The San Jose area has the largest pay gap between holders of a graduate degree versus a bachelor's.
Some top law schools cost over $200,000 over the course of the program, while medical schools average nearly $219,000 a year.
SmartAsset found the average graduate degree holder made $72,000 a year.
For cities including The Villages, Florida; Prescott, Arizona; and Morristown, Tennessee, graduate-degree holders made less than $55,000.
Florida has two metropolitan areas in the top 15 for graduate-degree income difference, though neither Texas nor New Jersey ranks in the top 25.
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