Anchorage may not make the top 20 cities in terms of higher education, but it’s not at the bottom, either, according to a study by WalletHub.
To determine where the most educated Americans live, WalletHub compared the 150 largest U.S. metropolitan statistical areas across 11 key metrics. The data set ranges from the share of adults aged 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or higher to the racial education gap to the quality of the public-school system.
Ann Arbor, Mich. has the highest share of bachelor’s degree holders aged 25 and older, 57.20%, which is 3.8 times higher than in Visalia, CA, the metro area with the lowest at 15.20%.
Anchorage ranked 60th for having a population with college degrees, out of the 150 cities measured. No other Alaska cities were part of this study.
The most and least educated cities, according to WalletHub, are:
| Most Educated Cities | Least Educated Cities |
| 1. Ann Arbor, MI | 141. Salinas, CA |
| 2. San Jose, CA | 142. Corpus Christi, TX |
| 3. Washington, DC | 143. Beaumont, TX |
| 4. San Francisco, CA | 144. Hickory, NC |
| 5. Madison, WI | 145. Stockton, CA |
| 6. Durham, NC | 146. Modesto, CA |
| 7. Boston, MA | 147. Bakersfield, CA |
| 8. Raleigh, NC | 148. McAllen, TX |
| 9. Seattle, WA | 149. Brownsville, TX |
| 10. Austin, TX | 150. Visalia, CA |
One thing sets Anchorage apart from the others: The Anchorage metro area has the highest gender education gap, with the share of female bachelor’s degree holders aged 25 and older at 23.25%t, compared with 18.64% for their male counterparts, a difference of 4.61% more women.
For comparison, the national average for women with the same attributes is 21.03%, and it is 20.12% for their men counterparts.
El Paso, Texas metro area has the highest racial education gap, with the share of black bachelor’s degree holders aged 25 and older at 23.75 percent, compared with 20.78 percent for their white counterparts, a difference of 2.96 percent favoring black people.
For comparison, the national average for black people with the same attributes is 15.07 percent, and it is 23.32 percent for their white counterparts.
To view the full report and your city’s rank, visit this WalletHub link.
Not surprising. Alaska is still a very blue collar place.
Men can get high paying careers in skilled trades at far less expense than a bachelor’s degree that often takes years to pay off.
I haven’t studied the link yet, but I’m already wondering how many of those degrees were some sort of “studies” degree?
“ years to pay off” isn’t a factor anymore………apparently.
Precisely. A degree in engineering or technology is worth five times a degree in nonsense intersectionality studies. OTOH, don’t let anyone tell you that women aren’t taking over law and medicine. As a general proposition, current society hates men and discourages them at every turn. And on yet another hand, a warning: If the ladies think they are going to just roll over this guy, they will be in for a big surprise. I am experienced, well-read and well-educated.
Who cares the education racket is broken. The basket weaving and finger painting degrees have proven that collage educations are worthless. When they get back to teaching about things that matter and getting rid of all this BS going on then maybe they will have something to offer this world instead of dissent and destruction of our country. The largest thing taught now is transgenderism, hate, dissent, and disrespect .
Oh baaaa humbug. I know people who are 3 years into their career after college making 95,000 a year. Their student loans are being written off after 10 years of public service. You have to be smart about what’s your future goals are. Not everybody knows what they want to be when they go to school I understand that. But you shouldn’t take too long deciding. All it will do is cost you money and lost wages, and added educational expense.
It surprising. Women outnumber men by far in college enrollment. Not just in Anchorage, but all across the U.S.
A factor not considered in this survey/ study, is high level industry or other career field certifications. Many individuals may have lower level degrees or none at all, but have a bachelors degree or higher level equivalent certification in their specifc industry or career field. For example – I have two associates of science degrees, but a higher level (IT) certification that is considered the equivalent of a Masters degree in my specific career field… and the better part of this education choice is that I am required to pursue continuing eduction in my specific career field to maintain my certification as current. With a bachelors or higher degree, once you have it, there is no requirement to pursue further education to keep it up-to date with the ever-changing landscape in that specific career/ industry/ field of study. Bottom-line – Degrees do not always equate to intelligence…
Does the average woman even matter anymore?
Especially if she hasn’t hacked her breasts off, dyed her hair blue, and passed her lipstick and red dress to the nearest man holding a Bud Light?
It’s entirely possible that the under-educated or less educated male population cohort in Anchorage is mostly explained by the predominance of employment in government throughout Alaska. I guess one could say that professional females are over-weighted in government. That is probably the case for the state as a whole.
Alaskans produce fewer goods per capita than is the case for any other state, in no small part because we have no agriculture and no genuine manufacturing (although government economists somehow designate people shipping frozen salmon to China as manufacturing) but we hold our own and then some with consumption. We do that through government employment and through transfer payments (entitlements, if you like). People with college degrees who choose a career handing out SNAP credit cards, Medicaid, and Section 8 housing vouchers are more likely to be women than what you would expect to find with professionals in agriculture and manufacturing.
Until recent years Alaska was adding population every year, and throughout the past 30 years Alaska added to its population even as its output for shipment out of state fell to a small fraction of what it once was. The aging of the Alaska population is also a vital statistic.
This is interesting information and more useful than much of the economic information produced by state government. If you include economics professors and teaching assistants, along with economists at Labor, Revenue, DNR, etc. the state has about 100 economists on the payroll.
Masked Avenger makes a good point. If its not STEM (science, technology, engineering, math); or, if its not rigorous humanities such as economics, business, or classics…. then its crap. Young women are deceived…. getting masters degrees to work at cosmetic counters. They forfeit their prime child-bearing years to follow the lies about competing with men rather than building families in partnership with them. College degrees with the word “Studies” on them are the paper these lies are written on.
Still yet another way to divide us. Sometimes I wonder if all of these studies about us as a culture are really healthy. I think that many of them just tend to divide us even further. It’s hard to disagree with the fact that some of the information is interesting and even maybe productive in some ways but much of it is just destructive.
I yearned for a time when life was slower, simpler and more productive.
But alas, it is in the past.
While it’s anecdotal, consider one of my nephews. Six years of college to land a masters in education (history).
Could barely pay the rent.
After six fruitless years he quit, learned how to weld, and now out earns everyone in his family.
College degrees aren’t the path to success they used to be.
And he’s probably the best read welder on the shop floor. Somethings are actually priceless.
They are if they are the right degree. Like I said, 92k after 3 years.
Alaska is better off for it too!
🚨 sure it eee
Comments are closed.