CALIFORNIA BUSINESS MINUTE
Most Educated Cities
11-25-11
Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.
There are two national rankings that identify areas of the “Most Educated,”
one by metropolitan areas and the other by cities. The first identifies a
national ranking by US News and World Report using Census Bureau information
that identifies the ten most educated metropolitan areas of 300,000 or greater
in population.
The second ranks the one hundred largest cities in the nation by educational
levels compiled for by Men’s Health magazine. Their methodology includes
information from the Dept of Education’s high school graduation rates along
with US Census bureau figures on school enrollment and education levels of
people over 25. It also includes information from SimplyMap, to identify how
many households have student loans or take adult-education courses.
In both cases a California city makes the ranking.
MOST EDUCATED METROPOLITAN AREAS
1. Boulder, CO
2. Ann Arbor, MI
3. Washington DC
4. Durham-Chapel Hill
5. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
6. Bridgeport-Stamford, CT
7. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
8. Boston, MA
9. Madison, WI
10. Raleigh, NC
MOST EDUCATED CITIES
1. Madison, WI
2. Plano, TX
3. Raleigh, NC
4. Burlington, VT
5. Seattle, WA
6. San Diego, CA
7. Honolulu, HI
8. Fargo, ND
9. Portland, ME
10. Lincoln, NB
Other California cities ranked included: San Jose 19; San Francisco, 20;
Oakland, 36; Sacramento, 42; Riverside, 62; Los Angeles, 67; Bakersfield,
81; Santa Ana,90; Fresno, 95 and Stockton, 97.
California when compared to the rest of the nation has a slightly higher
rate of its population with bachelors and graduate or professional degrees.
But unfortunately, it also has more residents with less than a ninth grade
education; 10.5 percent versus 6.2 percent nationally. The following ranking
was compiled by the California Dept. of Finance’s Demographics Research Unit.
It ranks the most educated cities in California in excess of 20,000 in population.
MOST EDUCATED CALIFORNIA CITIES
1. Palo Alto
2. Los Altos
3. Saratoga
4. Cupertino
5. Manhattan Beach
6. Lafayette
7. LaCanada- Flintridge
8. Davis
9. Berkeley
10. Menlo Park
I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.
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