I think your entire analysis is based more on a hunch than on data. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tertiary_education_attainme

I think your entire analysis is based more on a hunch than on data. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tertiary_education_attainment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tertiary_... US is 9th, so the south alone would rank even lower.