The 10 Most Educated U.S. Cities

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i think it's NH that takes boston down a few

dick of 9:46PM February 20, 2013

thats miserable come on nevada?

sebastian of NV 8:31PM September 28, 2012

Quincy really knocks Boston down a few pegs huh?

AJ of MA 5:05PM April 18, 2012

Where's Seattle on this? If they use SF-Oakland-Fremont, then the entire West Sound region qualifies, and with the Amazon, Microsoft, Nintendo, etc dotcom hubs along with it.

e of WA 3:10PM September 08, 2011

Oakland is on the list because the U.S. Census defined metropolitan area is called "San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California". Berkeley is part of that, as is the whole East Bay and most of the SF peninsula, plus some areas to the north.

Guest of NY 11:19AM September 01, 2011

are you implying that younger residents don't count as real citizens?

rev b of WI 1:40PM August 31, 2011

Seriously, how is Oakland on the list? What about the town next door, BERKELEY?
I also find it a little funny that the author put Fremont next to San Francisco/Oakland, when it is clearly obvious that Fremont is much closer to San Jose than it is to San Francisco.

So of CA 12:15PM August 31, 2011

Majority democratic? Yes, as those are larger cities with established university, and therefore, the population is skewed to a younger population. Don't be stupid.

asd of NC 12:00PM August 31, 2011

Majority democratic. Says a lot.

John of KS 11:52AM August 31, 2011

It’s a shame the researcher only looked at larger cities that coincidentally, have established universities. What about high-tech towns with dominant industries. Look at towns like Bartlesville, Oklahoma (ConocoPhillips – disproportionately high number of advanced degrees); Sugarland, Texas (Schlumberger – also with a disproportionately high number of advanced degrees); or Idaho Falls, Idaho (home of one of the United States’ important DoE major research labs – and again with a disproportionately high number of advanced degrees). These and many other smaller cities have a far higher percent of their populations with high education levels… and in many cases, numerically more than the bigger cities.

Alan Dunn of CA 11:33AM August 31, 2011