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

Updated on September 5, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of the US White Alone population (aged 25 years and above) who had an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher was 35.53%. Among all US cities and places with a population of 50K or higher, Washington city, DC had the highest percentage of its White Alone population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher (90.80%), followed by Bethesda CDP, MD (89.79%), and Brookline CDP, MA (86.07%).

The chart below shows the top 10 US cities and places (with a population of 50K+), and the table below shows the top 500 US cities and places (with a population of 50K+).

You can see similar information for other educational attainments.

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Ranking of US Cities and Places By Percentage of White Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021
Washington city, DC
Bethesda CDP, MD
Brookline CDP, MA
Hoboken city, NJ
Cambridge city, MA
Arlington CDP, VA
Chapel Hill town, NC
Palo Alto city, CA
Berkeley city, CA
Newton city, MA
Ranking of US Cities and Places By Percentage of White Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021
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Rank City or Place Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) (%)
1 Washington city, DC 90.80
2 Bethesda CDP, MD 89.79
3 Brookline CDP, MA 86.07
4 Hoboken city, NJ 84.60
5 Cambridge city, MA 83.67
6 Arlington CDP, VA 83.59
7 Chapel Hill town, NC 82.86
8 Palo Alto city, CA 82.44
9 Berkeley city, CA 80.62
10 Newton city, MA 80.25
11 Silver Spring CDP, MD 79.93
12 Atlanta city, GA 79.90
13 Oak Park village, IL 79.62
14 Evanston city, IL 79.58
15 Ann Arbor city, MI 79.47
16 Davis city, CA 78.64
17 Boulder city, CO 78.01
18 Alexandria city, VA 77.42
19 Brookhaven city, GA 77.31
20 North Bethesda CDP, MD 76.60
21 Reston CDP, VA 76.15
22 San Francisco city, CA 75.44
23 Dunwoody city, GA 74.44
24 Sammamish city, WA 72.75
25 Edina city, MN 72.70
26 Mountain View city, CA 72.20
26 Sandy Springs city, GA 72.20
27 Carmel city, IN 72.12
28 Cupertino city, CA 71.51
29 Rockville city, MD 70.98
30 Seattle city, WA 70.69
31 Oakland city, CA 70.23
32 Towson CDP, MD 70.19
33 Catalina Foothills CDP, AZ 69.99
34 Walnut Creek city, CA 69.92
35 Santa Monica city, CA 69.81
36 Alpharetta city, GA 69.48
37 Somerville city, MA 69.47
38 Naperville city, IL 69.42
39 Boston city, MA 68.72
40 West Hartford CDP, CT 68.42
41 Columbia CDP, MD 68.17
42 Cary town, NC 68.08
43 Richmond city, VA 68.03
44 Newport Beach city, CA 67.53
45 Ellicott City CDP, MD 67.22
46 Wheaton city, IL 67.14
47 Mount Pleasant town, SC 66.95
48 Alameda city, CA 66.94
49 Johns Creek city, GA 66.90
50 Fishers city, IN 66.89
51 Auburn city, AL 66.88
52 Weston city, FL 66.79
53 Roswell city, GA 66.68
54 Greenville city, SC 66.52
55 Encinitas city, CA 66.27
56 Eden Prairie city, MN 65.91
57 Highlands Ranch CDP, CO 65.85
58 Durham city, NC 65.69
59 Redmond city, WA 65.32
60 New Orleans city, LA 65.29
61 Bellevue city, WA 65.04
62 Irvine city, CA 65.02
63 The Woodlands CDP, TX 64.73
64 Bozeman city, MT 64.44
65 Franklin city, TN 64.41
