Table 16
Expenditures For University Research and Development (Dollars Per Capita), 1998
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.