Submitted by tinker_tailor_soldie t3_11frqpo in dataisbeautiful
[deleted] t1_jalm2x5 wrote
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SunsetShivers t1_jam3jks wrote
Massachusetts is leading with 45.2% vs Colorado at 42.8%.
get_agrippa t1_jam92ac wrote
You can't see it on the map but DC actually has the highest percentage with Bachelor's or higher at 61.4%.
ackermann t1_jalog5u wrote
Yeah, I’m curious too. I wouldn’t have expected Colorado to be bad exactly… but tied with Massachusetts, home to Harvard, MIT, and many other colleges, is surprising.
tinker_tailor_soldie OP t1_jamkwr1 wrote
Probably because well-educated populations, especially millennials, have flocked to live in places like Denver metro area and Boulder, rather than it being purely the institutions in the state driving the educational attainment.
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