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The state with the highest percentage of people having a bachelor's degree or higher educational attainment was Massachusetts at 50.6%, and the lowest was West Virginia at 24.1%. The District of Columbia had a percentage significantly higher than that of any U.S. state at 63.0%. [1]
State, federal district, or territory HDI (2022) [note 1] [1] Very High Human Development 1 Massachusetts: 0.956 New Hampshire: 3 Colorado: 0.952 Washington: 5 Minnesota: 0.951 6 Connecticut: 0.950 — District of Columbia: 0.947 7 Hawaii: 8 Vermont: 0.945 9 New Jersey: 0.943 10 Maryland: 0.942 11 Virginia: 0.939 12 Oregon: 0.938 13 New York: 0 ...
The educational attainment of the U.S. population refers to the highest level of education completed. [2] The educational attainment of the U.S. population is similar to that of many other industrialized countries with the vast majority of the population having completed secondary education and a rising number of college graduates that ...
With its No. 1 ranking in the higher education realm and No. 10 ranking in preK-12, Florida managed to take the top spot for education overall. Here are U.S. News’ top 10 states for education ...
The Education Index is a component of the Human Development Index (HDI) published every year by the United Nations Development Programme. Alongside the economical indicators ( GDP ) and Life Expectancy Index , it helps measure the educational attainment .
While state reading scores for eighth grade reading had recovered to 2019 levels in 2022, they declined below 2019 levels in 2024, reflecting the state’s ongoing education challenges.
Territory [1] HDI Data Year Status Guam 0.901: 2008: Very High human development US Virgin Islands 0.894: 2008: Very High human development Puerto Rico 0.880: 2024: Very High human development
The functions of NCES have existed in some form since 1867, when Congress passed legislation providing "That there shall be established at the City of Washington, a department of education, for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the ...