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

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