Haines Borough is tops in Alaska as the jurisdiction with the highest percentage of college graduates in the population, reports The Chilkat Valley News. More than 36 percent of Haines residents have a bachelor's degree or better, about a half-percent more than in No. 2 Juneau, according to statistics published last week by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The Alaska average is 26.5 percent. Anchorage was at 32.33 percent.
From the CVN:
School board member Sarah Swinton grew up working in her family store on Main Street and now works as its grocery manager. She received her bachelor's degree in business from Western Oregon University.
Swinton's parents, husband and brother all hold college degrees. "I told my dad, ‘Why waste your money? I'm still doing what I did at (age) seven.' He said, ‘The more tools you have in your toolbox, the better off you'll be in life.'"
"It's amazing we're higher than Juneau," Swinton said. "Maybe we all want to be better people or we all wanted to have more tools in our toolbox."
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