Overall Rank
(1 = Most Educated)

MSA

Total Score

‘Educational Attainment’ Rank

‘Quality of Education & Attainment Gap’ Rank
1 Ann Arbor, MI 92.57 1 3
2 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 77.39 2 36
3 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 75.14 3 6
4 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 72.77 5 12
5 San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 71.07 7 21
6 Madison, WI 69.47 4 109
7 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 67.71 6 114
8 Austin-Round Rock, TX 66.14 15 5
9 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 66.13 10 22
10 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 65.94 8 140
11 Provo-Orem, UT 64.85 11 83
12 Colorado Springs, CO 63.63 12 79
13 Raleigh, NC 63.53 9 136
14 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 62.41 14 99
15 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 62.07 17 42
16 Tallahassee, FL 61.91 20 24
17 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 61.75 13 123
18 Trenton, NJ 61.37 16 103
19 Portland-South Portland, ME 61.27 18 64
20 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 60.68 28 2
21 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 59.23 19 107
22 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 59.05 23 84
23 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 58.77 31 7
24 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 58.72 21 112
25 Huntsville, AL 58.05 24 61
26 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 57.95 22 117
27 Urban Honolulu, HI 57.66 38 4
28 Anchorage, AK 57.03 32 23
29 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 56.87 36 13
30 Asheville, NC 55.35 53 8
31 Lexington-Fayette, KY 55.32 29 88
32 Kansas City, MO-KS 55.28 27 102
33 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 54.84 35 55
34 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 54.83 30 95
35 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 54.81 26 120
36 Santa Rosa, CA 54.80 42 46
37 Pittsburgh, PA 54.19 47 26
38 Eugene, OR 53.51 50 48
39 St. Louis, MO-IL 53.41 34 100
40 Salt Lake City, UT 53.39 41 91
41 Rochester, NY 53.36 33 125
42 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 53.26 39 94
43 Richmond, VA 53.02 45 70
44 New Haven-Milford, CT 52.98 37 119
45 Boise City, ID 52.94 56 31
46 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 52.70 54 56
47 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 52.54 55 51
48 Manchester-Nashua, NH 52.39 25 147
49 Worcester, MA-CT 52.37 52 73
50 Albuquerque, NM 52.23 57 47
51 Columbus, OH 52.12 40 118
52 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 52.10 44 115
53 Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA 51.94 48 87
54 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 51.50 63 33
55 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 51.25 43 128
56 Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL 50.89 61 62
57 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 50.39 66 63
58 Savannah, GA 50.35 64 75
59 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 50.23 49 127
60 Springfield, MA 50.16 71 43
61 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 49.86 65 78
62 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 49.86 62 86
63 Reno, NV 49.69 81 18
64 Syracuse, NY 49.64 58 132
65 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 49.48 70 58
66 Tucson, AZ 49.35 51 134
67 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 49.09 80 28
68 Oklahoma City, OK 49.06 85 17
69 Columbia, SC 49.02 59 130
70 Dayton, OH 48.99 72 76
71 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 48.90 46 150
72 Jackson, MS 48.66 79 49
73 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 48.60 67 108
74 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 48.39 78 59
75 Jacksonville, FL 48.34 76 68
76 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 48.19 69 106
77 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 48.14 77 67
78 Akron, OH 48.12 75 90
79 Wichita, KS 47.97 74 97
80 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 47.95 83 45
81 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 47.77 86 38
82 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 47.05 96 9
83 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 47.04 68 137
84 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 47.01 60 142
85 Cleveland-Elyria, OH 46.65 73 124
86 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 46.42 88 52
87 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 46.40 84 93
88 Peoria, IL 46.31 82 122
89 Fayetteville, NC 46.30 98 15
90 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 46.16 87 82
91 Springfield, MO 46.08 92 54
92 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 45.65 95 32
93 Fort Wayne, IN 45.07 97 39
94 Montgomery, AL 44.88 106 20
95 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 44.68 89 104
96 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 44.60 101 41
97 Toledo, OH 44.58 94 85
98 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 44.55 103 37
99 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 44.33 105 35
100 Greensboro-High Point, NC 44.12 108 27
101 New Orleans-Metairie, LA 44.11 104 44
102 Knoxville, TN 43.92 99 71
103 Tulsa, OK 43.79 102 60
104 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 43.54 90 129
105 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC 43.44 114 14
106 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 43.20 91 133
107 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 43.17 113 25
108 Killeen-Temple, TX 42.07 110 80
109 Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 41.94 111 77
110 Baton Rouge, LA 41.23 112 81
111 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 41.00 93 149
112 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 40.95 107 121
113 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 40.88 109 116
114 Salem, OR 40.70 115 69
115 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 40.63 100 139
116 Winston-Salem, NC 40.24 117 74
117 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 39.53 120 65
118 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 38.83 127 19
119 Canton-Massillon, OH 38.73 124 40
120 Flint, MI 38.63 121 89
121 Chattanooga, TN-GA 38.18 122 101
122 Mobile, AL 38.14 129 10
123 Salisbury, MD-DE 37.81 119 126
124 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 37.69 128 29
125 Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS 37.30 126 92
126 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA 37.19 123 113
127 Rockford, IL 36.68 125 110
128 York-Hanover, PA 36.64 130 34
129 Port St. Lucie, FL 36.21 116 144
130 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 36.04 118 146
131 Lancaster, PA 35.47 131 50
132 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 33.84 133 72
133 Reading, PA 33.05 132 105
134 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 33.01 134 66
135 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 31.57 138 16
136 Lafayette, LA 30.64 140 11
137 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 29.95 136 98
138 El Paso, TX 29.56 141 30
139 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 28.94 139 57
140 Corpus Christi, TX 27.90 137 131
141 Ocala, FL 26.32 135 145
142 Fresno, CA 25.54 145 53
143 Stockton-Lodi, CA 24.69 144 111
144 Salinas, CA 22.98 142 141
145 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 22.29 143 143
146 Modesto, CA 20.57 146 138
147 Bakersfield, CA 16.28 147 135
148 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 11.32 150 1
149 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 8.75 149 96
150 Visalia-Porterville, CA 6.87 148 148