Census ACS 2023 · 68 cities

Most Educated Cities in Arizona

Educational attainment is one of the strongest predictors of income and economic opportunity. In Arizona, Paradise Valley town has the highest bachelor's degree rate at 72.9%. Cities with more educated populations tend to attract knowledge-economy employers, have higher incomes, and offer more cultural amenities. Compare education levels across all 68 major cities in Arizona.

Source: Census ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates

#	City	Bachelor's+	Median Income	Population
1	Yuma city	20.5%	$62,546	98,461
2	Verde Village Cdp	22.9%	$71,352	12,662
3	Valencia West Cdp	18.8%	$90,758	13,834
4	Vail Cdp	45.3%	$121,385	15,722
5	Tucson Mountains Cdp	59.9%	$132,946	11,428
6	Tucson Estates Cdp	24.6%	$66,813	12,687
7	Tucson city	30.2%	$54,546	543,348
8	Tempe city	49.5%	$77,643	186,419
9	Tanque Verde Cdp	56.8%	$119,212	15,531
10	Surprise city	31.0%	$93,371	149,519
11	Sun Lakes Cdp	39.8%	$63,545	14,079
12	Sun City West Cdp	35.3%	$63,792	27,003
13	Sun City Cdp	25.6%	$52,111	38,018
14	Somerton city	15.9%	$71,825	14,383
15	Sierra Vista Southeast Cdp	33.7%	$70,958	14,213
16	Sierra Vista city	35.0%	$69,783	45,203
17	Show Low city	29.7%	$63,376	11,913
18	Scottsdale city	61.5%	$107,372	242,169
19	San Tan Valley Cdp	24.0%	$93,642	105,231
20	San Luis city	9.4%	$57,364	35,998
21	Sahuarita town	42.4%	$100,719	35,012
22	Safford city	19.3%	$65,727	10,217
23	Saddlebrooke Cdp	52.0%	$90,888	12,616
24	Rio Rico Cdp	24.4%	$63,692	21,798
25	Queen Creek town	44.8%	$134,719	66,369
26	Prescott Valley town	24.0%	$70,793	48,048
27	Prescott city	41.1%	$69,151	46,744
28	Phoenix city	32.3%	$77,041	1,624,832
29	Peoria city	35.5%	$93,403	194,338
30	Payson town	26.5%	$65,175	16,494
31	Paradise Valley town	72.9%	$236,250	12,621
32	Oro Valley town	57.5%	$105,342	47,595
33	Nogales city	18.4%	$40,745	19,753
34	New River Cdp	31.6%	$120,279	18,365
35	New Kingman-Butler Cdp	6.5%	$42,604	14,281
36	Mesa city	31.5%	$78,779	507,478
37	Maricopa city	22.7%	$94,208	62,986
38	Marana town	47.0%	$108,256	54,487
39	Lake Havasu City city	18.4%	$66,264	58,037
40	Kingman city	19.9%	$60,418	33,850
41	Green Valley Cdp	44.0%	$58,268	21,581
42	Goodyear city	35.5%	$101,814	102,891
43	Gold Canyon Cdp	38.1%	$85,833	12,488
44	Glendale city	23.5%	$70,139	250,193
45	Gilbert town	47.5%	$121,351	271,118
46	Fountain Hills town	49.5%	$104,788	23,768
47	Fortuna Foothills Cdp	16.6%	$57,583	28,227
48	Fort Mohave Cdp	10.4%	$65,417	15,716
49	Flowing Wells Cdp	13.8%	$40,769	16,989
50	Florence town	16.6%	$76,259	25,961
51	Flagstaff city	51.8%	$68,041	76,333
52	Eloy city	12.6%	$54,080	16,671
53	El Mirage city	14.9%	$74,764	35,823
54	Drexel Heights Cdp	17.0%	$75,152	27,636
55	Douglas city	11.3%	$39,350	16,118
56	Cottonwood city	26.4%	$47,162	12,547
57	Coolidge city	13.2%	$57,161	15,300
58	Chino Valley town	21.6%	$59,733	13,372
59	Chandler city	46.8%	$103,691	278,123
60	Catalina Foothills Cdp	70.8%	$113,201	51,756
61	Casas Adobes Cdp	40.2%	$81,041	70,770
62	Casa Grande city	21.1%	$66,354	57,590
63	Camp Verde town	20.4%	$58,383	12,282
64	Bullhead City city	14.6%	$47,717	42,193
65	Buckeye city	24.1%	$98,778	99,844
66	Avondale city	21.2%	$81,260	90,644
67	Apache Junction city	17.2%	$58,619	39,746
68	Anthem Cdp	49.2%	$117,846	22,622

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Frequently Asked Questions

Paradise Valley town is the #1 ranked city in Arizona by bachelor's degree rate, with a value of 72.9% according to Census ACS 2023 data.

Arizona has 68 cities with 10,000+ population tracked in Census ACS 2023 data.

All data comes from the American Community Survey (ACS) 2023 5-Year estimates by the US Census Bureau.

Sources: US Census Bureau ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates

Data from the American Community Survey 2023 5-Year estimates. Covers cities with populations of 10,000 or more in Arizona.