Chapter 8. State Indicators
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Chapter 8
Higher Education
Advanced S&E Degrees as Share of S&E Degrees Conferred
Quartiles
| 1st quartile (45.1% – 25.3%) |
2nd quartile (25.0% – 22.0%) |
3rd quartile (21.9% – 18.4%) |
4th quartile (18.3% – 8.0%) |
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| Alabama‡ | California | Florida | Arizona | |
| Alaska‡ | Colorado | Indiana | Arkansas‡ | |
| Delaware‡ | Connecticut | Louisiana‡ | Idaho‡ | |
| District of Columbia | Georgia | Minnesota | Iowa | |
| Illinois | Hawaii‡ | Montana‡ | Maine‡ | |
| Maryland | Kansas‡ | Nebraska‡ | New Hampshire‡ | |
| Massachusetts | Kentucky‡ | Nevada‡ | Rhode Island‡ | |
| Michigan | Mississippi‡ | North Carolina | South Carolina‡ | |
| New Jersey | Missouri | North Dakota‡ | Utah | |
| New Mexico‡ | Ohio | Oklahoma‡ | Washington | |
| New York | Pennsylvania | Oregon | West Virginia‡ | |
| Texas | Vermont‡ | South Dakota‡ | Wisconsin | |
| Wyoming‡ | Virginia | Tennessee | ||
| ‡ EPSCoR state SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. See Data Table. |
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Findings
- In 2007, more than 150,000 advanced S&E degrees were awarded nationwide. This total represented approximately 26% more degrees than were awarded in 1997. However, the share of advanced degrees remained stable as a percentage of all S&E degrees conferred.
- In 2007, some states provided more extensive graduate-level technical training, with nearly 34% of their S&E graduates completing training at the master's or doctoral level; other states had much smaller graduate S&E programs, with values as low as 8%.
- The largest absolute increases in the production of advanced S&E degree holders between 1997 and 2007 occurred in California, Illinois, Texas, and New York.
- In states with few S&E graduate programs, the number of advanced S&E degrees conferred varies considerably from year to year. Readers should use caution when making annual comparisons for those states with small S&E graduate programs.
Description
This indicator shows the extent to which a state's higher education programs in S&E are concentrated at the graduate level. S&E fields include the physical, earth, ocean, atmospheric, biological, agricultural, computer, and social sciences; mathematics; engineering; and psychology. Advanced S&E degrees include master's and doctoral degrees. Total S&E degrees include bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees but exclude associate's degrees.
The indicator value is computed by dividing the number of advanced S&E degrees by the total number of S&E degrees awarded by the higher education institutions within the state.
Data Table
| Table 8-20 | |||||||||||
| Advanced S&E degrees as share of S&E degrees conferred, by state: 1997, 2002, and 2007 | |||||||||||
| Advanced S&E degrees | All S&E degrees | Advanced S&E/ all S&E degrees (%) |
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| State | 1997 | 2002 | 2007 | 1997 | 2002 | 2007 | 1997 | 2002 | 2007 | ||
| United States | 119,428 | 122,569 | 150,127 | 503,939 | 533,788 | 626,200 | 23.7 | 23.0 | 24.0 | ||
| Alabama | 1,863 | 1,991 | 2,282 | 7,199 | 7,160 | 8,271 | 25.9 | 27.8 | 27.6 | ||
| Alaska | 199 | 156 | 235 | 679 | 559 | 725 | 29.3 | 27.9 | 32.4 | ||
| Arizona | 1,787 | 1,612 | 1,930 | 6,743 | 7,538 | 11,915 | 26.5 | 21.4 | 16.2 | ||
| Arkansas | 414 | 476 | 552 | 2,917 | 3,096 | 3,226 | 14.2 | 15.4 | 17.1 | ||
| California | 12,988 | 14,942 | 19,027 | 56,483 | 65,685 | 78,329 | 23.0 | 22.7 | 24.3 | ||
| Colorado | 2,906 | 3,002 | 3,209 | 11,306 | 12,344 | 13,320 | 25.7 | 24.3 | 24.1 | ||
| Connecticut | 1,729 | 1,752 | 2,136 | 6,973 | 7,008 | 8,586 | 24.8 | 25.0 | 24.9 | ||
| Delaware | 432 | 389 | 547 | 1,929 | 2,003 | 2,154 | 22.4 | 19.4 | 25.4 | ||
| District of Columbia | 3,036 | 3,030 | 3,558 | 6,566 | 7,074 | 7,889 | 46.2 | 42.8 | 45.1 | ||
| Florida | 3,926 | 4,454 | 5,525 | 17,252 | 19,736 | 25,785 | 22.8 | 22.6 | 21.4 | ||
| Georgia | 2,279 | 2,767 | 3,272 | 10,415 | 12,278 | 14,646 | 21.9 | 22.5 | 22.3 | ||
