State Technology and Science Index

Human Capital Investment Composite Index

This measures the stock of human capital and the rate of investment (flow) between states by gauging the concentration and momentum of various science and engineering fields.  The individual indicators included in this Composite Index, listed at the bottom of this page.  Click on an indicator to see further data comparisons at the individual indicator level.

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2008 State Rank Average Score Maryland 1 78.19 Massachusetts 2 77.90 Colorado 3 74.86 Connecticut 4 73.81 Minnesota 5 70.86 New York 6 69.90 Utah 7 68.29 Virginia 8 67.62 Vermont 9 67.05 Delaware 10 65.14 Nebraska 11 64.95 New Hampshire 12 64.19 California 13 64.10 Pennsylvania 14 62.76 Rhode Island 15 62.10 Washington 16 62.10 Iowa 17 61.52 Illinois 18 60.76 Kansas 19 60.38 New Mexico 20 58.29 New Jersey 21 57.62 North Dakota 22 57.43 Wisconsin 23 55.71 Michigan 24 55.24 Oregon 25 54.76 North Carolina 26 51.62 Hawaii 27 49.81 Missouri 27 49.81 Montana 29 49.62 South Dakota 30 48.95 Wyoming 31 48.19 Alaska 32 46.19 Arizona 33 46.00 Louisiana 34 45.71 Indiana 35 44.29 Ohio 36 42.76 Alabama 37 42.48 Georgia 38 40.57 Oklahoma 39 39.81 Tennessee 40 39.14 Idaho 41 38.86 Maine 42 38.19 West Virginia 43 35.52 Texas 44 34.86 Kentucky 45 34.67 Florida 46 32.95 Mississippi 47 26.29 South Carolina 48 24.95 Arkansas 49 23.90 Nevada 50 23.81

2004 State Rank Average Score Colorado 1 78.11 Minnesota 2 76.78 Massachusetts 3 73.78 Maryland 4 73.56 Vermont 5 68.11 Connecticut 6 67.22 California 7 67.11 Washington 8 66.11 Kansas 9 65.89 New York 10 64.44 Utah 11 63.89 New Jersey 12 63.33 Delaware 13 62.78 Virginia 14 62.44 New Mexico 15 62.11 Iowa 16 60.67 Illinois 17 59.56 Wisconsin 18 58.89 Michigan 19 58.78 Oregon 20 57.67 New Hampshire 21 55.67 Rhode Island 22 54.89 Wyoming 23 52.67 Pennsylvania 24 52.11 Nebraska 25 51.00 Missouri 26 50.11 North Dakota 27 49.22 Ohio 28 48.89 Hawaii 29 47.78 Indiana 30 47.44 Alaska 31 47.22 Maine 32 44.56 North Carolina 33 44.44 Montana 34 44.00 Arizona 35 43.33 South Dakota 36 42.78 Louisiana 37 41.56 Texas 38 40.67 Idaho 39 40.11 Tennessee 40 38.56 Oklahoma 41 38.22 Alabama 42 36.44 Georgia 43 35.11 Florida 44 34.89 Kentucky 45 32.22 Arkansas 46 30.89 Mississippi 47 28.56 South Carolina 48 28.11 Nevada 49 27.78 West Virginia 50 22.11

2002 State Rank Average Score Massachusetts 1 81.50 Colorado 2 78.70 Maryland 3 74.60 California 4 72.60 Minnesota 5 69.60 Connecticut 6 68.90 Delaware 7 66.80 Washington 8 66.60 Vermont 9 66.30 Utah 10 66.10 New Mexico 11 65.30 Illinois 12 65.10 New York 13 64.90 Virginia 13 64.90 Kansas 15 63.90 New Jersey 16 62.90 Michigan 17 60.90 Wyoming 18 58.10 Iowa 19 57.60 Nebraska 20 57.40 Pennsylvania 21 56.40 Rhode Island 22 55.20 Wisconsin 23 55.00 Missouri 24 53.30 New Hampshire 25 52.60 North Carolina 25 52.60 Oregon 27 51.90 North Dakota 28 51.30 Arizona 29 49.90 Montana 30 48.00 Ohio 31 46.60 Indiana 32 46.40 Idaho 33 44.70 Hawaii 34 43.70 Oklahoma 35 42.10 Texas 36 41.90 South Dakota 37 41.40 Maine 38 40.40 Alaska 39 40.00 Alabama 40 38.00 Georgia 41 37.40 Louisiana 42 34.20 West Virginia 43 33.30 Kentucky 44 31.60 Florida 45 30.70 Mississippi 46 30.30 South Carolina 47 29.80 Tennessee 48 28.90 Arkansas 49 22.50 Nevada 50 20.40

All Recent Degrees in Science and Engineering per 1,000 Civilian Workers Average ACT Scores Average Math SAT Scores Average Verbal SAT Scores Number of Doctoral Engineers per 100,000 People Number of Doctoral Scientists per 100,000 People Per Capita State Appropriations for Higher Education Per Capita State Spending on Student Aid Percent Change in State Appropriations for Higher Education Percentage of Bachelor's Degrees Granted in Science and Engineering Percentage of Graduate Students (Ages 25 - 34) in Science and Engineering Percentage of Households with Computers Percentage of Households with Internet Access Percentage of Population Age 25+ with Bachelor's Degree or Higher Percentage of Population Ages 25+ with Advanced Degrees Percentage of Population Ages 25+ with PhDs Recent Bachelor's Degrees in Science and Engineering per 1,000 Civilian Workers Recent Master's Degrees in Science and Engineering per 1,000 Civilian Workers Recent PhDs in Science and Engineering per 1,000 Civilian Workers Science and Engineering PhDs Awarded per 100,000 People Ages 25 - 34 Science and Engineering Postdoctorates Awarded per 100,000 People Ages 25 - 34