Globally, Hindus are mong the least-educated of all religious groups.
Hindus are the highly educated religious groups in North America and Europe, a new survey released by the Pew Research Center on Tuesday has found.
This is in sharp contrast with the Hindus who live in India, who are among the least-educated of all religious groups worldwide, the survey found.
In the United States, Hindus and Muslims are the two most highly educated religious groups while Christians are the least educated in the country.
According to the study titled Religion and Education Around the World, Hindus living in the US have nearly 16 years of education on average and Muslims nearly 14 years. American Jews come in second, with just under 15 years of schooling, and US Christians have an average just under 13 years.
Ninety-six per cent of Hindus in the US have college degrees compared to 36 per cent of Christians who are a majority in the country. Among Jews, 76 per cent have college degrees, compared to 54 per cent of Muslims and 53 per cent of Buddhists.
“..Outside the Asia-Pacific region, where Hindus are a small religious minority, they are much more highly educated- and often are the most highly educated religious group in a particular country,†the study which shows wide disparities in average educational levels among religious groups reads.
The study found another demographic to have the highest levels of schooling overall: those with no religion at all.
Globally, Jews are more highly educated than any other major religious groups while Muslims and Hindus tend to have the fewest years of formal schooling.
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