Science & Engineering Graduate Students by State and Academic R&D Spending: 2001
Source: National Science Foundation, Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, Fall 2001 (Tables 30 and 31) and Survey of R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, Fiscal Year 2001
State
Graduate Engineering Students
Graduate Science Students
Total S&E Grad Students
Rank For Total S&E Grad Students
Academic R&D Spending
R&D Spending for S&E/Student
Rank For Spending/ Student
Total, all institutions
109,203
317,139
426,342
$32,213,590,000
$75,558
Maryland
2,270
6,931
9,201
14
1,638,869,000
178,119
1
Alaska
106
513
619
49
110,195,000
178,021
2
New Hampshire
262
1,075
1,337
44
196,975,000
147,326
3
Vermont
104
493
597
51
75,597,000
126,628
4
Washington
1,379
4,512
5,891
23
697,563,000
118,412
5
South Carolina
1,074
2,166
3,240
34
350,545,000
108,193
6
Hawaii
160
1,295
1,455
43
156,976,000
107,887
7
North Carolina
2,474
8,002
10,476
12
1,114,275,000
106,365
8
Missouri
1,605
4,741
6,346
22
673,617,000
106,148
9
Maine
130
475
605
50
64,070,000
105,901
10
Georgia
3,528
5,817
9,345
13
973,088,000
104,129
11
Nebraska
275
2,153
2,428
36
241,407,000
99,426
12
Iowa
1,171
3,534
4,705
28
436,923,000
92,864
13
Wisconsin
2,094
5,722
7,816
17
718,728,000
91,956
14
Oregon
932
3,078
4,010
32
363,526,000
90,655
15
Pennsylvania
4,510
14,075
18,585
6
1,668,027,000
89,751
16
Mississippi
486
2,143
2,629
35
232,440,000
88,414
17
Rhode Island
265
1,381
1,646
39
142,564,000
86,612
18
New Mexico
879
2,390
3,269
33
271,974,000
83,198
19
Utah
1,315
2,759
4,074
30
338,127,000
82,996
20
Montana
166
1,102
1,268
45
103,128,000
81,331
21
Alabama
1,757
3,595
5,352
27
433,760,000
81,046
22
California
13,455
41,384
54,839
1
4,323,987,000
78,849
23
North Dakota
159
919
1,078
46
84,574,000
78,455
24
Massachusetts
6,094
14,097
20,191
5
1,558,338,000
77,180
25
Texas
7,965
20,867
28,832
3
2,196,233,000
76,173
26
Arizona
2,153
4,636
6,789
20
500,548,000
73,729
27
Louisiana
1,188
4,551
5,739
26
422,009,000
73,534
28
Nevada
373
1,211
1,584
40
115,934,000
73,191
29
Tennessee
1,777
4,054
5,831
24
417,668,000
71,629
30
Kentucky
938
3,079
4,017
31
285,633,000
71,106
31
Connecticut
1,109
5,828
6,937
19
492,794,000
71,038
32
Minnesota
1,310
5,292
6,602
21
462,220,000
70,012
33
Michigan
6,074
9,689
15,763
9
1,101,475,000
69,877
34
Indiana
2,247
6,263
8,510
16
565,487,000
66,450
35
Arkansas
627
1,464
2,091
37
133,659,000
63,921
36
Colorado
2,761
6,164
8,925
15
564,479,000
63,247
37
New York
6,748
32,198
38,946
2
2,425,006,000
62,266
38
Ohio
4,834
11,399
16,233
8
992,336,000
61,131
39
Oklahoma
1,307
2,859
4,166
29
251,559,000
60,384
40
Florida
4,785
11,629
16,414
7
979,794,000
59,693
41
Wyoming
108
656
764
48
41,632,000
54,492
42
New Jersey
3,129
8,231
11,360
11
607,702,000
53,495
43
Idaho
439
1,108
1,547
41
82,496,000
53,326
44
Delaware
396
1,065
1,461
42
77,491,000
53,040
45
Illinois
4,801
19,314
24,115
4
1,268,364,000
52,596
46
Virginia
3,565
8,628
12,193
10
595,276,000
48,821
47
Kansas
1,499
4,304
5,803
25
266,639,000
45,948
48
West Virginia
575
1,456
2,031
38
78,658,000
38,729
49
South Dakota
297
646
943
47
32,185,000
34,130
50
District of Columbia
1,548
6,196
7,744
18
223,285,000
28,833
51
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