The top 10 best educated-cities (50,000 or more) by multiple measurements

[All Along The Watchtower]

Top 10 cities with the most people having Master's or Doctorate degrees

1.     Palo Alto, CA (housing, pop. 58,598): 26.3%
2.     Bethesda, MD (housing, pop. 55,277): 24.6%
3.     Brookline, MA (housing, pop. 57,107): 23.5%
4.     Cambridge, MA (housing, pop. 101,355): 21.3%
5.     Cupertino, CA (housing, pop. 50,546): 20.8%
6.     Newton, MA (housing, pop. 83,829): 19.2%
7.     Ann Arbor, MI (housing, pop. 114,024): 18.7%
8.     Berkeley, CA (housing, pop. 102,743): 18.1%
9.     Evanston, IL (housing, pop. 74,239): 17.4%
10.     Mountain View, CA (housing, pop. 70,708): 16.8%

Top 10 cities with the most people having Doctorate degrees

1.     Palo Alto, CA (housing, pop. 58,598): 8.3%
2.     Bethesda, MD (housing, pop. 55,277): 7.7%
3.     Brookline, MA (housing, pop. 57,107): 7.1%
4.     Cambridge, MA (housing, pop. 101,355): 6.3%
5.     Davis, CA (housing, pop. 60,308): 5.8%
6.     Ann Arbor, MI (housing, pop. 114,024): 5.3%
7.     Berkeley, CA (housing, pop. 102,743): 5.2%
8.     Newton, MA (housing, pop. 83,829): 4.8%
9.     Ames, IA (housing, pop. 50,731): 4.6%
10.     Cupertino, CA (housing, pop. 50,546): 4.1%

http://www.city-data.com/top2/toplists2.html

Several Silicon Valley and Boston-area cities there, as expected, along with a few major university towns.

[Horus]

Interesting although reasonably expected. How about the least educated?