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RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 418 SHOWN OF 918

Most educated, US metro areas · 2010

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
501Hagerstown, MDMD315,28018.7%+29%
502Massena, NYNY105,48818.7%+14%
503Elizabeth City, NCNC42,20118.7%+14%
504Cornelia, GAGA50,41618.7%+18%
505Marshalltown, IAIA39,89018.7%+10%
506Escanaba, MIMI36,58218.7%+9%
507Parkersburg, WVWV87,26418.6%+25%
508St. Joseph, MOMO119,17018.6%+13%
509Ottawa, KSKS26,29918.5%+12%
510Brookings, OROR22,62118.5%+13%
511Spencer, IAIA16,20218.5%+14%
512Gettysburg, PAPA107,59418.5%+11%
513New Ulm, MNMN25,51718.5%+12%
514Youngstown, OHOH423,67818.5%+15%
515Lewiston, MEME116,48718.4%+28%
516Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,44218.4%−2%
517Milledgeville, GAGA44,02918.4%+14%
518Martin, TNTN33,26118.4%+20%
519Terre Haute, ININ169,24118.4%+5%
520Auburn, NYNY74,36518.4%+18%
521Lebanon, PAPA146,38018.3%+19%
522Effingham, ILIL44,72718.3%+32%
523Tullahoma, TNTN69,33918.3%+8%
524Coos Bay, OROR63,99218.3%+22%
525Bloomsburg, PAPA66,19318.3%+16%
526Meadville, PAPA81,79218.3%+24%
527Alexandria, LALA147,95218.3%+17%
528Chambersburg, PAPA160,65218.3%+24%
529Hutchinson, MNMN36,63118.3%+19%
530Madison, ININ33,27918.2%+11%
531Fallon, NVNV25,85118.2%+9%
532Lewiston, IDID65,45018.2%−2%
533Norfolk, NENE49,22818.2%+14%
534Elkhart, ININ208,77418.1%+17%
535Klamath Falls, OROR70,27418.1%+14%
536Olean, NYNY75,39018.1%+22%
537Seneca Falls, NYNY32,88318.1%+3%
538Sterling, COCO20,65418.0%+24%
539Joplin, MOMO208,79618.0%+15%
540Fort Dodge, IAIA36,83818.0%+7%
541Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,08118.0%+20%
542Fond du Lac, WIWI104,66918.0%+7%
543Saginaw, MIMI187,68818.0%+13%
544Sanford, NCNC70,25818.0%+4%
545Bay City, MIMI102,12318.0%+27%
546Kingsport, TNTN314,83418.0%+16%
547Lakeland, FLFL874,79018.0%+20%
548Lake Charles, LALA244,65517.9%+16%
549Rome, GAGA101,37817.9%+14%
550Shelton, WAWA71,16517.9%+15%
551Cleveland, TNTN134,05717.9%+22%
552Oskaloosa, IAIA21,88017.9%+8%
553Rochelle, ILIL51,39917.8%+5%
554Evanston, WYWY23,41517.8%+14%
555Grenada, MSMS30,22217.8%+41%
556Elizabethtown, KYKY128,66617.8%+20%
557Jefferson, GAGA99,26517.7%+51%
558Alamogordo, NMNM70,36817.7%+15%
559Jacksonville, NCNC217,17517.7%+20%
560Paducah, KYKY102,25917.7%+17%
561Marshall, MOMO23,26517.7%+12%
562Tupelo, MSMS133,16717.6%+20%
563Elkins, WVWV26,88217.6%+29%
564Greenville, MSMS40,44617.6%+7%
565Longview, TXTX297,31517.6%+9%
566Gillette, WYWY48,14517.6%+12%
567Americus, GAGA33,39417.6%−6%
568Rice Lake, WIWI46,48417.6%+18%
569Greencastle, ININ37,87617.6%+34%
570Jackson, MIMI159,55217.5%+8%
571Ozark, ALAL49,91217.5%+25%
572Wilson, NCNC81,15017.5%+16%
573Johnstown, PAPA128,96817.5%+28%
574Stockton, CACA823,81517.5%+20%
575Russellville, ARAR84,93217.5%+5%
576Manitowoc, WIWI81,71017.5%+13%
577Albany, GAGA145,51017.5%+10%
578Crawfordsville, ININ38,95417.5%+19%
