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Most Educated Cities in the United States

Name the urban areas where the highest percentage of people over 25 have at least a bachelor's degree.
For the year 2022, according to the U.S. Census
Only includes areas with a population over 1 million
Quiz by Quizmaster
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Last updated: September 24, 2023
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First submittedAugust 2, 2010
Times taken68,441
Average score68.8%
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City
50.1
Raleigh / Durham
49.6
Washington D.C. / Baltimore
49.3
Denver
46.5
San Francisco / San Jose
45.8
Boston
44.3
Seattle
43.6
Minneapolis / St. Paul
43.5
New York City
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City
40.9
Hartford
40.4
Chicago
40.3
Atlanta
40.1
Philadelphia
39.8
Nashville
39.5
Charlotte
39.2
Omaha
39.1
Salt Lake City
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Level ∞
Sep 27, 2019
I changed this quiz to use urban areas instead of cities proper.

Update 2023. Of the 56 areas with a population over 1 million, the least educated are: Fresno, El Paso, and Las Vegas.

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Level ∞
Sep 27, 2019
One interesting note is that the city of Hartford is actually one of the least educated cities proper, but the urban area is one of the most educated.
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Level 88
Sep 27, 2019
And at one point, before become a ghetto surrounded by suburbs, Hartford was one of the most educated cities proper.
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Level 88
Apr 25, 2020
And I can no longer edit my uneducated verb conjugation.
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Level 75
Oct 22, 2022
I just looked at your profile to see if you were French (lord knows I struggle conjugating French verbs) - and damn, it was pretty impressive.
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Level 76
Sep 25, 2023
Yeah, what the hell? And I thought I was reasonably well-travelled.

Edit: Jeez, and you too.

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Level 43
Oct 3, 2019
Can you accept Durham for Raleigh?
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Level ∞
Oct 3, 2019
Yes
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Level 60
Jul 5, 2021
I think that if typing "Salt Lake" works for Salt Lake City then typing "Kansas" should work for Kansas City.
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Level 67
Sep 25, 2023
Typing "slc" also works for Salt Lake City on this quiz and other quizzes on Jetpunk involving cities
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Level 64
Feb 21, 2022
There seems to be a theme with these cities
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Level 67
Oct 22, 2022
They all have a lot of college graduates.
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Level 60
Sep 24, 2023
And they're also all in the United States. What an America-centric quiz.
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Level 72
Sep 25, 2023
OK, so you write a quiz about the 20 most educated cities in Equatorial Guinea.
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Level 85
Sep 24, 2023
What's Omaha's 2022 urban area population?
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Level 91
Sep 24, 2023
I was questioning the too. Looks like it just barely clears the million mark, because it is urban area it including Council Bluffs, Elkhart, Fremont, etc.
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Level 72
Sep 25, 2023
Austin, Texas not on here???
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Level 59
Sep 27, 2023
No. For future reference, you can press the "give up" button or wait until the time limit is expended and it will show you what were valid answers.
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Level 73
Oct 2, 2023
Love that the #1 city is fourth from the bottom in percentage correct. Made for a real head slapper for me when time ran out and it was the only one I couldn't guess.
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Level 65
Oct 18, 2023
Nice to see my city #1
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Level 47
Oct 24, 2023
Hmm, mostly blue states and all blue cities. Makes ya wonder. (cough cough Florida & Texas)
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Level 86
Jan 22, 2024
Hmmm... mostly corrupt cities that people are fleeing and high crime. Makes you wonder (except Omaha, which is a pretty red city).