why did post revolutinary americans value education?

a college degree needed to get a job.
they wanted to understand the world.
they loved learning and wanted to understand the world.
they believed educated citizens were needed to elect leaders for the new country.

4 answers

And you think it's ... ?

Yes

are you sure?

How many jobs in the late 1700s needed college degrees?

(b is a possibility, but far-fetched for the time and place)

(c is like b)

d makes the most sense for a new state in a new country.