Seattle was named the Best City for Men in 2010 by Men’s Health magazine.

Researchers at Central Connecticut State University ranked Seattle the most literate city of America’s sixty-nine largest cities in 2005 and 2006, second most literate in 2007 (after Minneapolis), and tied with Minneapolis in 2008. Additionally, survey data from the United States Census Bureau indicate that as of 2003, Seattle had the highest percentage of college graduates among large American cities, with 51.6 percent of residents 25 and over holding at least a bachelor’s degree. By 2008, this increased to 53.8 percent.