Top 20 Countdown: U.S. Cities With the Most College Grads

Study covers the top 100 cities in the country.

Improve College Affordability and Value - As Americans today have an estimated $1 trillion combined student loan debt, Obama has proposed a $1 billion Race to the Top fund to support state governments encouraging higher-education reform. (photo: GettyImages)
1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV  - 2010: 48.6 percent 1970: 22.1 percent (Photo: Courtesy Getty Images/Vetta)
2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA  - 2010: 45.3 percent 1970: 19.3 percent   (Photo: Courtesy wikicommons)3. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT - 2010: 44 percent1970: 17.6 percent(Photo: Courtesy wikicommons)

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Head of the Pack - Just as graduation season is in full swing, a newly released study from the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program reveals 100 U.S. cities with the highest percentage of residents with at least a bachelor’s degree in 2010, versus in 1970. “The article notes that places in which lots of college graduates cluster exhibit patterns that, not surprisingly, are common to college graduates themselves: longer life expectancies, higher incomes, fewer single-parent families,” writes Alan Berube, senior fellow and research director of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Keep reading to see if your hometown falls in the top 20.—Britt Middleton(Photo: GettyImages)

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