Only 36% of immigrants over the age of 25 are college educated according to a Pew Study.
In the U.S., just over a third (36%) of immigrants ages 25 and older are college educated, ahead of Spain, Netherlands, France, Germany, Greece and Italy among the 12 countries, but behind the UK, Israel and Sweden.
Moving beyond surveyed countries, the share of the U.S. immigrant population with a college degree still ranks among the middle of 20 economically advanced countries that have 500,000 or more immigrants and populations that are about 10% or more foreign-born (see Appendix B for more educational data by country).
As we reported the Pew Study also found Donald Trump’s Merit-based immigration program would work:
Pew Study shows Merit-based immigration works
