Expenditures For University Research and Development
(Dollars Per Capita), 1998

Table 16
Rank	State	Amt.	Rank	State	Amt.
1	Maryland	$257	27	Missouri	$88
2	Massachusetts	217	28	Arizona	87
3	New Mexico	130	29	Illinois	85
4	Iowa	125	30	Texas	85
5	Hawaii	124	31	Montana	82
6	Connecticut	123	32	Kansas	80
7	Alaska	123	33	Louisiana	78
8	Colorado	122	34	Minnesota	76
9	Utah	119	35	Indiana	72
10	North Carolina	114	36	Ohio	72
11	Rhode Island	113	37	Virginia	71
12	Nebraska	112	38	Tennessee	63
13	Pennsylvania	111	39	South Carolina	62
14	Georgia	104	40	Oklahoma	62
15	NEW YORK	$104	41	New Jersey	60
16	Wyoming	101	42	Idaho	56
17	California	101	43	Mississippi	53
18	Wisconsin	101	44	Kentucky	51
19	New Hampshire	99	45	Nevada	48
20	Vermont	98	46	Florida	47
21	Delaware	94	47	Arkansas	44
22	Oregon	94	48	West Virginia	35
23	Washington	93	49	South Dakota	34
24	Alabama	93	50	Maine	27
25	North Dakota	89	U.S.average		$93
26	Michigan	89	N.Y.S. % above U.S. avg.		11.8%
Source: National Science Foundationhttp://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf00330/sectb.htm
While New York is ahead of most other states in university R&D, the advantage is much smaller than in graduate science education.

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