Italy: level of education of start-up founders 2017
This statistic depicts the level of education of start-up founders in Italy in 2017. According to data, the largest group of founders (37.6 percent) held a master degree or an equivalent certification, followed by entrepreneurs with a doctoral title or similar who accounted for 21.2 percent of the total. By contrast, only 7.9 percent attended a university or a college but did not achieve a degree, while no founder at all had an education level lower than a high school diploma.
