"The newest Southern Regional Educational Board Fact Book on Higher Education shows West Virginia's colleges and universities remain relatively affordable when compared to others in the south, but rank fourth from the bottom in the number of students who graduate. The Fact Book was released at the SREB (http://www.sreb.org/) annual meeting yesterday," West Virginia Public Broadcasting reports. "It provides an in-depth look the progress 16 southern states are making in providing post secondary education to their students. Brian Noland, West Virginia Higher Education Chancellor, attended this week's SREB annual meeting in Northern Virginia. Noland said only 17 percent of West Virginians have a college degree, making the state 50th in the nation, and the state needs to find a way to produce more college graduates. 'One of the things that we're focusing on is individuals who started college but never finished,' Noland said."