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Most Educated Cities in Kansas

Cities with at least 1,000 residents, ranked by percentage of adults (25+) with a bachelor's degree or higher.

#CityBachelor's+Graduate+Median IncomePopulation
1 Mission Hills 87.3% 51.6% $250,000+ 3,548
2 Fairway 84.9% 37.2% $152,574 4,159
3 Westwood 77.0% 33.4% $118,250 2,093
4 Leawood 73.7% 36.3% $185,625 33,809
5 Prairie Village 72.5% 31.8% $113,530 22,874
6 Overland Park 63.7% 25.9% $104,834 200,306
7 Kechi 60.7% 23.4% $113,125 2,901
8 Roeland Park 57.8% 21.0% $88,774 6,763
9 Lenexa 57.8% 21.9% $103,239 58,384
10 Lawrence 55.8% 26.9% $65,009 96,051
11 Manhattan 53.3% 24.5% $60,172 54,239
12 Shawnee 53.1% 19.2% $109,940 68,542
13 Mission 52.3% 18.4% $75,534 9,915
14 Andover 51.7% 19.9% $104,787 15,965
15 Baldwin City 51.1% 18.2% $72,941 4,911
16 Olathe 50.5% 19.1% $114,009 145,057
17 Bel Aire 50.1% 19.5% $97,795 9,043
18 North Newton 47.8% 20.2% $87,402 2,155
19 Lindsborg 47.1% 15.7% $81,250 3,792
20 Hesston 46.2% 19.3% $75,225 3,582
21 Spring Hill 45.9% 14.5% $112,428 9,120
22 Merriam 45.6% 14.2% $73,600 11,085
23 St. George 43.8% 21.4% $100,956 1,039
24 Basehor 42.8% 15.2% $116,769 7,491
25 Hays 42.7% 16.5% $58,459 21,143
26 Wamego 41.2% 14.0% $78,809 4,386
27 Rose Hill 40.8% 18.6% $102,389 4,246
28 Conway Springs 40.7% 5.7% $73,320 1,573
29 Sterling 39.8% 15.2% $54,922 2,411
30 Tonganoxie 39.4% 13.3% $80,109 5,891
31 Maize 39.4% 10.8% $72,024 6,824
32 Eudora 39.2% 13.3% $118,184 6,119
33 Andale 39.2% 14.6% $98,333 1,062
34 McPherson 38.4% 15.1% $77,529 13,995
35 De Soto 38.2% 13.1% $104,000 6,414
36 Derby 37.6% 12.7% $84,112 26,062
37 Highland 37.6% 18.7% $72,083 1,069
38 Colwich 37.5% 15.9% $88,295 1,492
39 Hillsboro 37.2% 12.6% $63,462 2,700
40 Colby 37.0% 9.8% $63,494 5,387
41 Lansing 36.3% 17.4% $102,786 11,246
42 Valley Center 36.1% 11.2% $77,020 8,590
43 Cimarron 35.8% 1.4% $82,422 1,949
44 Ogden 35.5% 16.7% $68,421 1,696
45 Goddard 35.1% 12.3% $94,004 6,030
46 Sabetha 34.1% 12.0% $70,464 2,471
47 Mulvane 33.9% 13.9% $74,039 6,171
48 Louisburg 33.7% 11.4% $68,824 5,094
49 Pittsburg 33.2% 12.2% $43,419 20,637
50 Garden Plain 33.0% 11.7% $85,455 1,126
51 Cheney 32.8% 6.7% $85,313 2,580
52 Frontenac 32.6% 8.4% $58,733 3,392
53 Leavenworth 32.6% 15.0% $72,987 37,195
54 Silver Lake 32.3% 12.4% $56,834 1,553
55 Oberlin 32.2% 7.6% $52,284 1,734
56 Girard 32.1% 13.2% $40,298 2,777
57 Gardner 32.0% 10.2% $96,818 24,526
58 Ellis 31.7% 10.8% $73,000 2,189
59 Clearwater 31.4% 10.0% $83,879 2,716
60 WaKeeney 31.4% 11.1% $68,438 1,852
61 Wichita 31.1% 11.7% $64,620 397,945
62 Scott City 30.7% 8.6% $54,880 3,800
63 Moundridge 30.6% 9.2% $67,500 1,628
