Huntsville, AL probably has more PHDs per square mile than just about any other city in America.
You are probably right if you narrow it down to “useful” PhD’s. No French Literature or Philosophy majors there.
I agree. Oh and I live in Huntsville...electrical engineer..My daughter is a computer engineer. Most all my family work in space related work or defense. Highly technical city as is most of North Alabama.
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.