2004 S&E Doctorate Awards by State
Source: National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2004 http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06308/
Note: Categories are grouped differently from questionnaire and summary reports in that linguistics, history of science, American studies, and archaeology are included in social science and not in humanities, and public administration is included in social science and not in professional fields. Non S&E include those whose field of specialization is unknown.
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State 2004 S&E Doctorates Awarded / 100,000 Residents Total S&E Doctorates Engineering Agricultural Biological Computer Sciences Earth, Atmos., and Ocean Mathematics Chemistry Physical Sciences Psychology Social Sciences Non S&E 2004 State Population (estimate) No. Rank No. Rank No. Rank No. Rank No. Rank No. Rank No. Rank No. Rank No. Rank No. Rank No. Rank No. Rank No. RankAlabama 6.30 36 285 26 60 26 21 17 76 26 11 18 6 22 11 22 17 26 19 17 36 24 28 28 199 27 4,525,375Alaska 2.74 50 18 51 3 42 5 28 1 48 0 28 5 23 0 33 0 38 2 29 0 43 2 36 2 51 657,755Arizona 8.45 23 485 16 109 18 16 19 89 22 17 13 26 8 22 15 37 16 32 12 50 19 87 15 308 17 5,739,879Arkansas 3.38 48 93 40 19 36 28 12 21 39 1 27 2 26 3 30 4 35 6 25 8 38 1 37 65 38 2,750,000California 9.76 15 3,499 1 780 1 55 3 725 1 156 1 103 1 139 1 265 1 190 1 492 1 594 1 1,509 1 35,842,038Colorado 10.13 10 466 18 120 16 20 18 96 21 12 17 36 3 24 13 23 23 26 14 40 22 69 19 247 22 4,601,821Connecticut 11.09 8 388 21 49 28 7 26 128 14 11 18 4 24 18 17 39 14 16 19 41 21 75 17 225 24 3,498,966Delaware 16.99 3 141 37 49 28 8 25 8 46 5 23 9 19 5 28 15 28 5 26 3 42 34 23 58 41 830,069District of Columbia 53.77 1 298 25 47 29 0 32 51 30 10 19 1 27 6 27 16 27 5 26 55 17 107 11 217 25 554,239Florida 5.70 41 991 9 223 10 47 5 159 11 75 3 30 5 21 16 66 10 46 11 219 3 105 12 1,387 2 17,385,430Georgia 7.34 30 655 12 235 9 37 7 133 13 16 14 14 14 21 16 50 11 10 23 69 14 70 18 421 11 8,918,129Hawaii 7.84 25 99 39 4 41 3 30 23 38 2 26 7 21 1 32 2 36 5 26 13 35 39 21 29 45 1,262,124Idaho 4.01 47 56 44 12 39 12 22 10 44 4 24 2 26 2 31 5 34 1 30 3 42 5 35 60 40 1,395,140Illinois 9.43 17 1,199 6 281 6 21 17 259 6 40 6 17 11 72 3 97 5 54 8 121 6 237 4 771 6 12,712,016Indiana 10.12 11 630 14 164 12 29 11 102 20 12 17 9 19 25 12 78 7 26 14 73 13 112 10 441 10 6,226,537Iowa 11.51 7 340 23 96 20 20 18 73 27 5 23 5 23 30 10 33 19 13 20 31 28 34 23 215 26 2,952,904Kansas 9.51 16 260 28 39 31 31 9 50 31 3 25 3 25 9 24 33 19 8 24 53 18 31 25 172 31 2,733,697Kentucky 5.05 45 209 32 30 33 15 20 58 29 5 23 0 28 10 23 19 25 5 26 34 26 33 24 188 29 4,141,835Louisiana 6.95 33 313 24 64 24 26 13 81 24 13 16 8 20 9 24 33 19 11 22 35 25 33 24 269 21 4,506,685Maine 2.28 51 30 50 4 41 4 29 5 47 1 27 3 25 0 33 2 36 4 27 7 39 0 38 12 49 1,314,985Maryland 12.17 5 677 11 147 15 16 19 192 10 29 9 15 13 23 14 35 18 49 10 49 20 122 8 327 15 5,561,332Massachusetts 