579Fairmont, MNMN19,44017.5%+9%
580Ashland, OHOH52,52317.5%+10%
581Muskogee, OKOK66,70817.5%+14%
582Kankakee, ILIL105,52517.4%+17%
583Owensboro, KYKY113,96217.4%+7%
584Sumter, SCSC105,06717.4%+10%
585Woodward, OKOK19,82717.4%+14%
586Columbus, NENE46,58317.4%+10%
587Nogales, AZAZ50,02017.3%+14%
588Sonora, CACA53,16017.3%+8%
589Garden City, KSKS37,50517.3%+21%
590Searcy, ARAR80,08517.3%+12%
591Danville, KYKY56,98517.3%+21%
592Fremont, NENE38,05717.3%+15%
593Altoona, PAPA119,54117.3%+24%
594Wheeling, WVWV134,08917.2%+17%
595Dodge City, KSKS33,99317.2%+5%
596Brookhaven, MSMS35,01217.2%+39%
597Decatur, ALAL160,32617.2%+9%
598Freeport, ILIL43,22017.2%+10%
599Burlington, IAIA44,06117.1%+14%
600Huntington, WVWV365,96517.1%+16%
601Plymouth, ININ46,59917.1%+15%
602Rock Springs, WYWY41,26717.1%+0%
603Huntsville, TXTX83,84217.1%−7%
604Ocala, FLFL442,66017.1%+25%
605Iron Mountain, MIMI30,57517.1%+7%
606Sweetwater, TXTX14,11717.1%+30%
607Lincoln, ILIL27,18217.0%+20%
608Monroe, MIMI156,00417.0%+19%
609Victoria, TXTX99,86417.0%+7%
610Meridian, MSMS85,41917.0%+14%
611Clinton, IAIA46,00217.0%+18%
612Warren, PAPA37,03816.9%+19%
613Michigan City, ININ111,29416.7%+20%
614Orangeburg, SCSC83,17716.7%+3%
615Laredo, TXTX281,22416.7%+20%
616Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,06316.7%+11%
617Hannibal, MOMO38,96916.7%+13%
618Lock Haven, PAPA37,87016.7%+24%
619Cookeville, TNTN152,47716.7%+14%
620Shawnee, OKOK75,10216.6%+7%
621Greenwood, MSMS34,91216.6%+12%
622Natchez, MSMS54,72216.6%+19%
623LaGrange, GAGA107,09716.5%+12%
624Homosassa Springs, FLFL171,66616.5%+26%
625Winchester, TNTN45,57916.5%+8%
626Grants Pass, OROR87,86716.5%+17%
627Duncan, OKOK44,31016.5%−1%
628Dothan, ALAL156,26616.5%+3%
629Cambridge, MDMD33,62816.5%+38%
630Muskegon, MIMI177,90116.5%+19%
631Clearlake, CACA67,77216.4%+36%
632Sparta, WIWI46,57216.4%+24%
633Ardmore, OKOK48,91016.4%+8%
634Albany, OROR132,84316.3%+22%
635Defiance, OHOH38,29216.3%+14%
636Snyder, TXTX16,16216.3%+38%
637Beaumont, TXTX399,31016.3%+11%
638Wabash, ININ30,71316.3%+19%
639Modesto, CACA557,71916.3%+16%
640Pine Bluff, ARAR70,21116.2%+7%
641Cañon City, COCO50,03916.2%+20%
642Springfield, OHOH135,34016.2%+9%
643Clarksburg, WVWV88,14216.2%+9%
644Thomasville, GAGA72,95816.2%+11%
645St. Marys, PAPA29,92616.2%+31%
646Goldsboro, NCNC122,27816.2%+8%
647Española, NMNM39,83216.1%+5%
648Tiffin, OHOH54,52216.1%+29%
649Oxford, ALAL115,83416.1%+6%
650Sterling, ILIL54,12116.1%+42%
651El Dorado, ARAR36,92616.1%+8%
652Uvalde, TXTX24,96316.1%+16%
653Yuba City, CACA187,47816.0%+22%
654Anderson Creek, NCNC150,13716.0%+25%
655Corinth, MSMS34,56916.0%+37%
656Worthington, MNMN22,33816.0%+19%
657Marietta, OHOH58,38916.0%+6%
658Texarkana, TXTX146,81615.9%+10%
659Hickory, NCNC376,89015.9%+17%
660Amsterdam, NYNY50,04615.9%+17%
661Austin, MNMN40,97115.9%+8%
662Vernon, TXTX12,48115.9%−7%
663Lufkin, TXTX88,15415.9%+8%
664Blackfoot, IDID51,15315.9%+10%
