Science and Engineering Graduate Students by State, 2001-05

Source: Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in S&E, National Science Foundation, http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/gradpostdoc/

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2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
4-year
% change
rank
Alabama
5,352
5,704
6,005
6,092
6,232
16.44
17
Alaska
619
736
761
814
806
30.21
3
Arizona
6,789
7,153
7,104
6,959
6,976
2.75
44
Arkansas
2,091
1,902
2,173
2,394
2,447
17.03
14
California
54,839
58,569
63,848
64,102
64,094
16.88
16
Colorado
8,925
9,620
10,386
9,905
8,997
0.81
46
Connecticut
6,937
7,514
7,013
7,090
6,973
0.52
47
Delaware
1,461
1,564
1,664
1,690
1,760
20.47
10
Florida
16,414
17,298
18,690
19,132
19,190
16.91
15
Georgia
9,345
10,092
10,620
10,602
10,675
14.23
25
Hawaii
1,455
1,657
1,761
1,887
1,892
30.03
5
Idaho
1,547
1,691
1,979
1,941
2,013
30.12
4
Illinois
24,115
24,777
23,933
23,111
23,343
-3.20
51
Indiana
8,510
8,840
8,964
9,173
9,716
14.17
26
Iowa
4,705
4,928
5,145
5,195
5,020
6.70
41
Kansas
5,803
6,202
6,326
6,045
5,825
0.38
48
Kentucky
4,017
4,389
4,517
4,470
4,625
15.14
21
Louisiana
5,739
5,928
6,382
6,673
4,809
-16.20
52
Maine
605
639
679
680
684
13.06
28
Maryland
9,201
10,164
10,667
11,049
11,228
22.03
8
Masschusetts
20,191
22,006
22,199
22,431
22,638
12.12
30
Michigan
15,763
16,706
16,937
15,926
15,454
-1.96
50
Minnesota
6,602
7,248
7,226
8,919
10,685
61.84
1
Mississippi
2,629
2,776
2,511
2,986
3,175
20.77
9
Missouri
6,346
6,844
7,217
7,210
7,278
14.69
23
Montana
1,268
1,328
1,446
1,456
1,454
14.67
24
Nebraska
2,428
2,633
2,784
2,816
2,811
15.77
20
Nevada
1,584
1,662
1,868
1,943
1,992
25.76
6
New Hampshire
1,337
1,444
1,458
1,434
1,448
8.30
38
New Jersey
11,360
11,613
11,982
12,126
12,267
7.98
39
New Mexico
3,269
3,374
3,774
3,811
3,762
15.08
22
New York
38,946
40,226
41,816
41,625
42,393
8.85
36
North Carolina
10,476
11,271
11,543
11,863
12,167
16.14
18
North Dakota
1,078
1,108
1,534
1,501
1,512
40.26
2
Ohio
16,233
17,172
17,966
18,437
19,283
18.79
13
Oklahoma
4,166
4,484
4,553
4,392
4,274
2.59
45
Oregon
4,010
4,304
4,390
4,088
4,387
9.40
35
Pennsylvania
18,585
19,786
20,647
21,052
20,219
8.79
37
Puerto Rico
3,077
3,340
3,366
3,377
3,661
18.98
12
Rhode Island
1,646
1,768
1,878
1,951
2,018
22.60
7
South Carolina
3,240
3,313
3,440
3,409
3,339
3.06
42
South Dakota
943
1,028
1,000
993
930
-1.38
49
Tennessee
5,831
6,136
6,646
6,426
6,559
12.48
29
Texas
28,832
31,349
32,820
32,637
32,711
13.45
27
Utah
4,074
4,321
4,710
4,438
4,884
19.88
11
Vermont
597
601
613
615
644
7.87
40
Virginia
12,193
12,805
12,892
12,548
12,530
2.76
43
Washington
5,891
6,100
6,689
6,482
6,570
11.53
32
Washington, D.C.
7,744
7,783
7,722
8,528
8,662
11.85
31
West Virginia
2,031
2,320
2,390
2,290
2,247
10.64
33
Wisconsin
7,816
8,244
8,620
8,682
8,572
9.67
34
Wyoming
764
819
869
853
887
16.10
19
U.S. total
429,492
455,355
474,203
476,331
478,782
11.48
  

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