Somehow I’m not surprised Los Angeles was left off the below list…Those of you also living here must know what I mean. 
For the record, I don’t actually live in the city of Los Angeles, thank you very much.
The smartest cities in the United States - Top 25 cities with more than 250,000 population, ranked by percentage of bachelor’s degrees among residents 25 and older:
City State Percent
Seattle WA 52.7
San Francisco CA 50.1
Raleigh NC 50.1
Washington DC 45.3
Austin TX 44.1
Minneapolis MN 43.2
Atlanta GA 42.4
Boston MA 40.9
San Diego CA 40.4
Lexington-Fayette KY 39.5
Denver CO 39.0
Charlotte NC 38.8
Portland OR 38.8
St. Paul MN 36.5
San Jose CA 36.1
Colorado Springs CO 34.9
Honolulu HI 34.7
Oakland CA 33.8
Pittsburgh PA 32.3
New York NY 32.2
Albuquerque NM 32.2
Anchorage AK 32.2
Omaha NE 31.9
Nashville-Davidson TN 31.7
Columbus OH 31.4
New Orleans LA 31.4
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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3 responses so far ↓
1 Jeremy Osborne // Oct 11, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Too many of us in San Jose have BS degrees
2 Todd // Oct 11, 2007 at 5:21 pm
A bunch of B.S. in San Jose, that’s for sure.
3 123 // Oct 18, 2007 at 12:14 pm
what about the rest of the citys? and dont be talkin bout los angeles. all of U who don’t live their R just jealous cause we ain’t no nerds. we livein the good life partying
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