Per-capita higher education spending, 2004-2005
Rank, per capita spending |
State |
Per Capita Spending on
Higher Ed |
2005 Higher Education
Spending |
2005 Population |
1 |
North Dakota | $998.92 | $633,918,000 | 634,605 |
2 |
Vermont | $941.36 | $585,892,000 | 622,387 |
3 |
Wyoming | $932.78 | $474,599,000 | 508,798 |
4 |
Delaware | $927.38 | $780,613,000 | 841,741 |
5 |
New Mexico | $885.24 | $1,704,960,000 | 1,925,985 |
6 |
Utah | $876.72 | $2,183,331,000 | 2,490,334 |
7 |
Iowa | $854.36 | $2,533,630,000 | 2,965,524 |
8 |
North Carolina | $853.54 | $7,402,294,000 | 8,672,459 |
9 |
Kansas | $830.73 | $2,282,995,000 | 2,748,172 |
10 |
Alaska | $823.95 | $546,488,000 | 663,253 |
11 |
Wisconsin | $791.63 | $4,375,836,000 | 5,527,644 |
12 |
Nebraska | $784.26 | $1,378,850,000 | 1,758,163 |
13 |
Michigan | $781.24 | $7,891,207,000 | 10,100,833 |
14 |
Alabama | $767.53 | $3,491,000,000 | 4,548,327 |
15 |
Oregon | $750.30 | $2,730,234,000 | 3,638,871 |
16 |
Washington | $719.45 | $4,526,685,000 | 6,291,899 |
17 |
Oklahoma | $707.01 | $2,505,256,000 | 3,543,442 |
18 |
Mississippi | $695.60 | $2,023,152,000 | 2,908,496 |
19 |
Maryland | $691.90 | $3,867,454,000 | 5,589,599 |
20 |
Hawaii | $691.46 | $880,427,000 | 1,273,278 |
21 |
Indiana | $676.81 | $4,240,922,000 | 6,266,019 |
22 |
Montana | $656.80 | $613,932,000 | 934,737 |
23 |
Texas | $652.25 | $14,955,151,000 | 22,928,508 |
24 |
Virginia | $644.72 | $4,876,841,000 | 7,564,327 |
25 |
California | $643.69 | $23,272,008,000 | 36,154,147 |
26 |
Colorado | $625.59 | $2,917,296,000 | 4,663,295 |
27 |
Kentucky | $614.88 | $2,565,655,000 | 4,172,608 |
28 |
Arkansas | $614.64 | $1,706,055,000 | 2,775,708 |
29 |
South Carolina | $612.72 | $2,602,177,000 | 4,246,933 |
30 |
Minnesota | $608.14 | $3,117,798,000 | 5,126,739 |
31 |
West Virginia | $605.53 | $1,098,475,000 | 1,814,083 |
32 |
Idaho | $600.36 | $858,137,000 | 1,429,367 |
33 |
Ohio | $587.99 | $6,744,666,000 | 11,470,685 |
34 |
Illinois | $587.99 | $7,505,948,000 | 12,765,427 |
35 |
Arizona | $579.25 | $3,448,303,000 | 5,953,007 |
36 |
Connecticut | $558.50 | $1,955,136,000 | 3,500,701 |
37 |
New Jersey | $549.60 | $4,783,216,000 | 8,703,150 |
38 |
South Dakota | $547.02 | $423,875,000 | 774,883 |
39 |
Pennsylvania | $527.71 | $6,546,458,000 | 12,405,348 |
40 |
Louisiana | $527.40 | $2,377,166,000 | 4,507,331 |
41 |
New Hampshire | $515.29 | $673,391,000 | 1,306,819 |
42 |
Maine | $507.58 | $669,102,000 | 1,318,220 |
43 |
Missouri | $499.74 | $2,897,349,000 | 5,797,703 |
44 |
Massachusetts | $493.62 | $3,175,645,000 | 6,433,367 |
| 45 |
NEW YORK | $488.17 | $9,429,429,000 | 19,315,721 |
46 |
Georgia | $485.69 | $4,435,577,000 | 9,132,553 |
47 |
Rhode Island | $480.69 | $516,054,000 | 1,073,579 |
48 |
Tennessee | $459.29 | $2,735,434,000 | 5,955,745 |
49 |
Nevada | $439.69 | $1,060,658,000 | 2,412,301 |
| 50 |
Florida | $403.29 | $7,165,777,000 | 17,768,191 |
| U.S. Average | $614.72 | $182,267,983,000 | 296,507,061 | |
| N.Y.S. +/- U.S. average | -21% | |||
| Source: PPI analysis of Census Bureau data on state and local government spending | ||||