Table 5. State or location, ranked by number of doctorate recipients: 2015
| Rank |
State or location |
Doctorate recipients |
| 1 |
California |
6,073 |
| 2 |
New York |
4,087 |
| 3 |
Texas |
4,068 |
| 4 |
Massachusetts |
2,836 |
| 5 |
Pennsylvania |
2,630 |
| 6 |
Illinois |
2,479 |
| 7 |
Florida |
2,364 |
| 8 |
Ohio |
1,993 |
| 9 |
Michigan |
1,992 |
| 10 |
North Carolina |
1,703 |
| 11 |
Indiana |
1,581 |
| 12 |
Virginia |
1,535 |
| 13 |
Georgia |
1,481 |
| 14 |
Maryland |
1,405 |
| 15 |
Minnesota |
1,308 |
| 16 |
New Jersey |
1,128 |
| 17 |
Wisconsin |
1,121 |
| 18 |
Colorado |
1,006 |
| 19 |
Arizona |
990 |
| 20 |
Missouri |
986 |
| 21 |
Washington |
958 |
| 22 |
Tennessee |
900 |
| 23 |
Connecticut |
779 |
| 24 |
Alabama |
695 |
| 25 |
Iowa |
686 |
| 26 |
Louisiana |
632 |
| 27 |
South Carolina |
586 |
| 28 |
District of Columbia |
576 |
| 28 |
Kansas |
576 |
| 28 |
Utah |
576 |
| 31 |
Oklahoma |
515 |
| 32 |
Kentucky |
503 |
| 33 |
Oregon |
489 |
| 34 |
Mississippi |
446 |
| 35 |
Nebraska |
372 |
| 36 |
New Mexico |
345 |
| 37 |
Rhode Island |
320 |
| 38 |
Hawaii |
240 |
| 39 |
Delaware |
227 |
| 40 |
Arkansas |
225 |
| 41 |
West Virginia |
217 |
| 42 |
Nevada |
211 |
| 43 |
Puerto Rico |
195 |
| 44 |
North Dakota |
175 |
| 45 |
New Hampshire |
169 |
| 46 |
Montana |
128 |
| 47 |
Idaho |
115 |
| 48 |
South Dakota |
110 |
| 49 |
Wyoming |
85 |
| 50 |
Vermont |
76 |
| 51 |
Maine |
72 |
| 52 |
Alaska |
41 |