Chapel Hill Lands High on List of Smartest Small Towns

Chapel Hill is filled with educated people.

That is not breaking news to local residents.  But, a couple of impressive statistics regarding the amount of education received by residents of Chapel Hill led to a high spot on a recently released list of the 20 Smartest Small Towns.

Chapel Hill is No. 6.  The list was compiled by TopValueReviews.net.

UNC campus. (Photo by SP Murray)

Of the more than 57,000 residents of Chapel Hill, 95 percent have earned a high school diploma and 76 percent have earned a bachelor’s degree.  UNC was cited a primary driving force for the the high education level of Chapel Hill.  The site writes, “UNC has a great reputation when it comes to health and medical studies, and a state-owned system of hospitals that tie into the university’s school of medicine is a major employer of the town’s non-student residents.”

Amherst, Massachusetts topped the list.  More than half of its residents work in education and 40 percent have advanced degrees.  Bethesda, Maryland, Bloomington, Indiana, and Brookline, Massachusetts round out the top five.  Proximity to universities is a common theme among most of the 20 towns on the list.

See the full list.

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