18%
608Albany, OROR132,84321.6%+61%
609Grand Island, NENE78,07621.6%+38%
610Wapakoneta, OHOH45,90921.6%+60%
611Albertville, ALAL103,53721.5%+55%
612Centralia, WAWA88,06221.5%+67%
613Americus, GAGA33,39421.5%+15%
614Lock Haven, PAPA37,87021.5%+61%
615Twin Falls, IDID123,90121.5%+38%
616Forest City, NCNC65,74521.5%+72%
617Wisconsin Rapids, WIWI74,06021.4%+27%
618Crescent City, CACA26,41021.4%+95%
619Laredo, TXTX281,22421.4%+53%
620Watertown, SDSD29,56221.4%+14%
621Sidney, OHOH48,06521.4%+67%
622Sparta, WIWI46,57221.3%+62%
623Muskegon, MIMI177,90121.3%+54%
624Campbellsville, KYKY38,40721.3%+91%
625Sanford, NCNC70,25821.3%+24%
626Huntington, ININ37,22421.3%+50%
627Washington, NCNC44,67021.2%+33%
628Longview, TXTX297,31521.2%+32%
629Kankakee, ILIL105,52521.2%+42%
630Dothan, ALAL156,26621.2%+33%
631Hillsdale, MIMI45,73821.2%+76%
632Greenwood, MSMS34,91221.2%+43%
633Olean, NYNY75,39021.1%+42%
634Dyersburg, TNTN36,32021.1%+76%
635Columbus, NENE46,58321.1%+34%
636Meadville, PAPA81,79221.1%+43%
637Grenada, MSMS30,22221.0%+66%
638Fort Smith, ARAR234,14021.0%+53%
639Galesburg, ILIL47,76721.0%+44%
640Plymouth, ININ46,59920.9%+40%
641Lincoln, ILIL27,18220.9%+47%
642Gloversville, NYNY52,21620.9%+55%
643Rock Springs, WYWY41,26720.9%+23%
644LaGrange, GAGA107,09720.9%+42%
645Bradford, PAPA38,98420.8%+49%
646Ottawa, ILIL145,90220.8%+51%
647Kokomo, ININ83,90420.8%+15%
648Hammond, LALA141,34620.8%+28%
649Weirton, WVWV112,46820.8%+72%
650Woodward, OKOK19,82720.7%+36%
651El Campo, TXTX42,06020.7%+45%
652Freeport, ILIL43,22020.7%+32%
653Dodge City, KSKS33,99320.7%+26%
654Athens, TXTX88,59520.7%+71%
655Oxford, ALAL115,83420.6%+36%
656Fayetteville, TNTN36,85320.6%+74%
657McAllen, TXTX921,54920.6%+60%
658Escanaba, MIMI36,58220.6%+21%
659Selinsgrove, PAPA39,65520.6%+65%
660Homosassa Springs, FLFL171,66620.6%+57%
661Duncan, OKOK44,31020.6%+24%
662Texarkana, TXTX146,81620.6%+42%
663Tiffin, OHOH54,52220.6%+65%
664St. Marys, PAPA29,92620.6%+67%
665Zanesville, OHOH87,01420.6%+63%
666Sayre, PAPA59,60020.6%+39%
667Rocky Mount, NCNC148,48620.5%+48%
668Cadillac, MIMI49,71920.5%+50%
669Gallipolis, OHOH29,07220.5%+76%
670Sebring, FLFL111,12220.5%+51%
671Sterling, ILIL54,12120.5%+81%
672Richmond, ININ66,16920.5%+49%
673Shawnee, OKOK75,10220.4%+32%
674Paris, TXTX63,31920.4%+55%
675Thomasville, GAGA72,95820.4%+40%
676Crawfordsville, ININ38,95420.4%+39%
677Bedford, ININ45,56820.4%+90%
678Morristown, TNTN128,86720.4%+56%
679Hutchinson, KSKS61,53920.4%+18%
680Ozark, ALAL49,91220.4%+46%
681Mount Airy, NCNC72,28720.4%+69%
682Searcy, ARAR80,08520.4%+31%
683Bluefield, WVWV96,13820.3%+61%
684Marion, ININ66,52420.3%+44%
685Alexander City, ALAL40,95320.3%+44%
686Sikeston, MOMO49,97820.3%+95%
687Beaver Dam, WIWI89,09720.3%+53%
688Seymour, ININ47,37020.3%+77%
