Report: Massachusetts is most educated state in the country

According to a new report, Massachusetts is the most educated state in America.

With most colleges resuming in-person learning and data showing a correlation between higher education levels, higher income and lower unemployment rates, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2022’s Most & Least Educated States in America.

In order to determine the most educated states, WalletHub compared all 50 states across 18 different metrics that examined the key factors they believe represent a well-educated population: educational attainment, school quality and achievement gaps between genders and races.

How educated is Massachusetts? (1=Most; 25=Avg.):
20th – % of High-School Diploma Holders
6th – % of Associate’s Degree Holders or College-Experienced Adults
3rd – Quality of Education
1st – % of Bachelor’s Degree Holders
1st – % of Graduate- or Professional-Degree Holders
1st – Avg. University Quality
1st – Gender Gap in Educational Attainment
1st – Educational Attainment

Connecticut ranked 3rd overall and Rhode Island placed 15th, while New Hampshire grabbed the 8th spot.

West Virginia came in last with Mississippi and Louisiana ranking 49th and 48th respectively.

For more on the report and how WalletHub came to these rankings, click here.