2005 S&E Doctorate Awards by State
Source: Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2005, Table 12, Division of Science Resources Statistics, National Science Foundation
Note: Categories are grouped differently from questionnaire and summary reports in that linguistics, history of science, American studies, and archaeology are included in social sciences and not in humanities, and public administration is included in social sciences and not in professional fields, according to National Science Foundation taxonomy. Non-S&E includes doctorates awarded to those whose field of specialization is unknown.
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2005 S&E Doctorates Awarded / 100,000 Residents Total S&E Doctorates Engineering Agricultural Biological Computer sciences Earth, Atmos., & Ocean sciences Mathematics Chemistry Physics and Astronomy Psychology Social sciences Non-S&E 2005 State PopulationState No. Rank No. Rank No. Rank No. Rank No. Rank No. Rank No. Rank No. Rank No. Rank No. Rank No. Rank No. Rank No. Rank (estimate)Alabama 7.43 32 338 25 79 23 18 29 96 24 13 20 10 23 14 27 25 27 24 18 34 30 25 33 187 29 4,548,327Alaska 3.77 49 25 50 2 48 4 45 8 49 0 49 7 29 0 48 1 50 1 46 0 51 2 46 0 51 663,253Arizona 7.95 27 473 21 121 17 22 21 92 25 9 27 19 9 17 23 27 25 35 14 47 21 84 19 287 19 5,953,007Arkansas 4.18 47 116 40 21 36 27 17 26 39 4 40 0 45 3 41 8 38 12 29 8 45 7 42 78 37 2,775,708California 9.96 15 3,600 1 886 1 36 7 741 1 171 1 132 1 153 1 292 1 213 1 455 1 521 1 1,625 1 36,154,147Colorado 11.19 11 522 17 122 16 19 24 111 19 16 17 31 6 26 15 34 21 44 11 50 20 69 22 228 22 4,663,295Connecticut 12.23 7 428 22 57 28 5 41 162 11 4 40 3 38 19 22 35 20 13 26 38 28 92 17 185 30 3,500,701Delaware 15.21 4 128 38 54 29 3 47 12 46 3 42 11 19 5 36 9 36 3 39 9 44 19 39 72 38 841,741District of Columbia 52.74 1 307 27 18 38 0 51 69 28 10 22 0 45 7 33 18 30 6 37 60 17 119 9 212 26 582,049Florida 5.50 44 977 9 238 10 51 3 152 12 76 4 32 5 25 16 80 9 64 7 147 6 112 12 700 6 17,768,191Georgia 8.12 26 742 12 253 9 29 14 147 13 28 13 14 16 23 18 66 11 20 20 74 12 88 18 397 12 9,132,553Hawaii 7.78 29 99 42 6 45 2 48 16 42 2 45 7 29 2 44 2 48 7 34 8 45 47 25 50 42 1,273,278Idaho 3.92 48 56 45 10 43 9 34 9 48 3 42 1 44 3 41 4 43 3 39 10 43 4 44 70 39 1,429,367Illinois 10.43 14 1,332 6 320 6 33 10 290 5 49 8 18 10 59 6 128 4 70 6 160 4 205 5 840 4 12,765,427Indiana 10.95 12 686 14 197 11 28 15 103 22 26 14 12 18 41 8 56 12 42 12 71 13 110 14 466 10 6,266,019Iowa 11.97 8 355 24 94 22 28 15 83 26 5 36 4 36 25 16 43 15 13 26 36 29 24 35 214 25 2,965,524Kansas 8.95 23 246 30 39 33 24 18 39 34 5 36 2 42 7 33 38 16 10 31 45 23 37 27 167 31 2,748,172Kentucky 5.80 42 242 31 42 32 13 32 71 27 7 30 4 36 17 23 12 34 3 39 30 33 43 26 220 24 4,172,608Louisiana 7.50 31 338 25 69 26 23 19 104 21 10 22 8 27 21 19 27 25 5 38 41 24 30 30 228 22 4,507,331Maine 1.82 51 24 51 0 51 5 41 7 50 3 42 3 38 0 48 2 48 1 46 3 50 0 49 16 49 1,318,220Maryland 13.31 5 744 11 180 12 17 30 217 9 38 10 20 8 36 11 25 