689DuBois, PAPA78,10020.2%+82%
690Greencastle, ININ37,87620.2%+54%
691Springfield, OHOH135,34020.2%+36%
692Auburn, ININ44,53520.2%+63%
693McAlester, OKOK43,32020.2%+57%
694Hutchinson, MNMN36,63120.2%+31%
695Brownwood, TXTX38,71120.2%+34%
696Beckley, WVWV109,94020.2%+69%
697Elkhart, ININ208,77420.1%+30%
698Sterling, COCO20,65420.1%+38%
699Lima, OHOH100,88120.1%+50%
700Port Lavaca, TXTX19,59920.1%+66%
701Pine Bluff, ARAR70,21120.0%+32%
702Victoria, TXTX99,86420.0%+25%
703Owosso, MIMI67,68120.0%+46%
704Greensburg, ININ26,57620.0%+74%
705Ardmore, OKOK48,91019.9%+32%
706Warren, PAPA37,03819.9%+40%
707Albemarle, NCNC68,83019.9%+56%
708Pottsville, PAPA145,08519.9%+85%
709Houma, LALA199,66819.8%+61%
710New Philadelphia, OHOH92,37319.8%+62%
711Elkins, WVWV26,88219.8%+45%
712Uvalde, TXTX24,96319.8%+43%
713Madison, ININ33,27919.8%+21%
714Grants Pass, OROR87,86719.7%+40%
715Cullman, ALAL94,00919.7%+65%
716Modesto, CACA557,71919.6%+40%
717Ottumwa, IAIA35,21019.6%+35%
718Clarksdale, MSMS19,84919.5%+21%
719Bonham, TXTX39,26519.5%+54%
720Beaumont, TXTX399,31019.5%+32%
721Yuba City, CACA187,47819.5%+48%
722Mountain Home, ARAR42,98219.4%+52%
723Orangeburg, SCSC83,17719.4%+19%
724Dixon, ILIL32,91419.4%+47%
725Cambridge, MDMD33,62819.4%+62%
726Wilmington, OHOH42,30119.3%+37%
727Marinette, WIWI65,51519.3%+59%
728Roseburg, OROR111,95119.3%+45%
729Carlsbad, NMNM62,50919.3%+43%
730Red Bluff, CACA64,66519.3%+71%
731Brookhaven, MSMS35,01219.3%+55%
732Winnemucca, NVNV17,26719.3%+36%
733Ponca City, OKOK43,49019.2%+5%
734Danville, ILIL71,25919.2%+54%
735Huntingdon, PAPA43,00119.2%+62%
736Monticello, ININ25,16419.2%+84%
737Yakima, WAWA259,18519.2%+25%
738Paris, TNTN32,89619.1%+58%
739Show Low, AZAZ109,94619.1%+55%
740El Dorado, ARAR36,92619.1%+28%
741Vincennes, ININ35,65219.1%+32%
742Oil City, PAPA49,34619.1%+46%
743Crossville, TNTN66,30019.1%+40%
744Española, NMNM39,83219.0%+23%
745Laurel, MSMS82,28119.0%+45%
746Defiance, OHOH38,29219.0%+33%
747Shawano, WIWI45,75919.0%+50%
748Tifton, GAGA51,23719.0%+30%
749Pontiac, ILIL35,05719.0%+50%
750Garden City, KSKS37,50519.0%+33%
751Urbana, OHOH38,82019.0%+80%
752Jacksonville, TXTX53,33718.9%+67%
753Vineland, NJNJ157,14818.9%+61%
754Hinesville, GAGA91,87018.9%+43%
755Muskogee, OKOK66,70818.8%+23%
756Calhoun, GAGA61,70118.8%+77%
757Kendallville, ININ47,93718.8%+70%
758Price, UTUT20,68018.8%+53%
759Franklin, KYKY20,78818.8%+57%
760Vidalia, GAGA36,18018.8%+46%
761Bakersfield, CACA927,06818.8%+39%
762Dalton, GAGA147,81918.8%+69%
763Payson, AZAZ53,80118.7%+35%
764Bellefontaine, OHOH46,30218.7%+63%
765Alma, MIMI41,19018.7%+45%
766Greeneville, TNTN73,83118.7%+47%
767Burley, IDID49,30818.7%+55%
768Corinth, MSMS34,56918.6%+59%
769Natchez, MSMS54,72218.5%+33%
770Henderson, KYKY57,18418.5%+52%
