{"id":71952,"date":"2016-12-13T10:33:48","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T15:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2016\/12\/13\/how-religious-groups-differ-in-educational-attainment\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T13:25:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:25:58","slug":"how-religious-groups-differ-in-educational-attainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2016\/12\/13\/how-religious-groups-differ-in-educational-attainment\/","title":{"rendered":"How Religious Groups Differ in Educational Attainment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light is-style-essay\" style=\"min-height:552px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e1e2d3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e1e2d3;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"100vw\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-27237 not-transparent\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/12\/PF_16.11.16_religionEducation_featureDataEssay640x320.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-text-color-background-color has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\"><h2 aria-level=\"1\" data-post-type=\"post\" style=\"font-size:clamp(27.894px, 1.743rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 2.285), 48px);line-height:1.1\" class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-white-color\">How Religious Groups Differ in Educational Attainment<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group essay--toolbar has-white-background-color has-ui-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-label-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2016-12-13T10:33:48-05:00\">December 13, 2016<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links has-small-icon-size has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\">\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-controller\" id=\"nmzimmuymv\"><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"nmintuwztg\">\n\n<\/div><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"ywinmrlzjr\">\n\n<\/div><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"mtkwztawnt\">\n\n<\/div><\/div><style>@media screen and (min-width: 980px) {#nmintuwztg.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 979px) and (min-width: 480px) {#ywinmrlzjr.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 479px) {#mtkwztawnt.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}<\/style>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2016\/12\/13\/how-religious-groups-differ-in-educational-attainment\/320pxjews-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84052\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e6e6e4\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"790\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320pxjews.png\" alt=\"Jews have the highest number of years of schooling, on average\" class=\"wp-image-84052 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e6e6e4; width:310px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320pxjews.png 601w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320pxjews.png?resize=228,300 228w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320pxjews.png?resize=308,405 308w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320pxjews.png?resize=200,263 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320pxjews.png?resize=260,342 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320pxjews.png?resize=310,407 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320pxjews.png?resize=420,552 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320pxjews.png?resize=160,210 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320pxjews.png?resize=320,421 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a new Pew Research Center <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2016\/12\/13\/religion-and-education-around-the-world\/\">global demographic study on differences in educational attainment<\/a> among the world\u2019s major religious groups, Jews are the most highly educated, with an average of more than 13 years of schooling (among those ages 25 and older). Christians, Buddhists and religiously unaffiliated people \u2013 who include atheists, agnostics and those who say their religion is nothing in particular \u2013 each have a higher number of years of schooling than the global average (7.7 years), while Muslims and Hindus have the fewest average years of schooling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull image-box is-style-default\"><a class=\"image-box\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2016\/12\/13\/how-religious-groups-differ-in-educational-attainment\/religioneducation_dataessay_1jews-jpg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84015\"><img data-dominant-color=\"3c4148\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #3c4148;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"520\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_1jews.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"An American Jewish boy practices writing the Hebrew alphabet. (Carlos Davila\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-84015 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_1jews.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_1jews.jpg?resize=300,153 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_1jews.jpg?resize=768,392 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_1jews.jpg?resize=794,405 794w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_1jews.jpg?resize=200,102 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_1jews.jpg?resize=260,133 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_1jews.jpg?resize=310,158 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_1jews.jpg?resize=420,214 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_1jews.jpg?resize=640,326 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_1jews.jpg?resize=740,377 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_1jews.jpg?resize=160,82 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_1jews.jpg?resize=320,163 320w\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An American Jewish boy practices writing the Hebrew alphabet. (Carlos Davila\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These wide disparities in educational attainment are partly a function of geography. For instance, a key reason Jews have such high levels of attainment is that the overwhelming majority live in the United States and Israel \u2013 two economically developed countries with high overall levels of education.<br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-controller\" id=\"mzywndlmyj\"><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"zmexytvjng\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2016\/12\/13\/how-religious-groups-differ-in-educational-attainment\/420pxjews_higheducation-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84049\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e4eaed\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"841\" height=\"685\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84049 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e4eaed; width:420px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png 841w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=300,244 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=768,626 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=497,405 497w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=200,163 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=260,212 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=310,252 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=420,342 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=640,521 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=740,603 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=160,130 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=320,261 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"zddmzdummr\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2016\/12\/13\/how-religious-groups-differ-in-educational-attainment\/420pxjews_higheducation-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84049\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e4eaed\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"841\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?w=841\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84049 