Report: Cincinnati Most Educated Big City In Ohio

 

POSTED: 3:27 pm EDT April 10, 2006

 

 

CINCINNATI -- More college-educated people are moving into the nation's big cities.

That's according to an Associated Press analysis of 30 years of education and Census data. The information shows that 27 percent of big-city residents age 25 or older have at least bachelor's degrees.

In Ohio, Cleveland is behind the trend. It has just 14 percent of its residents with college degrees.

In Cincinnati, 34 percent of residents have college degrees. Columbus has 32 percent. And in Toledo, 18 percent of its people are college grads.

 

In 1970, only one in 10 people who lived in cities across the nation had college educations.

 

http://www.channelcincinnati.com/news/8600027/detail.html

Ha ha Cleveland is stoopid.

thats good news for cincinnati.  surprised columbus isnt higher, what with all the suburban annexation they've done and all.  now, where are all these people and why arent they moving into downtown and OTR?!?!?!?

Maybe a TON has associate degrees, oh and another thing most people are not in the field that they got their bachelor's degree for.

Oh yeah, well...we have OSU! O-H! But seriously, that is weird that they wouldn't prefer an urban setting. It could be because the bars/nightspots are pretty empty at 8:00.

thats good news for cincinnati.  surprised columbus isnt higher, what with all the suburban annexation they've done and all.  now, where are all these people and why arent they moving into downtown and OTR?!?!?!?

 

yeah, all that suburban annexation they did in the last 30 years

Ha ha Cleveland is stoopid.

 

It's sad, we have the highest-ranked university in the state and yet we can't retain any of the graudates.

Well, this is just comparing what is in city limits.  The gap would not be as large if it was comparing the entire metro areas.

Well, this is just comparing what is in city limits.  The gap would not be as large if it was comparing the entire metro areas.

 

Ooo, I'd LOVE to see that.

Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus likely are pretty much the same, in regards to metro numbers.  Cincinnati city being the most educated doesn't surprise me, as many educated people in Columbus live in *gasps* the suburbs as well.

Guys, does the suburb situation really surprise you? Be honest.

When it comes down to every metro area as a whole, I'd assume it's probably close to the same percentage.

Edit: My bad ColDay, didn't see your post that said the same thing lol.

Does anyone know whether this study was just of the cities or the entire metro?

It doesn't take a genius to figure out what is more cost effective living in the city or 30 miles out when gas is 3$ a gallon.

 

I bet cincy is benefiting from all the top business's downtown

^But you have to factor in cost of living too. It costs more to live in the city.

^But you have to factor in cost of living too. It costs more to live in the city.

 

I could be wrong but about the only thing i can think that would cost more would be private schooling if you so decided to send your kids to private schools, housing could be about the same if not cheaper depending on what neighborhood you wanted to live in. granted your not going to have your 1/2 acre plot of land in the city, but that's less yard work to do!

You might not have that giant mcmansion, but that's less house to heat!

Does anyone know whether this study was just of the cities or the entire metro?

 

This is for the central munipalities only- I've seen the numbers for metros awhile back, and they were all in the 20's or so.  The larger the area in a study, the more it will tend to come towards the national average.  Usually, that is.

insurance rates are higher in the city, as it is generally more risky to live there than the suburbs and rural areas. 

Cincinnati has a lot of older white collar neighborhoods withing the city limits.

 

Places like Cleveland Heights or Shaker Heights are actually within the city limis of Cincy, so you are going to see a larger white collar population thus maybe more BS/BA MS/MA degrees within the city limits.

 

Yet Im a bit suprised about Columbus not being up there.

 

 

 

Places like Cleveland Heights or Shaker Heights are actually within the city limis of Cincy, so you are going to see a larger white collar population thus maybe more BS/BA MS/MA degrees within the city limits.

 

 

You mean Cleveland right? lol

Another skewed study...

