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RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 418 SHOWN OF 918

Most educated, US metro areas · 2020

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
501Monroe, LALA222,39022.1%+17%
502Ludington, MIMI29,04022.0%+39%
503Ashland, OHOH52,52322.0%+38%
504Cleveland, TNTN134,05722.0%+50%
505Auburn, NYNY74,36522.0%+41%
506Johnstown, PAPA128,96822.0%+60%
507Hammond, LALA141,34622.0%+35%
508Manitowoc, WIWI81,71021.9%+42%
509St. Joseph, MOMO119,17021.9%+34%
510Jackson, TNTN184,56921.9%+34%
511Batavia, NYNY58,41621.9%+34%
512Russellville, ARAR84,93221.9%+31%
513Muscatine, IAIA41,85321.8%+27%
514Gainesville, TXTX44,46121.8%+39%
515Rochelle, ILIL51,39921.8%+28%
516Paducah, KYKY102,25921.8%+44%
517Clarksburg, WVWV88,14221.7%+46%
518Enterprise, ALAL56,95321.7%+13%
519Fairmont, MNMN19,44021.7%+35%
520North Platte, NENE33,97221.7%+34%
521Twin Falls, IDID123,90121.5%+38%
522Flint, MIMI401,09321.5%+32%
523Battle Creek, MIMI133,40821.5%+34%
524Las Vegas, NMNM30,31121.4%+5%
525Columbus, NENE46,58321.4%+36%
526Wheeling, WVWV134,08921.4%+45%
527Rome, GAGA101,37821.4%+35%
528Seneca Falls, NYNY32,88321.3%+22%
529Sparta, WIWI46,57221.3%+62%
530Lake Charles, LALA244,65521.3%+38%
531Great Bend, KSKS24,79021.3%+28%
532Parkersburg, WVWV87,26421.3%+43%
533Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,06321.3%+42%
534Oskaloosa, IAIA21,88021.3%+29%
535Elizabethtown, KYKY128,66621.3%+43%
536Terre Haute, ININ169,24121.2%+21%
537Klamath Falls, OROR70,27421.2%+33%
538Rock Springs, WYWY41,26721.2%+24%
539El Dorado, ARAR36,92621.2%+42%
540Lebanon, PAPA146,38021.2%+38%
541Branson, MOMO57,00121.2%+42%
542Fresno, CACA1,203,38321.1%+26%
543Kokomo, ININ83,90421.1%+17%
544Selinsgrove, PAPA39,65521.1%+69%
545Fort Dodge, IAIA36,83821.1%+25%
546Cornelia, GAGA50,41621.1%+33%
547Adrian, MIMI97,77921.1%+29%
548Monroe, MIMI156,00421.0%+47%
549Huntington, ININ37,22421.0%+48%
550Tullahoma, TNTN69,33921.0%+24%
551Nogales, AZAZ50,02020.9%+38%
552Thomasville, GAGA72,95820.9%+43%
553Albany, GAGA145,51020.9%+32%
554Corpus Christi, TXTX451,19120.9%+18%
555Freeport, ILIL43,22020.8%+33%
556Sumter, SCSC105,06720.8%+32%
557Grand Island, NENE78,07620.8%+33%
558Marshalltown, IAIA39,89020.8%+22%
559Storm Lake, IAIA20,44920.8%+11%
560Atchison, KSKS16,17220.8%+16%
561Winchester, TNTN45,57920.8%+36%
562Crawfordsville, ININ38,95420.8%+42%
563Beatrice, NENE21,71120.7%+34%
564Searcy, ARAR80,08520.7%+34%
565Mountain Home, IDID29,46520.7%+20%
566Washington, NCNC44,67020.7%+29%
567Clovis, NMNM65,27020.7%+19%
568Ocala, FLFL442,66020.7%+51%
569Albertville, ALAL103,53720.7%+49%
570Rice Lake, WIWI46,48420.6%+39%
571Huntington, WVWV365,96520.6%+39%
572Sterling, COCO20,65420.6%+41%
573Wisconsin Rapids, WIWI74,06020.6%+22%
574Lakeland, FLFL874,79020.6%+38%
575Sherman, TXTX153,61320.6%+19%
576Kankakee, ILIL105,52520.6%+38%
577Sanford, NCNC70,25820.5%+19%
578Blackfoot, IDID51,15320.5%+43%
