Unfortunately, not quite. I just compared Huntsville to the first town in MA that came to mind, Amherst:
http://www.city-data.com/city/Huntsville-Alabama.html
http://www.clrsearch.com/Amherst_Demographics/MA/Education-Level-and-Enrollment-Statistics
As a percent of the population over age 25 with some sort of graduate degree, Huntsville clocks in at 12.7%, the entire MA state average is almost 14.6%, and in Amherst it is 45.54%—or more than 3 1/2 times the rate in Huntsville.
With an entire nationwide rate of 9.84%, however, Huntsville does come in just over the national average.
Oh good grief! First, I was making a point in response to a post about liberals disparaging the intelligence of Alabama. Second, it would be interesting to see how the PHDs in the two locations break out in terms of subject matter. Most of the PHDs I personally know in Huntsville hold PHDs in something useful, like Physics, or other hard sciences. I wonder how many of the PHDs in Amherst are in hard sciences or engineering. But thanks for taking the time to set the record straight LOL!