Science & Engineering Graduate Students by State and Academic R&D Spending: 2000
Source: National Science Foundation, Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, Fall 2000(Tables 30 and 31) and Academic Research and Development Expenditures: Fiscal Year 2000 (Table B-31)
State
Graduate Science Students
Graduate Engineering Students
Total S&E Grad Students
Rank for Total S&E Grad Students
Academic R&D Spending in S&E
R&D Spending for S&E/Student
Rank for Spending/ Student
Alaska
503
94
597
51
$107,417,000
$179,927.97
1
Maryland
6,724
2,271
8,995
13
1,507,549,000
167,598.55
2
Hawaii
1,233
179
1,412
42
161,300,000
114,235.13
3
New Hampshire 1,074
266
1,340
44
150,982,000
112,673.13
4
Washington
4,521
1,384
5,905
23
642,934,000
108,879.59
5
Georgia
5,586
3,223
8,809
14
926,749,000
105,204.79
6
North Carolina
7,727
2,190
9,917
12
1,040,017,000
104,872.14
7
Vermont
508
119
627
50
64,762,000
103,288.68
8
Missouri
4,497
1,450
5,947
22
614,101,000
103,262.32
9
Maine
459
129
588
52
57,753,000
98,219.39
10
South Carolina 2,076
1,109
3,185
33
294,184,000
92,365.46
11
Oregon
3,019
796
3,815
30
346,149,000
90,733.68
12
Iowa
3,504
1,142
4,646
28
418,263,000
90,026.47
13
Nebraska
2,112
340
2,452
37
208,480,000
85,024.47
14
Pennsylvania
14,048
4,252
18,300
6
1,549,050,000
84,647.54
15
Wisconsin
5,699
2,123
7,822
17
661,470,000
84,565.33
16
Alabama
3,639
1,522
5,161
27
428,122,000
82,953.30
17
Montana
1,038
161
1,199
46
99,069,000
82,626.36
18
Mississippi
2,127
501
2,628
36
217,064,000
82,596.65
19
Kentucky 2,561
829
3,390
32
274,238,000
80,896.17
20
Utah
2,700
1,121
3,821
29
308,059,000
80,622.61
21
New Mexico
2,348
761
3,109
34
246,258,000
79,208.11
22
Nevada
1,094
291
1,385
43
106,340,000
76,779.78
23
Massachusetts
13,370
6,166
19,536
5
1,485,792,000
76,054.05
24
Rhode Island
1,427
282
1,709
40
129,697,000
75,890.58
25
California
40,756
12,681
53,437
1
4,053,042,000
75,847.11
26
Tennessee
3,830
1,536
5,366
26
405,013,000
75,477.64
27
Connecticut
5,253
1,013
6,266
21
468,435,000
74,758.22
28
Louisiana
4,347
1,127
5,474
25
399,411,000
72,965.11
29
Texas
20,483
7,634
28,117
3
2,039,642,000
72,541.24
30
United States
309,969
104,601
414,570
--
30,059,061,000
72,506.60
--
Oklahoma
2,369
1,116
3,485
31
252,419,000
72,430.13
31
Arizona
4,527
1,950
6,477
20
465,777,000
71,912.46
32
Arkansas
1,396
562
1,958
39
130,894,000
66,850.87
33
Indiana
5,802
2,129
7,931
16
509,141,000
64,196.32
34
North Dakota
927
126
1,053
47
67,406,000
64,013.30
35
Colorado
6,058
2,630
8,688
15
544,204,000
62,638.58
36
Michigan
9,713
6,387
16,100
7
995,756,000
61,848.20
37
Minnesota
5,542
1,207
6,749
19
416,411,000
61,699.66
38
New York
31,288
6,444
37,732
2
2,290,812,000
60,712.71
39
Wyoming
643
111
754
49
43,094,000
57,153.85
40
Ohio
11,270
4,812
16,082
8
918,500,000
57,113.54
41
Idaho
932
377
1,309
45
73,726,000
56,322.38
42
Delaware
1,012
402
1,414
41
78,126,000
55,251.77
43
Florida
10,886
4,577
15,463
9
851,932,000
55,094.87
44
New Jersey
8,116
3,019
11,135
11
567,666,000
50,980.33
45
Illinois
18,239
4,725
22,964
4
1,170,625,000
50,976.53
46
Virginia
8,181
3,371
11,552
10
587,718,000
50,875.87
47
Guam
87
0
87
53
4,130,000
47,471.26
48
Kansas
4,360
1,362
5,722
24
258,336,000
45,147.85
49
West Virginia
1,442
582
2,024
38
73,420,000
36,274.70
50
District of Columbia 5,644
1,482
7,126
18
245,828,000
34,497.33
51
South Dakota
607
259
866
48
27,269,000
31,488.45
52
Puerto Rico
2,665
279
2,944
35
74,529,000
25,315.56
53
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