579Magnolia, ARAR21,89420.5%+22%
580Greenville, MSMS40,44620.5%+25%
581The Dalles, OROR26,31020.4%+30%
582Meadville, PAPA81,79220.4%+39%
583Sunbury, PAPA107,78820.4%+58%
584Cookeville, TNTN152,47720.3%+39%
585Fort Smith, ARAR234,14020.3%+47%
586Ardmore, OKOK48,91020.2%+34%
587Dothan, ALAL156,26620.2%+26%
588Decatur, ALAL160,32620.2%+28%
589Texarkana, TXTX146,81620.1%+39%
590Ottawa, KSKS26,29920.1%+22%
591Brownwood, TXTX38,71120.1%+34%
592Jacksonville, ILIL37,38120.1%+6%
593Wilmington, OHOH42,30120.0%+42%
594Wilson, NCNC81,15020.0%+33%
595Watertown, SDSD29,56220.0%+6%
596Alexandria, LALA147,95220.0%+28%
597Danville, KYKY56,98520.0%+40%
598Hutchinson, KSKS61,53920.0%+15%
599Natchitoches, LALA36,08919.9%+8%
600Coos Bay, OROR63,99219.9%+33%
601Campbellsville, KYKY38,40719.9%+79%
602Olean, NYNY75,39019.9%+34%
603Cambridge, MDMD33,62819.9%+66%
604Martin, TNTN33,26119.9%+29%
605Goldsboro, NCNC122,27819.8%+32%
606Richmond, ININ66,16919.8%+44%
607Muskogee, OKOK66,70819.8%+29%
608Gillette, WYWY48,14519.7%+26%
609Fremont, NENE38,05719.7%+31%
610Muskegon, MIMI177,90119.7%+42%
611Plymouth, ININ46,59919.7%+32%
612Ottumwa, IAIA35,21019.7%+35%
613Bay City, MIMI102,12319.7%+39%
614Meridian, MSMS85,41919.6%+31%
615Longview, TXTX297,31519.6%+22%
616Laurel, MSMS82,28119.6%+50%
617Lock Haven, PAPA37,87019.6%+46%
618Grenada, MSMS30,22219.5%+55%
619Elkhart, ININ208,77419.5%+26%
620Greensburg, ININ26,57619.5%+70%
621Lincoln, ILIL27,18219.5%+38%
622Bay City, TXTX36,46319.5%+57%
623Albany, OROR132,84319.5%+46%
624Burlington, IAIA44,06119.5%+30%
625Shelby, NCNC103,32519.5%+47%
626Rocky Mount, NCNC148,48619.5%+41%
627Orangeburg, SCSC83,17719.5%+20%
628Uvalde, TXTX24,96319.4%+41%
629Evanston, WYWY23,41519.4%+25%
630Warren, PAPA37,03819.4%+37%
631Shawnee, OKOK75,10219.4%+25%
632Woodward, OKOK19,82719.4%+27%
633Celina, OHOH42,73719.4%+53%
634Ponca City, OKOK43,49019.3%+6%
635McAllen, TXTX921,54919.3%+50%
636Clinton, IAIA46,00219.3%+34%
637Oil City, PAPA49,34619.3%+48%
638Sidney, OHOH48,06519.3%+51%
639Escanaba, MIMI36,58219.2%+13%
640Payson, AZAZ53,80119.2%+39%
641Forest City, NCNC65,74519.2%+54%
642Galesburg, ILIL47,76719.2%+32%
643St. Marys, PAPA29,92619.2%+56%
644Wapakoneta, OHOH45,90919.2%+43%
645Stockton, CACA823,81519.2%+32%
646Newberry, SCSC39,56119.2%+29%
647Fayetteville, TNTN36,85319.1%+61%
648Yuba City, CACA187,47819.1%+46%
649Del Rio, TXTX47,83519.1%+35%
650Michigan City, ININ111,29419.1%+37%
651Centralia, WAWA88,06219.1%+48%
652Hickory, NCNC376,89019.1%+40%
653Huntsville, TXTX83,84219.0%+4%
654Bradford, PAPA38,98419.0%+35%
655Hillsdale, MIMI45,73818.9%+57%
656Springfield, OHOH135,34018.9%+27%
657Ottawa, ILIL145,90218.9%+37%
658Americus, GAGA33,39418.9%+1%
659Wabash, ININ30,71318.9%+38%
660Sterling, ILIL54,12118.9%+67%
661Homosassa Springs, FLFL171,66618.9%+44%
662Alamogordo, NMNM70,36818.9%+22%
663Oxford, ALAL115,83418.9%+24%
664Cumberland, MDMD93,64018.9%+40%
665Winnemucca, NVNV17,26718.8%+33%
