10 Smartest States in America

A major reason behind the success and prosperity of America is its smartest states. Have you ever wanted to know about these states? Insidermonkey can provide you a list of ten states which are much smarter than others.  We chose to rank the states by education. A pure ‘smartness test’ is difficult to come up with, and while intelligence alone could be considered another fairly valid criterion, we would need to conduct many IQ tests in order to properly assess how many high intelligent people are there per state.

Also, it seems unfair to dismiss smartness altogether, since it is a quality in which people can progress over time. One final note about the two – high intelligence alone doesn’t guarantee success and happiness, while being smart often does; of course, you need a certain level of intelligence in order to be smart, but you can be intelligent and still not that smart – many intelligent people have trouble with understanding social etiquette, emotions, or non-verbal communication. For this reason, we measure the smartest states in America by the category in which intelligence and smartness come together – higher education.

More precisely, we take the percentage of people who have obtained at least a bachelor’s degree, using statistics obtained from the 2009 Census. To read more, visit 10 Smartest States in America.