S&E Grad Students & Post-Docs by State, 2002
Ranked by Federal R&D Obligations per Student

Source:
National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Statistics

Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions, Fiscal Year 2002, http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf05309/htmstart.htm

Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering: Fall 2002,
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf05310/htmstart.htm

Note: The U.S. total includes American Samoa, Guam, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands. All dollars are in thousands.

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	State	$R&D	SCI	ENG	Total Students	$R&D per Student
1	Maryland	1,296,852	7,720	2,444	10,164	127.59
2	Vermont	74,486	492	109	601	123.94
3	Washington	584,402	4,640	1,460	6,100	95.80
4	Alaska	66,586	605	131	736	90.47
5	New Hampshire	125,781	1,138	306	1,444	87.11
6	North Carolina	841,951	8,681	2,590	11,271	74.70
7	Missouri	509,229	4,916	1,928	6,844	74.41
8	Hawaii	120,239	1,483	174	1,657	72.56
9	Pennsylvania	1,378,756	14,922	4,864	19,786	69.68
10	Alabama	359,702	3,881	1,823	5,704	63.06
11	Oregon	260,691	3,222	1,082	4,304	60.57
12	Rhode Island	104,329	1,470	298	1,768	59.01
13	Tennessee	339,492	4,199	1,937	6,136	55.33
14	Connecticut	404,923	6,256	1,258	7,514	53.89
15	Utah	230,906	2,852	1,469	4,321	53.44
16	Wisconsin	432,025	5,930	2,314	8,244	52.40
17	Massachusetts	1,147,690	15,682	6,324	22,006	52.15
18	Mississippi	143,770	2,228	548	2,776	51.79
19	Colorado	494,898	6,697	2,923	9,620	51.44
20	California	2,949,032	43,512	15,057	58,569	50.35
21	Iowa	242,077	3,663	1,265	4,928	49.12
22	South Carolina	147,193	2,102	1,211	3,313	44.43
23	Georgia	445,152	6,217	3,875	10,092	44.11
24	Montana	57,210	1,134	194	1,328	43.08
25	New York	1,682,187	33,213	7,013	40,226	41.82
26	Minnesota	296,241	5,733	1,515	7,248	40.87
27	North Dakota	45,015	917	191	1,108	40.63
28	Maine	25,080	497	142	639	39.25
29	Texas	1,220,475	21,918	9,431	31,349	38.93
30	New Mexico	131,066	2,426	948	3,374	38.85
31	Arkansas	73,032	1,545	357	1,902	38.40
32	Michigan	636,407	10,062	6,644	16,706	38.09
33	Nevada	59,420	1,246	416	1,662	35.75
34	Arizona	249,994	4,774	2,379	7,153	34.95
35	Nebraska	91,398	2,270	363	2,633	34.71
36	Kentucky	152,183	3,420	969	4,389	34.67
37	Delaware	54,152	1,102	462	1,564	34.62
38	Ohio	592,725	12,014	5,158	17,172	34.52
39	Indiana	283,542	6,357	2,483	8,840	32.07
40	Florida	530,893	12,179	5,119	17,298	30.69
41	Puerto Rico	101,189	3,014	326	3,040	30.30
42	Illinois	745,394	19,887	4,890	24,777	30.08
43	Louisiana	177,833	4,497	1,431	5,928	30.00
44	Virginia	377,589	8,855	3,950	12,805	29.49
45	New Jersey	319,593	8,265	3,348	11,613	27.52
46	District of Columbia	205,656	6,150	1,633	7,783	26.42
47	West Virginia	54,185	1,528	792	2,320	23.36
48	Oklahoma	102,234	3,001	1,483	4,484	22.80
49	Wyoming	18,212	693	126	819	22.24
50	Idaho	35,758	1,199	492	1,691	21.15
51	South Dakota	20,898	682	346	1,028	20.33
52	Kansas	115,422	4,585	1,617	6,202	18.61
	U.S. total	21,117,662	335,747	119,608	455,355	46.38

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