Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Population Aged 25 years and above with an Educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on September 3, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of the population of California (aged 25 years and above) who had an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher was 35.27%. Among all California cities and places with a population of 10K or higher, Stanford CDP had the highest percentage of its population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher (93.57%), followed by Orinda city (87.01%), and Los Altos city (85.87%).

The chart below shows the top 10 California cities and places (with a population of 10K+), and the table below shows the ranking of all California cities and places (with a population of 10K+).

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Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021
Stanford CDP
Orinda city
Los Altos city
Piedmont city
University of California-Santa Barbara CDP
Hillsborough town
Palo Alto city
Palos Verdes Estates city
Cupertino city
San Marino city
Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021
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Rank City of Place Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) (%)
1 Stanford CDP 93.57
2 Orinda city 87.01
3 Los Altos city 85.87
4 Piedmont city 85.67
5 University of California-Santa Barbara CDP 85.49
6 Hillsborough town 83.13
7 Palo Alto city 82.66
8 Palos Verdes Estates city 81.48
9 Cupertino city 80.94
10 San Marino city 80.82
11 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley CDP 80.72
12 Saratoga city 80.56
13 Manhattan Beach city 77.89
14 Hermosa Beach city 77.85
15 Moraga town 77.19
16 Davis city 77.10
17 Alamo CDP 76.06
18 Mill Valley city 75.42
19 Lafayette city 74.16
20 Corte Madera town 74.09
21 La Cañada Flintridge city 73.58
22 Berkeley city 73.41
23 Los Gatos town 73.39
24 Albany city 73.32
25 Menlo Park city 72.56
26 San Anselmo town 72.29
27 Mountain View city 72.05
28 Emeryville city 71.74
29 Larkspur city 71.37
30 South Pasadena city 70.95
31 Blackhawk CDP 70.80
32 Danville town 70.39
33 San Ramon city 70.28
34 Foster City city 70.19
35 Walnut Creek city 69.96
36 Solana Beach city 69.24
37 Belmont city 69.17
38 Irvine city 68.65
39 Rancho Palos Verdes city 68.40
40 Malibu city 67.87
41 Santa Monica city 67.83
42 Newport Beach city 67.82
43 San Carlos city 67.65
44 Dublin city 67.61
45 Laguna Beach city 67.58
46 Sunnyvale city 66.79
47 Pleasanton city 66.27
48 Calabasas city 66.15
49 Ladera Ranch CDP 65.82
50 El Cerrito city 65.40
51 Agoura Hills city 65.23
52 Burlingame city 65.09
53 Redondo Beach city 64.68
54 Coto de Caza CDP 64.60
55 Beverly Hills city 64.15
56 Coronado city 64.08
57 Encinitas city 63.58
58 Sierra Madre city 63.45
59 Santa Clara city 63.24
60 Culver City city 62.40
61 West Hollywood city 61.07
62 Oak Park CDP 60.40
63 Fremont city 60.14
64 San Francisco city 59.52
65 Carlsbad city 59.47
66 Alameda city 59.36
67 View Park-Windsor Hills CDP 59.10
68 Truckee town 58.49
69 San Mateo city 58.21
70 Granite Bay CDP 58.15
71 Clayton city 57.81
72 North Tustin CDP 57.70
73 Claremont city 57.67
74 Stevenson Ranch CDP 57.66
75 Campbell city 56.90
76 Santa Cruz city 56.59
77 El Segundo city 56.57
78 Rossmoor CDP 56.56
79 Aliso Viejo city 56.23
80 Laguna Niguel city 55.93
80 Pleasant Hill city 55.93
81 Walnut city 55.77
82 Arcadia city 55.54
83 Pacific Grove city 55.39
84 El Dorado Hills CDP 55.30
85 Monterey city 54.04