64 Hoxie 30.5% 12.0% $67,054 1,042
65 Council Grove 29.6% 8.0% $57,962 2,265
66 Ness City 29.6% 8.3% $64,583 1,162
67 Buhler 29.3% 8.1% $72,929 1,525
68 Norton 29.3% 5.6% $53,125 2,689
69 Sedgwick 29.0% 10.8% $93,125 1,614
70 Topeka 29.0% 10.8% $56,956 125,786
71 Chapman 28.9% 5.9% $72,344 1,454
72 Bonner Springs 28.9% 9.6% $83,218 7,839
73 Meade 28.9% 5.9% $75,321 1,341
74 Hill City 28.8% 12.3% $48,512 1,511
75 Overbrook 28.7% 12.2% $68,958 1,113
76 Salina 28.7% 9.9% $61,783 46,307
77 Independence 28.7% 12.4% $51,069 8,422
78 Marion 28.7% 7.7% $58,387 1,746
79 Winfield 27.8% 10.2% $56,656 11,711
80 Plainville 27.7% 7.3% $59,236 1,656
81 La Crosse 27.3% 7.7% $53,750 1,154
82 Park City 27.3% 7.9% $74,301 7,673
83 Galva 27.2% 6.0% $91,167 1,002
84 McConnell AFB 27.2% 6.0% $72,639 1,907
85 Lyndon 26.9% 9.2% $67,227 1,023
86 Atchison 26.8% 10.5% $54,474 10,785
87 St. John 26.7% 5.5% $73,929 1,172
88 Douglass 26.7% 11.7% $72,589 1,603
89 Paola 26.4% 9.9% $74,662 5,770
90 Towanda 26.3% 7.4% $64,327 1,668
91 Newton 26.2% 8.5% $68,885 18,397
92 Erie 26.2% 5.7% $36,667 1,216
93 El Dorado 26.0% 6.3% $59,180 12,769
94 Sublette 26.0% 10.3% $66,331 1,500
95 Ottawa 25.8% 9.2% $71,699 12,678
96 Junction City 25.6% 7.9% $61,181 22,331
97 Oakley 25.3% 6.0% $77,065 2,009
98 Minneapolis 25.3% 7.7% $57,702 2,043
99 Victoria 24.8% 8.0% $77,500 1,095
100 St. Marys 24.7% 4.7% $76,771 2,788
101 Ulysses 24.6% 10.8% $63,857 5,476
102 Emporia 24.4% 10.8% $52,704 24,131
103 Medicine Lodge 24.3% 5.4% $59,392 1,578
104 Columbus 24.2% 11.0% $37,961 2,881
105 Augusta 23.9% 7.9% $64,919 9,216
106 Marysville 23.8% 9.4% $55,386 3,422
107 Seneca 23.6% 5.2% $76,750 2,090
108 Iola 23.5% 7.1% $54,221 5,348
109 Alma 23.4% 4.5% $71,875 1,063
110 Clay Center 23.4% 9.2% $62,695 4,132
111 Herington 23.4% 9.4% $70,574 2,164
112 Halstead 23.2% 9.1% $76,250 2,516
113 Perry 23.2% 4.1% $82,375 1,069
114 Johnson City 23.2% 9.8% $71,105 1,549
115 Oskaloosa 23.0% 11.5% $83,750 1,113
116 Fort Scott 23.0% 8.1% $52,159 7,555
117 Beloit 23.0% 9.4% $52,114 3,029
118 Cottonwood Falls 22.9% 3.1% $50,750 1,041
119 Yates Center 22.9% 4.9% $42,730 1,270
120 Pratt 22.8% 8.1% $63,819 6,577
121 St. Francis 22.8% 5.4% $49,643 1,229
122 Belle Plaine 22.6% 5.7% $63,214 1,449
123 Neodesha 22.5% 3.7% $50,792 2,503
124 Anthony 22.4% 5.8% $50,598 2,246
125 Hoisington 22.4% 8.4% $52,277 2,643
126 Abilene 22.3% 6.1% $57,924 6,449
127 Kingman 22.1% 10.7% $48,750 2,957
128 Phillipsburg 21.9% 6.3% $60,750 2,130
129 Lincoln Center 21.9% 12.2% $49,423 1,017
130 Rossville 21.8% 10.2% $54,318 1,106
131 Parsons 21.7% 8.4% $52,428 9,425
132 Hugoton 21.6% 6.4% $62,773 3,974
133 Chanute 21.6% 5.8% $50,882 8,598
134 Wellsville 21.5% 6.8% $83,750 2,216
135 Wellington 21.3% 5.0% $50,333 7,615
136 Lyons 21.3% 10.2% $62,569 3,553
137 Humboldt 21.3% 9.5% $47,560 1,793
138 Leoti 21.1% 4.6% $73,594 1,360
139 Atwood 21.1% 3.6% $72,188 1,320
140 Plains 21.1% 12.2% $71,136 1,171
141 Carbondale 21.1% 6.2% $75,750 1,341
142 Wakefield 21.0% 5.5% $68,594 1,031
143 Kansas City 20.8% 7.9% $62,401 155,135
144 Kinsley 20.8% 7.9% $49,206 1,328
145 Arkansas City 20.6% 8.0% $49,629 11,884
146 Concordia 20.4% 6.5% $51,138 5,015
147 Auburn 20.4% 4.5% $57,875 1,144
148 Valley Falls 20.2% 6.1% $46,681 1,382
149 Smith Center 20.2% 5.3% $56,007 1,680
150 Osborne 20.2% 4.8% $51,776 1,358
151 Burlington 20.1% 7.6% $50,882 2,605
152 Ellinwood 20.1% 9.0% $56,379 2,192
153 Dodge City 20.0% 6.2% $68,721 27,613
154 Haysville 20.0% 8.7% $67,740 11,117
155 Larned 19.9% 8.5% $55,648 3,423
156 Great Bend 19.9% 5.1% $54,139 14,479
157 Grandview Plaza 19.6% 6.8% $41,871 2,015
158 Hutchinson 19.3% 6.2% $58,687 39,709
159 Edwardsville 19.3% 5.8% $72,611 4,724
160 Galena 19.0% 2.8% $49,006 2,754
161 Russell 19.0% 6.8% $56,832 4,217
162 Osage City 18.9% 6.2% $71,191 2,828
163 Holcomb 18.9% 8.4% $78,571 2,577
164 Holton 18.7% 9.7% $52,532 3,387
165 Inman 18.5% 4.9% $59,250 1,325
166 Fort Riley 18.2% 2.1% $54,362 8,606
167 Goodland 18.1% 6.4% $52,258 4,121
168 Washington 18.0% 4.3% $58,438 1,155
169 Ellsworth 17.7% 3.8% $66,821 3,108
170 Wathena 17.7% 7.4% $87,222 1,554
171 Fredonia 17.7% 5.8% $59,125 1,945
172 Hiawatha 17.6% 6.0% $68,750 3,197
173 Garden City 17.5% 5.5% $72,865 27,819
174 Pleasanton 17.5% 4.4% $49,565 1,516
175 Pomona 17.4% 4.6% $51,875 1,088
176 Arma 17.1% 3.4% $50,795 1,239
177 Belleville 16.6% 6.1% $56,218 2,086
178 Syracuse 16.5% 2.1% $67,361 1,699
179 Stockton 15.8% 3.1% $62,621 1,656
180 Lakin 15.7% 6.8% $89,514 2,243
181 Sedan 15.2% 4.0% $46,827 1,050
182 Haven 14.9% 5.4% $59,091 1,313
183 Edgerton 14.8% 4.2% $84,838 1,924
184 Horton 14.6% 4.6% $41,471 1,610
185 Coffeyville 14.5% 5.7% $45,670 8,662
186 South Hutchinson 14.2% 6.0% $50,441 2,751
187 Nickerson 14.0% 6.9% $49,167 1,001
188 Burlingame 13.1% 4.5% $60,202 1,046
189 Peabody 12.9% 4.6% $54,653 1,196
190 Oswego 12.9% 5.8% $53,750 1,937
191 Elkhart 12.8% 6.3% $56,771 1,661
192 Garnett 12.1% 8.5% $65,230 3,202
193 Baxter Springs 12.0% 0.8% $51,404 3,855
194 La Cygne 12.0% 3.2% $58,882 1,327
195 Cherryvale 11.7% 1.4% $50,288 2,096
196 Osawatomie 11.7% 5.5% $66,991 4,182
197 Eureka 11.3% 2.6% $48,828 2,223
198 Caney 10.4% 3.0% $39,000 1,431
199 Liberal 9.8% 2.9% $63,706 19,316
200 Harper 9.7% 3.8% $54,250 1,136
201 Elwood 7.0% 3.0% $62,266 1,049
202 Oaklawn-Sunview 1.8% 0.6% $46,656 2,789