The most educated town in each state

[MillCreek]

http://mentalfloss.com/article/58948/most-educated-town-each-state?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Partner&utm_campaign=someecards

'Most educated' is the percentage of people over age 25 with at least a bachelor's degree.  In Washington, Yarrow Point is south of Bellevue, and on the shore of Lake Washington.  Probably most of the people who live there work in tech on the Eastside.  Median household income is around $ 118,000 and only around 1000 people live within the city limits.

[Northwoods]

North of Bellevue.  But, yeah.

Kenworth Engineering is really close to there.

[TechMan]

Ohio - Village of Indian Hills, yep I would believe that sine that is where most all the super wealthy people live in the Cincinnati area.

[Nick1911]

Mission Hills, KS.

Not surprising.  Also #2 for income at 95k per capita.  Median home price.... 843k...

[Fly320s]

Mission Hills, KS.

Not surprising.  Also #2 for income at 95k per capita.  Median home price.... 843k...

I know those numbers don't have a direct relationship, but I don't think anyone should spend $800k for a house when they make $100k.

[HankB]

This would possibly be interesting information if it limited "education" to STEM, health care, and law degrees. But it probably includes degrees in ethnic and gender studies, Medieval French poetry, art history, social justice, and business administration.

[mtnbkr]

This would possibly be interesting information if it limited "education" to STEM, health care, and law degrees. But it probably includes degrees in ethnic and gender studies, Medieval French poetry, art history, social justice, and business administration.

When did "business administration" get lumped in with gender studies or social justice.  I mean, I thought I was studying real subjects when I took classes in accounting, economics, management, etc.  I must have risen to the level of Head of Operations (I'm ultimately responsible for 3 global services and 3 operations groups) in spite of my non-education.

I know those numbers don't have a direct relationship, but I don't think anyone should spend $800k for a house when they make $100k.

Not without a helluva downpayment.  When I bought our current house in 2001, the standard at the time was you could borrow 2.5x your gross salary.  Someone making 100k would get 250k in loans, so they'd need a 643k down payment.  It's doable, plenty of folks did it during the big real estate boom back in the early 2000s by flipping houses, then settling into their "dream" home.  Many others failed miserably at it too.

Chris

[HankB]

When did "business administration" get lumped in with gender studies or social justice.  I mean, I thought I was studying real subjects when I took classes in accounting, economics, management, etc.  I must have risen to the level of Head of Operations (I'm ultimately responsible for 3 global services and 3 operations groups) in spite of my non-education.

So sorry . . . it's just that I've encountered so many MBA's who couldn't find their own backside with both hands (and couldn't count past 10 without removing their shoes and socks to make their toes available) that I lumped BA in with the fuzzy subjects.

[mtnbkr]

So sorry . . . it's just that I've encountered so many MBA's who couldn't find their own backside with both hands (and couldn't count past 10 without removing their shoes and socks to make their toes available) that I lumped BA in with the fuzzy subjects.

I have an MBA too.

But my career has been mostly technical until the last couple years (even then more technical than most MBAs).

Chris

Chris

[Viking]

I have an MBA too.

But my career has been mostly technical until the last couple years (even then more technical than most MBAs).

Chris

Chris

You said "Chris" twice.

[mtnbkr]

You said "Chris" twice.

Stoopid MBAs 😉

Chris x2

[Jocassee]

Kiawah Island for us, which figures. Very wealthy semi-vacation area. Like a very large country club close to Charleston.

[HankB]

You said "Chris" twice.

You've never heard of double entry bookkeeping?

[Sindawe]

So sorry . . . it's just that I've encountered so many MBA's who couldn't find their own backside with both hands (and couldn't count past 10 without removing their shoes and socks to make their toes available) that I lumped BA in with the fuzzy subjects.

Back in College, I used to lump the Business majors in the same fuzzy group as ethnic studies and such (being a Science snob in my ignorant youth).  However after 25 years working for a living in diverse science/tech based industries, I've come to appreciate what a fine art it is to manage the group of uncooperative, opinionated and downright idiotic group of proverbial &*$%-flinging monkeys that is the modern workforce.  As bad as trying to herd cats, without the innate cute & cuddly that comes with cats.

Not a job *I* want to do or have ANY interest in (I still like biological viruses over Visio), but those who CAN do that job well have my respect at this point.  Sadly those who can do such a job seem to be few and far between.

Figures that Pine Brook Hill, CO is just outside Boulder, CO.   THAT ivory tower is so high the population is suffering from hypoxia.

[roo_ster]

When did "business administration" get lumped in with gender studies or social justice.  I mean, I thought I was studying real subjects when I took classes in accounting, economics, management, etc.  I must have risen to the level of Head of Operations (I'm ultimately responsible for 3 global services and 3 operations groups) in spite of my non-education.

It is not quite down that low, but it has suffered over the years.

My dad double-majored in business & econ.  Did well enough in management & logistics. By the time I was to go to college, he warned me off a bachelor's in business.  "We just hire them to man the call centers."  All the folk moving up in his company were engineers who could also manage humans.

IME, a BA in business has lost a lot of its value as a credential, despite any practical skills/knowledge one may accumulate while pursuing it.  I think it suffered as a credential as grade inflation took hold and colleges let every goober through the doors who could pay tuition or get student loans.

For my part, I found about half of my MBA courses to have useful & practical content; accounting, finance, entrepreneurship & business analysis being the most useful.  Oh, and the business stats course was a review for me, but the prof was such a good instructor with such a great set of class notes, I minded not at all.  Watching a master at his craft is something I find enjoyable.