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Is this for metros with at least 1 million people?
Not necessarily. I just picked cities on the list...some areas might be omitted but that was just human error as I was on my phone and doing something else at the same time.
All the government employment (city, state, federal), relatively high white population, and low foreign immigration probably explain some of it I'd imagine. I've always considered Denver to be a relatively well educated metro. I'm surprised at Atlanta being higher than I expected and SLC lower.
50 Largest US Cities by Percentage of Adults-- Bachelor's Degree or Higher, 2015
Seattle, TX 62.1%
Washington, DC 56.7%
San Francisco, CA 55.2%
Raleigh, NC 49.2%
Portland, OR 48.6%
Atlanta, GA 48.3%
Austin, TX 48.3%
Minneapolis, MN 48.3%
Denver, CO 47.1%
Boston, MA 46.6%
San Diego, CA 44.3%
Charlotte, NC 41.9%
San Jose, CA 40.7%
Oakland, CA 40.0%
Colorado Springs, CA 38.3%
Nashville, TN 37.9%
New York, NY 36.8%
Chicago, IL 36.6%
New Orleans, LA 36.0%
Omaha, NE 34.8%
Kansas City, MO 33.3%
Virginia Beach, VA 32.8%
Albuquerque, NM 32.6%
Los Angeles, CA 32.6%
Dallas, TX 31.8%
Houston, TX 30.9%
Tulsa, OK 30.8%
Sacramento, CA 30.3%
Louisville, KY 30.1%
Oklahoma City, OK 30.1%
Baltimore, MD 29.9%
Arlington, PA 29.7%
Long Beach, CA 29.5%
Indianapolis, IN 29.4%
Jacksonville, FL 27.7%
Philadelphia, PA 27.4%
Ft Worth, TX 27.3%
Phoenix, AZ 26.6%
Tucson, AZ 26.5%
Louisville, KY 26.0%
Miami, FL 25.7%
Mesa, AZ 25.2%
Memphis, TN 24.9%
San Antonio, TX 24.2%
El Paso, TX 24.3%
Milwaukee, WI 23.9%
Las Vegas, NV 23.0%
Fresno, CA 19.3%
Cleveland, OH 16.2%
Detroit, MI 14.2%
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