International rank
Data are for the class of 2015. States are ranked against the OECD countries without displacing any countries in the rank order and without regard to the position of other states. Education levels are defined as follows:
Low: No parent received a high school diploma; Moderate: At least one parent received a high school diploma but neither parent has earned a college degree; High: At least one parent received a college degree
1
Korea
46%
2
Netherlands
37%
3
Germany
35%
4
Japan
34%
5
Switzerland
33%
6
Finland
28%
7
Estonia
27%
8
Portugal
27%
9
Australia
26%
10
Iceland
25%
11
Belgium
25%
12
Ireland
23%
13
Canada
23%
14
Italy
22%
15
Spain
21%
16
New Zealand
19%
17
Luxembourg
19%
18
United Kingdom
19%
19
Denmark
18%
20
United States
17%
21
Austria
16%
22
France
16%
23
Sweden
16%
24
Poland
16%
25
Turkey
14%
26
Norway
14%
27
Slovenia
12%
28
Czech Republic
12%
29
Greece
9%
30
Hungary
7%
31
Israel
6%
32
Mexico
5%
33
Slovak Republic
2%
34
Chile
2%
No.1Texas28%
No.2New Jersey25%
No.3New Hampshire22%
No.4North Carolina22%
No.5Montana20%
No.6Kansas19%
No.7Massachusetts19%
No.8Minnesota18%
No.9Delaware17%
No.10Washington17%
No.12Arizona17%
No.13Maine16%
No.11Maryland17%
No.15Arkansas16%
No.14Illinois16%
No.17Indiana16%
No.16Kentucky16%
No.19Hawaii16%
No.20South Dakota15%
No.21Virginia15%
No.18Wyoming16%
No.23Florida13%
No.25Georgia13%
No.24Idaho13%
No.22Vermont14%
No.29Nevada12%
No.27New York12%
No.30Ohio12%
No.28Oregon12%
No.26Rhode Island12%
No.44Alabama9%
No.46California9%
No.33Colorado11%
No.31Connecticut12%
No.40Iowa10%
No.34Louisiana11%
No.43Michigan9%
No.38Mississippi10%
No.37Missouri11%
No.32Nebraska11%
No.45New Mexico9%
No.42Oklahoma10%
No.39Pennsylvania10%
No.35South Carolina11%
No.36Tennessee11%
No.41Wisconsin10%
No.48Utah5%
No.47West Virginia6%