66 Raleigh city, NC 64.36
67 Madison city, AL 64.20
68 Redondo Beach city, CA 64.15
69 Apex town, NC 64.07
70 Plymouth city, MN 63.98
71 Iowa City city, IA 63.95
72 Charleston city, SC 63.73
73 Minneapolis city, MN 63.70
74 East Honolulu CDP, HI 63.54
75 San Ramon city, CA 63.42
76 Columbia city, SC 63.40
77 Centreville CDP, VA 63.32
78 Hoover city, AL 63.30
79 White Plains city, NY 63.15
80 Frisco city, TX 62.66
81 Flower Mound town, TX 62.40
82 Minnetonka city, MN 62.10
83 Overland Park city, KS 62.01
84 Carlsbad city, CA 61.89
85 Woodbury city, MN 61.79
86 Gaithersburg city, MD 61.58
87 Sugar Land city, TX 61.55
88 Kirkland city, WA 61.04
89 Royal Oak city, MI 60.95
90 Madison city, WI 60.91
91 Centennial city, CO 60.89
92 Santa Cruz city, CA 60.68
92 Denver city, CO 60.68
93 Pasadena city, CA 60.37
94 Scottsdale city, AZ 59.91
94 Downers Grove village, IL 59.91
95 Ames city, IA 59.71
96 Baltimore city, MD 59.68
97 San Mateo city, CA 59.64
98 Austin city, TX 59.52
99 Sunnyvale city, CA 59.30
100 Corvallis city, OR 59.25
101 Stamford city, CT 59.22
102 Charlotte city, NC 59.15
103 Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), GA 59.02
104 Boca Raton city, FL 58.95
105 Arlington Heights village, IL 58.86
106 Redwood City city, CA 58.82
107 College Station city, TX 58.73
108 Broomfield city, CO 58.65
109 Santa Barbara city, CA 58.56
110 Horizon West CDP, FL 58.55
111 Portland city, ME 58.51
112 Bloomington city, IN 58.50
113 Lenexa city, KS 58.25
114 Pleasanton city, CA 58.24
115 San Rafael city, CA 58.01
116 Fort Collins city, CO 58.00
117 Little Rock city, AR 57.78
118 Smyrna city, GA 57.64
119 Waltham city, MA 57.49
120 Tuscaloosa city, AL 57.41
121 Jackson city, MS 57.30
122 Baton Rouge city, LA 57.09
123 Novi city, MI 57.02
124 Lawrence city, KS 56.99
125 Tallahassee city, FL 56.89
126 Aliso Viejo city, CA 56.78
127 Huntersville town, NC 56.64
128 Aspen Hill CDP, MD 56.57
129 Columbia city, MO 56.53
130 Troy city, MI 56.45
131 Collierville town, TN 56.38
132 Asheville city, NC 56.21
133 Portland city, OR 56.10
134 Edmond city, OK 56.02
135 Flagstaff city, AZ 55.96
135 Richardson city, TX 55.96
136 Rochester Hills city, MI 55.81
137 Laguna Niguel city, CA 55.63
138 Chicago city, IL 55.50
138 Medford city, MA 55.50
139 Maple Grove city, MN 55.39
140 Palm Beach Gardens city, FL 55.35
141 Santa Clara city, CA 55.33
142 Framingham city, MA 55.21
143 Marietta city, GA 55.12
144 Plano city, TX 55.06
145 Albany city, NY 54.98
146 Cincinnati city, OH 54.93
147 Gainesville city, FL 54.91
148 Salt Lake City city, UT 54.84
149 Shoreline city, WA 54.73
150 Dublin city, CA 54.72
150 Jersey City city, NJ 54.72
151 New York city, NY 54.63
152 Eagan city, MN 54.46
153 Farmington Hills city, MI 54.32
154 Manhattan city, KS 54.28
155 Urban Honolulu CDP, HI 54.21
156 Greenville city, NC 54.01
157 Birmingham city, AL 54.00
158 St. Louis city, MO 53.87
159 West Des Moines city, IA 53.83
160 St. Paul city, MN 53.68
161 Miami Beach city, FL 53.62
162 Parker town, CO 53.44
163 San Clemente city, CA 53.37
164 Grapevine city, TX 53.29
165 Champaign city, IL 53.14
166 Normal town, IL 53.07
167 Palatine village, IL 52.79
168 Fayetteville city, AR 52.77