771Canton, ILIL32,90118.5%+62%
772Moses Lake, WAWA105,72718.4%+34%
773Moberly, MOMO24,51318.4%+57%
774Sedalia, MOMO44,25418.4%+23%
775Gaffney, SCSC58,27518.4%+56%
776Mayfield, KYKY37,05018.4%+47%
777Lexington, NENE26,25518.4%+25%
778Fremont, OHOH58,65518.4%+54%
779Alpena, MIMI28,85318.3%+39%
780Union City, TNTN30,06718.3%+78%
781Farmington, NMNM120,34018.3%+35%
782Corsicana, TXTX57,18118.2%+49%
783Albert Lea, MNMN30,44018.2%+42%
784Mount Vernon, ILIL36,14718.2%+33%
785Portsmouth, OHOH71,36518.2%+80%
786Aberdeen, WAWA78,14418.2%+43%
787Batesville, ARAR38,78518.1%+32%
788Somerset, KYKY67,38418.1%+73%
789Marion, NCNC45,19818.1%+102%
790Gadsden, ALAL103,88618.1%+35%
791Lufkin, TXTX88,15417.9%+22%
792Somerset, PAPA72,00417.9%+66%
793Roswell, NMNM63,36417.9%+10%
794Mansfield, OHOH124,89317.9%+42%
795Worthington, MNMN22,33817.9%+32%
796Clearlake, CACA67,77217.8%+48%
797Fort Morgan, COCO30,30617.8%+32%
798West Plains, MOMO40,79817.8%+64%
799Mineral Wells, TXTX30,79117.8%+47%
800Mount Sterling, KYKY48,42817.8%+53%
801Elko, NVNV56,68217.8%+21%
802Fallon, NVNV25,85117.7%+6%
803Andrews, TXTX18,91417.7%+43%
804Odessa, TXTX173,80117.6%+47%
805Longview, WAWA114,88517.6%+33%
806Athens, TNTN71,59017.6%+75%
807Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,07617.6%+41%
808Danville, VAVA101,13717.6%+56%
809Malvern, ARAR33,45117.5%+57%
810Selma, ALAL35,14017.5%+26%
811Dublin, GAGA60,35117.5%+31%
812New Castle, ININ49,13717.5%+49%
813Chillicothe, OHOH76,42917.4%+54%
814Glasgow, KYKY56,22417.3%+70%
815Corbin, KYKY150,04017.3%+65%
816Coldwater, MIMI45,99317.3%+63%
817Farmington, MOMO67,80917.2%+69%
818Vernon, TXTX12,48117.2%+1%
819Bucyrus, OHOH41,89617.2%+78%
820Hermiston, OROR93,72117.2%+13%
821Henderson, NCNC42,63817.2%+60%
822Shelbyville, TNTN55,27317.2%+54%
823Taylorville, ILIL33,44317.1%+62%
824Van Wert, OHOH29,01317.1%+43%
825Salem, OHOH99,37717.1%+58%
826DeRidder, LALA36,67317.1%+24%
827Picayune, MSMS59,36317.0%+22%
828Harrison, ARAR45,65417.0%+36%
829Sturgis, MIMI60,96816.9%+33%
830Madisonville, KYKY45,12716.9%+60%
831Camden, ARAR26,36316.9%+43%
832Paragould, ARAR47,41116.9%+55%
833Martinsville, VAVA63,09116.9%+54%
834North Wilkesboro, NCNC66,23316.9%+50%
835Pikeville, KYKY89,12216.8%+71%
836Lake City, FLFL74,09416.8%+54%
837Mexico, MOMO24,52816.8%+32%
838Yuma, AZAZ224,44916.8%+42%
839Borger, TXTX19,63316.8%+17%
840Vernal, UTUT38,27816.8%+27%
841Centralia, ILIL36,38216.8%+38%
842Coshocton, OHOH37,18816.7%+71%
843Norwalk, OHOH58,25016.7%+53%
844Laurinburg, NCNC33,32216.6%+4%
845Visalia, CACA485,14616.6%+45%
846Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,02516.6%+51%
847Frankfort, ININ33,32216.5%+63%
848Waycross, GAGA57,67016.5%+50%
849Greenville, OHOH51,52016.5%+64%
850Logansport, ININ37,83616.5%+37%