86 Cerritos city 53.97
87 Diamond Bar city 53.81
88 Yorba Linda city 53.58
89 Milpitas city 53.56
90 Pasadena city 53.39
91 Dana Point city 53.23
92 Redwood City city 52.51
93 Poway city 52.44
94 Scotts Valley city 52.34
95 Torrance city 52.31
96 Folsom city 51.75
97 San Luis Obispo city 51.60
98 Laguna Woods city 51.51
99 Eastern Goleta Valley CDP 51.48
100 La Crescenta-Montrose CDP 51.39
101 Millbrae city 51.20
102 Loma Linda city 51.18
103 San Clemente city 51.15
104 Mission Viejo city 50.92
105 Laguna Hills city 50.83
106 Santa Barbara city 50.53
107 San Rafael city 50.44
108 Half Moon Bay city 50.40
109 Seal Beach city 50.12
110 Chino Hills city 49.99
111 Brea city 49.53
112 Rancho Santa Margarita city 49.46
113 Thousand Oaks city 49.20
114 Cypress city 48.90
115 Lake Forest city 48.68
116 Altadena CDP 48.47
117 Goleta city 47.98
118 Rocklin city 47.81
119 San Diego city 47.60
120 La Palma city 47.44
121 Oakland city 47.25
122 Pacifica city 47.23
123 Novato city 46.49
124 Livermore city 46.42
125 Arcata city 46.39
126 Casa de Oro-Mount Helix CDP 46.38
127 Healdsburg city 46.23
128 Sonoma city 45.73
129 Mountain House CDP 45.52
130 Tustin city 45.50
131 San Jose city 45.39
132 Fair Oaks CDP 45.35
133 Benicia city 45.24
134 Huntington Beach city 45.19
135 Rancho San Diego CDP 45.12
136 Los Alamitos city 45.08
137 Hercules city 45.06
138 Martinez city 44.96
139 Capitola city 44.42
140 Roseville city 44.37
141 Isla Vista CDP 44.34
142 Rancho Mirage city 44.27
143 Morgan Hill city 44.26
144 Burbank city 43.97
145 Redlands city 43.95
146 Fullerton city 43.45
147 El Sobrante CDP (Riverside County) 43.41
148 Fairview CDP 43.28
149 Moorpark city 43.08
150 Los Osos CDP 43.01
151 Glendale city 42.99
152 Palm Springs city 42.97
153 Morro Bay city 42.80
154 San Bruno city 42.75
155 Castro Valley CDP 42.69
156 Monrovia city 42.67
157 Temple City city 42.66
158 Fountain Valley city 42.62
159 Camarillo city 42.34
160 Costa Mesa city 42.17
161 Del Aire CDP 42.08
162 East San Gabriel CDP 41.94
163 Union City city 41.83
164 Eastvale city 41.41
165 Castaic CDP 40.99
166 Newark city 40.98
167 Soquel CDP 40.96
168 San Marcos city 40.87
169 Placentia city 40.72
170 La Verne city 40.39
171 Live Oak CDP 40.38
172 Petaluma city 40.32
173 Bonita CDP 40.20
174 San Juan Capistrano city 39.76
175 Chico city 39.62
176 Auburn city 39.44
177 Carpinteria city 39.34
178 Lomita city 39.00
179 Orange city 38.95
180 Glendora city 38.94
181 Palm Desert city 38.65
182 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city 38.61
183 Signal Hill city 38.44
184 Rowland Heights CDP 38.38
185 South San Francisco city 38.37
186 La Mesa city 37.77
187 Daly City city 37.76
188 Santa Clarita city 37.71
189 Brentwood city 37.51
190 San Dimas city 37.47
191 Alhambra city 37.45
192 La Mirada city 37.42
193 Arroyo Grande city 37.14
193 Elk Grove city 37.14
194 Concord city 36.74
195 Arden-Arcade CDP 36.63
196 Rosedale CDP 36.59
196 Temecula city 36.59
197 Rancho Cucamonga city 36.54
198 Valley Center CDP 36.53
199 Los Angeles city 36.17
200 El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County) 35.93
201 McKinleyville CDP 35.48
202 Napa city 35.23
203 Alpine CDP 35.16
203 Lincoln city 35.16
204 Sacramento city 35.13
205 La Quinta city 35.04
206 Pinole city 34.92
207 Clovis city 34.69
208 Simi Valley city 34.55
209 Santa Rosa city 34.35
210 Carmichael CDP 34.16
211 Hacienda Heights CDP 34.12
212 West Carson CDP 33.83
213 Upland city 33.80
214 Grover Beach city 33.74
215 Monterey Park city 33.56
216 San Gabriel city 33.53
217 Windsor town 33.37
218 Cameron Park CDP 33.31
219 Duarte city 33.06
220 Oceanside city 32.89
221 American Canyon city 32.88
222 Long Beach city 32.82
223 Ridgecrest city 32.76
224 La Riviera CDP 32.71
225 Marina city 32.68
226 French Valley CDP 32.62
227 San Diego Country Estates CDP 32.53
228 Discovery Bay CDP 32.20
229 San Leandro city 32.17
230 Lakewood city 32.12
231 Richmond city 31.97
232 Orangevale CDP 31.78
233 Canyon Lake city 31.48
234 Buena Park city 31.42
235 Rohnert Park city 31.02
236 Hayward city 30.91
237 Murrieta city 30.85
238 Orcutt CDP 30.61
239 Artesia city 30.56
240 West Covina city 30.41
241 West Sacramento city 30.36
242 Chula Vista city 30.31
243 Santee city 30.21
244 Atascadero city 30.01
245 Eureka city 29.82
246 Temescal Valley CDP 29.73
247 Carson city 29.60
248 Vineyard CDP 29.15
249 Rosemont CDP 28.97
250 Corona city 28.95
251 North Fair Oaks CDP 28.88
252 Gilroy city 28.53
253 La Habra city 28.26
254 Fairfield city 27.96
255 Woodland city 27.89
256 South Lake Tahoe city 27.87
257 Spring Valley CDP (San Diego County) 27.81
258 Grass Valley city 27.79
259 Whittier city 27.74
260 Vallejo city 27.45
261 Grand Terrace city 27.30
262 Rancho Cordova city 27.19
263 Azusa city 27.17
264 Anaheim city 27.08
265 Placerville city 26.83
266 Golden Hills CDP 26.78
267 Woodcrest CDP 26.69
268 Westminster city 26.65
269 Beaumont city 26.46
270 Covina city 26.26
271 East Palo Alto city 26.19
271 Fallbrook CDP 26.19
272 El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city 26.13
273 San Lorenzo CDP 26.10
274 Gardena city 25.85
275 Vista city 25.81
276 Chino city 25.73
277 Camp Pendleton South CDP 25.67
278 Redding city 25.64
279 Calimesa city 25.58
280 Escondido city 25.50
281 North Auburn CDP 25.39
282 Yucaipa city 25.11
283 Turlock city 25.06
284 Vacaville city 25.02
285 Diamond Springs CDP 24.96
286 Ripon city 24.95
287 Downey city 24.91
288 Nipomo CDP 24.73
289 Big Bear City CDP 24.70
290 Kingsburg city 24.37
291 Seaside city 24.16
292 Cathedral City city 24.13
293 Hawthorne city 23.99
294 Twentynine Palms city 23.92
295 Riverside city 23.89
296 Prunedale CDP 23.83
297 Fresno city 23.64
298 Ukiah city 23.57
299 El Cajon city 23.50
300 Imperial Beach city 23.42
301 La Presa CDP 23.30
302 Antelope CDP 23.25
303 Visalia city 23.04
304 Garden Grove city 23.00
305 Bakersfield city 22.94
306 Quartz Hill CDP 22.80
306 Santa Fe Springs city 22.80
307 Inglewood city 22.50
308 Lodi city 22.45
309 Citrus Heights city 22.41
310 Tracy city 22.38
311 Antioch city 22.37
312 Lake Elsinore city 22.24
313 Lakeside CDP (San Diego County) 22.19
314 Rosemead city 21.96
315 Stanton city 21.88
316 Oakley city 21.85
317 Lathrop city 21.67
318 Dixon city 21.53
319 Highland city 21.44
320 Lemoore city 21.23
321 Fortuna city 21.12
321 Ramona CDP 21.12
322 Pittsburg city 21.02
323 Winter Gardens CDP 21.01
324 Oakdale city 20.78
325 Menifee city 20.64
326 Lawndale city 20.62
327 Yuba City city 20.53
328 Suisun City city 20.48
329 Bostonia CDP 20.46
330 Montebello city 20.21
331 Port Hueneme city 20.15
332 Alum Rock CDP 20.12
332 Ashland CDP 20.12
332 Norwalk city 20.12
333 Lemon Grove city 20.06
333 Magalia CDP 20.06
334 Norco city 20.01
335 Avocado Heights CDP 19.99
336 Imperial city 19.98
337 Galt city 19.58
338 Modesto city 19.52
339 Fontana city 19.51
340 Lancaster city 19.07
341 Oxnard city 18.87
342 Vincent CDP 18.70
343 Bellflower city 18.66
344 Ontario city 18.57
345 Valle Vista CDP 18.45
346 Rosamond CDP 18.25
347 Indio city 18.21
348 Pomona city 18.07
349 Manteca city 18.06
350 Stockton city 18.04
351 Hanford city 18.00
352 Yucca Valley town 17.96
353 Calexico city 17.95
354 Apple Valley town 17.89
355 Colton city 17.82
356 Cherryland CDP 17.75
357 West Whittier-Los Nietos CDP 17.40
358 Santa Ana city 17.29
359 Montclair city 17.24
360 Salida CDP 17.17
361 Moreno Valley city 17.12
362 Tehachapi city 16.91
363 Wildomar city 16.82
364 Merced city 16.73
365 South Whittier CDP 16.72
366 West Rancho Dominguez CDP 16.16
367 Palmdale city 16.15
368 Banning city 16.13
369 El Centro city 16.08
370 Foothill Farms CDP 15.97
371 Riverbank city 15.86
372 Salinas city 15.68
373 Marysville city 15.62
374 Valinda CDP 15.52
375 San Pablo city 15.24
376 Linda CDP 14.97
377 National City city 14.96
378 Hollister city 14.93
379 Fillmore city 14.87
380 Jurupa Valley city 14.84
381 Bay Point CDP 14.83
382 Oroville city 14.70
382 San Fernando city 14.70
383 Hawaiian Gardens city 14.66
384 Desert Hot Springs city 14.48
384 Patterson city 14.48
385 Brawley city 14.34
386 Exeter city 14.29
387 Citrus CDP 14.24
388 Pico Rivera city 14.13
389 Anderson city 13.86
390 Hemet city 13.85
391 Shasta Lake city 13.60
392 El Monte city 13.58
393 Santa Maria city 13.56
394 Rio Linda CDP 13.49
395 West Puente Valley CDP 13.40
396 North Highlands CDP 13.35
397 Atwater city 13.28
398 Baldwin Park city 13.25
399 Porterville city 13.23
400 Reedley city 13.04
401 Santa Paula city 12.81
402 San Bernardino city 12.73
403 Parkway CDP 12.60
403 San Jacinto city 12.60
404 Florin CDP 12.53
405 Commerce city 12.46
406 Red Bluff city 12.44
407 Coalinga city 12.31
408 Lompoc city 12.25
409 Lakeland Village CDP 12.13
410 Home Gardens CDP 12.11
411 Rialto city 11.85
412 Victorville city 11.70
413 Shafter city 11.68
413 South San Jose Hills CDP 11.68
414 Delhi CDP 11.57
414 Paramount city 11.57
415 Dinuba city 11.52
416 Madera city 11.38
417 Hillcrest CDP 11.29
417 Kerman city 11.29
418 South El Monte city 11.26
419 Sanger city 11.25
420 Chowchilla city 11.14
421 Barstow city 11.06
422 Olivehurst CDP 11.02
423 California City city 10.95
424 Los Banos city 10.90
425 La Puente city 10.67
426 Ceres city 10.66
426 Watsonville city 10.66
427 South Gate city 10.61
428 Selma city 10.53
429 Lennox CDP 10.48
430 Hesperia city 10.40
431 East Hemet CDP 10.27
432 Phelan CDP 10.26
432 Westmont CDP 10.26
433 Perris city 10.23
434 East Los Angeles CDP 10.13
435 Tulare city 10.11
436 Walnut Park CDP 10.03
437 Lake Los Angeles CDP 10.02
438 Bloomington CDP 9.99
439 Madera Acres CDP 9.82
440 Compton city 9.52
441 Newman city 9.35
442 Willowbrook CDP 9.12
443 Lemon Hill CDP 8.94
444 King City city 8.83
445 Oildale CDP 8.82
446 Livingston city 8.64
447 Bell city 8.37
448 Lynwood city 8.11
449 Maywood city 8.10
450 Huntington Park city 7.85
451 Clearlake city 7.49
452 Greenfield city 7.38
453 Blythe city 7.33
454 Susanville city 7.23
455 East Niles CDP 6.87
456 Delano city 6.81
457 Florence-Graham CDP 6.80
458 Mead Valley CDP 6.70
459 Bell Gardens city 6.14
460 East Rancho Dominguez CDP 5.96
461 Potomac Park CDP 5.86
462 Cudahy city 5.77
463 Parlier city 5.76
464 Adelanto city 5.55
465 Avenal city 5.52
466 Muscoy CDP 5.51
467 Sun Village CDP 5.42
468 Soledad city 5.18
469 Farmersville city 4.71
470 Lindsay city 4.51
471 Winton CDP 4.46
472 Coachella city 4.30
473 Wasco city 4.23
474 Corcoran city 3.87
475 McFarland city 3.69
476 Lamont CDP 3.32
477 Arvin city 2.98
478 Mendota city 2.88
479 Garden Acres CDP 2.40
480 East Bakersfield CDP 1.78