 In Oberried am Brienzersee about 220 or (45.4%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 40 or (8.2%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a "Fachhochschule").Of the 40 who completed tertiary schooling, 60.0% were Swiss men, 22.5% were Swiss women, 15.0% were non-Swiss men.The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten, followed by six years of Primary school.