Ohio is 34th Smartest State, Study Finds

A new study suggests that Ohio ranks 34th in the nation in terms of populace education. The report is from WalletHub, a credit score website.

The Buckeye State did not fare well in the report. It was ranked 34th overall, 34th in Educational Attainment of the population and 21st in Quality of Education & Attainment Gap. Ohio ranked lower than Idaho, South Dakota, Missouri and Michigan.

The top five most educated states were, in order, Massachusetts, Maryland, Colorado, Connecticut, and Vermont. The five least educated states were Kentucky, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and West Virginia.

You can see the full report here.

WalletHub said they performed the study because level of education is directly related to potential income and a lower chance for unemployment.

WalletHub looked at two main categories when creating their study, “Educational Attainment” and “Quality of Education & Attainment Gap.” To determine the educational attainment portion, the company's researchers looked at the share of a state's population who a high school level education, who had some college experience, who had attained a Bachelor's Degree, and who had attained a graduate level or professional degree.

To determine Quality of Education and Attainment Gap, they measured the quality of the state's school systems using US News World & Report rankings. They also looked at the quality of the state's universities, the public school and college graduation rates, and racial and gender gaps in attainment.

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