Education in this country, to my way of thinking, is the bedrock of all the prosperity that America is built on. When you look at great innovators in American history it all starts with education.

It's safe to say that not all but most highly educated people want to flock to an area with more highly educated people. A lot of times though its business pressures that push you where you wind up living and working.

Recently, wallethub.com did a study to research the top 150 cities for education Levels in the population.

According to wallethub.com,‘To determine where the most educated Americans are putting their degrees to work, WalletHub compared the 150 largest metropolitan statistical areas, or MSAs, across 11 key metrics. Our data set ranges from the share of adults aged 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or higher to the quality of the public-school system to the gender education gap’

Number 5 was Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, with a quality of education & attainment gap rank of 35, and an education attainment Rank of 3.

Number 4 was San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, with a quality of education and attainment gap rank of 16, and an education attainment rank of 5.

Number 3 was Madison, WI, with a quality of education and attainment gap rank of 49, and an education attainment rank of 2.

Number 2 was Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, with a quality of education and attainment gap rank of 1, and an education attainment rank of 6.

Ann Arbor, MI, with a quality of education and attainment gap rank of 4, and an education attainment rank of 1.

So, these high-ranking cities are kind of spread around the map. Let's take a look at the five lowest ranking metropolitan areas of the 150 surveyed.