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e4eaed; width:420px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png 841w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=300,244 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=768,626 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=497,405 497w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=200,163 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=260,212 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=310,252 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=420,342 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=640,521 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=740,603 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=160,130 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=320,261 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 841px) 100vw, 841px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"mrmmdgnjjk\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2016\/12\/13\/how-religious-groups-differ-in-educational-attainment\/300pxjews_higheducation-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84044\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e9eef0\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" height=\"1024\" width=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/300pxjews_highEducation.png?w=496\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84044 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e9eef0; object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/300pxjews_highEducation.png 601w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/300pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=145,300 145w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/300pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=496,1024 496w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/300pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=196,405 196w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/300pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=200,413 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/300pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=260,537 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/300pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=310,640 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/300pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=420,868 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/300pxjews_highEducation.png?resize=155,320 155w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div><style>@media screen and (min-width: 980px) {#zmexytvjng.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 979px) and (min-width: 480px) {#zddmzdummr.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 479px) {#mrmmdgnjjk.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}<\/style>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull image-box is-style-default\"><a class=\"image-box\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2016\/12\/13\/how-religious-groups-differ-in-educational-attainment\/religioneducation_dataessay_2hindus-jpg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84130\"><img data-dominant-color=\"7f7069\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7f7069;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"520\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_2hindus.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"Schoolchildren in India interact via Skype; India is home to most of the world\u2019s Hindus and is a country with low overall education levels. (Niklas Halle\u2019n\/Barcroft India\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-84130 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_2hindus.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_2hindus.jpg?resize=300,153 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_2hindus.jpg?resize=768,392 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_2hindus.jpg?resize=794,405 794w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_2hindus.jpg?resize=200,102 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_2hindus.jpg?resize=260,133 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_2hindus.jpg?resize=310,158 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_2hindus.jpg?resize=420,214 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_2hindus.jpg?resize=640,326 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_2hindus.jpg?resize=740,377 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_2hindus.jpg?resize=160,82 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_2hindus.jpg?resize=320,163 320w\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Schoolchildren in India interact via Skype; India is home to most of the world\u2019s Hindus and is a country with low overall education levels. (Niklas Halle\u2019n\/Barcroft India\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Likewise, low levels of educational attainment among Hindus partly stems from their concentration in the three developing countries of India, Nepal and Bangladesh, which are home to 98% of the world\u2019s 527 million Hindu adults.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-controller\" id=\"mgezmzgxnd\"><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"ztjiywuymt\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2016\/12\/13\/how-religious-groups-differ-in-educational-attainment\/420pxhindus_education-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84041\"><img data-dominant-color=\"efeeec\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"841\" height=\"735\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxhindus_education.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84041 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #efeeec; 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}}@media screen and (max-width: 979px) and (min-width: 480px) {#zwezjczgyz.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 479px) {#nmnhzjazng.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}<\/style>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull image-box is-style-default\"><a class=\"image-box\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/cameroon-nigeria-unrest\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26920\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ebebeb\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ebebeb;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_3subSaharanAfrica.jpg\" alt=\"Nigerian refugee children attend classes in a UN Refugee Agency camp in Cameroon, one of several sub-Saharan Africa countries that have large attainment gaps between Muslims and Christians. (Reinnier Kaze\/AFP\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-26920 not-transparent\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nigerian refugee children attend classes in a UN Refugee Agency camp in Cameroon, one of several sub-Saharan Africa countries that have large attainment gaps between Muslims and Christians. (Reinnier Kaze\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"large-education-gaps-in-sub-saharan-africa\">Large education gaps in sub-Saharan Africa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the new study also finds important, and often large, differences in educational attainment between religious groups living in the same region \u2013 and even the same country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most striking findings is the large and widespread gap in educational attainment between Muslims and Christians in sub-Saharan Africa. Muslims are more than twice as likely as Christians in the region to have no formal schooling \u2013 65% of Muslims and 30% of Christians have no formal education, a 35-point gap. For perspective, the difference between Muslims and Christians in the share with no formal schooling is 3 points in Europe (5% and 2%, respectively) and 25 points in the Asia-Pacific region (32% and 7%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These large differences between Muslims and Christians are found throughout the region, particularly in countries in western Africa, such as Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon. In 18 of the 27 sub-Saharan African countries with substantial Muslim and Christian populations, Muslims are more likely \u2013 by at least 10 percentage points \u2013 than their Christian compatriots to lack formal schooling.