These MS cities are among the 150 most educated in the US, report says. See where they rank
Three metropolitan areas of Mississippi landed on a new list of the 150 most educated cities in the United States, but their ranking reveals there’s still work to be done.
The ranking by WalletHub, a personal finance website, compares the 150 largest metropolitan statistical areas across 11 key metrics ranging from the share of adults age 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree to the quality of the public school system, according to analysts.
“Higher education doesn’t guarantee better financial opportunities in the future, but it certainly correlates with it,” Chip Lugo, WalletHub analyst said in a June 29 news release. “The most educated cities provide good learning opportunities from childhood all the way through the graduate level.”
Here’s how areas in the Magnolia State ranked, according to WalletHub.
Which MS cities made the list?
Three metropolitan areas in Mississippi made the bottom half of WalletHub’s list. These are the cities and how they ranked:
Jackson, MS
Rank: 104, Total score: 46.91, Educational attainment rank: 96, Quality of education & attainment gap rank: 112
Memphis (area), TN-MS-AR
Rank: 112, Total score: 44.21, Educational attainment rank: 110, Quality of education & attainment gap rank: 125
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS
Rank: 122, Total score: 40.33, Educational attainment rank: 120, Quality of education & attainment gap rank: 105
Which are the top-educated cities?
These are the top 10 educated metropolitan areas in the country, according to WalletHub:
1. Ann Arbor, MI
2. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
3. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
4. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
5. Madison, WI
6. San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA
7. Raleigh-Cary, NC
8. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
9. Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX
10. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
Which are the least-educated cities?
These are the bottom 10 cities on WalletHub’s list:
150. Visalia, CA
149. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
148. Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
147. Bakersfield, CA
146. Modesto, CA
145. Salinas, CA
144. Fresno, CA
143. Stockton, CA
142. Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
141. Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
