Colombians, immigrants most educated in the United States.

Colombians, immigrants most educated in the United States.

A study made in May 2011 confirms that Colombian immigrants have the highest level of education among all those from the Western Hemisphere.

A 32.1% of Colombians over age 25 who enter the United States have a college degree, followed by Brazil and Peru 30.6%, 26.0%.

The United States has 35.2 million people born abroad, the study said. Of that total, between 8 and 10 million are illegal, and about a million or more that have not been counted.

Mexico remains being the country of origin of most new immigrants, followed by East Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, Central and South America, according to the study of CIS.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, Colombian migrants had an average schooling of all ages, from 13.3 years against 13.2 for the other South American countries.

Also according to the study of CIS in terms of graduation rates among immigrants aged 25 to 60 years followed by Colombia, Brazil and Peru. In conclusion, the Colombians still being rated as the immigrants that are the most well prepared in the educational field.