U.S. News & World Report has unveiled its 2023 rankings of the country’s best states for higher education.
The popular rankings website averaged three years’ worth of national survey data from nearly 70,000 people. It analyzed the share of each state’s college degree holders, graduation rates, costs of in-state tuition and fees and graduate debt load.
The higher education ranking, along with pre-K12, creates an overall education category, which serves as one component of U.S. News’ broader Best States rankings.
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Here are2023’s “Best States” in America for higher education, abridged to the top 20:
- Florida:
- #1: Tuition and Fees
- #2: 2-Year-College Graduation Rate
- #6: 4-Year-College Graduation Rate
- Washington
- #7: Tuition and Fees
- #8: Low Debt at Graduation
- #8: 4-Year-College Graduation Rate
- California
- #4: Low Debt at Graduation
- #5: 4-Year-College Graduation Rate
- #12: 2-Year-College Graduation Rate
- Wyoming
- #2: Tuition and Fees
- #5: Low Debt at Graduation
- #5: 2-Year-College Graduation Rate
- Colorado
- #2: Population With Advanced Degree
- #4: 2-Year-College Graduation Rate
- #15: Low Debt at Graduation
- Utah
- #1: Low Debt at Graduation
- #4: Tuition and Fees
- #12: Population With Advanced Degree
- North Carolina
- #8: Tuition and Fees
- #11: 4-Year-College Graduation Rate
- #16: Low Debt at Graduation
- South Dakota
- #1: 2-Year-College Graduation Rate
- #23: Tuition and Fees
- #25: Population With Advanced Degree
- Nevada
- #3: Low Debt at Graduation
- #3: Tuition and Fees
- #41: 4-Year-College Graduation Rate
- Nebraska
- #13: 2-Year-College Graduation Rate
- #14: Low Debt at Graduation
- #14: Population With Advanced Degree
- Iowa
- Maryland
- Kansas
- New York
- Wisconsin
- North Dakota
- Virginia
- Minnesota
- Georgia
- Delaware
