Educational Attainment
With a diverse employment base across a large range of industry sectors, Metro Denver takes great pride in its highly educated workforce.
Colorado has one of the nation's most educated workforces, ranking second among the 50 states (behind Massachusetts) for percentage of residents with a bachelor's degree or higher, at 35.6 percent. In Metro Denver, 39.5 percent of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher. Also, Colorado ranks eighth in the country for Ph.D. scientists and engineers as a percent of the workforce.
Metro Denver also places strong emphasis on K-12 education excellence. Colorado's high school students lead the nation in college entrance exam scores, ranking first for having the highest ACT and SAT scores per 1,000 households. In addition, 89 percent of Metro Denver residents have completed high school, while 88.5 percent of Northern Colorado residents completed high school.