R.I. last in region for college degrees

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranks last in New England in the percentage of residents with higher education degrees, according to a Lumina Foundation study.

In its report released this month, “A Stronger Nation,” the foundation found that 43.1 percent of Rhode Islanders had attained higher education degrees in 2014, a 1.7 percent increase since 2008, when degree-holders were first counted.

In the Indianapolis-based company’s report, higher education is measured as those with associate degrees or higher. The data is drawn only from residents between the ages of 25 and 64.

For results measured in 2014, Massachusetts comes in first in the region with 55.4 percent; second is Connecticut with 53.2 percent; third is New Hampshire with 49.2 percent; fourth is Vermont with 45.3 percent, and fifth is Maine at 43.3 percent. •

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