The educational attainment metric is one of many that factor into the overall Best States rankings. See the Best States methodology for a detailed look at the data behind the analysis.

In a measure of 37 developed countries, the U.S. scored above average in reading and science and below average, but not last, ...

BACKGROUND Children who experience parental divorce have worse long-term educational attainment than children living in intact families. Less clear is the extent to which heterogeneity in the divorce ...

Statement: The United ... education outcomes. But the U.S. doesn’t rank last among the 38 OECD member states on any education metric, according to the organization’s data.

Typically, the more formal education someone has, the higher wages they can fetch on the job market. This holds true for Ohio ...

Patterns of educational ... data sets: Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS); Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS); Living Standards Measurement Study Surveys (LSMS); as well as country-specific ...

Learn more about the best states for higher education below, and see the Best States methodology for a detailed look at the data behind the Best States rankings. #1 in Higher Education Florida ...

The educational attainment levels of offspring positively impacted their older parent’s cognitive health across diverse contexts.

Historical policies shaping educational ... United States. When she was a postdoctoral researcher at University of California San Francisco from 2022 to 2024, Kim led researchers in examining data ...

The top five were Massachusetts at number one, followed by Maryland, Vermont, Colorado and Connecticut. In the bottom five ...