Top 10: Most educated cities in the U.S.

Most educated cities in the U.S.

Extensive infrastructure, public services and amenable tax policies: these are advantages corporations and organizations find when they locate in developed urban areas. Many college graduates are drawn to cities to staff these businesses, which in turn concentrates the high-education demographic in the same locations.

But according to WalletHub.com, not all highly educated people flock to urban areas. Some prefer to prioritize socializing and career connections, and others may enjoy the feeling of “being a big fish in a small pond.” So, what does the distribution of highly educated workers actually look like city by city?

To determine where the most educated Americans are putting their degrees to work, the WalletHub website compared the 150 larges metropolitan statistical areas and looked at which ones had the largest share of adults age 25 or older with a bachelor’s degree or higher. They compared that information to the quality of the public school system and the gender education gap to discover that the most educated areas in the U.S. are:

1. Ann Arbor, Mich. 2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. 3. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C., Va., Md. and W.Va. 4. Madison, Wis. 5. San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, Calif. 6. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, Mass. and N.H. 7. Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C. 8. Raleigh-Cary, N.C. 9. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. 10. Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, Texas