Colorado is second in the country for educational attainment, after all, according to the experts at US News & World Report. The state was dealt a slight blow in U.S. News‘s high school rankings last month, when only D’Evelyn Junior/Senior High School in Jefferson County made the top 100. But only two Colorado schools hit the top 100. The highest ranking Colorado institute of higher learning on the Best National Universities list is the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, which sits at #80. If your retirement plan includes living in your kid’s house, maybe it’s worth the extra in-state tuition to get the little one an engineering degree.