665Elko, NVNV56,68215.9%+8%
666Ottawa, ILIL145,90215.8%+15%
667Del Rio, TXTX47,83515.8%+12%
668Lima, OHOH100,88115.8%+18%
669Gadsden, ALAL103,88615.8%+18%
670Grand Island, NENE78,07615.8%+1%
671Fayetteville, TNTN36,85315.8%+33%
672Richmond, ININ66,16915.8%+15%
673Sedalia, MOMO44,25415.8%+5%
674Rocky Mount, NCNC148,48615.8%+14%
675Tifton, GAGA51,23715.7%+8%
676Twin Falls, IDID123,90115.7%+1%
677Auburn, ININ44,53515.7%+27%
678Alexander City, ALAL40,95315.7%+11%
679Corsicana, TXTX57,18115.7%+28%
680Shelby, NCNC103,32515.7%+18%
681Roswell, NMNM63,36415.7%−3%
682Sayre, PAPA59,60015.7%+6%
683Bradford, PAPA38,98415.6%+12%
684Crossville, TNTN66,30015.6%+14%
685Paris, TXTX63,31915.6%+18%
686Franklin, KYKY20,78815.6%+30%
687Yakima, WAWA259,18515.6%+2%
688Fort Smith, ARAR234,14015.5%+13%
689Bluefield, WVWV96,13815.5%+23%
690Alpena, MIMI28,85315.5%+18%
691Wapakoneta, OHOH45,90915.5%+15%
692Roseburg, OROR111,95115.5%+16%
693El Campo, TXTX42,06015.4%+8%
694Marion, ININ66,52415.4%+9%
695Celina, OHOH42,73715.4%+22%
696Sunbury, PAPA107,78815.4%+20%
697Selinsgrove, PAPA39,65515.3%+22%
698Albemarle, NCNC68,83015.3%+20%
699Cadillac, MIMI49,71915.3%+12%
700Urbana, OHOH38,82015.3%+45%
701McComb, MSMS52,64015.3%+28%
702Galesburg, ILIL47,76715.2%+4%
703Beaver Dam, WIWI89,09715.2%+15%
704Sevierville, TNTN101,34215.2%+12%
705Carlsbad, NMNM62,50915.1%+12%
706McAlester, OKOK43,32015.1%+17%
707Cumberland, MDMD93,64015.1%+12%
708McAllen, TXTX921,54915.1%+17%
709Centralia, WAWA88,06215.0%+17%
710Payson, AZAZ53,80115.0%+8%
711Farmington, NMNM120,34015.0%+11%
712Dixon, ILIL32,91415.0%+14%
713Brownwood, TXTX38,71115.0%−0%
714Hinesville, GAGA91,87015.0%+13%
715Laurel, MSMS82,28114.9%+14%
716Owosso, MIMI67,68114.9%+9%
717Mount Airy, NCNC72,28714.9%+24%
718Lake City, FLFL74,09414.9%+36%
719Ottumwa, IAIA35,21014.9%+2%
720Vincennes, ININ35,65214.9%+3%
721Mansfield, OHOH124,89314.9%+18%
722Paris, TNTN32,89614.8%+23%
723Fort Madison, IAIA32,30614.8%+18%
724Greensburg, ININ26,57614.8%+29%
725Lexington, NENE26,25514.8%+1%
726Huntington, ININ37,22414.8%+4%
727Farmington, MOMO67,80914.8%+44%
728DeRidder, LALA36,67314.8%+7%
729Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,07614.8%+19%
730Vernal, UTUT38,27814.7%+12%
731Bonham, TXTX39,26514.7%+17%
732Batesville, ARAR38,78514.7%+7%
733Elk City, OKOK22,15914.7%−5%
734Dublin, GAGA60,35114.7%+10%
735Weirton, WVWV112,46814.7%+22%
736Port Lavaca, TXTX19,59914.7%+22%
737Bakersfield, CACA927,06814.7%+9%
738Morristown, TNTN128,86714.7%+12%
739Longview, WAWA114,88514.7%+10%
740Wilmington, OHOH42,30114.7%+4%
741Forest City, NCNC65,74514.6%+17%
742Picayune, MSMS59,36314.6%+6%
743Sebring, FLFL111,12214.6%+8%
744Mountain Home, IDID29,46514.6%−16%
745Fort Morgan, COCO30,30614.6%+8%
746Vidalia, GAGA36,18014.6%+13%
747Plainview, TXTX36,70014.6%+4%
748Brownsville, TXTX433,94614.5%+9%
749Somerset, KYKY67,38414.5%+39%
750Monticello, ININ25,16414.5%+39%
751Albertville, ALAL103,53714.5%+5%
