Most Educated States in Nigeria 2021 | Education is a priority for any country! It is the key to the development of its economy. However, different Nigerian states have different educational level! What state is the most educated state in Nigeria? Most Educated States in Nigeria.

Take a look at our top 10 most educated states in Nigeria! What is the most educated state ranking on the basis?

Education is an important element for every human being. It requires a lot of effort, time and money.

Education in a country is not just schools, but many other educational institutions.

With good education, you can cope better anywhere in the world! The educated people of a country can be a real development for all branches of the economy of that country.

Nigeria is one of the most populated countries in Africa! In addition, it is one of the most educated countries on the continent.

It consists of 36 States where hard-working people are working on the development of the country.

Education is another tool to achieve this development. For a long time the South-West countries dominated the market of education in Nigeria.

How about this year? What are the most educated states in Nigeria right now? There are many standards that have been taken into account when compiling these list of most educated states in Nigeria such as:

Literacy level;
The number of educational institutions;
The number of scholars and professors;
The number of educated women.
It is not the whole list, but the main points of education for each country. According to the above criteria and data from the National University Commission (NUC) Statistics, bestschoolnews.com provides its top 10 most educated states in Nigeria. This does not mean you have to agree with this ranking, but you can not ignore the statistics, can you?

The most educated states in Nigeria – Top 10
1. Imo state
When looking at educational advancement, Imo state is one of the most educated states in south east, Nigeria. It is home of prestigious schools like Technological skills Acquisition Institute, Orlu; Federal University Of Technology, Owerri; Federal Polytechnic, Nekede and Alvan Ikoku College of Education, Owerri.

Statistically, Imo state also has the highest percentage of bachelor’s degree holders, the highest percentage of graduate degree holders and its universities has an high average quality required from a university.

Owerri the state capital has a number of quality primary/secondary school adding with it’s first-rated public and private universities.

The state government has plans to make it reach greater heights in the educational sector by proposing and commencing establishment of six new institutions. They are: University of Engineering, Onuimo, University of Agriculture, Aboh Mbaise, Ehime Polytechnic and the Ihitte Uboma College of Education. This plan which was set up by the former state governor, Rochas Okorocha in 2018 is to be completed by succeeding governments.

2. Lagos state
This state is Nigeria’s commercial/economic hub and it is one of the most developed states in the country with the highest literacy levels. Most popular companies and government institutions are located in the state. For this reason, many private and government-owned institutions are taking advantage of this to produce credible graduates to service in these companies.

The state hosts highly known secondary schools which are few to mention includes King college, Queen’s College, Chrisland schools, et al. These secondary school students when finishing are open to quality education at the prestigious University Of Lagos; Lagos State University; Federal College Of Technology, Yaba and the State’s Polytechnic.

3. Anambra state
Anambra is a South eastern state known for producing successful businessmen and entrepreneurs from their educational institutions. The Nnamdi Azikiwe University is the state’s most prominent and qualitative school of learning. The university is named after Nnamdi Azikiwe who was the first most educated indigenous leader of Nigeria.

The state has some of the best secondary schools in the country in the like of Christ the King College, Onitsha, Bethlehem Schools, Federal Government Girls College and Onitsha High School. These schools were added with the tertiary institutions to give its residents more higher education.

Universities and Polytechnics in Anambra state include: Nnamdi Azikiwe University, the state’s Chukwuemeka Ojukwu University, Madonna University, Legacy University, Paul University, Ekwenugo Okeke Polytechnic, Anambra State Polytechnic and Federal Polytechnic, Oko. These schools of learning offers quality education and has made the state to be ranked high educationally.

4. Oyo state
Although, Ekiti was ranked as the state with the highest number of professors in Nigeria, Oyo state still remains top when it comes to education in Nigeria. Oyo state hosts the first and best university in the country, the University of Ibadan. This school is very unique with immense quality plus fully accredited courses in all disciplines.

Many top private and government schools are in the locality of the state especially in the state’s capital, Ibadan. This has made the city to be ranked among the educational cities in the world. The prestigious LAUTECH with many other universities, polytechnics, colleges, primary/secondary schools and a seminary are within the state.

5. Rivers State
Rivers State is one of the major producers of oil and gas, Nigeria’s main income generator. With this you can be sure that much of the state’s budget will be going to education to maintain these resources.

The University of Port-Harcourt, Rivers State University of Technology, Port-Harcourt Polytechnic and the Rivers State College of Health Science are some of the prolific higher institutions in the state. Rivers is seen as one of the top most educated Nigerian state this 2020

6. Ogun state
Ogun is one of the state the has the highest educated personalities. Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, Abiodun and many other literates are from this state.

