Most Educated Cities in Tennessee.

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

65 cities ranked · See the national list

#	City	Population	College Degree %	Median Income
1	Brentwood	45,556	73.8%	$182,088
2	Germantown	40,673	71.9%	$149,920
3	Nolensville	15,074	66.6%	$177,148
4	Farragut	24,634	65.0%	$142,093
5	Franklin	87,133	64.5%	$119,528
6	Collierville	51,515	62.5%	$138,598
7	Lakeland	14,192	53.1%	$116,250
8	Arlington	15,205	51.2%	$135,105
9	Collegedale	11,330	50.7%	$70,246
10	Spring Hill	55,765	50.3%	$112,013
11	Mount Juliet	42,073	49.5%	$107,068
12	Nashville	690,130	48.0%	$77,371
13	Red Bank	12,010	44.5%	$63,983
14	Hendersonville	63,091	43.9%	$97,200
15	Murfreesboro	161,445	43.0%	$80,108
16	Johnson City	72,222	42.5%	$57,254
17	Oak Ridge	32,693	40.2%	$72,311
18	Maryville	32,392	38.5%	$81,963
19	Chattanooga	185,783	36.0%	$64,523
20	Bartlett	56,876	35.7%	$102,070
21	Atoka	10,385	35.2%	$89,663
22	Cookeville	36,088	34.8%	$51,375
23	Knoxville	195,185	34.6%	$54,039
24	Alcoa	12,222	34.1%	$65,714
25	Gallatin	48,532	33.5%	$77,518
26	Goodlettsville	17,597	33.1%	$70,758
27	Kingsport	56,262	31.5%	$52,490
28	Lebanon	44,788	30.8%	$72,848
29	Middle Valley	12,187	30.8%	$95,000
30	Bristol	27,636	30.6%	$58,162
31	Powell	13,739	30.6%	$82,434
32	Martin	10,915	30.4%	$43,381
33	Cleveland	48,829	30.2%	$58,559
34	Clarksville	176,456	29.9%	$69,303
35	Memphis	618,980	28.0%	$51,736
36	Jackson	68,435	27.8%	$53,032
37	Smyrna	56,692	27.8%	$81,926
38	Greeneville	15,646	26.8%	$49,889
39	Tullahoma	21,103	26.7%	$60,979
40	White House	14,631	26.7%	$90,019
41	Elizabethton	14,374	26.4%	$46,975
42	Columbia	45,441	25.4%	$63,719
43	Sevierville	18,397	24.6%	$52,421
44	East Ridge	22,070	24.2%	$62,247
45	Seymour	16,216	23.9%	$82,855
46	Soddy-Daisy	13,231	23.9%	$75,113
47	La Vergne	40,243	23.7%	$81,313
48	Athens	14,471	23.2%	$53,929
49	Manchester	12,944	22.9%	$57,500
50	Dyersburg	15,979	21.9%	$52,064
51	Paris	10,338	21.1%	$41,012
52	Union City	10,982	20.8%	$50,870
53	Clinton	10,239	20.0%	$68,882
54	Lenoir City	11,110	19.3%	$67,259
55	Millington	11,289	18.8%	$49,979
56	Dickson	16,424	17.8%	$69,678
57	Crossville	12,428	17.6%	$48,802
58	Lewisburg	12,861	17.3%	$48,341
59	Springfield	19,255	16.6%	$59,465
60	Lawrenceburg	11,844	15.2%	$42,343
61	Portland	13,449	15.1%	$72,647
62	Morristown	31,527	15.0%	$47,917
63	Hartsville	11,957	14.3%	$72,747
64	Shelbyville	24,661	13.1%	$55,073
65	McMinnville	13,844	11.7%	$47,179