Table 5. State or location, ranked by number of doctorate recipients: 2016
| Rank |
State or location |
Doctorate recipients |
| 1 |
California |
6,118 |
| 2 |
New York |
4,196 |
| 3 |
Texas |
3,976 |
| 4 |
Massachusetts |
2,897 |
| 5 |
Pennsylvania |
2,721 |
| 6 |
Illinois |
2,427 |
| 7 |
Florida |
2,287 |
| 8 |
Ohio |
2,043 |
| 9 |
Michigan |
1,907 |
| 10 |
North Carolina |
1,809 |
| 11 |
Virginia |
1,526 |
| 12 |
Indiana |
1,518 |
| 13 |
Minnesota |
1,465 |
| 14 |
Georgia |
1,464 |
| 15 |
Maryland |
1,274 |
| 16 |
Wisconsin |
1,106 |
| 17 |
Colorado |
1,070 |
| 18 |
New Jersey |
1,064 |
| 19 |
Washington |
927 |
| 20 |
Tennessee |
924 |
| 21 |
Missouri |
917 |
| 22 |
Arizona |
889 |
| 23 |
Connecticut |
759 |
| 24 |
Alabama |
721 |
| 25 |
Iowa |
712 |
| 26 |
Louisiana |
658 |
| 27 |
District of Columbia |
609 |
| 28 |
South Carolina |
544 |
| 29 |
Oklahoma |
538 |
| 30 |
Utah |
537 |
| 31 |
Kansas |
514 |
| 32 |
Kentucky |
480 |
| 33 |
Oregon |
455 |
| 34 |
Mississippi |
448 |
| 35 |
Nebraska |
388 |
| 36 |
Rhode Island |
325 |
| 37 |
New Mexico |
305 |
| 38 |
Delaware |
280 |
| 39 |
Arkansas |
250 |
| 40 |
West Virginia |
243 |
| 41 |
Nevada |
229 |
| 42 |
Puerto Rico |
216 |
| 43 |
Hawaii |
201 |
| 44 |
North Dakota |
185 |
| 45 |
New Hampshire |
163 |
| 46 |
Montana |
118 |
| 47 |
South Dakota |
113 |
| 48 |
Idaho |
109 |
| 49 |
Wyoming |
81 |
| 50 |
Maine |
75 |
| 50 |
Vermont |
75 |
| 52 |
Alaska |
48 |