6. Denver, Colorado
Percentage of college-educated millennials among the total millennial population: 46%
5. (tied) Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
Percentage of college-educated millennials among the total millennial population: 47%
5. (tied) Raleigh, North Carolina
Percentage of college-educated millennials among the total millennial population: 47%
5. (tied) New York, New York
Percentage of college-educated millennials among the total millennial population: 47%
4. Hartford, Connecticut
Percentage of college-educated millennials among the total millennial population: 50%
3. Washington, DC
Percentage of college-educated millennials among the total millennial population: 54%
2. (tied) San Francisco, California
Percentage of college-educated millennials among the total millennial population: 55%
2. (tied) San Jose, California
Percentage of college-educated millennials among the total millennial population: 55%
1. (tied) Madison, Wisconsin
Percentage of college-educated millennials among the total millennial population: 58%
1. (tied) Boston, Massachusetts
Percentage of college-educated millennials among the total millennial population: 58%
Boston and Madison — two metro areas with several universities — have lured college graduates more than other cities in the US.
In the analysis, Frey adds that many other American metros have relatively high shares of college-educated millennials.
"While a great deal of attention is given to the highly educated millennials in those areas, the fact is that older millennials in 60 of the 100 metropolitan areas have college graduate percentages ranging between 30% to 45%," he wrote.