666Alexander City, ALAL40,95318.8%+33%
667Bedford, ININ45,56818.8%+75%
668El Campo, TXTX42,06018.8%+31%
669Laredo, TXTX281,22418.8%+35%
670Fallon, NVNV25,85118.7%+12%
671Dixon, ILIL32,91418.7%+42%
672Victoria, TXTX99,86418.7%+17%
673Marietta, OHOH58,38918.7%+24%
674Sayre, PAPA59,60018.7%+26%
675Amsterdam, NYNY50,04618.7%+37%
676Lima, OHOH100,88118.7%+39%
677Dyersburg, TNTN36,32018.6%+55%
678Batesville, ARAR38,78518.5%+35%
679Cadillac, MIMI49,71918.5%+35%
680Cañon City, COCO50,03918.5%+37%
681Sedalia, MOMO44,25418.5%+23%
682Roseburg, OROR111,95118.5%+39%
683Española, NMNM39,83218.5%+20%
684Fort Madison, IAIA32,30618.5%+48%
685Defiance, OHOH38,29218.4%+29%
686Duncan, OKOK44,31018.4%+11%
687Beaumont, TXTX399,31018.4%+25%
688Marion, NCNC45,19818.4%+105%
689Hinesville, GAGA91,87018.4%+38%
690Athens, TXTX88,59518.3%+52%
691Canton, ILIL32,90118.3%+61%
692McAlester, OKOK43,32018.3%+42%
693DeRidder, LALA36,67318.3%+33%
694Sevierville, TNTN101,34218.3%+35%
695Marion, ININ66,52418.3%+30%
696Beckley, WVWV109,94018.2%+53%
697Ozark, ALAL49,91218.2%+30%
698Gloversville, NYNY52,21618.2%+35%
699LaGrange, GAGA107,09718.2%+23%
700Lufkin, TXTX88,15418.2%+24%
701Paris, TXTX63,31918.2%+38%
702Brownsville, TXTX433,94618.2%+36%
703Shelbyville, TNTN55,27318.1%+63%
704Shelton, WAWA71,16518.1%+17%
705Grants Pass, OROR87,86718.1%+29%
706Bluefield, WVWV96,13818.1%+43%
707Mineral Wells, TXTX30,79118.1%+49%
708Toccoa, GAGA27,85418.0%+28%
709Auburn, ININ44,53518.0%+45%
710Moses Lake, WAWA105,72718.0%+31%
711Beaver Dam, WIWI89,09718.0%+36%
712Sikeston, MOMO49,97818.0%+73%
713Alpena, MIMI28,85318.0%+36%
714Moberly, MOMO24,51317.9%+53%
715Taylorville, ILIL33,44317.9%+70%
716Bonham, TXTX39,26517.9%+42%
717Seymour, ININ47,37017.9%+56%
718Corinth, MSMS34,56917.9%+53%
719Mount Airy, NCNC72,28717.9%+48%
720New Philadelphia, OHOH92,37317.9%+46%
721Morristown, TNTN128,86717.8%+36%
722Huntingdon, PAPA43,00117.8%+50%
723Rockingham, NCNC42,04117.8%+76%
724Pine Bluff, ARAR70,21117.8%+17%
725Mansfield, OHOH124,89317.8%+41%
726Owosso, MIMI67,68117.8%+29%
727Mountain Home, ARAR42,98217.8%+39%
728Clarksdale, MSMS19,84917.7%+10%
729Garden City, KSKS37,50517.7%+24%
730Paris, TNTN32,89617.7%+46%
731Weirton, WVWV112,46817.7%+47%
732Modesto, CACA557,71917.7%+26%
733Gadsden, ALAL103,88617.7%+32%
734Greenwood, MSMS34,91217.7%+20%
735Roswell, NMNM63,36417.7%+9%
736Albemarle, NCNC68,83017.6%+38%
737Yakima, WAWA259,18517.6%+15%
738Lexington, NENE26,25517.6%+20%
739Sebring, FLFL111,12217.5%+29%
740Henderson, NCNC42,63817.5%+63%
741Port Lavaca, TXTX19,59917.5%+45%
742Crossville, TNTN66,30017.5%+28%
743Harrison, ARAR45,65417.5%+40%
744Zanesville, OHOH87,01417.5%+38%
745Jacksonville, TXTX53,33717.4%+53%
746Red Bluff, CACA64,66517.4%+54%
747Gallipolis, OHOH29,07217.4%+49%
748Mount Vernon, ILIL36,14717.4%+27%
749Madison, ININ33,27917.3%+6%
750Tiffin, OHOH54,52217.3%+39%
751Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,07617.3%+39%
