Science Graduate Students in 2009

Rank	States	Fips Code	Students
1	California	06000	48,500
2	New York	36000	38,029
3	Texas	48000	27,349
4	Illinois	17000	20,523
5	Massachusetts	25000	18,813
6	Florida	12000	16,611
7	Pennsylvania	42000	16,082
8	Ohio	39000	14,321
9	Minnesota	27000	13,167
10	North Carolina	37000	11,103
11	Virginia	51000	11,102
12	Michigan	26000	11,093
13	Maryland	24000	9,823
14	New Jersey	34000	9,028
15	District of Columbia	11000	8,559
16	Colorado	08000	8,471
17	Indiana	18000	7,605
18	Georgia	13000	7,435
19	Wisconsin	55000	7,032
20	Connecticut	09000	6,642
21	Missouri	29000	6,333
22	Arizona	04000	6,076
23	Washington	53000	5,993
24	Tennessee	47000	5,127
25	Louisiana	22000	4,622
26	Alabama	01000	4,595
27	Iowa	19000	4,429
28	Kansas	20000	4,378
29	Oklahoma	40000	3,876
30	Utah	49000	3,720
31	Oregon	41000	3,683
32	Kentucky	21000	3,620
33	Nebraska	31000	3,002
34	New Mexico	35000	2,851
36	Mississippi	28000	2,587
37	South Carolina	45000	2,182
38	Arkansas	05000	2,055
39	Hawaii	15000	1,802
40	Rhode Island	44000	1,764
41	Nevada	32000	1,752
42	West Virginia	54000	1,652
43	North Dakota	38000	1,559
44	Delaware	10000	1,487
45	Idaho	16000	1,366
46	Montana	30000	1,365
47	New Hampshire	33000	1,159
48	South Dakota	46000	1,095
49	Alaska	02000	936
50	Wyoming	56000	771
51	Maine	23000	581
52	Vermont	50000	544
Data Source: National Science Foundation

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States IN Profile provides current federal statistics on a variety of demographic and economic indicators. Read "About the Profile" for the best understanding of the data, ranks and computations. This profile is produced by STATS Indiana, a web service of the Indiana Business Research Center at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. Major support for this effort is provided by the State of Indiana through the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Updated: October 28, 2011 at 13:22