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The Georgetown district of Washington, D.C., has one of the nation’s highest concentrations of college degrees.
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In the District and surrounding suburbs, 47.3% of people 25 years or older have bachelor’s, master’s, professional school or doctorate degrees, according to new Census Bureau data released Tuesday. The national average barely tips 25%. <\/p>\n

The figures don’t surprise John Schmitt, senior economist with the Center for Economic and Policy Research in D.C. The city is built on jobs that require degrees.<\/p>\n

“There’s a very high share of federal government employees here,” he said, “and people dealing with the federal government, including defense contractors, lobbyists, businesses that want to influence the regulatory process; there’s lots of lawyers.”<\/p>\n

“Clearly, the biggest factor is still the presence of federal government jobs,” he added. “But a lot of people in the 20s and 30s come here interested in public policy. There’s an excitement about being in Washington, especially among young people who want to make a difference in the world.”<\/p>\n

In second-place San Francisco, 43.5% of residents have college degrees or better; San Jose, Calif., the hub of Silicon Valley, ranked third at 43.2%; and Raleigh, N.C., one of the points in that state’s “Research Triangle,” came in fourth at 42.2%. <\/p>\n

<\/strong>Boston, where so many great universities are located, also boasts 42.2% of its population having a degree.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Of course, salaries in those towns are also higher than the national average. That’s because a highly educated population is a key to growth and prosperity. Washington, D.C., for example, has the highest median household income of any metro area of more than 1 million residents.<\/p>\n

“There’s a very high correlation between earnings and educational attainment,” said Todd Gabe, an economics professor at the University of Maine. <\/p>\n

<\/em><\/strong>10 Brainiest US cities (Brainpower index)<\/p>\n

<\/strong>1. Boulder, Colorado (3.941)
\n2. Ann Arbor, Michigan (3.228)
\n3. Washington, D.C. (2.573)
\n4. Durham, North Carolina (2.164)
\n5. Fort, Collins, Colorado (1.961)
\n6. Bridgeport-Stamford, Connecticut (1.913)
\n7. San Jose, California (1.856)
\n8. Boston, Massachusetts (1.854)
\n9. Madison, WisconsinMadison, Wisconsin (1.816)
\n10. San Francisco-Oakland, California (1.803)
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