752West Plains, MOMO40,79817.3%+59%
753Hutchinson, MNMN36,63117.3%+12%
754Paragould, ARAR47,41117.3%+59%
755Fort Morgan, COCO30,30617.3%+28%
756Van Wert, OHOH29,01317.2%+44%
757Carlsbad, NMNM62,50917.2%+27%
758Bakersfield, CACA927,06817.1%+27%
759Bellefontaine, OHOH46,30217.1%+49%
760Albert Lea, MNMN30,44017.0%+33%
761Dodge City, KSKS33,99317.0%+4%
762Corsicana, TXTX57,18117.0%+39%
763Longview, WAWA114,88517.0%+28%
764Plainview, TXTX36,70017.0%+21%
765Pottsville, PAPA145,08517.0%+58%
766Greencastle, ININ37,87616.9%+29%
767Marinette, WIWI65,51516.9%+38%
768Somerset, KYKY67,38416.8%+60%
769Burley, IDID49,30816.8%+40%
770DuBois, PAPA78,10016.8%+51%
771Price, UTUT20,68016.8%+37%
772Somerset, PAPA72,00416.7%+55%
773Clearlake, CACA67,77216.7%+39%
774Elko, NVNV56,68216.7%+13%
775Elk City, OKOK22,15916.7%+8%
776Monticello, ININ25,16416.7%+59%
777Selma, ALAL35,14016.6%+19%
778Vineland, NJNJ157,14816.6%+41%
779Odessa, TXTX173,80116.6%+38%
780Pontiac, ILIL35,05716.6%+31%
781Vidalia, GAGA36,18016.6%+29%
782Danville, VAVA101,13716.5%+46%
783Alma, MIMI41,19016.5%+28%
784Mayfield, KYKY37,05016.5%+31%
785Martinsville, VAVA63,09116.5%+51%
786Henderson, KYKY57,18416.5%+35%
787Vincennes, ININ35,65216.5%+14%
788Fremont, OHOH58,65516.5%+38%
789Natchez, MSMS54,72216.5%+18%
790Shawano, WIWI45,75916.4%+30%
791Hermiston, OROR93,72116.4%+7%
792New Castle, ININ49,13716.4%+40%
793Houma, LALA199,66816.3%+33%
794Vernal, UTUT38,27816.3%+24%
795Worthington, MNMN22,33816.3%+21%
796Lewisburg, TNTN38,07116.2%+53%
797Scottsboro, ALAL54,28116.2%+56%
798Centralia, ILIL36,38216.2%+34%
799Alice, TXTX45,38316.2%+58%
800Chillicothe, OHOH76,42916.2%+43%
801Madisonville, KYKY45,12716.1%+52%
802Snyder, TXTX16,16216.1%+36%
803Show Low, AZAZ109,94616.1%+31%
804Tifton, GAGA51,23716.1%+10%
805Aberdeen, WAWA78,14416.1%+27%
806Greeneville, TNTN73,83116.1%+26%
807Sturgis, MIMI60,96816.0%+26%
808North Wilkesboro, NCNC66,23316.0%+42%
809Corbin, KYKY150,04015.9%+52%
810McComb, MSMS52,64015.9%+33%
811Urbana, OHOH38,82015.9%+50%
812Calhoun, GAGA61,70115.9%+50%
813Brookhaven, MSMS35,01215.8%+27%
814Elkins, WVWV26,88215.7%+15%
815Athens, TNTN71,59015.7%+55%
816Eagle Pass, TXTX58,82315.7%+72%
817Glasgow, KYKY56,22415.6%+54%
818Portsmouth, OHOH71,36515.6%+54%
819Blytheville, ARAR37,82815.6%+38%
820Ontario, OROR60,08515.6%+43%
821Dublin, GAGA60,35115.5%+16%
822Danville, ILIL71,25915.5%+25%
823Kinston, NCNC55,83715.5%+17%
824Laurinburg, NCNC33,32215.5%−3%
825Union City, TNTN30,06715.5%+51%
826Yuma, AZAZ224,44915.4%+30%
827Pampa, TXTX21,78615.4%+25%
828Farmington, NMNM120,34015.4%+14%
829Cullman, ALAL94,00915.4%+30%
830Kendallville, ININ47,93715.4%+39%
831Greenville, OHOH51,52015.4%+53%
832Borger, TXTX19,63315.4%+8%
833Crescent City, CACA26,41015.4%+40%
834El Centro, CACA181,41115.4%+49%
835Malvern, ARAR33,45115.3%+37%
836Bucyrus, OHOH41,89615.3%+58%
837New Iberia, LALA66,84615.3%+37%
838Miami, OKOK30,43815.3%+25%