851Washington, ININ34,20916.5%+70%
852Alice, TXTX45,38316.4%+61%
853Pampa, TXTX21,78616.4%+32%
854Kinston, NCNC55,83716.3%+23%
855Lebanon, MOMO36,94316.3%+44%
856Talladega, ALAL91,76416.2%+50%
857Jesup, GAGA32,48116.2%+40%
858Decatur, ININ36,65016.2%+52%
859Ontario, OROR60,08516.1%+48%
860Peru, ININ34,48716.1%+55%
861El Centro, CACA181,41116.1%+56%
862Sweetwater, TXTX14,11716.0%+22%
863Connersville, ININ23,53316.0%+105%
864Rockingham, NCNC42,04116.0%+58%
865Scottsboro, ALAL54,28115.9%+53%
866Russellville, ALAL32,44915.8%+63%
867Okeechobee, FLFL42,60815.8%+77%
868Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,90415.8%+36%
869Middlesborough, KYKY22,82915.8%+76%
870Othello, WAWA21,48815.7%+29%
871Big Spring, TXTX30,50415.7%+41%
872Cambridge, OHOH38,37915.6%+56%
873Hobbs, NMNM74,74915.5%+33%
874Moultrie, GAGA47,43815.5%+36%
875Thomaston, GAGA28,50015.5%+35%
876Cedartown, GAGA45,51415.4%+93%
877Palestine, TXTX59,80515.4%+39%
878Merced, CACA297,26015.3%+39%
879Cordele, GAGA19,23715.3%+20%
880Plainview, TXTX36,70015.3%+9%
881Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,10215.2%+53%
882Zapata, TXTX13,75315.2%+75%
883Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,91415.2%+75%
884Bainbridge, GAGA29,43215.1%+25%
885Toccoa, GAGA27,85415.1%+7%
886Miami, OKOK30,43815.0%+23%
887Lewistown, PAPA46,12714.9%+37%
888Opelousas, LALA80,76514.9%+39%
889New Iberia, LALA66,84614.8%+33%
890Marion, OHOH65,11514.7%+33%
891McComb, MSMS52,64014.7%+23%
892Lumberton, NCNC119,94114.7%+28%
893Deming, NMNM25,40714.6%+40%
894Safford, AZAZ40,15714.6%+23%
895Palatka, FLFL77,73414.5%+54%
896Washington Court House, OHOH28,55214.4%+34%
897Eagle Pass, TXTX58,82314.3%+57%
898Forrest City, ARAR21,80014.2%+48%
899McMinnville, TNTN43,71714.1%+54%
900Fort Payne, ALAL74,08514.1%+71%
901Raymondville, TXTX19,97114.0%+87%
902Beeville, TXTX32,51514.0%+14%
903Blytheville, ARAR37,82813.7%+21%
904Morgan City, LALA46,55213.6%+45%
905Hanford, CACA154,32713.6%+32%
906Rio Grande City, TXTX66,31913.6%+96%
907Pahrump, NVNV57,33613.3%+32%
908Gallup, NMNM68,11913.3%+11%
909Minden, LALA34,94813.3%+5%
910Kennett, MOMO26,85513.2%+45%
911Douglas, GAGA52,86113.1%+38%
912Susanville, CACA28,11713.1%+22%
913Snyder, TXTX16,16213.0%+10%
914Fitzgerald, GAGA17,09913.0%+36%
915Elk City, OKOK22,15912.9%−16%
916Bogalusa, LALA44,93712.8%+17%
917Clewiston, FLFL61,54612.5%+45%
918Dumas, TXTX21,89112.3%+11%
919Summerville, GAGA25,30012.0%+56%
920Hereford, TXTX18,62611.4%−3%
921Liberal, KSKS21,07311.4%−16%
922Newport, TNTN37,88911.0%+77%
923Arcadia, FLFL37,07810.8%+29%
924Eufaula, ALAL26,86110.8%+2%
925Town of Pecos, TXTX12,1387.4%−7%
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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES