Computer Math Degree Recipients: 7.84 percent
Science Degree Recipients: 3.15 percent
Graduate and Professional Degree Recipients: 24.22 percent
Boulder is known as a
liberal enclave, but it’s also home to the topnotch
University of Colorado at Boulder, which has some of the nation’s best science programs. The city is also the base for a number of major science research centers, including the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the Space Science Institute, and the Rocky Mountain Institute.
Computer Math Degree Recipients: 7.34 percent
Science Degree Recipients: 4.47 percent
Graduate and Professional Degree Recipients: 19.31 percent
Durham or Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina, home to Duke University and the University of North Carolina takes second place, with neighboring Raleigh-Cary (home to North Carolina State) in 11th.
Computer Math Degree Recipients: 7.84 percent
Science Degree Recipients: 2.08 percent
Graduate and Professional Degree Recipients: 21.87 percent
Washington, D.C. may be full of politicians, but it’s also home to plenty of government-funded think tanks and science institutions, too.
Computer Math Degree Recipients: 5.06 percent
Science Degree Recipients: 2.23 percent
Graduate and Professional Degree Recipients: 18.09 percent
MIT. Harvard. Boston University. Boston College. Northeastern University. Suffolk University. Emerson College. Wellesley College. Babson College. Tufts. Need we say more?
Computer Math Degree Recipients: 4.96 percent
Science Degree Recipients: 2.23 percent
Graduate and Professional Degree Recipients: 17.52 percent
Trenton, the capital of New Jersey, is known as a governmental hub, but there are computer whizzes there. Princeton, The College of New Jersey, and Rider University are also nearby.
