Also you're falsely equivocating education and population density.
Originally Posted by GastonGlock
This is a summary of information from the Bureau of the Census’ American Community Survey and other Federal statistical sources on the educational attainment of the rural (nonmetropolitan) population, and the relationship between educational attainment and economic outcomes. In addition to the following material, the publication Rural Education at a Glance, 2017 Edition summarizes conditions and trends in rural education.
Education is tied to the economic prosperity of rural people and places. The educational attainment of people living in rural (nonmetropolitan) areas has increased markedly over time but has not kept pace with urban (metropolitan) gains, especially in college and postgraduate education. Median earnings rise with higher levels of educational attainment, but more so in urban than in rural areas, compounding the rural earnings disadvantage stemming from lower educational attainment.
Educational Attainment
While the overall educational attainment of people living in rural areas has increased markedly over time, the share of adults with at least a bachelor's degree is still higher in urban areas. In 1960, 60 percent of the rural population ages 25 and over had not completed high school; by 2018—58 years later—that dropped to 13 percent. Over the same period, the proportion of rural adults 25 and older with a bachelor's degree or higher increased from 5 percent to 20 percent; in urban areas, this proportion stood at 35 percent in 2018. The proportion of rural adults with a bachelor's degree or higher increased by 5 percentage points between 2000 and 2018, and the proportion without a high school degree or equivalent, such as a GED, declined by 11 percentage points.