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Cities want to attract highly educated workers to fuel their economic growth and tax revenues. Higher levels of education tend to lead to higher salaries. And the more that graduates earn, the more tax dollars they contribute over time, according to the Economic Policy Institute. In turn, educated people want to live somewhere where they will get a good return on their educational investment. People also tend to marry others of the same educational level. Already having a large educated population may be a good way to draw in even more people with degrees.
Not all highly educated people will flock to the same areas, though. Some may prefer to have many people with similar education levels around them for socializing and career connections. Others may want to be a big fish in a little pond. Not every city will provide the same quality of life to those with higher education, either.
I figured DC would be in the Top five. Many degreed people in the DC area because of the government agencies. I'm surprised by Dallas. I thought Dallas would be higher with all of the Universities there.
Why are they even comparing some of these places? They should consider population a bit more in my opinion. They are comparing places like An Arbor with 120,000 people, to the Miami metro with over five million people.
My question is Ann Arbor is there because it’s a college town, same with Austin sort of and RTP sort of. But were are the rest of the College Towns are they simply too small to be in the rank.
1) having education is not a sure means to sucess
2) you can still make poor voting choices
3) At least they could have moved DC out to the middle.
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