<br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-controller\" id=\"owyztcnmvl\"><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"nzqzoduwnm\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2016\/12\/13\/how-religious-groups-differ-in-educational-attainment\/1024px-1024-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-83968\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f1f1ed\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2049\" height=\"1450\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/1024px-1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83968 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f1f1ed; 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width:310px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320px-280.png 600w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320px-280.png?resize=71,300 71w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320px-280.png?resize=242,1024 242w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320px-280.png?resize=200,847 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320px-280.png?resize=260,1102 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320px-280.png?resize=310,1313 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320px-280.png?resize=420,1779 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320px-280.png?resize=151,640 151w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div><style>@media screen and (min-width: 980px) {#nzqzoduwnm.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 979px) and (min-width: 480px) {#yzeyjyzzta.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 479px) {#mjdizguymz.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}<\/style>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Muslim-Christian education gap in sub-Saharan Africa is found among women and men, and has persisted across recent generations. One example of this is in Nigeria, Africa\u2019s most populous country, where Christians and Muslims are present in roughly equal numbers. Among the youngest generation of Nigerian adults in the study \u2013 those ages 25 to 34 in 2010 \u2013 more than four-in-ten Muslim men (42%) and six-in-ten Muslim women (63%) have no formal schooling, compared with fewer than one-in-ten Christian men (8%) and two-in-ten Christian women (19%).<br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-controller\" id=\"zjumdiyyyy\"><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"mwmxymexog\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2016\/12\/13\/how-religious-groups-differ-in-educational-attainment\/420pxnigerian-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-83999\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f2f2f1\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"841\" height=\"962\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/420pxnigerian.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83999 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f2f2f1; 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}}@media screen and (max-width: 979px) and (min-width: 480px) {#njuotyztiw.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}@media screen and (max-width: 479px) {#yrlndkogum.wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view { display: flex!important; }}<\/style>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull image-box is-style-default\"><a class=\"image-box\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2016\/12\/13\/how-religious-groups-differ-in-educational-attainment\/religioneducation_dataessay_4religiousminorities-jpg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84108\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"520\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_4religiousMinorities.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"BERKELEY, CA - AUGUST 30: Naeemah Gilchrist (L) works on her computer between classes at Zaytuna College August 30, 2010 in Berkeley, California. Zaytuna College opened its doors on August 24th and hopes to become the first accredited four-year Islamic college in the United States. The school was founded by three Muslim-American scholars and offers degrees in Islamic law, theology and Arabic languages. Fifteen students are enrolled in the inaugural class and the school hopes to increase that number to 2,200 within ten years. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-84108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_4religiousMinorities.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_4religiousMinorities.jpg?resize=300,153 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_4religiousMinorities.jpg?resize=768,392 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_4religiousMinorities.jpg?resize=794,405 794w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_4religiousMinorities.jpg?resize=200,102 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_4religiousMinorities.jpg?resize=260,133 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_4religiousMinorities.jpg?resize=310,158 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_4religiousMinorities.jpg?resize=420,214 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_4religiousMinorities.jpg?resize=640,326 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_4religiousMinorities.jpg?resize=740,377 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_4religiousMinorities.jpg?resize=160,82 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_4religiousMinorities.jpg?resize=320,163 320w\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Muslim Americans studying at Zaytuna College in California. Religious minorities in economically developed countries often have higher attainment levels than the majority religious group. (Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"religious-minorities-often-have-high-attainment\">Religious minorities often have high attainment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2016\/12\/13\/how-religious-groups-differ-in-educational-attainment\/320px-1-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-83988\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e7e7e3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"810\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320px-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83988 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e7e7e3; width:310px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320px-1.png 601w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320px-1.png?resize=223,300 223w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320px-1.png?resize=301,405 301w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320px-1.png?resize=200,270 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320px-1.png?resize=260,350 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320px-1.png?resize=310,418 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320px-1.png?resize=420,566 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320px-1.png?resize=160,216 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320px-1.png?resize=320,431 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report also finds that religious minorities often have more education, on average, than a country\u2019s majority religious group, particularly when the minority group is largely foreign-born and comes from a distant country.