Massachusetts Residents Have a 47% Chance of Graduating College – Here’s Where That Ranks Us
Cue the “Pomp & Circumstance!”
Ah! Theme music for your reading! Did you look at that headline and think, “egads, only a 47% chance?!” Don’t worry, the news is about to get waaaaaaaaayyyy better.
Casinos.com ran the study looking at residents’ chances in every state of graduating college. They determined this by finding the number of people with a bachelor’s degree from each state. They divided this number by the population (25+ years old) of their state to get a percentage of graduates from each state. They then ranked each state in order of most likely to graduate from college, based on the percentages.
And now here’s that good news I promised. Even though the study revealed that Massachusetts residents only have a 47% chance of going on to graduate college, that percentage is good enough to rank us #1. Residents of Massachusetts have the best odds of graduating from college. Vermonters have the second best odds of graduating college according to the study. Residents of Vermont have a 44% chance of graduating college. New England’s dominance ends there as Colorado took the third spot. New Jersey and Maryland round out the Top 5.
I should note that Washington DC actually finished in the top spot with the best odds of it’s residents graduating college but I omitted that because A) DC isn’t a state, it’s a territory and B) that moves Massachusetts to the #1 spot. And it’s legit! We’re talking US states here, US states…
And Massachusetts isn’t just a great place to grow up. It’s also growing quickly as a destination for retirement! Florida is on the decline, Massachusetts is booming. I guess “snow birds” may soon have a whole different meaning. We’re just birds that exist in the snow during the winter. lol A new study found the 5 best towns in Massachusetts to retire in. If you’re curious read on, if you have someone approaching retirement pass it along to them, and if you’re way too young for retirement bookmark this page and reference it in 40 years when retirement creeps up. Kidding, of course.
Massachusetts 5 Best Places to Retire in 2024
