Table 15
Science and Engineering Graduate Students Per Million Residents, 1998
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	Massachusetts	3,189		27	Hawaii	1,323
2	NEW YORK	2,142		28	North Carolina	1,312
3	Kansas	2,139		29	New Jersey	1,243
4	Colorado	2,100		30	Idaho	1,198
5	Delaware	1,961		31	West Virginia	1,184
6	Connecticut	1,860		32	Louisiana	1,183
7	Illinois	1,810		33	Alabama	1,176
8	Maryland	1,797		34	Oklahoma	1,162
9	Utah	1,775		35	South Dakota	1,134
10	New Mexico	1,754		36	Alaska	1,130
11	Virginia	1,654		37	Georgia	1,109
12	Wyoming	1,644		38	Oregon	1,103
13	California	1,585		39	Tennessee	1,097
14	Rhode Island	1,569		40	Mississippi	1,070
15	North Dakota	1,530		41	Missouri	1,042
16	Iowa	1,528		42	Vermont	1,033
17	Pennsylvania	1,524		43	Washington	1,022
18	Ohio	1,452		44	New Hampshire	962
19	Michigan	1,450		45	Florida	932
20	Wisconsin	1,408		46	Kentucky	891
21	Montana	1,393		47	South Carolina	870
22	Minnesota	1,388		48	Nevada	838
23	Arizona	1,369		49	Arkansas	810
24	Nebraska	1,356		50	Maine	470
25	Indiana	1,355		U.S. average		1,493
26	Texas	1,342		N.Y.S. above avg.		43.5%
Source: National Science Foundation http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf00322/htmstart.htm
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