169 Castle Rock town, CO 52.61
170 Jupiter town, FL 52.57
170 Millcreek city, UT 52.57
171 New Rochelle city, NY 52.31
172 Olathe city, KS 52.25
173 Doral city, FL 52.24
174 Shawnee city, KS 52.12
175 San Diego city, CA 52.01
176 Huntsville city, AL 51.79
177 Wilmington city, DE 51.46
178 Novato city, CA 51.42
179 Allen city, TX 51.39
180 Missoula city, MT 51.31
181 Ankeny city, IA 51.29
182 Lakewood city, OH 51.19
182 Pittsburgh city, PA 51.19
183 Mission Viejo city, CA 51.09
184 Folsom city, CA 50.89
185 Tempe city, AZ 50.75
186 Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 50.67
187 Greensboro city, NC 50.53
188 Germantown CDP, MD 50.20
189 Lee's Summit city, MO 50.15
190 Skokie village, IL 50.12
191 Wheaton CDP, MD 50.01
192 McKinney city, TX 49.99
193 Noblesville city, IN 49.97
194 Rochester city, MN 49.94
195 Tampa city, FL 49.83
196 Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY 49.67
197 Cedar Park city, TX 49.60
198 Delray Beach city, FL 49.56
199 Lakeville city, MN 49.36
200 Quincy city, MA 49.23
201 New Haven city, CT 49.17
202 Fort Lauderdale city, FL 49.11
203 Lafayette city, LA 49.09
204 Wilmington city, NC 49.05
205 Norwalk city, CT 48.91
206 Apple Valley city, MN 48.65
207 Orlando city, FL 48.52
208 Thousand Oaks city, CA 48.51
208 League City city, TX 48.51
209 Lake Forest city, CA 48.38
210 Yorba Linda city, CA 48.22
211 San Jose city, CA 48.16
211 Mount Prospect village, IL 48.16
211 Memphis city, TN 48.16
212 Olympia city, WA 48.05
213 Georgetown city, TX 48.00
214 Bellingham city, WA 47.98
215 Torrance city, CA 47.96
216 Pensacola city, FL 47.91
217 Wellington village, FL 47.74
218 Bloomington city, IL 47.62
219 Lynchburg city, VA 47.42
220 Plantation city, FL 47.41
221 Longmont city, CO 47.37
222 Bend city, OR 47.09
223 Lehi city, UT 47.06
224 Montgomery city, AL 47.04
225 Gilbert town, AZ 46.98
225 Bloomington city, MN 46.98
226 Tigard city, OR 46.93
227 Arcadia city, CA 46.79
228 Bentonville city, AR 46.66
229 Rocklin city, CA 46.65
229 Beaverton city, OR 46.65
230 Santa Fe city, NM 46.53
231 Arvada city, CO 46.47
232 Norman city, OK 46.45
233 Provo city, UT 46.42
234 Philadelphia city, PA 46.39
235 Redlands city, CA 46.27
236 Valdosta city, GA 46.04
237 Kendall CDP, FL 46.02
238 Grand Rapids city, MI 45.96
239 Milford city (balance), CT 45.86
240 West Palm Beach city, FL 45.83
241 Huntington Beach city, CA 45.82
242 Costa Mesa city, CA 45.75
243 Livermore city, CA 45.72
244 Marana town, AZ 45.55
245 Bowie city, MD 45.51
245 Frederick city, MD 45.51
246 Savannah city, GA 45.35
247 Sandy city, UT 45.27
248 Missouri City city, TX 45.23
249 Pearland city, TX 45.22
250 Kansas City city, MO 45.19
251 Lakewood city, CO 45.14
252 Los Angeles city, CA 44.91
253 Bel Air South CDP, MD 44.83
254 Eugene city, OR 44.62
255 Leander city, TX 44.51
256 Columbus city, OH 44.49
257 Conway city, AR 44.38
258 Dallas city, TX 44.34
259 Kalamazoo city, MI 44.06
260 Chandler city, AZ 44.05
261 Anchorage municipality, AK 44.03
262 Richland city, WA 43.92
263 Boise City city, ID 43.86
264 Sarasota city, FL 43.76
265 Richmond city, CA 43.73
266 Tustin city, CA 43.69
267 Alafaya CDP, FL 43.67
268 Hoffman Estates village, IL 43.65
269 Fargo city, ND 43.55
