Report: R.I. last in New England for number of residents with college degrees

COMPARED WITH other New England states, Rhode Island ranks last in number of residents with higher education degrees according to the Lumina Foundation study. / COURTESY LUMINA FOUNDATION
COMPARED WITH other New England states, Rhode Island ranks last in number of residents with higher education degrees according to the Lumina Foundation study. / COURTESY LUMINA FOUNDATION

PROVIDENCE – In its report, “A Stronger Nation,” the Lumina 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.

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

Compared with other New England states, Rhode Island ranks last in number of residents with higher education degrees according to the Lumina Foundation study.

For results measured in 2014, Massachusetts comes in first 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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The state with the highest percentage of population with higher education degrees in 2014, according to the Lumina Foundation, was Massachusetts.

In its Goal 2025 initiative Lumina Foundation’s strives to increase the number of Americans with degrees, certificates, and other high-quality credentials to 60 percent by the year 2025.

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