752Aberdeen, WAWA78,14414.5%+15%
753Mountain Home, ARAR42,98214.5%+14%
754Kinston, NCNC55,83714.5%+9%
755Dyersburg, TNTN36,32014.5%+21%
756Show Low, AZAZ109,94614.4%+17%
757Mayfield, KYKY37,05014.4%+15%
758Moses Lake, WAWA105,72714.4%+5%
759Henderson, KYKY57,18414.3%+18%
760Gallipolis, OHOH29,07214.3%+23%
761Bellefontaine, OHOH46,30214.3%+25%
762Gloversville, NYNY52,21614.3%+6%
763Somerset, PAPA72,00414.3%+32%
764Crescent City, CACA26,41014.3%+30%
765Selma, ALAL35,14014.3%+2%
766Clarksdale, MSMS19,84914.3%−12%
767New Philadelphia, OHOH92,37314.3%+17%
768Athens, TXTX88,59514.2%+18%
769Hermiston, OROR93,72114.2%−7%
770Danville, VAVA101,13714.2%+26%
771Zanesville, OHOH87,01414.2%+12%
772Hillsdale, MIMI45,73814.2%+18%
773Price, UTUT20,68014.2%+16%
774West Plains, MOMO40,79814.1%+30%
775Van Wert, OHOH29,01314.1%+18%
776Bay City, TXTX36,46314.1%+13%
777Coldwater, MIMI45,99314.1%+33%
778Harrison, ARAR45,65414.1%+13%
779Logansport, ININ37,83614.1%+17%
780Oil City, PAPA49,34614.1%+8%
781Shawano, WIWI45,75914.1%+11%
782Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,90414.1%+21%
783Mount Vernon, ILIL36,14714.1%+3%
784Sturgis, MIMI60,96814.0%+10%
785Houma, LALA199,66814.0%+14%
786Mexico, MOMO24,52814.0%+10%
787Marion, NCNC45,19814.0%+56%
788Greeneville, TNTN73,83114.0%+10%
789Sidney, OHOH48,06514.0%+9%
790Laurinburg, NCNC33,32214.0%−12%
791Mount Sterling, KYKY48,42813.9%+19%
792Marinette, WIWI65,51513.9%+14%
793Campbellsville, KYKY38,40713.8%+24%
794Albert Lea, MNMN30,44013.8%+8%
795Huntingdon, PAPA43,00113.8%+16%
796Seymour, ININ47,37013.8%+20%
797Ontario, OROR60,08513.8%+27%
798Cullman, ALAL94,00913.8%+16%
799New Castle, ININ49,13713.8%+18%
800Dumas, TXTX21,89113.7%+24%
801Danville, ILIL71,25913.7%+10%
802Mineral Wells, TXTX30,79113.7%+13%
803Eagle Pass, TXTX58,82313.7%+51%
804Beckley, WVWV109,94013.7%+15%
805Pottsville, PAPA145,08513.6%+27%
806Centralia, ILIL36,38213.6%+12%
807Liberal, KSKS21,07313.5%−0%
808Glasgow, KYKY56,22413.5%+33%
809Pontiac, ILIL35,05713.5%+7%
810Deming, NMNM25,40713.5%+30%
811Minden, LALA34,94813.5%+7%
812Alma, MIMI41,19013.5%+4%
813Safford, AZAZ40,15713.4%+13%
814Othello, WAWA21,48813.4%+10%
815Winnemucca, NVNV17,26713.4%−6%
816Canton, ILIL32,90113.4%+17%
817New Iberia, LALA66,84613.4%+20%
818Vineland, NJNJ157,14813.3%+13%
819Yuma, AZAZ224,44913.3%+12%
820Toccoa, GAGA27,85413.3%−6%
821Hereford, TXTX18,62613.2%+13%
822Madisonville, KYKY45,12713.2%+24%
823Chillicothe, OHOH76,42913.1%+16%
824Washington Court House, OHOH28,55213.1%+22%
825Fremont, OHOH58,65513.1%+10%
826Miami, OKOK30,43813.1%+7%
827Odessa, TXTX173,80113.1%+9%
828Frankfort, ININ33,32213.1%+29%
829Pampa, TXTX21,78613.1%+6%
830Borger, TXTX19,63313.0%−9%
831Athens, TNTN71,59013.0%+29%
832Lebanon, MOMO36,94313.0%+15%
833Kendallville, ININ47,93713.0%+17%
834Eufaula, ALAL26,86113.0%+23%
835Visalia, CACA485,14613.0%+13%
836Hobbs, NMNM74,74912.9%+11%
837Martinsville, VAVA63,09112.8%+17%
