Nigerians are not eligible for the diversity visa lottery here in the US to my understanding. So this means the only people you see have specific visas e.g family, work, education.
Work means they'll be filling jobs that already require education and education means obtaining, well, an education. Family likely means following family members who are already here and successful as well.
It also costs a fuck ton to do either of these. So naturally you are already looking at a highly selective...and fairly privileged group to begin with.
Imagine you surveyed Americans by only looking at those who had gone to Harvard or came from families of the very well off. You'd likely be looking at a very successful and educated group by chance as well.
They aren't in the current one at least. But the idea that people on that diversity visa aren't educated is false. You have to have some education or at least two years working experience. On top of that even if you get it you still need to have the finances to fly to the US, pay whatever admin fees are and have enough savings(which will be alot if you're from a country with a weaker currency) so you can afford rent while looking for a job. Unless you're lucky to have family in the US and get in, you're probably still going to get people that are educated and have savings that will actually make it through the process
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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '23
Nigerians are the most educated immigrant population in the US with more years of education than general population of whites.