2002 Federal R&D Loads for Students, Faculty by State

Data Source: Vital Assets: Federal Investment in Research and Development at the Nation’s Universities and Colleges: http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1824/

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State
Rank by Federal R&D
2002 Federal R&D Obligations Received ($ millions)
Graduate & First Professional Degree Students
Faculty
Rank by Load
Number of Graduate Students
Fed R&D Load by Student
Rank by Load
Number of Faculty
Fed R&D Load per Faculty Member
Alabama
19
388
16
33,088
11,726
10
11,239
34,523
Alaska
44
58
1
1,756
33,030
25
2,294
25,283
Arizona
25
250
36
36,687
6,814
16
8,250
30,303
Arkansas
42
69
38
10,443
6,607
49
6,174
11,176
California
1
2,726
15
226,489
12,036
6
73,095
37,294
Colorado
17
434
20
41,373
10,490
13
13,196
32,889
Connecticut
18
414
13
32,598
12,700
7
11,158
37,103
Delaware
46
48
28
5,615
8,549
24
1,883
25,491
District of Columbia
27
216
40
35,206
6,135
29
8,843
24,426
Florida
13
491
41
80,822
6,075
34
22,747
21,585
Georgia
14
489
21
47,203
10,360
21
17,849
27,396
Hawaii
33
134
4
7,526
17,805
9
3,860
34,715
Idaho
48
34
49
7,370
4,613
48
2,969
11,452
Illinois
8
818
33
113,217
7,225
26
32,357
25,280
Indiana
24
285
37
42,622
6,687
42
17,887
15,933
Iowa
26
246
22
24,114
10,202
18
8,353
29,450
Kansas
36
119
47
23,834
4,993
43
7,515
15,835
Kentucky
31
150
45
27,404
5,474
46
10,527
14,249
Louisiana
29
180
44
30,560
5,890
41
10,536
17,084
Maine
49
20
51
7,897
2,533
51
3,371
5,933
Maryland
4
1,303
2
53,778
24,229
1
16,422
79,345
Massachusetts
6
1,196
14
96,372
12,410
3
28,301
42,260
Michigan
9
659
30
85,576
7,701
30
27,115
24,304
Minnesota
16
465
19
42,969
10,822
8
13,356
34,816
Mississippi
35
125
27
14,304
8,739
27
5,027
24,866
Missouri
12
519
25
53,885
9,632
23
20,062
25,870
Montana
45
56
8
3,864
14,493
33
2,552
21,944
Nebraska
39
99
42
16,313
6,069
44
6,604
14,991
Nevada
43
60
32
8,205
7,313
32
2,728
21,994
New Hampshire
32
138
9
9,961
13,854
5
3,532
39,071
New Jersey
22
314
39
51,107
6,144
39
17,096
18,367
New Mexico
34
133
24
13,471
9,873
11
3,917
33,955
New York
2
1,670
29
203,105
8,222
31
75,866
22,012
North Carolina
7
858
3
46,953
18,274
4
20,978
40,900
North Dakota
47
41
18
3,666
11,184
40
2,273
18,038
Ohio
10
588
31
78,724
7,469
36
28,823
20,400
Oklahoma
37
119
48
23,894
4,980
45
8,005
14,866
Oregon
23
288
10
21,128
13,631
17
9,586
30,044
Pennsylvania
3
1,327
12
100,516
13,202
19
47,266
28,075
Rhode Island
38
104
23
10,434
9,967
28
4,243
24,511
South Carolina
30
167
34
23,395
7,138
38
9,081
18,390
South Dakota
51
17
50
6,636
2,562
50
2,219
7,661
Tennessee
21
383
17
33,373
11,476
20
13,649
28,061
Texas
5
1,256
26
140,434
8,944
12
37,761
33,262
Utah
28
215
6
13,110
16,400
15
6,885
31,227
Vermont
40
74
5
4,168
17,754
22
2,749
26,919
Virginia
20
386
35
56,347
6,850
35
17,907
21,556
Washington
11
577
7
36,947
15,617
2
11,400
50,614
West Virginia
41
71
43
11,722
6,057
47
5,823
12,193
Wisconsin
15
468
11
34,689
13,491
14
14,874
31,464
Wyoming
50
18
46
3,459
5,204
37
901
19,978
U.S. Total
21,263
2,138,329
9,944
741,104
28,691

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