838Sikeston, MOMO49,97812.8%+23%
839Shelbyville, TNTN55,27312.8%+15%
840Dalton, GAGA147,81912.8%+15%
841Burley, IDID49,30812.7%+6%
842Portsmouth, OHOH71,36512.7%+25%
843Calhoun, GAGA61,70112.7%+19%
844Red Bluff, CACA64,66512.6%+11%
845Opelousas, LALA80,76512.5%+17%
846Bedford, ININ45,56812.5%+17%
847Bainbridge, GAGA29,43212.5%+3%
848Malvern, ARAR33,45112.5%+12%
849Merced, CACA297,26012.5%+13%
850Susanville, CACA28,11712.4%+16%
851Andrews, TXTX18,91412.4%−0%
852Salem, OHOH99,37712.4%+15%
853DuBois, PAPA78,10012.3%+11%
854Fitzgerald, GAGA17,09912.3%+29%
855North Wilkesboro, NCNC66,23312.3%+9%
856Palatka, FLFL77,73412.2%+30%
857Decatur, ININ36,65012.2%+14%
858El Centro, CACA181,41112.2%+18%
859Washington, ININ34,20912.2%+26%
860Lumberton, NCNC119,94112.1%+6%
861Norwalk, OHOH58,25012.1%+11%
862Taylorville, ILIL33,44312.1%+15%
863Camden, ARAR26,36312.1%+2%
864Marion, OHOH65,11512.0%+8%
865Paragould, ARAR47,41112.0%+10%
866Scottsboro, ALAL54,28112.0%+15%
867Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,10212.0%+20%
868Union City, TNTN30,06711.9%+16%
869Pikeville, KYKY89,12211.9%+21%
870Jacksonville, TXTX53,33711.8%+4%
871Bogalusa, LALA44,93711.8%+8%
872Hanford, CACA154,32711.8%+14%
873Russellville, ALAL32,44911.8%+21%
874Talladega, ALAL91,76411.8%+9%
875Cordele, GAGA19,23711.7%−8%
876Moberly, MOMO24,51311.7%−0%
877Gaffney, SCSC58,27511.7%−1%
878Coshocton, OHOH37,18811.6%+19%
879Arcadia, FLFL37,07811.6%+38%
880Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,02511.5%+5%
881Lewisburg, TNTN38,07111.5%+8%
882Okeechobee, FLFL42,60811.4%+28%
883Cedartown, GAGA45,51411.4%+42%
884Palestine, TXTX59,80511.3%+2%
885Thomaston, GAGA28,50011.3%−1%
886Greenville, OHOH51,52011.3%+12%
887Middlesborough, KYKY22,82911.3%+26%
888Cambridge, OHOH38,37911.2%+12%
889Corbin, KYKY150,04011.2%+7%
890Moultrie, GAGA47,43811.2%−2%
891Lewistown, PAPA46,12711.1%+2%
892Waycross, GAGA57,67011.1%+1%
893Blytheville, ARAR37,82811.0%−2%
894Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,91411.0%+26%
895McMinnville, TNTN43,71710.9%+20%
896Gallup, NMNM68,11910.9%−9%
897Fort Payne, ALAL74,08510.9%+32%
898Jesup, GAGA32,48110.9%−6%
899Alice, TXTX45,38310.9%+6%
900Henderson, NCNC42,63810.7%+0%
901Forrest City, ARAR21,80010.5%+10%
902Douglas, GAGA52,86110.5%+11%
903Bucyrus, OHOH41,89610.5%+9%
904Pahrump, NVNV57,33610.5%+4%
905Morgan City, LALA46,55210.4%+10%
906Peru, ININ34,48710.2%−2%
907Big Spring, TXTX30,50410.1%−9%
908Kennett, MOMO26,85510.1%+11%
909Rockingham, NCNC42,04110.0%−1%
910Rio Grande City, TXTX66,3199.8%+41%
911Zapata, TXTX13,7539.6%+10%
912Beeville, TXTX32,5159.2%−25%
913Clewiston, FLFL61,5469.0%+5%
914Connersville, ININ23,5338.8%+12%
915Raymondville, TXTX19,9718.6%+15%
916Summerville, GAGA25,3008.0%+4%
917Newport, TNTN37,8897.8%+26%
918Town of Pecos, TXTX12,1387.6%−5%
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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES