Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Population Aged 25 years and above with an Educational attainment of Some College or Associates Degree 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 Some College or Associates Degree was 28.48%. Among all California cities and places with a population of 10K or higher, Red Bluff city had the highest percentage of its population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of Some College or Associates Degree (46.86%), followed by Camp Pendleton South CDP (46.26%), and Shasta Lake city (45.89%).

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 Some College or Associates Degree in 2021
Red Bluff city
Camp Pendleton South CDP
Shasta Lake city
Barstow city
Twentynine Palms city
Marysville city
Orcutt CDP
Citrus Heights city
Quartz Hill CDP
Magalia CDP
Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Some College or Associates Degree in 2021
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Rank City of Place Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) (%)
1 Red Bluff city 46.86
2 Camp Pendleton South CDP 46.26
3 Shasta Lake city 45.89
4 Barstow city 44.78
5 Twentynine Palms city 44.77
6 Marysville city 43.55
7 Orcutt CDP 43.47
8 Citrus Heights city 43.27
9 Quartz Hill CDP 43.12
10 Magalia CDP 43.05
11 Exeter city 42.75
12 Ripon city 42.62
13 Oroville city 42.45
14 Temescal Valley CDP 42.44
15 Rosemont CDP 42.41
16 San Diego Country Estates CDP 42.03
17 Atascadero city 42.00
18 Alpine CDP 41.97
19 Redding city 41.94
20 Grass Valley city 41.80
21 Lakeside CDP (San Diego County) 41.50
22 Cameron Park CDP 41.43
23 Discovery Bay CDP 41.23
24 Diamond Springs CDP 41.21
25 Spring Valley CDP (San Diego County) 41.10
26 Vacaville city 40.94
27 Menifee city 40.72
28 Murrieta city 39.92
29 Yucca Valley town 39.77
30 Suisun City city 39.66
31 Lemon Grove city 39.61
32 La Riviera CDP 39.58
33 Linda CDP 39.39
34 Foothill Farms CDP 39.24
35 El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city 39.22
36 Golden Hills CDP 39.13
37 Canyon Lake city 39.10
38 Lemoore city 39.09
39 Fortuna city 39.06
40 Orangevale CDP 38.98
41 East Hemet CDP 38.91
42 La Mesa city 38.84
43 Anderson city 38.81
44 Fillmore city 38.78
45 Lincoln city 38.69
45 Olivehurst CDP 38.69
46 French Valley CDP 38.60
47 Santee city 38.59
48 Apple Valley town 38.31
48 Visalia city 38.31
49 Hanford city 38.27
50 Temecula city 38.26
51 Oakley city 38.21
52 Auburn city 38.16
53 Tehachapi city 38.12
54 Clovis city 37.97
55 Rohnert Park city 37.90
56 McKinleyville CDP 37.80
57 North Auburn CDP 37.69
58 Placerville city 37.68
58 Rancho Cordova city 37.68
59 Signal Hill city 37.36
60 Phelan CDP 37.34
61 El Sobrante CDP (Riverside County) 37.30
61 Winter Gardens CDP 37.30
62 Beaumont city 37.24
63 Chowchilla city 37.23
64 Manteca city 37.14
65 San Dimas city 37.08
66 Victorville city 37.06
67 Calimesa city 36.98
68 La Presa CDP 36.93
69 Windsor town 36.83
70 Brentwood city 36.80
71 Pinole city 36.78
71 Ridgecrest city 36.78
72 Chico city 36.70
73 Rosedale CDP 36.68
73 Wildomar city 36.68
74 South Lake Tahoe city 36.67
75 Fair Oaks CDP 36.64
75 Oakdale city 36.64
76 Antioch city 36.63
77 Woodcrest CDP 36.53
78 Lakewood city 36.52
79 Big Bear City CDP 36.50
79 Fairfield city 36.50
80 Tracy city 36.49
81 Castaic CDP 36.48
82 Imperial city 36.46
83 Live Oak CDP 36.26
84 Carmichael CDP 36.16
85 Covina city 36.14
86 Rancho Cucamonga city 35.98
87 Dixon city 35.97
88 Simi Valley city 35.93
