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TABLE 33 Source : National Science Foundation
Science , Engineering and Health Doctorates ( 2021 )
Rank
Doctorates Awarded
Doctorates Employed
% of Workforce with Doctorates
Rank
1 California
5,030
145,600
0.87 %
4
2 Texas
2,888
51,350
0.40 %
36
3 New York
2,876
59,150
0.65 %
13
4 Massachusetts
2,031
55,450
1.57 %
1
5 Illinois
1,775
29,200
0.50 %
24
6 Pennsylvania
1,766
35,750
0.62 %
14
7 Florida
1,645
24,950
0.28 %
49
8 Minnesota
1,306
16,950
0.59 %
16
9 Michigan
1,289
22,450
0.53 %
22
10 North Carolina
1,251
27,800
0.60 %
15
11 Ohio
1,225
24,800
0.46 %
26
12 Indiana
1,173
13,100
0.42 %
31
13 Georgia
1,131
19,200
0.42 %
33
14 Virginia
1,114
26,200
0.66 %
12
15 Arizona
950
12,650
0.43 %
30
16 Maryland
906
38,000
1.43 %
2
17 Colorado
779
18,550
0.67 %
11
18 New Jersey
755
22,250
0.55 %
20
19 Washington
688
27,550
0.82 %
7
20 Wisconsin
661
12,100
0.42 %
32
21 Missouri
593
12,600
0.44 %
28
22 Tennessee
584
11,700
0.38 %
39
23 Connecticut
551
12,650
0.78 %
9
24 Iowa
453
6,900
0.45 %
27
25 Alabama
448
8,750
0.43 %
12
26 Oregon
426
15,300
0.82 %
8
27 Louisiana
417
6,050
0.32 %
43
28 Kansas
359
5,350
0.39 %
38
29 Utah
357
9,000
0.56 %
19
30 South Carolina
328
6,600
0.31 %
47
31 Oklahoma
307
5,150
0.31 %
45
32 Kentucky
298
6,000
0.32 %
44
33 Mississippi
265
3,550
0.31 %
46
34 Nebraska
239
4,100
0.41 %
35
35 New Mexico
194
8,800
1.08 %
3
36 Delaware
193
3,800
0.84 %
5
37 Rhode Island
188
3,650
0.76 %
10
38 Arkansas
186
4,300
0.33 %
41
39 Nevada
165
3,150
0.23 %
50
40 West Virginia
141
2,200
0.32 %
42
41 New Hampshire
136
3,800
0.57 %
18
42 Idaho
113
3,250
0.41 %
34
43 North Dakota
112
1,200
0.29 %
48
44 South Dakota
106
1,750
0.40 %
37
45 Hawaii
91
3,050
0.52 %
23
46 Montana
87
2,900
0.59 %
17
47 Wyoming
76
1,000
0.36 %
40
48 Maine
60
3,350
0.54 %
21
48 Vermont
60
2,450
0.83 %
6
50 Alaska
39
1,500
0.48 %
25
Dist . of Columbia
354
18,500
2.51 %
United States
39,373
865,400
0.59 %
In 2021 , Washington ranked 19th in science , engineering and health doctorates awarded and ranked 7th in the percentage of workforce with such doctorates .