ANN ARBOR, MI - For the third consecutive year, Ann Arbor is the most-educated city in the nation, according to rankings released by WalletHub on Tuesday, July 24.

To determine where the most educated Americans are choosing to settle, WalletHub compared the 150 largest U.S. metropolitan statistical areas across 11 metrics. The data ranged from share of adults aged 25 and older with a bachelor's degree or higher to racial education gap to quality of the public school system.

Ann Arbor's score of 92.57 on a scale of 100 outpaced the Washington D.C. and Arlington, Virginia, metro area for first in the ranking.

The Ann Arbor metro area has the highest share of bachelor's degree holders aged 25 and older at 53.3 percent. Ann Arbor also had the highest percentage of graduate or professional degree holders in the country.

According to the study, Ann Arbor also ranked first in metro statistical areas in highest percentage of high school diploma holders, ahead of Madison, Wisconsin.

Other Michigan-based metro statistical areas appearing on the list include the Lansing/East Lansing area at No. 22, Grand Rapids at 57 and Detroit, ranking No. 83.