Measures of Higher Education Spending by State, 2006-2007 |
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Rank, spending per FTE |
Total |
Spending per FTE |
Rank, FTE |
Full-time enrollment (in 1000s) |
Rank, spending as % of tax revenue |
Spending as a % of state and local tax revenue |
| U.S. | $6,773 | 10,237.90 | 6.2 | |||
| 25 | Alabama | $6,629 | 19 | 182.4 | 2 | 10.8 |
| 2 | Alaska | $13,824 | 50 | 18.7 | 25 | 6.9 |
| 21 | Arizona | $6,935 | 14 | 221.6 | 17 | 8 |
| 30 | Arkansas | $6,167 | 32 | 103.4 | 9 | 8.8 |
| 18 | California | $7,001 | 1 | 1,686.80 | 23 | 7.3 |
| 48 | Colorado | $3,807 | 23 | 157.4 | 47 | 3.6 |
| 4 | Connecticut | $10,079 | 35 | 75 | 43 | 4.1 |
| 19 | Delaware | $6,970 | 45 | 31.3 | 29 | 6 |
| 37 | Florida | $5,855 | 3 | 518.1 | 41 | 4.4 |
| 9 | Georgia | $8,231 | 10 | 297.8 | 12 | 8.3 |
| 3 | Hawaii | $12,195 | 43 | 35 | 14 | 8.1 |
| 12 | Idaho | $7,785 | 39 | 43.6 | 17 | 8 |
| 15 | Illinois | $7,230 | 5 | 387.8 | 31 | 5.9 |
| 41 | Indiana | $5,351 | 13 | 223.6 | 31 | 5.9 |
| 32 | Iowa | $6,007 | 31 | 112.9 | 20 | 7.6 |
| 35 | Kansas | $5,948 | 28 | 127.2 | 8 | 8.9 |
| 20 | Kentucky | $6,945 | 25 | 145.6 | 10 | 8.5 |
| 24 | Louisiana | $6,640 | 22 | 166.7 | 14 | 8.1 |
| 28 | Maine | $6,406 | 40 | 35.5 | 42 | 4.2 |
| 13 | Maryland | $7,456 | 17 | 197.5 | 35 | 5.7 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | $8,666 | 26 | 139.7 | 44 | 4 |
| 39 | Michigan | $5,825 | 6 | 384.2 | 26 | 6.7 |
| 33 | Minnesota | $5,986 | 18 | 191.5 | 33 | 5.8 |
| 36 | Mississippi | $5,926 | 30 | 115.7 | 5 | 9.9 |
| 31 | Missouri | $6,060 | 20 | 174.7 | 36 | 5.6 |
| 47 | Montana | $4,297 | 42 | 35.3 | 33 | 5.8 |
| 16 | Nebraska | $7,165 | 36 | 73.9 | 6 | 9.3 |
| 8 | Nevada | $8,589 | 38 | 61.3 | 28 | 6.2 |
| 49 | New Hampshire | $3,370 | 44 | 32.1 | 50 | 2.5 |
| 10 | New Jersey | $8,076 | 12 | 226.1 | 40 | 4.5 |
| 5 | New Mexico | $9,669 | 34 | 83 | 1 | 12.8 |
| 7 | New York | $8,657 | 4 | 508.9 | 48 | 3.5 |
| NYS % +/- US | 28% | -44% | ||||
| 11 | North Carolina | $7,909 | 8 | 344.1 | 4 | 10 |
| 44 | North Dakota | $4,765 | 41 | 35.4 | 7 | 9.1 |
| 43 | Ohio | $4,915 | 7 | 383.3 | 39 | 5 |
| 23 | Oklahoma | $6,691 | 27 | 132.1 | 14 | 8.1 |
| 42 | Oregon | $4,948 | 29 | 125.1 | 37 | 5.3 |
| 40 | Pennsylvania | $5,788 | 9 | 337.4 | 46 | 3.9 |
| 26 | Rhode Island | $6,548 | 47 | 28.9 | 44 | 4 |
| 38 | South Carolina | $5,838 | 24 | 145.7 | 17 | 8 |
| 46 | South Dakota | $4,569 | 46 | 29.2 | 22 | 7.4 |
| 14 | Tennessee | $7,346 | 21 | 168.2 | 21 | 7.5 |
| 17 | Texas | $7,084 | 2 | 794.2 | 11 | 8.4 |
| 29 | Utah | $6,271 | 33 | 102.4 | 12 | 8.3 |
| 50 | Vermont | $3,030 | 49 | 19.5 | 49 | 2.6 |
| 34 | Virginia | $5,972 | 11 | 273 | 38 | 5.1 |
| 22 | Washington | $6,769 | 16 | 214.8 | 29 | 6 |
| 45 | West Virginia | $4,651 | 37 | 72.7 | 24 | 7 |
| 27 | Wisconsin | $6,504 | 15 | 215.1 | 27 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Wyoming | $15,155 | 48 | 22.6 | 3 | 10.3 |
| Source: Census Bureau Table 281. State and Local Financial Support for Higher Education by State: | ||||||
