Fresno is smarter than Visalia in study of most-educated cities

Visalia is considered less-educated than Fresno, according to a new survey from WalletHub. The fiscal services institution compared the 150 astir populated cities successful the U.S., grading them based connected a look that included the stock of adults with precocious schoolhouse diplomas and assemblage degrees and the prime of nationalist education.

It besides weighted radical and sex gaps.

According to the study, Visalia ranked 150 connected the database of 150 most-educated cities and Fresno came successful astatine 140. For the most-educated cities, the Bay Area tin see a triumph with not lone San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara successful 2nd spot - but besides San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley successful sixth place.

“The San Jose metro country is the second-most educated successful America, with residents pursuing higher acquisition astatine precocious rates,” WalletHub notes. “Over 54% of adults ages 25 and older person astatine slightest a bachelor’s degree, and implicit 26% person a postgraduate oregon nonrecreational degree. San Jose besides ranks archetypal successful the state for assemblage quality, and it besides has the fourth-most summertime learning opportunities per capita.”

10 Most Educated Cities successful the U.S. (Source: WalletHub)

1. Ann Arbor, Michigan
2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
3. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
4. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
5. Madison, WI
6. San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA
7. Raleigh-Cary, NC
8. Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX
9. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
10. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

The Central Valley received practice astatine the other extremity faring poorly connected WalletHub’s list. Following Visalia's presumption astatine dormant last, Bakersfield ranked 147^th, Modesto 146^th, Stockton 145^th, Salinas 142^nd and Fresno 140^th.

Other California Rankings

• 23. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
• 49. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
• 52. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
• 64. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
• 92. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
• 121. Vallejo, CA
• 137. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
• 140. Fresno, CA
• 142. Salinas, CA
• 145. Stockton, CA
• 146. Modesto, CA
• 147. Bakersfield, CA
• 150. Visalia, CA

Stephanie Helms Pickett, the caput of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging astatine Antioch University and a WalletHub expert, says communities should reexamine however nationalist acquisition supports their section economies.

“Our country’s acquisition exemplary fails to relationship the divers ways that radical learn, process accusation and what champion aligns not lone with their interests but their skills,” Pickett says. ”The astir important measurement we tin instrumentality arsenic a state to make a much educated and skilled workforce is simply a concern betwixt higher acquisition and manufacture - encompassing section businesses successful forecasting the needed skills and grooming individuals to conscionable those needs.”