Most Educated Cities in Illinois

The top 25 of 70 Illinois cities on GIS Map, ranked by the share of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher.

#	City	County	Bachelor's degree or higher	Population
1	Naperville	DuPage	72.5%	150,692
2	Oak Park	Cook	72.5%	53,292
3	Evanston	Cook	69.5%	76,340
4	Buffalo Grove	Lake/Cook	68.6%	42,891
5	Glenview	Cook	68.3%	47,752
6	Park Ridge	Cook	66.1%	38,667
7	Wheaton	DuPage	64.5%	53,557
8	Elmhurst	DuPage	64.2%	45,671
9	Arlington Heights	Cook	60.4%	76,005
10	Downers Grove	DuPage	58.2%	50,054
11	Urbana	Champaign	56.7%	39,341
12	Plainfield	Will	56%	46,708
13	Skokie	Cook	53.8%	66,219
14	Normal	McLean	52.9%	53,569
15	Champaign	Champaign	52.7%	89,996
16	Champaign-Urbana	Champaign	52.7%	89,996
17	Edwardsville	Madison	52.6%	26,474
18	O'Fallon	St. Clair	52.4%	32,262
19	Palatine	Cook	51.1%	66,293
20	Schaumburg	Cook	50.4%	76,868
21	Lombard	DuPage	49.9%	43,619
22	Bartlett	DuPage/Cook	49.5%	40,501
23	Bloomington	McLean	48.7%	78,907
24	Mount Prospect	Cook	48.6%	55,472
25	Hoffman Estates	Cook	48.5%	51,175

Top Illinois Counties

Counties ranked by the share of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher.

1. DuPage County51.8%2. Lake County47.7%3. McLean County47.2%4. Champaign County46.2%5. Cook County42.7%6. Monroe County38.7%7. Kane County38.1%8. Will County37.5%9. Kendall County36.9%10. Sangamon County36.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Only cities covered by GIS Map with at least 1,000 residents are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Most Educated Cities in Illinois”, https://gismap.land/rankings/illinois/most-educated-cities. Figures from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

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