270 Roseville city, CA 43.47
271 St. Petersburg city, FL 43.42
272 Colorado Springs city, CO 43.40
273 Orem city, UT 43.32
274 Round Rock city, TX 43.14
275 Petaluma city, CA 43.10
275 South Jordan city, UT 43.10
276 Mount Vernon city, NY 43.08
277 Winston-Salem city, NC 42.99
278 High Point city, NC 42.91
279 Burnsville city, MN 42.88
280 Omaha city, NE 42.83
281 Mobile city, AL 42.82
282 Houston city, TX 42.75
283 Arden-Arcade CDP, CA 42.68
284 Severn CDP, MD 42.64
285 Sacramento city, CA 42.57
286 The Villages CDP, FL 42.50
287 Westminster city, CO 42.44
288 Norfolk city, VA 42.40
289 O'Fallon city, MO 42.23
290 Waukesha city, WI 42.20
291 Denton city, TX 42.10
292 Castro Valley CDP, CA 42.07
293 Bonita Springs city, FL 42.02
294 Schaumburg village, IL 42.01
295 Rochester city, NY 42.00
296 Camarillo city, CA 41.99
296 Peoria city, IL 41.99
297 Providence city, RI 41.93
298 Malden city, MA 41.73
299 Virginia Beach city, VA 41.69
300 Murfreesboro city, TN 41.68
301 Lincoln city, NE 41.66
302 Fremont city, CA 41.59
303 Wesley Chapel CDP, FL 41.55
304 Meridian city, ID 41.42
305 Palm Desert city, CA 41.39
306 St. Charles city, MO 41.29
307 Duluth city, MN 41.28
308 Chico city, CA 41.20
309 Burbank city, CA 41.19
310 Orland Park village, IL 41.16
311 Fountain Valley city, CA 41.12
311 Albuquerque city, NM 41.12
312 Queen Creek town, AZ 41.09
313 San Marcos city, CA 40.92
314 Southfield city, MI 40.91
315 Danbury city, CT 40.88
316 Concord city, NC 40.69
317 Pflugerville city, TX 40.68
318 Chino Hills city, CA 40.60
319 Kentwood city, MI 40.49
320 Logan city, UT 40.47
321 Fullerton city, CA 40.33
322 Cypress city, CA 40.29
323 La Mesa city, CA 40.22
324 Davie town, FL 40.16
325 Atascocita CDP, TX 40.07
326 Harrisonburg city, VA 40.06
327 Santa Rosa city, CA 40.05
327 Coral Springs city, FL 40.05
328 Hillsboro city, OR 40.02
329 Irondequoit CDP, NY 39.94
330 Bolingbrook village, IL 39.93
330 Chattanooga city, TN 39.93
331 Johnson City city, TN 39.92
332 Carrollton city, TX 39.86
333 Shreveport city, LA 39.82
334 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city, CA 39.79
335 Yonkers city, NY 39.77
336 Jackson city, TN 39.76
337 Herriman city, UT 39.72
338 Glendale city, CA 39.71
339 Alhambra city, CA 39.70
339 Milpitas city, CA 39.70
340 Metairie CDP, LA 39.60
341 Long Beach city, CA 39.52
342 Diamond Bar city, CA 39.50
343 Loveland city, CO 39.46
344 Des Plaines city, IL 39.36
345 New Braunfels city, TX 39.26
346 Weymouth Town city, MA 39.23
346 Rock Hill city, SC 39.23
347 Bismarck city, ND 39.18
348 Napa city, CA 38.96
349 The Hammocks CDP, FL 38.92
350 Nashua city, NH 38.89
351 St. Peters city, MO 38.87
352 Orange city, CA 38.74
353 Las Cruces city, NM 38.67
354 Grand Forks city, ND 38.49
355 Concord city, CA 38.46
356 Livonia city, MI 38.45
357 Buffalo city, NY 38.44
358 Indianapolis city (balance), IN 38.43
359 Fort Myers city, FL 38.41
360 Hendersonville city, TN 38.40
361 Casas Adobes CDP, AZ 38.29
362 Reno city, NV 38.28
363 Bayonne city, NJ 38.23
364 Mansfield city, TX 38.21
365 East Orange city, NJ 38.11
366 Tonawanda Town CDP, NY 38.08
367 Lubbock city, TX 38.04
368 Daly City city, CA 37.98
369 Renton city, WA 37.96
370 Billings city, MT 37.93