&nbsp; In these cases, immigrants often were explicitly selected under immigration policies that favor highly-skilled applicants. In addition, it is often the well-educated who manage to overcome the financial and logistical challenges faced by those who wish to leave their homeland for a new, far-off country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For instance, in the U.S., where Christians make up the majority of the adult population, Hindus and Muslims are much more likely than Christians to have post-secondary degrees. And unlike Christians, <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religious-landscape-study\/immigrant-status\/\">large majorities<\/a> of Hindus and Muslims were born outside the United States (87% of Hindus and 64% of Muslims compared with 14% of Christians, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2015\/05\/12\/americas-changing-religious-landscape\/\">2014 Pew Research Center survey<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"gains-across-generations\">Gains across generations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report also shows that the global gaps between the highest- and lowest-attaining groups have been narrowing over time due to large gains by Hindus and Muslims in recent generations. The youngest Hindu adults in the study (those born between 1976 and 1985) have spent an average of 7.1 years in school, almost double the amount of schooling received by the oldest Hindus in the study (those born between 1936 and 1955). The youngest Muslims, Buddhists and religiously unaffiliated adults have made similar gains, receiving approximately three more years of schooling, on average, than older adults in the same groups. Over the same time frame, by contrast, Christians and Jews recorded smaller gains on their already relatively high levels of attainment.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2016\/12\/13\/how-religious-groups-differ-in-educational-attainment\/310pxformal_schooling-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-83986\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f4f4f3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"841\" height=\"1224\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/310pxformal_schooling.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83986 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f4f4f3; width:420px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/310pxformal_schooling.png 841w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/310pxformal_schooling.png?resize=206,300 206w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/310pxformal_schooling.png?resize=768,1118 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/310pxformal_schooling.png?resize=704,1024 704w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/310pxformal_schooling.png?resize=278,405 278w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/310pxformal_schooling.png?resize=200,291 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/310pxformal_schooling.png?resize=260,378 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/310pxformal_schooling.png?resize=310,451 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/310pxformal_schooling.png?resize=420,611 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/310pxformal_schooling.png?resize=640,931 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/310pxformal_schooling.png?resize=740,1077 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/310pxformal_schooling.png?resize=160,233 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/310pxformal_schooling.png?resize=320,466 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"women-make-big-gains\">Women make big gains<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, women have gained more than men in every major religious group, helping to close longstanding gender gaps in educational attainment. In fact, Christian, Jewish and religiously unaffiliated women in the youngest generation (ages 25 to 34 in 2010) are <em>more likely<\/em> than their male counterparts to have college degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2016\/12\/13\/how-religious-groups-differ-in-educational-attainment\/640pxline-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-83982\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f5f5f6\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1281\" height=\"813\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/640pxline.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83982 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f5f5f6; width:640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/640pxline.png 1281w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/640pxline.png?resize=300,190 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/640pxline.png?resize=768,487 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/640pxline.png?resize=1024,650 1024w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/640pxline.png?resize=638,405 638w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/640pxline.png?resize=200,127 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/640pxline.png?resize=260,165 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/640pxline.png?resize=310,197 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/640pxline.png?resize=420,267 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/640pxline.png?resize=640,406 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/640pxline.png?resize=740,470 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/640pxline.png?resize=160,102 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/640pxline.png?resize=320,203 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull image-box is-style-default\"><a class=\"image-box\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2016\/12\/13\/how-religious-groups-differ-in-educational-attainment\/religioneducation_dataessay_5muslimwomen-jpg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84089\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"520\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_5muslimWomen.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"Female students, like these at Dar Al-Hekma University in Saudi Arabia, are part of a surge in post-secondary attainment by women in Gulf Cooperation Council countries. (Kaveh Kazemi\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-84089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_5muslimWomen.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_5muslimWomen.jpg?resize=300,153 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_5muslimWomen.jpg?resize=768,392 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_5muslimWomen.jpg?resize=794,405 794w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_5muslimWomen.jpg?resize=200,102 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_5muslimWomen.jpg?resize=260,133 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_5muslimWomen.jpg?resize=310,158 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_5muslimWomen.jpg?resize=420,214 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_5muslimWomen.jpg?resize=640,326 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_5muslimWomen.jpg?resize=740,377 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_5muslimWomen.jpg?resize=160,82 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/11\/religionEducation_dataEssay_5muslimWomen.jpg?resize=320,163 320w\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Female students, like these at Dar Al-Hekma University in Saudi Arabia, are part of a surge in post-secondary attainment by women in Gulf Cooperation Council countries. (Kaveh Kazemi\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the biggest gains in higher education have occurred among Muslim women in Gulf Cooperation Council states. In Saudi Arabia, for instance, the share of Muslim women with college degrees has increased tenfold, from 3% in the oldest generation to 35% in the youngest. 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100vw, 310px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320pxmuslim_gulfStates.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83974 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f4f4f3; width:310px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320pxmuslim_gulfStates.png 600w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320pxmuslim_gulfStates.png?resize=101,300 101w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320pxmuslim_gulfStates.png?resize=346,1024 346w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320pxmuslim_gulfStates.png?resize=519,1536 519w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/04\/320pxmuslim_gulfStates.png?resize=137,405 137w, 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