Forbes – Michael T. Nietzel
“Evidence continues to accumulate showing the relationship between advanced education and economic prosperity and social well-being. Education remains key to expanded career opportunities and significant benefits for society at large. Therefore, it’s not surprising that interest would turn to examining where the best- and worst-educated populations are in the country. A new study by WalletHub tries to answer that question by combining 18 factors to rank the most and least educated states in America. The factors were grouped into two main categories – Educational Attainment (60% of the total score) and Quality of Education and Attainment Gap (40% of the score).” (more)