States Ranked By Education 2025. The ten states with the highest educational attainment are the district of columbia, massachusetts, colorado, maryland, connecticut, new jersey, virginia, vermont, new. Washington, dc is continuously ranked as the most educated region in the country, with 63% of the population receiving a bachelor's degree or higher as of 2021.

In this state education ranking, we compare all fifty states to assess which school systems are the best and worst in 2023. Teacher pay is only one factor in ranking the best states to be an educator.