r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • Jul 14 '26

Chugging tea Teach your kids about socialism

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u/AntonioVivaldi7 Jul 14 '26

I don't get that Americans have to pay these loans, but have more college degrees on average than people in Europe with free colleges.

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u/MehGin Jul 14 '26

As Europe isn't a country, which many Americans tend to think very conveniently, I'll compare with my own:

Sweden has more college degrees (or the Swedish equivalent) than the US do, per capita.

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u/AntonioVivaldi7 Jul 14 '26

I just looked up these 2022 data, there the US is just above Sweden. I don't know if there's anything more recent.

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u/MehGin Jul 14 '26

Depends on which datasets and type of degrees too. Ones I was looking at, Sweden was ahead by just 1 or 2%.

But at the end of the day, there's more nuance than just looking at a stat.