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