Top 10 Smartest Cities in the United States
December 16th, 2006 • Related • Filed Under
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If you are looking to live in an area where a good percentage of the people around you are intelligent and college educated, we have the list for you.
Top 10 Smartest Cities in the United States:
- Boulder, Colorado – 52.9 % with a bachelors degree
- Bethesda, Maryland – 49.8%
- Ann Arbor, Michigan 47.9 %
- Cambridge, Massachusetts 43.4%
- San Francisco, California 43%
- Durham, North, Carolina 40.2%
- Fort Collins - Loveland, Colorado 40.1%
- Washington D.C. 39.4%
- Bridgeport, Stanford, and Norwalk, Connecticut 39.2%
- San Jose, California 39.2 %
These are also some of the most expensive cities in the country to live in. Interesting.


Comment by Sudeendra on 16 December 2006:
All are beautiful places. No wonder smart people are attracted to them. Are they all university towns ?
Comment by Tom on 16 December 2006:
I don’t think of the Stamford and Bethesda areas as univesity towns.
Comment by Dhij on 13 March 2008:
I wouldn’t use the word smartest to describe towns ranked by education statistics. I think highest educated would be better. We all know that degrees/diplomas don’t necessarily reflect intelligence.