89 Eureka city 35.92
90 Elk Grove city 35.90
91 Roseville city 35.89
92 Morro Bay city 35.86
93 Clearlake city 35.84
94 Arroyo Grande city 35.66
95 Nipomo CDP 35.65
96 Vallejo city 35.64
97 Palm Desert city 35.54
98 Antelope CDP 35.52
98 Norco city 35.52
99 Hollister city 35.48
100 Hemet city 35.42
101 Kingsburg city 35.38
102 Oildale CDP 35.33
103 Santa Clarita city 35.29
104 Upland city 35.21
105 Brawley city 35.06
106 Banning city 35.04
107 Camarillo city 35.02
108 Seaside city 34.96
109 Galt city 34.94
110 San Jacinto city 34.92
111 Soquel CDP 34.89
112 Blythe city 34.82
113 Rancho San Diego CDP 34.81
114 Yucaipa city 34.74
115 Modesto city 34.68
116 La Quinta city 34.66
116 Lompoc city 34.66
117 Martinez city 34.59
118 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city 34.57
119 Los Osos CDP 34.47
120 Yuba City city 34.45
121 Oceanside city 34.44
122 Vineyard CDP 34.30
123 Rocklin city 34.28
124 La Habra city 34.27
124 Ukiah city 34.27
125 Parkway CDP 34.22
126 La Verne city 34.21
127 Lake Elsinore city 34.18
128 Imperial Beach city 34.07
129 Selma city 33.92
130 Sanger city 33.86
131 Marina city 33.85
132 Rancho Mirage city 33.79
133 Burbank city 33.77
133 North Highlands CDP 33.77
134 Ramona CDP 33.73
135 Atwater city 33.70
136 Gilroy city 33.68
137 El Cajon city 33.59
137 El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County) 33.59
138 Glendora city 33.55
139 Florin CDP 33.53
139 Petaluma city 33.53
140 American Canyon city 33.48
141 Bakersfield city 33.46
141 Port Hueneme city 33.46
142 Chino city 33.43
143 West Sacramento city 33.39
144 Capitola city 33.37
145 Bostonia CDP 33.36
145 Santa Fe Springs city 33.36
146 Casa de Oro-Mount Helix CDP 33.34
147 Salida CDP 33.24
148 Tulare city 33.21
149 Santa Rosa city 33.18
150 Bellflower city 33.16
150 Fresno city 33.16
151 Arcata city 33.13
152 Merced city 33.09
153 California City city 33.07
154 Benicia city 33.00
155 Madera Acres CDP 32.92
156 Lodi city 32.88
157 Chula Vista city 32.86
158 Lancaster city 32.80
159 Pacifica city 32.77
160 Corona city 32.74
160 Hesperia city 32.74
161 Bonita CDP 32.71
161 Scotts Valley city 32.71
162 Turlock city 32.65
163 Rosamond CDP 32.61
164 Adelanto city 32.59
165 Inglewood city 32.46
166 Moorpark city 32.35
167 Concord city 32.32
168 Lemon Hill CDP 32.30
169 Ashland CDP 32.21
170 Palm Springs city 32.19
171 Mountain House CDP 32.18
172 Coalinga city 32.15
173 Pittsburg city 32.09
174 Arden-Arcade CDP 31.98
174 Carpinteria city 31.98
175 Buena Park city 31.95
175 Whittier city 31.95
176 Grand Terrace city 31.88
176 Hercules city 31.88
176 Huntington Beach city 31.88
177 Grover Beach city 31.86
178 Escondido city 31.84
178 South Whittier CDP 31.84
179 Moreno Valley city 31.81
180 Prunedale CDP 31.68
181 Vista city 31.65
182 Montclair city 31.61
183 Carson city 31.58
184 Gardena city 31.55
185 Livermore city 31.48
186 La Mirada city 31.47
187 San Clemente city 31.46
188 Valle Vista CDP 31.26
189 Thousand Oaks city 31.25
190 El Centro city 31.08
190 Lathrop city 31.08
191 Riverside city 31.02
192 Healdsburg city 30.95
192 Sacramento city 30.95
193 El Dorado Hills CDP 30.87
194 Fallbrook CDP 30.86
195 Rancho Santa Margarita city 30.82
196 National City city 30.80
196 Palmdale city 30.80
197 Porterville city 30.72
198 Seal Beach city 30.69
199 Oak Park CDP 30.67
200 Downey city 30.60
201 Riverbank city 30.57
202 Ontario city 30.54
203 Napa city 30.53
204 Valley Center CDP 30.40
205 Castro Valley CDP 30.32
