Education appeared to be a strong determinant of subjective well-being: the most educated people in the EU were much less prone to report being down, depressed or nervous, and were happier than the least educated ones. Educational attainment also seems to affect satisfaction with different aspects of life both at EU level and across EU Member States, which the most educated almost systematically assessed more positively. This was particularly true regarding the satisfaction with the financial situation of their household which was superior by around 1.3 percentage points to that recorded by the least educated. Additionally tertiary graduates experienced more rewarding social relationships, felt more secure and in better health. Lastly, their overall rating of life satisfaction and its meaning was higher by 0.9 and 0.6 points rating respectively. Approximately 4.7 million students graduated from tertiary education establishments in the EU-28 in 2015
