Percentage of College Grads By State

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NH doesn’t do too badly in this roundup – tied for 4th at 44%.

Education pays, as the Bureau of Labor Statistics, found out in data published earlier this year. For every level of education completed, Americans earn more and face a lower risk of unemployment.

So where have Americans got this figured out?

We map the share of people aged 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree, by each U.S. state.

Figures for this map are sourced from the latest American Community Survey findings, published by the Census Bureau. …

States with higher percentages of college graduates often correlate with higher-paying job markets and vice-versa.

The national average sits at 36% which means slightly more than one-in-three people across the country have a university degree.

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    Co-founder of GraniteGrok, my concern is around Individual Liberty and Freedom and how the Government is taking that away. As an evangelical Christian and Conservative with small "L" libertarian leanings, my fight is with Progressives forcing a collectivized, secular humanistic future upon us. As a TEA Party activist, citizen journalist, and pundit!, my goal is to use the New Media to advance the radical notions of America's Founders back into our culture.

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