27 46 10 47 21 118 10 365 14 5,589,599Massachusetts 25.37 2 1,632 4 333 5 19 24 419 4 73 5 43 3 68 5 132 3 130 3 121 9 294 3 604 7 6,433,367Michigan 10.64 13 1,075 7 314 7 57 2 183 10 37 11 18 10 41 8 88 8 41 13 131 8 165 7 499 9 10,100,833Minnesota 9.83 17 504 18 106 18 31 12 111 19 16 17 9 24 20 21 36 19 17 22 89 10 69 22 343 15 5,126,739Mississippi 5.78 43 168 36 18 38 23 19 36 36 6 33 3 38 4 38 15 32 1 46 41 24 21 38 199 28 2,908,496Missouri 8.43 25 489 20 104 19 20 23 141 14 13 20 11 19 16 26 34 21 17 22 63 16 70 21 278 20 5,797,703Montana 6.31 39 59 44 2 48 12 33 26 39 2 45 0 45 4 38 4 43 3 39 4 49 2 46 33 46 934,737Nebraska 9.44 19 166 37 17 42 19 24 45 33 10 22 1 43 4 38 13 33 3 39 30 33 24 35 123 34 1,758,163Nevada 3.73 50 90 43 18 38 2 48 13 43 1 47 17 13 0 48 4 43 7 34 20 35 8 41 35 45 2,412,301New Hampshire 8.95 23 117 39 18 38 7 37 37 35 10 22 6 33 6 35 7 39 9 33 11 42 6 43 19 48 1,306,819New Jersey 7.22 33 628 15 150 15 21 22 99 23 36 12 9 24 41 8 44 14 52 9 65 14 111 13 289 18 8,703,150New Mexico 9.14 21 176 34 44 31 7 37 30 38 10 22 8 27 12 28 9 36 18 21 13 40 25 33 133 33 1,925,985New York 12.52 6 2,419 2 399 3 43 4 604 2 93 2 43 3 107 2 140 2 172 2 363 2 455 2 1,286 2 19,315,721North Carolina 9.95 16 863 10 165 14 42 5 269 7 42 9 11 19 51 7 80 9 35 14 52 19 116 11 442 11 8,672,459North Dakota 7.09 35 45 46 2 48 5 41 13 43 5 36 0 45 1 47 0 51 2 45 17 37 0 49 46 43 634,605Ohio 9.08 22 1,041 8 301 8 33 10 232 8 20 15 6 33 31 12 106 7 56 8 136 7 120 8 591 8 11,470,685Oklahoma 6.55 37 232 32 50 30 19 24 50 31 7 30 9 24 5 36 7 39 13 26 41 24 31 29 154 32 3,543,442Oregon 7.15 34 260 29 38 34 31 12 59 30 7 30 14 16 11 29 16 31 15 24 32 31 37 27 115 35 3,638,871Pennsylvania 11.26 10 1,397 5 384 4 19 24 275 6 77 3 15 14 70 4 111 5 75 5 158 5 213 4 835 5 12,405,348Rhode Island 16.30 3 175 35 22 35 7 37 34 37 9 27 15 14 17 23 11 35 15 24 16 39 29 31 56 40 1,073,579South Carolina 5.35 45 227 33 60 27 8 35 64 29 6 33 7 29 10 30 23 29 10 31 20 35 19 39 204 27 4,246,933South Dakota 4.90 46 38 47 3 47 5 41 12 46 0 49 5 35 0 48 3 46 0 50 6 47 4 44 43 44 774,883Tennessee 6.33 38 377 23 75 25 16 31 118 18 6 33 0 45 8 32 32 23 7 34 65 14 50 24 322 16 5,955,745Texas 7.77 30 1,781 3 488 2 64 1 454 3 62 6 56 2 80 3 110 6 81 4 192 3 194 6 1,010 3 22,928,508Utah 11.65 9 290 28 79 23 8 35 50 31 8 29 7 29 9 31 37 18 11 30 55 18 26 32 81 36 2,490,334Vermont 5.94 41 37 48 4 46 1 50 13 43 0 49 0 45 3 41 3 46 0 50 13 40 0 49 25 47 622,387Virginia 9.19 20 695 13 177 13 42 5 124 17 55 7 18 10 27 14 38 16 32 17 86 11 96 15 371 13 7,564,327Washington 7.87 28 495 19 101 20 36 7 127 16 19 16 27 7 21 19 29 24 24 18 32 31 79 20 233 21 6,291,899West Virginia 5.95 40 108 41 20 37 7 37 26 39 5 36 0 45 2 44 6 42 3 39 17 37 22 37 55 41 1,814,083Wisconsin 9.62 18 532 16 95 21 34 9 133 15 16 17 11 19 29 13 45 13 34 16 41 24 94 16 310 17 5,527,644Wyoming 7.08 36 36 49 8 44 4 45 3 51 1 47 3 38 2 44 7 39 1 46 5 48 2 46 16 49 508,798State Science & Technology Institute
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