Most Educated Cities In the U.S.

The national college graduation rate is 25.9% What about individual U.S. Cities? MSN Encarta gives us the top 20. The information was gathered by the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

1. Seattle, WA
   
2. San Francisco, CA
   
3. Raleigh, NC
   
4. Washington, D.C.
   
5. Austin, TX
   
6. Atlanta, GA
   
7. Minneapolis, MN
   
8. Boston, MA
   
9. Lexington-Fayette, KY
   
10. San Diego, CA
    
11. Portland, OR
    
12. Oakland, CA
    
13. San Jose, CA
    
14. Charlotte, NC
    
15. Denver, CO
    
16. Honolulu, HI
    
17. Colorado Springs, CO
    
18. Pittsburgh, PA
    
19. St. Paul, MN
    
20. Cincinnati, OH
    
21. Virginia Beach, VA
    

You go, Atlanta.

Read the full article, "Most-Educated Cities in the U.S.," which includes the percentage of each city's population with a college degree or higher. It also includes the median household income, which usually increases with the percentage of city graduates.

Thing I'm thankful for: Getting a college degree, of course!