371 Sioux Falls city, SD 37.92
372 Aurora city, IL 37.90
373 Kettering city, OH 37.85
374 North Little Rock city, AR 37.69
375 Temecula city, CA 37.68
376 Brentwood city, CA 37.62
377 Tulsa city, OK 37.60
378 Milwaukee city, WI 37.58
379 Fort Worth city, TX 37.48
380 Lake Charles city, LA 37.43
381 Monterey Park city, CA 37.42
382 Brooklyn Park city, MN 37.32
383 Miami city, FL 37.30
384 Springfield city, IL 37.24
384 Appleton city, WI 37.24
385 Placentia city, CA 37.17
385 Macon-Bibb County, GA 37.17
386 Syracuse city, NY 37.01
387 Layton city, UT 36.92
388 Beaumont city, TX 36.90
389 Knoxville city, TN 36.87
390 Chesapeake city, VA 36.81
391 San Marcos city, TX 36.74
392 Rapid City city, SD 36.72
393 Santa Clarita city, CA 36.71
393 Murray city, UT 36.71
394 Oceanside city, CA 36.50
395 Tinley Park village, IL 36.45
396 North Richland Hills city, TX 36.38
397 Burien city, WA 36.35
398 Aurora city, CO 36.28
399 Eastvale city, CA 36.25
400 Boynton Beach city, FL 36.21
401 Elk Grove city, CA 36.19
402 Columbus city, IN 36.14
403 North Charleston city, SC 35.95
403 Euless city, TX 35.95
404 Cuyahoga Falls city, OH 35.91
405 Bethlehem city, PA 35.89
406 Clifton city, NJ 35.87
407 Upland city, CA 35.73
408 Arlington city, TX 35.69
409 Tacoma city, WA 35.65
410 Carmichael CDP, CA 35.60
411 Clovis city, CA 35.56
412 Peabody city, MA 35.53
413 West New York town, NJ 35.50
414 Tyler city, TX 35.49
415 Glendora city, CA 35.41
416 Oklahoma City city, OK 35.39
417 La Crosse city, WI 35.33
418 Blaine city, MN 35.31
419 Lakewood CDP, NJ 35.27
420 Cranston city, RI 35.22
421 Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 35.16
422 Grand Junction city, CO 35.12
423 Columbus city, GA 35.11
423 Bowling Green city, KY 35.11
424 Goodyear city, AZ 35.08
424 Wylie city, TX 35.08
425 Midland city, TX 35.04
426 Broken Arrow city, OK 34.94
427 Rogers city, AR 34.92
428 Peoria city, AZ 34.86
429 Coconut Creek city, FL 34.81
430 Henderson city, NV 34.80
431 Albany city, GA 34.70
431 South Bend city, IN 34.70
432 Jonesboro city, AR 34.58
433 Palm Harbor CDP, FL 34.46
434 Galveston city, TX 34.44
435 Burlington city, NC 34.28
436 Suffolk city, VA 34.15
437 Bellevue city, NE 34.05
438 Pembroke Pines city, FL 33.94
439 Union City city, CA 33.92
439 Dubuque city, IA 33.92
440 Worcester city, MA 33.90
441 Phoenix city, AZ 33.80
441 Aloha CDP, OR 33.80
442 Clearwater city, FL 33.76
443 McAllen city, TX 33.74
444 Lacey city, WA 33.65
445 Wichita city, KS 33.62
446 Cedar Rapids city, IA 33.61
446 Spokane city, WA 33.61
447 Troy city, NY 33.57
448 Eau Claire city, WI 33.56
449 Brandon CDP, FL 33.55
449 Bartlett city, TN 33.55
449 Federal Way city, WA 33.55
450 South San Francisco city, CA 33.52
451 Waco city, TX 33.40
452 Simi Valley city, CA 33.36
453 Dothan city, AL 33.35
454 Toms River CDP, NJ 33.32
455 Pompano Beach city, FL 33.30
456 San Leandro city, CA 33.27
457 St. Cloud city, MN 33.24
458 Dearborn city, MI 33.22
459 Haverhill city, MA 33.19
460 Irving city, TX 33.14
461 Rancho Cucamonga city, CA 33.08
462 Enterprise CDP, NV 33.06
463 Levittown CDP, NY 33.02
464 Jacksonville city, FL 33.01
465 Blue Springs city, MO 33.00
466 Apopka city, FL 32.94
467 Whittier city, CA 32.87