For Romania, the existing studies generally treat theoretical aspects of education, or research the interdependence
of wage effects of schooling ( et al., 2004). The econometric approaches of interdependence of education
with economic growth are relatively few. Of these, a study based on the number of enrolled students and GDP per
capita, using VAR methodology, highlights the existence of a long-term impact of gross domestic product per capita
on higher education in the period 1980-2008 ( et al., 2010). This paper provides added knowledge in the
field, by researching the connection between educational variables that are part of the sustainable development
indicators evaluated by the European Commission, and GDP per capita.