23.11 2 1,481 4 313 5 11 23 368 4 58 4 27 7 65 5 110 4 118 3 115 9 296 3 635 7 6,407,382Michigan 10.02 13 1,012 7 273 7 52 4 196 9 23 11 11 17 42 8 71 8 52 9 117 8 175 7 482 9 10,104,206Minnesota 8.22 24 419 20 82 21 23 15 83 23 18 12 11 17 10 23 31 21 17 18 75 12 69 19 336 14 5,096,546Mississippi 5.69 42 165 34 20 35 24 14 29 36 4 24 4 24 3 30 22 24 5 26 31 28 23 29 192 28 2,900,768Missouri 7.60 28 438 19 74 22 16 19 123 16 12 17 11 17 13 21 43 12 19 17 69 14 58 20 288 19 5,759,532Montana 6.37 35 59 43 2 43 13 21 20 40 0 28 2 26 2 31 9 32 5 26 6 40 0 38 20 48 926,920Nebraska 8.58 22 150 36 20 35 26 13 40 34 2 26 3 25 2 31 10 31 10 23 20 33 17 30 137 33 1,747,704Nevada 3.26 49 76 42 13 38 0 32 16 41 1 27 10 18 0 33 4 35 2 29 21 32 9 33 49 43 2,332,898New Hampshire 7.00 32 91 41 11 40 2 31 42 33 8 21 3 25 4 29 5 34 5 26 9 37 2 36 11 50 1,299,169New Jersey 7.38 29 641 13 155 14 22 16 121 17 39 7 15 13 40 9 42 13 56 7 62 15 89 14 302 18 8,685,166New Mexico 10.04 12 191 33 44 30 7 26 33 35 5 23 4 24 7 26 11 30 17 18 28 31 35 22 97 36 1,903,006New York 12.06 6 2,326 2 344 3 62 1 543 2 85 2 34 4 110 2 128 2 155 2 381 2 484 2 1,207 3 19,280,727North Carolina 9.31 19 795 10 156 13 46 6 244 7 28 10 16 12 45 7 68 9 32 12 57 16 103 13 408 12 8,540,468North Dakota 6.60 34 42 46 2 43 3 30 11 43 0 28 1 27 3 30 13 29 0 31 9 37 0 38 31 44 636,308Ohio 8.66 21 992 8 264 8 32 8 243 8 18 12 15 13 29 11 93 6 60 6 119 7 119 9 614 8 11,450,143Oklahoma 6.27 38 221 30 44 30 31 9 40 34 8 21 7 21 0 33 13 29 5 26 38 23 35 22 146 32 3,523,546Oregon 7.63 27 274 27 37 32 37 7 79 25 9 20 13 15 8 25 15 28 12 21 29 30 35 22 133 34 3,591,363Pennsylvania 10.33 9 1,280 5 323 4 23 15 269 5 75 3 19 10 60 6 93 6 67 5 157 5 194 5 874 5 12,394,471Rhode Island 14.82 4 160 35 24 34 4 29 29 36 2 26 17 11 17 18 11 30 12 21 14 34 30 26 78 37 1,079,916South Carolina 5.03 46 211 31 62 25 9 24 49 32 2 26 5 23 10 23 22 24 4 27 20 33 28 28 182 30 4,197,892South Dakota 5.06 44 39 47 2 43 6 27 9 45 0 28 4 24 0 33 2 36 0 31 9 37 7 34 50 42 770,621Tennessee 6.28 37 370 22 72 23 11 23 109 19 7 22 1 27 14 20 27 22 16 19 84 11 29 27 320 16 5,893,298Texas 7.10 31 1,595 3 423 2 59 2 392 3 47 5 54 2 68 4 114 3 71 4 182 4 185 6 1,022 4 22,471,549Utah 9.91 14 240 29 57 27 4 29 62 28 9 20 11 17 10 23 33 19 10 23 30 29 14 31 103 35 2,420,708Vermont 5.47 43 34 48 4 41 4 29 15 42 0 28 0 28 0 33 1 37 0 31 10 36 0 38 21 47 621,233Virginia 8.76 20 655 12 174 11 30 10 111 18 34 8 21 9 29 11 38 15 25 15 86 10 107 11 385 13 7,481,332Washington 7.68 26 477 17 106 19 21 17 124 15 14 15 29 6 14 20 32 20 21 16 33 27 83 16 245 23 6,207,046West Virginia 6.18 39 112 38 18 37 11 23 28 37 0 28 1 27 4 29 6 33 4 27 29 30 11 32 61 39 1,812,548Wisconsin 9.34 18 514 15 115 17 32 8 152 12 11 18 12 16 15 19 36 17 30 13 36 24 75 17 270 20 5,503,533Wyoming 6.13 40 31 49 3 42 4 29 8 46 0 28 4 24 0 33 6 33 0 31 5 41 1 37 11 50 505,887State Science & Technology Institute
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