Top 10 smartest states in America. The Hawkeye State comes in at #8.

[NorthernHawkeye]

1040 WHO Radio was just discussing the results.

Think Your Brain Reigns Supreme? Find Out if You Live In One of the “Smartest” States of 2023

All 50 states, ranked.

katiecouric.com

 

[BustingNarratives]

The fact that Biden finished a distant 4th in the 2020 Iowa caucuses seems to validate these results.

 

[SolarHawk]

The fact that Biden finished a distant 4th in the 2020 Iowa caucuses seems to validate these results.

Trump winning by a landslide invalidates these results.

 

[IIowaFarmBoy]

The list is basically about low black population states. Iowas historically has one of the lower college educated populations.

Kind of like the ratings of best cities. Lot's of ways to measure it. The flip side is that Iowa is one of the lowest mostly white states.

Just a dumb measurement. Iowa is a nice state and is very average in about every way.... sans minority populations. Side bar, Iowa has not grown in populations of white. It's about immigration.

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

The list is basically about low black population states. Iowas historically has one of the lower college educated populations.

 

[noleclone2]

Should use SAT scores.

 

[IIowaFarmBoy]

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No, ignoring it is.

 

[Bro D]

You're welcome

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

No, ignoring it is.

Ignoring what?

 

[IIowaFarmBoy]

Ignoring what?

that the survey implies race. Anyone of any intelligence can look at the list of top states and see that they are low black population states. The lower states are where racism and underfunding of black areas in education occurs.

Go ahead, beat your chest being from Iowa on this. Iowa though does have a history of low college education. That likely came from that Iowa was a leading manufacturing state for good jobs that didn't require a college degree and likely that Iowa is limited geographically by a lack of regional public universities where commuting is an option. Even Nebraska has 4 public campuses. UNL, UNO, Chadron and Kearney. MN, W, Mo, SD all have more than Iowa. I think even SD has 5. Mo without looking has at least 9

 

[noleclone2]

Florida too high at 38

 

[93hawkeye]

Ccollege education is not what makes people intelligent. A college degree is a gateway to a job.

 

[fredjr82]

that the survey implies race. Anyone of any intelligence can look at the list of top states and see that they are low black population states. The lower states are where racism and underfunding of black areas in education occurs.

Go ahead, beat your chest being from Iowa on this. Iowa though does have a history of low college education. That likely came from that Iowa was a leading manufacturing state for good jobs that didn't require a college degree and likely that Iowa is limited geographically by a lack of regional public universities where commuting is an option. Even Nebraska has 4 public campuses. UNL, UNO, Chadron and Kearney. MN, W, Mo, SD all have more than Iowa. I think even SD has 5. Mo without looking has at least 9

Don't bother with @binsfeldcyhawk2

He's long gone

 

[IIowaFarmBoy]

Ccollege education is not what makes people intelligent. A college degree is a gateway to a job.

Knowledge is how smart is measured. The more education, the more knowledge. Part of society is in college for a job. Parr for knowledge. Part for other reasons.

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

that the survey implies race. Anyone of any intelligence can look at the list of top states and see that they are low black population states. The lower states are where racism and underfunding of black areas in education occurs.

Sooo….you think California is a racist state and underfunds black areas?

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

Iowa is limited geographically by a lack of regional public universities where commuting is an option. Even Nebraska has 4 public campuses. UNL, UNO, Chadron and Kearney. MN, W, Mo, SD all have more than Iowa. I think even SD has 5. Mo without looking has at least 9

Now do junior colleges and private colleges. For Iowa's population there are plenty of options. And the private colleges are very accommodating to low income families with their financial incentive packages.

There are sixty colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Iowa that are listed under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

List of colleges and universities in Iowa - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[funksouljon]

that the survey implies race. Anyone of any intelligence can look at the list of top states and see that they are low black population states. The lower states are where racism and underfunding of black areas in education occurs.

Go ahead, beat your chest being from Iowa on this. Iowa though does have a history of low college education. That likely came from that Iowa was a leading manufacturing state for good jobs that didn't require a college degree and likely that Iowa is limited geographically by a lack of regional public universities where commuting is an option. Even Nebraska has 4 public campuses. UNL, UNO, Chadron and Kearney. MN, W, Mo, SD all have more than Iowa. I think even SD has 5. Mo without looking has at least 9

I think your way of categorizing and qualifying "regional public universities" is limited in sight and likely wrong. "What schools can I easily recall?" really seems to be your litmus. Ignoring smaller private schools seems very self serving. Esp when most of the schools in Iowa are private. And it's almost a 40 40 ratio of private vs public in the US in total. Out of the 5,300 institutions in the USA, there are 1,626 public colleges, 1,687 private nonprofit schools (rest being for profit).

Based on this, Iowa has 39 4 year "higher education" schools. More than Nebraska, SD but less than MO and MN. What state is "W" ?

U.S. - higher education institutions by state 2020/21 | Statista

In 2021, there were 384 institutions of higher education in the state of California.

www.statista.com

 

[funksouljon]

The list is basically about low black population states. Iowas historically has one of the lower college educated populations.

Kind of like the ratings of best cities. Lot's of ways to measure it. The flip side is that Iowa is one of the lowest mostly white states.

Just a dumb measurement. Iowa is a nice state and is very average in about every way.... sans minority populations. Side bar, Iowa has not grown in populations of white. It's about immigration.

One could also interpret the list as a "only states with a severe winter" are included. More winter time to read.
States with low populations are exclusively on the list, which also does help prevent lower education populations from reducing the AVERAGE not the median in the SAT results.


I guess if you are looking for racial bias, you will find it.

 

[funksouljon]

It is wild to think that in a 1st world country (theoretically), where we have mandatory public education for children, the US still has a @23% illiteracy rate.

 

[IIowaFarmBoy]

One could also interpret the list as a "only states with a severe winter" are included. More winter time to read.
States with low populations are exclusively on the list, which also does help prevent lower education populations from reducing the AVERAGE not the median in the SAT results.


I guess if you are looking for racial bias, you will find it.

It is the more obvious unless you are oblivious to racial issues.

 

[IIowaFarmBoy]

I think your way of categorizing and qualifying "regional public universities" is limited in sight and likely wrong. "What schools can I easily recall?" really seems to be your litmus. Ignoring smaller private schools seems very self serving. Esp when most of the schools in Iowa are private. And it's almost a 40 40 ratio of private vs public in the US in total. Out of the 5,300 institutions in the USA, there are 1,626 public colleges, 1,687 private nonprofit schools (rest being for profit).

Based on this, Iowa has 39 4 year "higher education" schools. More than Nebraska, SD but less than MO and MN. What state is "W" ?

U.S. - higher education institutions by state 2020/21 | Statista

In 2021, there were 384 institutions of higher education in the state of California.

www.statista.com

Look at the enrollment at Iowa privates. Iowa historically has low college participation rates. Likely even skewed worse among high white density states