Looking to expand your knowledge? Consider visiting or even moving to one of these 11 Arizona cities where more residents hold Bachelor’s degrees than anywhere else in the state. Keep reading to see if your town made the list!
- Carefree
Flickr/David Merwin Of Carefree’s 3,500 people, 37% have a Bachelor’s degree. That means nearly 2/5 of the population is college-educated, making this one of the smartest cities in Arizona.
- Tonto National Forest
Flickr/Kate MD Tonto National Forest has a population of 9,000, 34% of whom graduated college. Over 3,000 people in the city have a degree!
- Scottsdale
Wikipedia/Joseph Plotz 33% of Scottsdale’s 225,000 residents have a four-year education and more than 75,000 residents earned their Bachelor’s degree. That’s quite impressive for a city of its size!
- Paradise Valley
Wikimedia Commons/sean horan Of Paradise Valley’s 13,000 people, 32% have a Bachelor’s degree. That means nearly 1/3 of the population is college-educated.
- Anthem
Flickr/Kevin Schraer Anthem has a population of 23,000 with a college graduation rate of 31%. Over 7,000 people in the city have a degree!
- Catalina Foothills
Flickr/Chance Kafka 30% of Catalina Foothills’ 51,000 people have a four-year degree. More than 15,000 residents earned their Bachelor’s degree.
- Village of Oak Creek
Flickr/Roger Gerbig The Village of Oak Creek is only home to about 6,000 people, but 30% have a Bachelor’s degree.
- Pima County
Flickr/cmh2315fl Rincon Valley in Pima County has a population of 5,000, over 1,500 of whom graduated with a college degree. That’s 30%!
- Oro Valley
Flickr/Alejandro Herrera 29% of Oro Valley’s 42,000 people have a four-year college education; more than 12,000 residents have earned a Bachelor’s degree.
- Fountain Hills
Flickr/Diann Bayes Of Fountain Hills’ 23,000 people, 28% have a Bachelor’s degree. That means over a quarter of the population is college-educated.
- Sedona
Flickr/Al Case Sedona has a population of 10,000, with nearly 3,000 (28%) college graduates.
Did your city make the list? Let us know which one of these scholarly places you hail from!
Flickr/David Merwin
Of Carefree’s 3,500 people, 37% have a Bachelor’s degree. That means nearly 2/5 of the population is college-educated, making this one of the smartest cities in Arizona.
Flickr/Kate MD
Tonto National Forest has a population of 9,000, 34% of whom graduated college. Over 3,000 people in the city have a degree!
Wikipedia/Joseph Plotz
33% of Scottsdale’s 225,000 residents have a four-year education and more than 75,000 residents earned their Bachelor’s degree. That’s quite impressive for a city of its size!
Wikimedia Commons/sean horan
Of Paradise Valley’s 13,000 people, 32% have a Bachelor’s degree. That means nearly 1/3 of the population is college-educated.
Flickr/Kevin Schraer
Anthem has a population of 23,000 with a college graduation rate of 31%. Over 7,000 people in the city have a degree!
Flickr/Chance Kafka
30% of Catalina Foothills’ 51,000 people have a four-year degree. More than 15,000 residents earned their Bachelor’s degree.
Flickr/Roger Gerbig
The Village of Oak Creek is only home to about 6,000 people, but 30% have a Bachelor’s degree.
Flickr/cmh2315fl
Rincon Valley in Pima County has a population of 5,000, over 1,500 of whom graduated with a college degree. That’s 30%!
Flickr/Alejandro Herrera
29% of Oro Valley’s 42,000 people have a four-year college education; more than 12,000 residents have earned a Bachelor’s degree.
Flickr/Diann Bayes
Of Fountain Hills’ 23,000 people, 28% have a Bachelor’s degree. That means over a quarter of the population is college-educated.
Flickr/Al Case
Sedona has a population of 10,000, with nearly 3,000 (28%) college graduates.
To read about the happiest cities in Arizona, check out our previous article.
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