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TABLE 33 Source : National Science Foundation
Science , Engineering , and Health Doctorates ( 2021 , 2022 )
Doctorates Awarded
( 2022 )
Doctorates Employed
( 2021 )
% of Workforce with Doctorates
( 2021 ) Rank
Rank
1 California
5,768
145,600
0.87 %
6
2 Texas
3,359
51,350
0.40 %
35
3 New York
3,273
59,150
0.65 %
16
4 Massachusetts
2,721
55,450
1.57 %
2
5 Pennsylvania
2,235
35,750
0.62 %
17
6 Illinois
2,053
29,200
0.51 %
22
7 Florida
1,889
24,950
0.28 %
46
8 Michigan
1,589
22,450
0.79 %
10
9 Ohio
1,530
24,800
0.59 %
19
10 North Carolina
1,517
27,800
0.60 %
18
11 Georgia
1,295
19,200
0.36 %
41
12 Indiana
1,289
13,100
0.42 %
32
13 Maryland
1,203
38,000
0.83 %
7
14 Virginia
1,170
26,200
0.66 %
15
15 Minnesota
1,107
16,950
0.57 %
20
16 Colorado
994
18,550
0.70 %
12
17 New Jersey
925
22,250
0.81 %
9
18 Tennessee
804
11,700
0.29 %
45
19 Wisconsin
768
12,100
0.36 %
40
20 Washington
761
27,550
0.95 %
4
21 Missouri
747
12,600
0.44 %
28
22 Arizona
739
12,650
0.41 %
34
23 Connecticut
581
12,650
0.78 %
11
24 Iowa
577
6,900
0.45 %
27
25 Utah
567
9,000
0.44 %
12
26 Oregon
546
15,300
0.82 %
8
27 Alabama
524
8,750
0.47 %
24
28 Louisiana
471
6,050
0.44 %
30
29 South Carolina
404
6,600
0.41 %
33
30 Kansas
369
5,350
0.25 %
48
31 Kentucky
355
6,000
0.36 %
37
32 Nebraska
334
4,100
0.22 %
49
33 Oklahoma
329
5,150
0.45 %
26
34 Rhode Island
320
3,650
0.36 %
38
35 Mississippi
307
3,550
0.44 %
31
36 Arkansas
225
4,300
0.95 %
5
36 New Mexico
225
8,800
1.84 %
1
38 Delaware
218
3,800
0.30 %
44
39 New Hampshire
191
3,800
0.28 %
47
40 Nevada
187
3,150
0.46 %
25
41 West Virginia
164
2,200
0.33 %
43
42 North Dakota
138
1,200
0.15 %
50
43 Montana
119
2,900
0.70 %
13
44 Hawaii
115
3,050
0.69 %
14
45 Idaho
112
3,250
0.55 %
21
46 South Dakota
100
1,750
0.36 %
42
47 Wyoming
65
1,000
0.36 %
39
48 Vermont
64
2,450
0.39 %
36
49 Maine
62
3,350
1.14 %
3
50 Alaska
34
1,500
0.48 %
23
Dist . of Columbia
366
18,500
2.51 %
United States
45,924
865,400
0.59 %
Washington ranked 20th in science , engineering and health doctorates awarded in 2022 and ranked 4th in the percentage of workforce with such doctorates in 2021 .