Source: National Science Foundation, December 2011 and the U.S. Census Bureau

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Note: Some data is marked NA (not available) because the totals were not available by broad field of study. Many of these numbers can be estimated from other tables on NSF's site. They are omitted here because the totals on different tables do not match, and the comparisons to other states may be inaccurate.

Doctorates Received by Broad Field of Study by State, 2010

State/location	Total	Life Science	Physical Sciences	Social Sciences	Engineering	Education	Humanities	Others	Total Population	Doctorates Received Per 100,000 Residents
United States	48,053	11,262	8,318	7,770	7,549	5,292	4,978	2,884	308,745,538	15.6
Alabama	573	178	83	66	80	98	29	39	4,785,298	12.0
Alaska	45	19	13	NA	NA	NA	NA	0	713,985	6.3
Arizona	897	146	163	154	138	138	104	54	6,413,737	14.0
Arkansas	179	65	27	21	26	NA	NA	NA	2,921,606	6.1
California	5,772	1,231	1,141	1,144	998	398	650	210	37,349,363	15.5
Colorado	800	178	160	109	127	118	70	38	5,049,071	15.8
Connecticut	661	208	127	118	52	NA	116	NA	3,577,073	18.5
Delaware	205	29	46	39	NA	34	NA	0	899,769	22.8
District of Columbia	548	84	49	149	37	62	92	75	604,453	90.7
Florida	2,137	442	353	328	381	272	168	193	18,843,326	11.3
Georgia	1,248	282	203	182	257	128	112	84	9,712,587	12.8
Hawaii	184	54	33	35	NA	NA	30	NA	1,363,621	13.5
Idaho	101	30	NA	NA	NA	37	0	0	1,571,450	6.4
Illinois	2,290	466	392	373	384	228	270	177	12,843,166	17.8
Indiana	1,300	247	245	178	244	145	163	78	6,490,621	20.0
Iowa	675	180	123	82	111	87	54	38	3,049,883	22.1
Kansas	426	101	70	83	40	69	40	23	2,859,169	14.9
Kentucky	462	128	53	68	36	69	58	50	4,346,266	10.6
Louisiana	595	197	103	71	73	60	39	52	4,544,228	13.1
Maine	53	NA	13	NA	NA	8	NA	NA	1,327,567	4.0
Maryland	1,261	423	234	178	178	104	111	33	5,785,982	21.8
Massachusetts	2,500	601	478	378	454	167	302	120	6,557,254	38.1
Michigan	1,691	354	294	258	327	193	170	95	9,877,574	17.1
Minnesota	1,052	242	114	222	107	174	73	120	5,310,584	19.8
Mississippi	446	84	55	46	48	152	29	32	2,970,036	15.0
Missouri	747	185	133	121	101	80	80	47	5,996,231	12.5
Montana	100	31	28	NA	NA	20	NA	NA	990,898	10.1
Nebraska	319	89	42	42	34	55	25	32	1,830,429	17.4
Nevada	191	33	34	35	NA	35	NA	NA	2,704,642	7.1
New Hampshire	154	63	43	15	NA	NA	NA	NA	1,316,759	11.7
New Jersey	964	174	193	162	174	61	140	60	8,801,624	11.0
New Mexico	277	59	65	NA	42	40	NA	14	2,065,932	13.4
New York	3,860	856	627	768	454	366	583	206	19,392,283	19.9
North Carolina	1,492	487	277	199	209	100	132	88	9,561,558	15.6
North Dakota	132	NA	20	26	12	31	NA	12	674,499	19.6
Ohio	1,853	443	304	256	341	240	155	114	11,536,182	16.1
Oklahoma	473	110	59	74	65	86	39	40	3,761,702	12.6
Oregon	412	138	85	63	45	28	35	18	3,838,957	10.7
Pennsylvania	2,344	498	401	320	467	228	261	169	12,709,630	18.4
Puerto Rico	72	13	0	42	0	NA	NA	NA	3,722,133	1.9
Rhode Island	295	65	73	55	30	NA	60	NA	1,052,886	28.0
South Carolina	443	93	90	42	71	97	23	27	4,636,312	9.6
South Dakota	53	NA	10	13	NA	NA	NA	0	816,463	6.5
Tennessee	799	185	98	107	114	146	84	65	6,356,897	12.6
Texas	3,248	724	555	486	559	380	299	245	25,257,114	12.9
Utah	440	105	91	70	75	63	NA	NA	2,776,469	15.8
Vermont	62	NA	NA	NA	5	NA	NA	0	625,960	9.9
Virginia	1,212	257	160	193	249	213	76	64	8,024,617	15.1
Washington	824	253	138	142	108	68	74	41	6,744,496	12.2
West Virginia	200	49	24	NA	27	53	NA	NA	1,853,973	10.8
Wisconsin	934	273	162	134	119	87	120	39	5,691,047	16.4
Wyoming	52	16	NA	NA	NA	NA	0	0	564,460	9.2