| Hawaii | 536 | 443 | 552 | 2,046 | 2,032 | 2,385 | 26.2 | 21.8 | 23.1 | ||
| Idaho | 305 | 306 | 481 | 1,677 | 1,811 | 2,649 | 18.2 | 16.9 | 18.2 | ||
| Illinois | 6,466 | 6,786 | 9,205 | 21,877 | 23,368 | 27,328 | 29.6 | 29.0 | 33.7 | ||
| Indiana | 2,455 | 2,324 | 2,880 | 11,590 | 11,682 | 13,541 | 21.2 | 19.9 | 21.3 | ||
| Iowa | 1,137 | 1,089 | 1,256 | 6,560 | 6,604 | 7,364 | 17.3 | 16.5 | 17.1 | ||
| Kansas | 1,187 | 1,135 | 1,325 | 5,295 | 5,424 | 6,005 | 22.4 | 20.9 | 22.1 | ||
| Kentucky | 972 | 997 | 1,601 | 5,020 | 5,344 | 6,470 | 19.4 | 18.7 | 24.7 | ||
| Louisiana | 1,519 | 1,453 | 1,672 | 6,721 | 7,073 | 7,629 | 22.6 | 20.5 | 21.9 | ||
| Maine | 221 | 175 | 212 | 2,172 | 2,300 | 2,662 | 10.2 | 7.6 | 8.0 | ||
| Maryland | 3,483 | 3,927 | 4,886 | 11,867 | 13,135 | 15,800 | 29.4 | 29.9 | 30.9 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6,496 | 6,760 | 7,906 | 21,879 | 23,196 | 25,519 | 29.7 | 29.1 | 31.0 | ||
| Michigan | 4,621 | 4,977 | 5,557 | 18,631 | 19,139 | 21,374 | 24.8 | 26.0 | 26.0 | ||
| Minnesota | 1,665 | 1,813 | 2,252 | 9,265 | 9,642 | 11,534 | 18.0 | 18.8 | 19.5 | ||
| Mississippi | 730 | 727 | 838 | 3,447 | 3,558 | 3,817 | 21.2 | 20.4 | 22.0 | ||
| Missouri | 2,751 | 2,971 | 3,176 | 10,603 | 11,988 | 12,741 | 25.9 | 24.8 | 24.9 | ||
| Montana | 378 | 364 | 443 | 2,128 | 2,110 | 2,291 | 17.8 | 17.3 | 19.3 | ||
| Nebraska | 546 | 612 | 742 | 3,084 | 3,090 | 3,793 | 17.7 | 19.8 | 19.6 | ||
| Nevada | 284 | 278 | 393 | 1,218 | 1,335 | 2,021 | 23.3 | 20.8 | 19.4 | ||
| New Hampshire | 445 | 440 | 472 | 2,953 | 2,883 | 3,321 | 15.1 | 15.3 | 14.2 | ||
| New Jersey | 2,974 | 3,258 | 3,957 | 12,792 | 14,316 | 15,624 | 23.2 | 22.8 | 25.3 | ||
| New Mexico | 868 | 708 | 854 | 2,764 | 2,438 | 2,863 | 31.4 | 29.0 | 29.8 | ||
| New York | 11,419 | 11,511 | 13,543 | 44,186 | 44,595 | 51,276 | 25.8 | 25.8 | 26.4 | ||
| North Carolina | 2,477 | 2,694 | 3,421 | 14,878 | 15,132 | 17,325 | 16.6 | 17.8 | 19.7 | ||
| North Dakota | 238 | 210 | 312 | 1,556 | 1,487 | 1,644 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 19.0 | ||
| Ohio | 5,370 | 4,489 | 5,405 | 19,687 | 18,920 | 21,640 | 27.3 | 23.7 | 25.0 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1,557 | 1,698 | 1,357 | 5,625 | 5,861 | 6,185 | 27.7 | 29.0 | 21.9 | ||
| Oregon | 1,284 | 1,175 | 1,514 | 6,145 | 6,535 | 7,986 | 20.9 | 18.0 | 19.0 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 5,385 | 5,614 | 7,193 | 26,023 | 27,674 | 32,641 | 20.7 | 20.3 | 22.0 | ||
| Rhode Island | 549 | 566 | 648 | 2,914 | 3,067 | 3,597 | 18.8 | 18.5 | 18.0 | ||
| South Carolina | 1,004 | 981 | 1,079 | 5,999 | 6,170 | 6,981 | 16.7 | 15.9 | 15.5 | ||
| South Dakota | 382 | 314 | 416 | 2,012 | 1,779 | 2,029 | 19.0 | 17.7 | 20.5 | ||
| Tennessee | 1,633 | 1,386 | 1,620 | 8,048 | 8,013 | 8,802 | 20.3 | 17.3 | 18.4 | ||
| Texas | 7,072 | 7,164 | 9,413 | 27,060 | 28,592 | 36,053 | 26.1 | 25.1 | 26.1 | ||
| Utah | 1,077 | 1,006 | 1,308 | 6,434 | 6,739 | 7,999 | 16.7 | 14.9 | 16.4 | ||
| Vermont | 334 | 287 | 632 | 2,035 | 2,119 | 2,747 | 16.4 | 13.5 | 23.0 | ||
| Virginia | 3,423 | 3,156 | 4,126 | 15,366 | 15,694 | 18,369 | 22.3 | 20.1 | 22.5 | ||
| Washington | 2,032 | 1,903 | 2,310 | 10,014 | 10,350 | 12,632 | 20.3 | 18.4 | 18.3 | ||
| West Virginia | 472 | 492 | 573 | 2,559 | 2,732 | 3,142 | 18.4 | 18.0 | 18.2 | ||
| Wisconsin | 1,852 | 1,608 | 2,117 | 10,390 | 10,555 | 12,763 | 17.8 | 15.2 | 16.6 | ||
| Wyoming | 270 | 201 | 207 | 957 | 825 | 812 | 28.2 | 24.4 | 25.5 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 498 | 784 | 1,133 | 4,358 | 5,044 | 5,202 | 11.4 | 15.5 | 21.8 | ||
NOTES: "All S&E degrees" includes bachelor's, master's, and doctorate; "advanced S&E degrees" includes only master's and doctorate. S&E degrees include physical, computer, agricultural, biological, earth, atmospheric, ocean, and social sciences; psychology; mathematics; and engineering. SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (various years). Science and Engineering Indicators 2010 |
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