206 Woodland city 30.30
207 Fairview CDP 30.29
208 La Palma city 30.21
209 Orange city 30.20
210 Morgan Hill city 30.11
211 Long Beach city 30.10
212 Novato city 30.04
213 Stockton city 30.01
214 Eastvale city 29.91
215 Ceres city 29.89
216 Lake Forest city 29.85
217 West Rancho Dominguez CDP 29.83
218 Hawthorne city 29.81
219 Fountain Valley city 29.78
220 Duarte city 29.76
221 Los Alamitos city 29.66
222 Pacific Grove city 29.62
223 Clayton city 29.59
224 Fullerton city 29.55
225 Desert Hot Springs city 29.52
226 Fontana city 29.50
227 West Covina city 29.45
228 Rio Linda CDP 29.44
229 Placentia city 29.43
230 Hacienda Heights CDP 29.39
231 San Lorenzo CDP 29.34
231 Yorba Linda city 29.34
232 Dinuba city 29.29
233 Pomona city 29.28
234 San Luis Obispo city 29.27
235 Highland city 29.25
236 South San Francisco city 29.24
237 Citrus CDP 29.21
238 Laguna Woods city 29.17
239 El Segundo city 29.13
240 Mission Viejo city 29.04
240 San Bruno city 29.04
241 Chino Hills city 29.02
242 San Marcos city 28.91
243 Rialto city 28.90
244 San Pablo city 28.87
245 Westmont CDP 28.73
246 Pleasant Hill city 28.72
247 Norwalk city 28.67
248 Brea city 28.65
249 Dana Point city 28.41
250 Monrovia city 28.31
251 San Juan Capistrano city 28.28
252 Daly City city 28.22
252 Monterey city 28.22
253 West Whittier-Los Nietos CDP 28.21
254 Lakeland Village CDP 28.16
255 Granite Bay CDP 28.11
256 Aliso Viejo city 28.08
257 Folsom city 28.04
258 Anaheim city 28.03
259 Home Gardens CDP 28.02
259 Isla Vista CDP 28.02
260 Newman city 28.00
261 Reedley city 27.98
262 Los Banos city 27.97
263 San Leandro city 27.92
264 Montebello city 27.84
264 Susanville city 27.84
265 Laguna Hills city 27.83
266 Costa Mesa city 27.80
266 Vincent CDP 27.80
267 Patterson city 27.79
268 Rossmoor CDP 27.77
269 Colton city 27.76
269 Garden Grove city 27.76
270 Santa Cruz city 27.73
271 Sonoma city 27.65
272 Calexico city 27.63
273 Santa Maria city 27.56
274 Watsonville city 27.53
275 Sun Village CDP 27.51
276 Cypress city 27.46
277 Altadena CDP 27.41
277 Azusa city 27.41
278 Santa Paula city 27.34
279 Stevenson Ranch CDP 27.33
280 Lomita city 27.25
281 West Puente Valley CDP 27.20
282 Madera city 27.19
283 Cathedral City city 27.15
284 Goleta city 27.04
284 Hayward city 27.04
285 Indio city 27.03
286 Poway city 27.01
287 Jurupa Valley city 27.00
288 Eastern Goleta Valley CDP 26.93
289 Millbrae city 26.88
290 Cerritos city 26.82
291 Westminster city 26.76
292 Richmond city 26.72
293 San Bernardino city 26.70
294 West Carson CDP 26.63
295 Cherryland CDP 26.59
295 Redlands city 26.59
296 Laguna Niguel city 26.42
297 East Palo Alto city 26.38
298 Torrance city 26.37
299 San Diego city 26.33
300 Avocado Heights CDP 26.28
301 Livingston city 26.25
302 Loma Linda city 26.24
303 Truckee town 26.21
304 Sierra Madre city 26.17
305 Oxnard city 26.16
306 View Park-Windsor Hills CDP 26.13
307 East San Gabriel CDP 26.10
308 Valinda CDP 26.00
309 Artesia city 25.91
310 Pico Rivera city 25.86
311 Tustin city 25.80
312 Del Aire CDP 25.78
313 La Crescenta-Montrose CDP 25.75
314 Commerce city 25.74
315 Carlsbad city 25.72
316 Santa Barbara city 25.64
317 Claremont city 25.53
318 Coronado city 25.48
319 Paramount city 25.46
320 Lawndale city 25.41
321 Stanton city 25.39
322 Shafter city 25.31
323 Perris city 25.20
324 Diamond Bar city 25.12
324 Newark city 25.12
325 Lake Los Angeles CDP 25.06
326 North Tustin CDP 24.94
327 San Rafael city 24.90
328 Compton city 24.79