The top-notch Covenant university is in the state not excluding Federal University of Agriculture,
Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago Iwoye. Others are Tai Solarin College of Education, Federal Government College, Odogbolu, Federal Government Girls College, Sagamu, Bell’s University, Babcock University, Mountain Top University and Caleb University.

With these fully facilitated schools, you could conclude that the state is indeed educationally advanced.

7. Enugu state
Nigeria’s own University of Nigeria, Nsukka is located in the state. The region is an Igbo tribe settlement in the south-easthern part of the country.

When it comes to literacy, Enugu state came to be educationally inclined after a series of schools, the state’s university, ESUT and many other polytechnics with colleges. Enugu state university, ESUT is well equipped with class facilities to facilitate quality learning.

Other notable educational schools in the state are already mentioned Enugu State University of Technology and University of Nigeria, Nsukka following with Caritas University, Institute of Management Technology, Enugu and other top class schools.

The coal city state has a high literacy level of 96% due to its highly educational resources.

8. Delta state
Delta state sees education as a priority to solve the challenges of its rich oil and gas. There is the Film and Broadcast Academy, Ozoro, College of Education, Agbor, College of Education, Arondizuogu and Ahiara Polytechnic in the state to support the universities in the state.

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The state plays host to many quality universities, polytechnics, secondary schools and colleges of learning. They include: Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun; Delta State University; Delta State Polytechnics and numbers of good secondary/ primary schools adding with the one we mentioned earlier.

9. Akwa-Ibom State
This is yet another most educated state in Nigeria and also a rich oil and gas producing state with high advancement in educational disciplines. The state which is located in the coastal region has most of her earnings from petroleum. And they have through it invest more in ensuring quality education that meets the world’s standards.

The well known higher schools in the State which are few to list: University of Uyo; Akwa-Ibom State University of Technology, Mkpat-Enin; Akwa-Ibom State Polytechnic has produced enough highly educationally inclined individuals to put the state in view.

10. Osun state
Osun is an educated state that is small ìn size, but home to more than five reliable universities. The schools here are both individual-owned, private and government which includes prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University, Bowen University, Adeleke University, the Redeemers University of Nigeria, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology and the Osun State University.

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All Southern States.


Northern Nigeria is not contributing anything to this dilapidated nation!

I knew very well that IMO or anambra will top

Igbos and their concoted lies

Edo nko

see lies upon lies, so no northern state made the list... only Southern States.. like I said it is all lies

OP, so in your small brain Akwa Ibom houses only two higher institutions .. No marritime academy , ExxonMobil training institute eket, Akwa Ibom state University (Absu) etc ...Try and get small sense oo.
apart from Kaduna (NDA) no other state in Nigeria houses any federal government outstanding school like Akwa Ibom (marritime academy).
so akwa ibom should be in top 5.

gentiles:
Igbos and their concoted lies

smh, it's now igbos and their concocted lies? All because it's a positive news, if it was a negative aspect, would you have doubted the source of this accurate information??

They have nothing meaningful to contribute. Even with their so called dominance in agriculture, their absence was not felt when they started their boycott after they were taught a lesson in Shasha, Ibadan. That's why they hired Yeye Bello and Fani Kayode to stage a fake "reconciliation" with Yorubas because they were losing money.

Kriss216:
All Southern States.



Northern Nigeria is not contributing anything to this dilapidated nation!

So most educated is now based on number of institutions? Nonsense

It's almost impossible to enter into a Family in Imo and not get a PhD holder.

Imo might just be retaining the top spot for 7more years if not for ever.

It's just so painful that we have not been blessed with visionary leaders.

A state with such maximum high level of man power, should be in the forefront of development in every sphere.

God bless Imo state
God bless Ala Igbo

gentiles:
Igbos and their concoted lies

Oga I don't know the validity of this information but no state competes with Imo state in terms of literacy level.

During Owelle rochas tenure,if you do not send you child to school you might be arrested and prosecuted.

ablejesus26:
It's almost impossible to enter into a Family in Imo and not get a PhD holder.

Imo might just be retaining the top spot for 7more years if not for ever.

It's just so painful that we have not been blessed with visionary leaders.

A state with such maximum high level of man power, should be in the forefront of development in every sphere.

God bless Imo state
God bless Ala Igbo

This is the reason most data in Nigeria is unbelievable & unacceptable and this one isn't exception.
You can't just sip wine/tea or smoke weed and make an estimation or create data without following data collection procedure. Your claim on having PhD holder in almost every home in your state is a good example of how many people reason up head without consulting authentic sources.
In the most recent data for the second quarter of 2020, the number of PhD holders has increased to 76,526 in Nigeria.

