2026 Competitiveness Redbook | Page 41

Science, Engineering, and Health Doctorates( 2023)
Doctorates
Doctorates
% of Workforce
Rank
Awarded
Employed
with Doctorates Rank
1 California
5,671
156,900
0.85 %
4
2 Texas
3,474
54,600
0.37 %
36
3 New York
3,370
61,750
0.66 %
9
4 Massachusetts
2,581
59,700
1.63 %
1
5 Pennsylvania
2,114
37,150
0.59 %
14
6 Illinois
1,891
30,150
0.49 %
21
7 Florida
1,815
24,200
0.23 %
49
8 North Carolina
1,588
27,700
0.55 %
16
9 Michigan
1,578
22,000
0.46 %
24
10 Ohio
1,469
25,350
0.45 %
25
11 Indiana
1,288
13,550
0.41 %
29
12 Georgia
1,258
20,500
0.40 %
31
12 Virginia
1,258
28,300
0.64 %
12
14 Maryland
1,233
39,450
1.26 %
2
15 Minnesota
996
16,750
0.55 %
15
16 New Jersey
924
23,350
0.50 %
18
17 Colorado
918
20,100
0.64 %
10
18 Washington
831
29,400
0.76 %
8
19 Arizona
804
13,650
0.38 %
34
20 Wisconsin
795
12,600
0.41 %
28
21 Tennessee
768
11,750
0.36 %
39
22 Missouri
706
12,950
0.43 %
26
23 Connecticut
645
14,250
0.77 %
7
24 Alabama
606
8,250
0.37 %
37
25 Iowa
601
6,600
0.40 %
30
26 Utah
491
8,700
0.50 %
19
27 Louisiana
461
6,150
0.31 %
44
28 South Carolina
442
7,300
0.30 %
46
29 Oregon
438
16,250
0.78 %
6
30 Kansas
412
5,000
0.34 %
41
31 Oklahoma
359
5,350
0.28 %
47
32 Kentucky
347
6,000
0.30 %
45
33 Mississippi
303
3,150
0.26 %
48
34 Nebraska
296
4,100
0.40 %
32
35 Rhode Island
289
3,550
0.63 %
13
36 Delaware
236
4,050
0.83 %
5
37 Nevada
227
2,950
0.19 %
50
38 New Mexico
196
8,450
0.91 %
3
39 Arkansas
183
4,400
0.33 %
42
40 West Virginia
180
2,350
0.31 %
43
41 New Hampshire
171
3,800
0.51 %
17
42 North Dakota
146
1,450
0.35 %
40
43 Idaho
115
3,400
0.36 %
38
44 Hawaii
111
3,200
0.49 %
20
45 Montana
109
2,600
0.47 %
23
46 South Dakota
105
1,850
0.39 %
33
47 Wyoming
78
1,100
0.38 %
35
48 Vermont
58
2,200
0.64 %
11
49 Maine
52
2,800
0.42 %
27
50 Alaska
32
1,600
0.47 %
22
Dist. of Columbia
369
19,500
5.05 %
United States
45,533
905,300
0.56 %
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Source: National Science Foundation
Washington ranked 18th in science, engineering, and health doctorates awarded and ranked 8th in the percentage of workforce with such doctorates.