Boulder, Fort Collins metros ranked among most-educated in nation

The Boulder metropolitan statistical area ranks second and Fort Collins fourth on a new list of the most-educated metro areas in the United States.

New York-based ValuePengin.com, a data-analysis firm that aims to help consumers make decisions, evaluated the top 200 MSAs nationwide using 17 different data sets. The four major metrics used to rank metro areas included: level of educational attainment for those 25 and over; percentage of the population whose poverty status is determined by a specific level of education; quality of schools, including primary and secondary, in addition to universities; and…