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Most Educated Cities in California
Ranked by the share of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher, from the Census Bureau.
1Los Altos88.1%2Palo Alto82.3%3Cupertino82.2%4Saratoga81.1%5Lafayette79.0%6Manhattan Beach78.9%7Davis76.8%8Los Gatos75.0%9Mountain View75.0%10Berkeley74.9%11Danville73.9%12Foster City73.8%13South Pasadena73.5%14Menlo Park72.5%15San Ramon71.6%16Santa Monica70.7%17Irvine70.6%18Rancho Palos Verdes70.5%19Walnut Creek70.4%20San Carlos70.2%21Beverly Hills69.9%22Pleasanton69.9%23Dublin69.8%24Belmont69.7%25Newport Beach69.6%26Sunnyvale69.3%27Encinitas67.7%28El Cerrito67.6%29Redondo Beach67.0%30Santa Clara65.9%31West Hollywood64.2%32Burlingame64.2%33Fremont63.9%34Culver City62.4%35Carlsbad62.1%36North Tustin62.0%37Alameda61.5%38San Francisco60.3%39Campbell60.2%40El Dorado Hills59.9%41Claremont59.9%42Laguna Niguel59.8%43Milpitas58.2%44Cerritos58.0%45San Mateo57.8%46Santa Cruz57.6%47Aliso Viejo57.6%48Arcadia57.4%49Walnut57.3%50Dana Point56.6%51Yorba Linda56.2%52Pasadena56.1%53Folsom54.9%54Laguna Hills54.7%55Pleasant Hill54.6%56Redwood City54.4%57San Luis Obispo54.4%58Poway54.2%59Eastern Goleta Valley54.1%60Torrance54.0%61San Clemente53.8%62Altadena53.3%63Monterey52.9%64Diamond Bar52.8%65Livermore52.3%66Brea52.2%67Mission Viejo52.1%68Santa Barbara51.9%69Thousand Oaks51.4%70Seal Beach51.4%71San Diego51.0%72Lake Forest50.8%73Cypress50.7%74San Rafael49.7%75Rancho Santa Margarita49.7%76Goleta49.4%77Huntington Beach49.0%78Pacifica48.9%79Novato48.9%80Oakland48.7%81Fair Oaks48.7%82Chino Hills48.1%83Newark48.1%84Rocklin48.0%85Benicia47.6%86Tustin47.4%87San Jose47.3%88Glendale47.2%89Burbank47.1%90Morgan Hill46.8%91Martinez46.7%92Fountain Valley46.4%93Hercules46.0%94San Bruno45.2%95Union City45.1%96Costa Mesa45.0%97Moorpark44.6%98Castro Valley44.5%99Palm Springs44.5%100Roseville44.3%
Limited to cities with 25,000+ residents. Download CSV. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.