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