Friday, March 01, 2024

U.S. News State Educational Rankings

U.S. News is famous for its annual college rankings, but it also ranks states on a number of educational benchmark
s. Their recent College Readiness Rankings are a revelation.

Not surprisingly, Northeastern states occupy half of the first 10 spots. 

California? Number 49. Ouch.

When I was schooled as a boomer kid, California public schools were the best in the country – and, therefore, the best in the world. Number 49 is very hard to take.

Annual U.S. News college rankings (and others) are notorious as less-than-stellar indicators of college caliber. But they do, at least, provide a sense of relative quality. Similarly, one should probably take these overall educational rankings of the 50 states with a large grain of salt.

Nevertheless, if you'd like to see them, click here for the complete state rankings.

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