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Among today’s American 25- to 34-year olds, slightly more than 40 percent have associate’s degrees or higher. But that rate places the US only 12th of the 36 countries in a College Board study of countries with the highest graduation rates. Here are the top six countries.
5. New Zealand, 47.3 percent
Public subsidies to students and households for education account for more than 40 percent of total public expenditures in New Zealand, and 53.5 percent of its students complete a tertiary program.
The clock tower at the University of Otago in Autumn, New Zealand, photographed at left in May.
Source: Global Education Digest.
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