20 Smartest Cities in America

Madison, Wisconsin

They say drinking milk does a body good. It must be good for the brain too, because the capitol of the dairy loving state of Wisconsin is home to some pretty intelligent people.

Around 55% of the city’s residents have received a college education and many earned it at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which can claim a number of world leaders, Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winners among its former students.

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