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
Switzerland
57%
2
Korea
56%
3
Germany
52%
4
Netherlands
50%
5
Japan
48%
6
Estonia
46%
7
Portugal
44%
8
Canada
43%
9
Poland
43%
10
Finland
42%
11
Austria
42%
12
Italy
41%
13
Belgium
40%
14
New Zealand
39%
15
United Kingdom
39%
16
Czech Republic
38%
17
Australia
38%
18
Luxembourg
37%
19
Iceland
35%
20
France
35%
21
Spain
35%
22
Ireland
35%
23
Slovenia
35%
24
Denmark
34%
25
Norway
32%
26
Slovak Republic
32%
27
Sweden
32%
28
Turkey
28%
29
Hungary
27%
30
United States
26%
31
Israel
18%
32
Greece
17%
33
Mexico
10%
34
Chile
10%
No.1Massachusetts39%
No.2Minnesota37%
No.3Texas37%
No.4Montana35%
No.5New Hampshire35%
No.8Kansas33%
No.7New Jersey33%
No.9North Dakota33%
No.6Vermont34%
No.10Colorado32%
No.12Washington32%
No.11Wisconsin32%
No.13South Dakota32%
No.20Idaho28%
No.17Maine30%
No.18Maryland29%
No.21North Carolina28%
No.14Ohio32%
No.19Oregon29%
No.15Pennsylvania32%
No.16Wyoming31%
No.22Delaware27%
No.23Virginia27%
No.24Indiana26%
No.25Nevada26%
No.35Arizona23%
No.29Arkansas24%
No.40California22%
No.36Connecticut23%
No.37Florida23%
No.41Georgia21%
No.26Hawaii25%
No.27Illinois25%
No.31Iowa24%
No.34Kentucky23%
No.42Louisiana20%
No.44Michigan20%
No.32Missouri24%
No.39Nebraska22%
No.43New Mexico20%
No.33New York23%
No.45Oklahoma20%
No.28Rhode Island24%
No.30South Carolina24%
No.46Tennessee19%
No.38Utah22%
No.47Alabama16%
No.49Mississippi15%
No.48West Virginia16%