329 Kerman city 24.75
330 Soledad city 24.72
331 Mead Valley CDP 24.62
332 Alhambra city 24.53
333 Half Moon Bay city 24.51
333 Temple City city 24.51
334 West Hollywood city 24.48
335 Ladera Ranch CDP 24.47
336 Winton CDP 24.40
337 Union City city 24.32
338 Coto de Caza CDP 24.19
339 Baldwin Park city 24.13
340 Walnut city 24.12
341 Glendale city 24.03
342 Hillcrest CDP 23.96
343 Campbell city 23.86
343 South San Jose Hills CDP 23.86
344 Corcoran city 23.85
345 Bay Point CDP 23.80
346 San Jose city 23.79
347 Rowland Heights CDP 23.67
348 Salinas city 23.63
349 Los Angeles city 23.43
350 San Fernando city 23.31
351 La Puente city 23.30
352 Wasco city 23.29
353 Calabasas city 22.84
354 North Fair Oaks CDP 22.79
355 Alameda city 22.71
356 Encinitas city 22.59
357 Laguna Beach city 22.54
358 Monterey Park city 22.42
359 Agoura Hills city 22.41
360 Santa Ana city 22.30
361 Delano city 22.26
362 Malibu city 22.24
363 South Gate city 22.23
364 Lindsay city 22.13
365 Newport Beach city 22.12
366 San Carlos city 21.95
367 Pasadena city 21.75
368 Lynwood city 21.62
369 Redondo Beach city 21.59
370 Oakland city 21.58
371 Hawaiian Gardens city 21.54
372 Culver City city 21.50
373 Farmersville city 21.38
374 San Mateo city 21.32
375 Rancho Palos Verdes city 21.30
376 Bloomington CDP 21.28
377 Alum Rock CDP 20.93
378 Arcadia city 20.87
379 Delhi CDP 20.77
380 El Monte city 20.55
381 East Los Angeles CDP 20.50
382 McFarland city 20.48
383 Pleasanton city 20.45
384 Milpitas city 20.34
385 San Gabriel city 20.30
386 Danville town 20.29
387 Willowbrook CDP 20.27
388 South El Monte city 20.24
389 Beverly Hills city 20.06
390 Irvine city 19.91
391 Belmont city 19.78
392 Rosemead city 19.77
393 Redwood City city 19.76
394 Burlingame city 19.75
395 Cudahy city 19.66
396 South Pasadena city 19.61
397 Lafayette city 19.55
397 Walnut Creek city 19.55
398 Huntington Park city 19.13
399 Bell city 19.10
399 Muscoy CDP 19.10
400 Parlier city 18.87
401 East Rancho Dominguez CDP 18.69
402 King City city 18.63
403 Potomac Park CDP 18.51
404 Santa Monica city 18.50
405 Santa Clara city 18.46
406 San Ramon city 18.33
407 San Anselmo town 18.32
408 East Niles CDP 18.30
409 Blackhawk CDP 18.19
410 El Cerrito city 18.04
411 San Francisco city 17.89
412 Florence-Graham CDP 17.87
412 Solana Beach city 17.87
413 Lennox CDP 17.83
414 Emeryville city 17.82
415 Dublin city 17.69
416 Los Gatos town 17.65
417 Fremont city 17.59
418 East Bakersfield CDP 17.56
418 La Cañada Flintridge city 17.56
419 Avenal city 17.54
420 Greenfield city 17.49
421 Alamo CDP 17.36
422 Foster City city 17.30
423 Bell Gardens city 17.26
424 Larkspur city 17.17
425 Walnut Park CDP 17.13
426 Sunnyvale city 16.93
427 Corte Madera town 16.53
428 Moraga town 16.50
429 Mill Valley city 15.86
430 Maywood city 15.82
431 Garden Acres CDP 15.79
432 Berkeley city 15.75
433 Manhattan Beach city 15.61
434 Arvin city 15.47
435 Davis city 14.73
436 Albany city 14.72
437 Mountain View city 14.05
438 Hermosa Beach city 13.99
439 Menlo Park city 13.72
440 Lamont CDP 13.47
441 Palos Verdes Estates city 13.09
442 Mendota city 11.93
443 Cupertino city 11.75
444 Saratoga city 11.48
445 Hillsborough town 11.44
446 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley CDP 11.37
447 Coachella city 11.23
448 San Marino city 11.15
449 University of California-Santa Barbara CDP 10.53
450 Palo Alto city 10.34
451 Los Altos city 9.90
452 Orinda city 9.84
453 Piedmont city 8.42
454 Stanford CDP 4.06