Malaysian vs American Master's Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 226,048,565 people shows a moderate negative correlation between the proportion of Malaysians and percentage of population with at least master's degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.419 and weighted average of 12.0%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 580,510,045 people shows a slight negative correlation between the proportion of Americans and percentage of population with at least master's degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.088 and weighted average of 12.3%, a difference of 2.2%.

In terms of master's degree, the demographic groups most similar to Malaysians are Immigrants from Dominican Republic (12.1%, a difference of 0.12%), Immigrants from Belize (12.1%, a difference of 0.18%), Immigrants from Caribbean (12.1%, a difference of 0.26%), Potawatomi (12.1%, a difference of 0.26%), and Black/African American (12.1%, a difference of 0.27%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Americans are Native Hawaiian (12.3%, a difference of 0.25%), Bahamian (12.4%, a difference of 0.76%), Central American (12.2%, a difference of 0.90%), Immigrants from Fiji (12.4%, a difference of 0.91%), and Belizean (12.4%, a difference of 0.93%).