839Washington Court House, OHOH28,55215.2%+42%
840Opelousas, LALA80,76515.1%+41%
841Mount Sterling, KYKY48,42815.1%+29%
842Cambridge, OHOH38,37915.1%+50%
843Sweetwater, TXTX14,11715.1%+14%
844Russellville, ALAL32,44915.0%+55%
845Hanford, CACA154,32715.0%+45%
846Coldwater, MIMI45,99315.0%+41%
847Lebanon, MOMO36,94315.0%+32%
848Minden, LALA34,94815.0%+19%
849Decatur, ININ36,65015.0%+40%
850Andrews, TXTX18,91414.9%+21%
851Lake City, FLFL74,09414.9%+36%
852Vernon, TXTX12,48114.9%−13%
853Coshocton, OHOH37,18814.9%+52%
854Talladega, ALAL91,76414.8%+38%
855Safford, AZAZ40,15714.8%+25%
856Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,02514.8%+34%
857Dalton, GAGA147,81914.8%+33%
858Connersville, ININ23,53314.8%+88%
859Norwalk, OHOH58,25014.7%+35%
860Picayune, MSMS59,36314.6%+6%
861Frankfort, ININ33,32214.6%+44%
862Hobbs, NMNM74,74914.6%+25%
863Salem, OHOH99,37714.5%+35%
864Waycross, GAGA57,67014.5%+32%
865Visalia, CACA485,14614.5%+26%
866Gaffney, SCSC58,27514.4%+22%
867Okeechobee, FLFL42,60814.3%+60%
868Mexico, MOMO24,52814.3%+13%
869Dumas, TXTX21,89114.2%+29%
870Merced, CACA297,26014.1%+28%
871Bainbridge, GAGA29,43214.0%+16%
872Lumberton, NCNC119,94114.0%+23%
873Farmington, MOMO67,80914.0%+37%
874Fort Payne, ALAL74,08514.0%+69%
875Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,91413.9%+60%
876Kennett, MOMO26,85513.9%+53%
877Othello, WAWA21,48813.8%+14%
878Peru, ININ34,48713.7%+33%
879Moultrie, GAGA47,43813.7%+20%
880Cordele, GAGA19,23713.7%+7%
881McMinnville, TNTN43,71713.7%+50%
882Thomaston, GAGA28,50013.6%+19%
883Palatka, FLFL77,73413.6%+44%
884Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,10213.4%+35%
885Big Spring, TXTX30,50413.4%+20%
886Lewistown, PAPA46,12713.2%+21%
887Pikeville, KYKY89,12213.1%+34%
888Deming, NMNM25,40713.1%+26%
889Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,90413.0%+12%
890Logansport, ININ37,83613.0%+8%
891Camden, ARAR26,36313.0%+10%
892Marion, OHOH65,11512.9%+17%
893Washington, ININ34,20912.8%+32%
894Cedartown, GAGA45,51412.7%+59%
895Susanville, CACA28,11712.7%+18%
896Jesup, GAGA32,48112.6%+9%
897Pahrump, NVNV57,33612.4%+23%
898Douglas, GAGA52,86112.2%+28%
899Arcadia, FLFL37,07812.2%+45%
900Zapata, TXTX13,75312.2%+40%
901Franklin, KYKY20,78812.0%+1%
902Hereford, TXTX18,62612.0%+2%
903Bogalusa, LALA44,93711.8%+8%
904Eufaula, ALAL26,86111.6%+10%
905Gallup, NMNM68,11911.5%−3%
906Palestine, TXTX59,80511.3%+2%
907Newport, TNTN37,88911.3%+82%
908Liberal, KSKS21,07311.2%−17%
909Fitzgerald, GAGA17,09911.0%+15%
910Rio Grande City, TXTX66,31910.9%+58%
911Forrest City, ARAR21,80010.9%+13%
912Beeville, TXTX32,51510.8%−12%
913Town of Pecos, TXTX12,13810.6%+32%
914Morgan City, LALA46,5529.8%+4%
915Summerville, GAGA25,3009.7%+27%
916Middlesborough, KYKY22,8299.5%+6%
917Raymondville, TXTX19,9719.2%+23%
918Clewiston, FLFL61,5469.0%+4%
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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES