Most Educated Cities in Illinois.

Cities in Illinois with the highest percentage of residents holding a college degree.

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#	City	Population	College Degree %	Median Income
1	Winnetka	12,484	86.7%	$250,000+
2	Western Springs	13,446	83.8%	$230,255
3	Wilmette	27,503	83.6%	$190,662
4	Deerfield	19,518	82.1%	$181,660
5	Hinsdale	17,175	80.8%	$250,000+
6	Lake Forest	19,416	80.5%	$235,081
7	Highland Park	30,398	76.9%	$168,094
8	River Forest	11,992	72.9%	$146,786
9	Northbrook	34,585	72.6%	$157,782
10	Naperville	150,692	72.5%	$155,105
11	Oak Park	53,292	72.5%	$110,820
12	Libertyville	20,525	71.0%	$165,667
13	Evanston	76,340	69.5%	$96,434
14	Buffalo Grove	42,891	68.6%	$129,395
15	Glenview	47,752	68.3%	$143,056
16	Glen Ellyn	28,390	68.2%	$140,938
17	Barrington	11,077	68.0%	$147,989
18	Vernon Hills	26,876	67.8%	$121,943
19	La Grange	15,998	67.2%	$159,929
20	Burr Ridge	11,141	66.6%	—
21	Park Ridge	38,667	66.1%	$142,986
22	Wheaton	53,557	64.5%	$120,008
23	Elmhurst	45,671	64.2%	$149,644
24	Geneva	21,258	63.8%	$144,341
25	Lisle	23,407	61.9%	$107,479
26	Lake Zurich	19,832	60.7%	$135,968
27	Arlington Heights	76,005	60.4%	$116,723
28	Campton Hills	10,877	59.7%	$209,134
29	Frankfort	20,651	59.3%	$154,375
30	Grayslake	20,929	58.5%	$113,972
31	Downers Grove	50,054	58.2%	$115,114
32	La Grange Park	13,447	57.3%	$120,408
33	Urbana	39,341	56.7%	$45,346
34	Gurnee	30,510	56.7%	$119,628
35	Batavia	27,151	56.5%	$120,056
36	Lincolnwood	13,112	56.5%	$109,731
37	Plainfield	46,708	56.0%	$144,000
38	Morton Grove	24,619	55.2%	$111,116
39	Skokie	66,219	53.8%	$95,337
40	Chatham	14,639	53.2%	$106,773
41	Normal	53,569	52.9%	$64,785
42	Champaign	89,996	52.7%	$56,118
43	Edwardsville	26,474	52.6%	$86,721
44	O'Fallon	32,262	52.4%	$105,982
45	Darien	21,879	52.4%	$111,215
46	St. Charles	32,854	52.0%	$114,300
47	Forest Park	13,943	51.5%	$77,221
48	Palatine	66,293	51.1%	$97,819
49	Glen Carbon	13,977	50.8%	$97,168
50	Schaumburg	76,868	50.4%	$97,514
51	Westmont	23,724	50.1%	$88,090
52	Lombard	43,619	49.9%	$100,362
53	Bartlett	40,501	49.5%	$133,240
54	Columbia	11,127	49.0%	$107,606
55	Bloomington	78,907	48.7%	$77,384
56	Mount Prospect	55,472	48.6%	$101,720
57	Hoffman Estates	51,175	48.5%	$106,806
58	Carbondale	22,158	48.2%	$32,128
59	Lindenhurst	14,417	47.9%	$131,474
60	New Lenox	28,006	47.6%	$140,865
61	Homewood	19,294	47.4%	$100,139
62	Lemont	17,820	46.9%	$123,370
63	Woodridge	33,941	46.5%	$101,000
64	Morton	16,595	46.4%	$94,402
65	Mundelein	31,915	46.0%	$108,340
66	Sycamore	18,559	46.0%	$84,120
67	Orland Park	57,916	45.4%	$98,910
68	Troy	11,647	45.2%	$112,434
69	Bloomingdale	22,457	45.0%	$102,928
70	Warrenville	14,718	44.9%	$100,321
71	Cary	17,923	44.7%	$113,026
72	Lockport	26,409	44.5%	$111,981
73	Chicago	2,711,226	44.3%	$77,902
74	Oswego	36,375	44.3%	$123,792
75	Rolling Meadows	24,027	43.7%	$98,514
76	Washington	15,919	43.7%	$95,179
77	Algonquin	30,067	43.6%	$134,525
78	Westchester	16,436	43.6%	$98,954
79	Palos Heights	12,152	43.6%	$108,740
80	Shiloh	14,572	43.3%	$99,573
81	Pingree Grove	10,914	42.9%	$114,294
82	Carol Stream	39,460	42.8%	$102,309
83	Evergreen Park	19,420	42.7%	$95,719
84	Huntley	28,005	42.5%	$88,536
85	Mokena	20,021	42.5%	$123,889
86	Swansea	14,710	42.5%	$91,587
87	Gages Lake	10,819	42.5%	$103,318
88	Brookfield	19,331	42.3%	$110,295
89	Crystal Lake	40,579	42.0%	$108,418
90	Round Lake	18,628	41.5%	$111,977
91	Prospect Heights	15,618	41.3%	$85,008
92	Elk Grove Village	31,987	41.2%	$94,175
93	Shorewood	18,343	41.1%	$122,105
94	Roselle	22,752	40.9%	$111,318
95	Wheeling	38,433	40.8%	$85,205
96	North Aurora	18,696	40.5%	$114,305
97	Homer Glen	24,529	40.2%	$136,678
98	Matteson	18,645	39.7%	$95,457
99	Bolingbrook	74,096	39.6%	$108,400
100	Niles	30,064	39.3%	$75,274
101	Antioch	14,859	39.2%	$108,899
102	Des Plaines	59,156	38.9%	$97,875
103	Aurora	179,898	38.5%	$93,633
104	Wauconda	14,027	38.2%	$111,239
105	Yorkville	23,617	37.9%	$108,513
106	Peoria	112,169	37.7%	$59,410
107	South Elgin	24,217	37.7%	$127,203
108	Waterloo	11,129	37.3%	$98,711
109	Tinley Park	54,842	37.0%	$105,189
110	Springfield	113,330	36.3%	$66,064
111	Villa Park	22,345	36.3%	$95,015
112	Lake in the Hills	28,800	35.8%	$117,151
113	Highland	10,262	35.8%	$82,551
114	Macomb	14,894	35.4%	$44,411
115	Manhattan	11,026	35.0%	$128,522
116	Fairview Heights	16,745	34.7%	$80,930
117	Bourbonnais	18,078	34.1%	$81,708
118	DeKalb	40,443	33.7%	$46,481
119	Charleston	17,062	33.3%	$49,300
120	Elmwood Park	23,868	32.6%	$91,955
121	Roscoe	10,706	32.5%	$93,036
122	Godfrey	17,712	32.4%	$94,543
123	West Chicago	25,395	32.2%	$99,927
124	Oak Lawn	56,861	31.6%	$83,911
125	Norridge	15,439	31.5%	$87,807
126	Oak Forest	26,805	31.2%	$91,990
127	Collinsville	24,031	31.0%	$67,612
128	Woodstock	26,147	30.6%	$82,758
129	Minooka	12,891	30.4%	$115,445
130	Glendale Heights	32,808	29.9%	$86,545
131	Country Club Hills	16,324	29.7%	$75,197
132	Richton Park	12,521	29.3%	$64,554
133	Effingham	12,342	29.1%	$72,377
134	Hanover Park	36,732	28.9%	$91,763
135	Wood Dale	13,933	28.9%	$91,382
136	Moline	42,197	28.8%	$67,701
137	Montgomery	21,515	28.7%	$103,734
138	Chicago Ridge	14,099	28.6%	$68,964
139	Marion	16,836	28.5%	$56,912
140	Romeoville	41,152	28.3%	$106,325
141	Channahon	13,927	28.3%	$119,494
142	Lansing	28,284	28.2%	$75,569
143	Belleville	41,370	28.0%	$63,535
144	Quincy	39,109	27.8%	$56,480
145	Streamwood	39,001	27.8%	$101,218
146	Palos Hills	18,081	27.6%	$83,533
147	Elgin	114,934	27.0%	$90,282
148	Schiller Park	11,393	26.2%	—
149	Crestwood	10,579	26.2%	$75,752
150	South Holland	20,911	26.0%	$85,280
151	McHenry	28,074	25.7%	$86,315
152	Loves Park	23,502	25.7%	$61,868
153	Fox Lake	11,131	25.7%	$70,819
154	Joliet	150,445	25.5%	$92,201
155	East Peoria	22,324	25.2%	$71,833
156	River Grove	10,451	25.0%	$69,858
157	Hickory Hills	14,526	24.8%	$77,262
158	Rock Island	36,151	24.5%	$59,041
159	Carpentersville	37,346	24.3%	$86,917
160	Park Forest	21,156	24.3%	$61,072
161	Berwyn	55,595	24.2%	$78,408
162	Crest Hill	20,628	23.9%	$73,033
163	Addison	35,489	23.7%	$90,431
164	Morris	14,898	23.6%	$76,711
165	Rockford	147,521	23.5%	$54,752
166	Ottawa	18,447	23.3%	$71,413
167	Hazel Crest	13,792	23.2%	$68,393
168	Plano	12,203	22.9%	$86,271
169	Herrin	12,226	22.8%	$59,975
170	Dolton	20,825	22.7%	$57,887
171	Jacksonville	18,014	22.6%	$65,432
172	Decatur	69,815	21.6%	$51,592
173	Alton	25,279	21.5%	$54,568
174	Calumet City	35,100	21.4%	$55,369
175	East Moline	20,904	21.2%	$61,779
176	Sterling	14,717	21.1%	$57,350
177	Justice	12,324	21.0%	$57,170
178	Waukegan	89,076	20.9%	$71,919
179	Chicago Heights	26,736	20.9%	$54,798
180	North Chicago	30,643	20.8%	$60,172
181	Blue Island	21,741	20.7%	$59,489
182	Bradley	15,325	20.7%	$67,420
183	Lincoln	13,281	20.3%	$57,340
184	Midlothian	13,948	20.2%	$70,000
185	Galesburg	29,481	19.7%	$48,297
186	Franklin Park	18,197	19.7%	$76,519
187	Mattoon	16,586	19.5%	$51,597
188	Machesney Park	22,630	19.4%	$75,489
189	Bensenville	18,603	19.4%	$79,515
190	Maywood	23,201	19.2%	$68,815
191	Beach Park	14,115	19.2%	$85,664
192	Danville	28,595	19.0%	$45,957
193	Freeport	23,505	19.0%	$51,723
194	Alsip	18,583	18.7%	$66,585
195	Worth	10,700	18.7%	$56,288
196	Mount Vernon	14,090	18.5%	$55,357
197	Lyons	10,339	18.4%	$70,993
198	Bridgeview	16,849	18.1%	$66,655
199	Pekin	31,781	17.9%	$60,790
200	Markham	11,355	17.7%	$57,302
201	Bellwood	18,256	17.2%	$79,513
202	Riverdale	10,340	17.0%	$39,833
203	Dixon	14,910	16.9%	$59,406
204	Centralia	11,856	16.4%	$47,807
205	Canton	13,144	16.3%	$53,254
206	Round Lake Beach	27,079	16.2%	$86,059
207	Pontiac	11,294	16.2%	$61,279
208	Kewanee	11,913	16.0%	$50,886
209	East St. Louis	17,999	15.9%	$35,700
210	Taylorville	10,646	15.8%	$57,552
211	Burbank	28,739	15.6%	$80,116
212	Granite City	26,549	15.6%	$59,205
213	Wood River	10,279	15.5%	$62,703
214	Zion	24,600	15.1%	$63,104
215	Melrose Park	24,549	15.0%	$66,189
216	Northlake	12,513	14.9%	$83,892
217	Summit	10,846	14.0%	$61,863
218	Cahokia Heights	17,106	13.5%	$33,792
219	Kankakee	23,996	13.0%	$47,514
220	Streator	12,330	12.9%	$57,609
221	Belvidere	24,752	12.8%	$64,528
222	Rantoul	12,421	12.4%	$48,691
223	Harvey	20,230	10.9%	$42,429
224	Cicero	82,797	10.8%	$70,842