Here Are The 10 Smartest Places In New Mexico To Live In
By Juliet White
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Published April 19, 2016
When considering New Mexico as a whole, 84% of our population graduated from high school, while 26.1% have achieved a bachelor’s degree. Those statistics and the rest of the information on this list comes from U.S. census data . While there are plenty of smart people who never attend college, one way to assess intelligence is through the percentage of university graduates. So, here are the counties in New Mexico with the most well-educated populations.
10. Roosevelt County
The percentage of people with a bachelor’s degree: 22.8%.
Eastern New Mexico University is located in Portales.
9. Harding County
The percentage of people with a bachelor’s degree: 23.9%.
8. Grant County
The percentage of people with a bachelor’s degree: 25.6%.
Silver City is home to Western New Mexico University.
7. Lincoln County
The percentage of people with a bachelor’s degree: 26.1%.
6. Doña Ana County
The percentage of people with a bachelor’s degree: 27.4%.
New Mexico State University is in Las Cruces.
5. Sandoval County
The percentage of people with a bachelor’s degree: 28.6%.
4. Taos County
The percentage of people with a bachelor’s degree: 28.9%.
3. Bernalillo County
The percentage of people with a bachelor’s degree: 32.3%.
UNM, the largest four-year university in the state, is located in Albuquerque.
2. Santa Fe County
The percentage of people with a bachelor’s degree: 39.9%.
St. John's College and the Institute of American Indian Arts are both in Santa Fe.
1. Los Alamos County
The percentage of people with a bachelor’s degree: 64%.
Los Alamos National Laboratory employs a large number of highly educated scientists, which probably explains the percentage of college graduates in this county.
Are you surprised by any of the places on this list?
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