There's a long-standing joke that Rhode Island politicians all seem to follow the same well-trodden path to the State House: La Salle Academy, Providence College, Suffolk University Law School.
But does it still ring true? Between the state's five general officers, three representatives currently serving in Congress, and the 112 sitting members of the General Assembly, there's not one elected official with that exact résumé.
In fact, there's a surprisingly wide range of educational diversity to be found on Smith Hill, where Brown University Ph.D.s and a Rhodes scholar serve alongside legislators who hold only high school diplomas.
State lawmakers without four-year college degrees appear to outnumber those who hold law degrees or attended Ivy League institutions, Political Scene found in an analysis of top elected officials' educational credentials. By contrast, Rhode Island's congressional delegation is exclusively Ivy League graduates, all of whom hold advanced degrees.
To get a full picture of politicians' educational backgrounds, Political Scene compiled information from the Rhode Island Government Owner's Manual, which typically lists the colleges that elected officials attended or degrees that they hold, as well as the more detailed biographies available on official state websites.
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