 

X and Jeff correctly explained why Cleveland is 14%

I work for Miami University's phoneathon fundraising efforts. It is really interesting to see exactly where exactly our alumni are living. The thing that always amazes me, is how many people have a "Cincinnati" or "Columbus" address. Very rarely do I see a "Cleveland" address, and when I do, about 70% of the time it is people who actually live in Lakewood, Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights, and University Heights, and just use "Cleveland" because apparently the mail still gets to them if "Cleveland" is put down as the city. The overwhelming majority of our Cleveland area alumni actually live in Bay Village, Westlake, Rocky River, Beachwood, Chagrin Falls, Hudson, Pepper Pike, and Solon. Most of these suburbs, though on the outskirts of Cuyahoga are still within a reasonable distance from Public Square (something only like 20 miles away really). These suburbs collectively represent a large population of the metro area, and are significantly affluent and college educated. The Cleveland metro area has to have the largest college educated population, but the problem really is that Cleveland really spreads out way beyond its city limits, which are quite small. Greater Cleveland is the largest metropolitan area in the state and has the largest economic output (twice as large as Columbus).

 

A lot of times their employers are also listed on their profile. A lot of the Cleveland area alumni work for employers with a Public Square, E.9th, Superior, or Euclid address. Now measuring how many college educated work in Cleveland would be a much more revealing fact. Something like 180,000 work downtown and 40,000 work in University Circle. I would bet that an overwhelming percentage are college educated, but not actually living in "Cleveland".

I wonder how many OSU graduates and students have metro Cleveland addresses. I rarely see Cincy represented, as I mainly see peole from central and North East Ohio

I wonder how many OSU graduates and students have metro Cleveland addresses. I rarely see Cincy represented, as I mainly see peole from central and North East Ohio

 

You see, I would of thought the opposite especially with Columbus being so close to Cincinnati. The trip is almost cut short by a third when compared to Cleveland. And yes, I do believe distance has a lot to do with college attendance and commuting. I have many friends that I went to high school with that chose OSU, but this info is really just irrelevant as is " ... I rarely see Cincy represented, as I mainly see peole from central and North East Ohio".

I wonder how many OSU graduates and students have metro Cleveland addresses. I rarely see Cincy represented, as I mainly see peole from central and North East Ohio

 

Southwest Ohio usually sticks to home (UC, Miami, UD, Wright State, Central State, Xavier, with occasional spurts into OSU, OU and Bowling Green).

I wonder how many OSU graduates and students have metro Cleveland addresses. I rarely see Cincy represented, as I mainly see peole from central and North East Ohio

 

Southwest Ohio usually sticks to home (UC, Miami, UD, Wright State, Central State, Xavier, with occasional spurts into OSU, OU and Bowling Green).

 

You can't deny your good ole' catholic high school boys tend to lean towards XU and OSU though.

 

(which is a lot of people)

UD, XU, Miami, and Ohio I've seen more "Catholic" than OSU.

well, according to facebook, the amount of ppl that say theyre from columbus is the highest at osu, obviously.  the second highest is cincinnati, then cleveland.  now obviously facebook isnt scientific, but im just sayin'.  personally, i run into tons of ppl from up north.  i think its cuz cincy has a large school that attarcts a lot of ppl down there while cleveland doesnt have that. 

UD, XU, Miami, and Ohio I've seen more "Catholic" than OSU.

 

True, but there are a lot of people that do not look at Miami, or XU like they do OSU. It all boils down to what that person is majoring in.

Using the facebook method, Cincinnati is listed as the number one hometown of UD students.

My sister got her undergraduate degree from Spalding, which was a Catholic college in the heart of Louisville.

 

This was about as urban a campus as I've seen outside Chicago..the buildings where clustered around a few city blocks.  It was like a collection of buildings, with about two little courtyards or lawns in the middle.  Strange place.  Maybe the closest in Ohio would be that Gods Bible College in Cincy, in Mnt Auburn...though Spalding was maybe more inner city and smaller?

 

Her graduate degree was from, I think, Emory, but she did most of her grad work at Wharton and Lasalle, in Philadelphia.  Lasalle was a Catholic college, but Wharton was the buisness school of Penn, which is a private univ. like Case Western, I think.