Boston Has Most-Educated Young Adults in United States

Boston leads everywhere else in the U.S. for the percentage of young adults with bachelor’s degrees, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau. 39.2 percent of 18-to-34-year-olds in the Boston market have bachelor’s degrees, compared to the 24.9 percent average of the 100 largest metro areas in the country. Rounding out the top five are Washington, D.C., (37.2 percent), San Francisco (35.6 percent), San Jose, Calif. (35.2 percent), and Madison, Wis. (35.8 percent). [Biz Journals]