Reference:

https://newswirengr.com/2020/08/14/victor-ejechi-nigeria-added-7999-phd-holders-to-the-unemployment-market-in-21-months/

NkanAkpanika:
OP, so in your small brain Akwa Ibom houses only two higher institutions .. No marritime academy , ExxonMobil training institute eket, Akwa Ibom state University (Absu) etc ...Try and get small sense oo.
apart from Kaduna (NDA) no other state in Nigeria houses any federal government outstanding school like Akwa Ibom (marritime academy).
so akwa ibom should be in top 5.

Others include Obong University, Obong Ntak, Top Faith University, approved recently, and Rithman University, Essien Udim.

Kriss216:
All Southern States.



Northern Nigeria is not contributing anything to this dilapidated nation!

We dominate you in politics, you wail and complain of marginalization.
You want us to dominate you in education again so that you can wail and complain louder?
By the time we react by stopping all trucks heading to east at Niger Bridge, hope you will not complain of genocide by starvation.

Coronabirus:


This is the reason most data in Nigeria is unbelievable & unacceptable and this one isn't exception.
You can't just sip wine/tea or smoke weed and make an estimation or create data without following data collection procedure. Your claim on having PhD holder in almost every home in your state is a good example of how many people reason up head without consulting authentic sources.
In the most recent data for the second quarter of 2020, the number of PhD holders has increased to 76,526 in Nigeria.

Reference:

https://newswirengr.com/2020/08/14/victor-ejechi-nigeria-added-7999-phd-holders-to-the-unemployment-market-in-21-months/

This is a derailment of the discuss at hand��

ofcus everyone agrees that the high level of unemployment plunging this country is at its most alarming peak,that's one of the reasons I stressed the failings of leadership and governance.

A friend of mine asked me why Nigeria is so poor with the high level of intelligent people.

I told him our poverty is our own making,bcus when you do not make use of human resources which is the first level to development and riches in a Social enclave, you are on the fast road to unemployment and poverty.

after typing I stopped back to pick a fine point from your submission, so I had to edit.

why should you be unemployed when you can create wealth. I met one young man of 25 who came for interview to manage my small business in web and IT. So after my interview with the young man I figured out dat he was carrying a certificate good enough,but all he needed to excel was inside of him. I didn't give him the Job though, but I gave him a book which I believe will be of beneficiary to him. One of our downfall is and has always been initiative and wealth creation,we unfortunately have more people looking for jobs,than the creating jobs. Now that's a big problem

Thank you anyways. I like to chat with people who have their thinking caps on.

NigeriaIsDoomed:
Others include Obong University, Obong Ntak, Top Faith University, approved recently, and Rithman University, Essien Udim.

even heritage for eket

God bless imo state you are right about the PhD holder in imo state.
But point of correction imo is not Ala igbo.Please don't let me correct you on this again don't drag anything with me tonight because I don't have strength.

ablejesus26:
It's almost impossible to enter into a Family in Imo and not get a PhD holder.

Imo might just be retaining the top spot for 7more years if not for ever.

It's just so painful that we have not been blessed with visionary leaders.

A state with such maximum high level of man power, should be in the forefront of development in every sphere.

God bless Imo state
God bless Ala Igbo

Resurrection212:
God bless imo state you are right about the PhD holder in imo state.
But point of correction imo is not Ala igbo.Please don't let me correct you on this again don't drag anything with me tonight because I don't have strength.

hmm mthweeee you think I am the type to urge a mentally unstable person on with his madness.

ablejesus26:


This is a derailment of the discuss at hand��

ofcus everyone agrees that the high level of unemployment plunging this country is at its most alarming peak,that's one of the reasons I stressed the failings of leadership and governance.

A friend of mine asked me why Nigeria is so poor with the high level of intelligent people.

I told him our poverty is our own making,bcus when you do not make use of human resources which is the first level to development and riches in a Social enclave, you are on the fast road to unemployment and poverty.

after typing I stopped back to pick a fine point from your submission, so I had to edit.

why should you be unemployed when you can create wealth. I met one young man of 25 who came for interview to manage my small business in web and IT. So after my interview with the young man I figured out dat he was carrying a certificate good enough,but all he needed to excel was inside of him. I didn't give him the Job though, but I gave him a book which I believe will be of beneficiary to him. One of our downfall is and has always been initiative and wealth creation,we unfortunately have more people looking for jobs,than the creating jobs. Now that's a big problem

Thank you anyways. I like to chat with people who have their thinking caps on.

Nice assertion. You're welcome!

Ebonyi is not on the list, but it's okay because none of the states created at the same time with Ebonyi is on the list. Even Ekiti that they claim have a professor on every family isn't on the list

The list is fake
The source isn't credible
Lol who believes opera news??

gentiles:
Igbos and their concoted lies

that's coming from ipob bureau of statistics

hollah123:
that's coming from ipob bureau of statistics

No kill me with laugh o