Science and Engineering Bachelor’s Degrees
Bachelor’s Degrees in Science and Engineering Conferred Per 1,000 Individuals 18-24 Years Old
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North Carolina Ranking
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* Source: National Science Foundation
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Science and Engineering Bachelor’s Degrees
Bachelor’s Degrees in Science and Engineering Degrees
State | 2000-01 | 2001-01 | 2002-01 | 2003-01 | 2004-01 | 2005-01 | 2006-01 | 2007-01 | 2008-01 | 2009-01 | 2010-01 | 2011-01 | 2012-01 | 2013-01 | 2014-01 | 2015-01 | 2016-01 | 2017-01 | 2018-01 |
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Alabama | 12.63 | 12.33 | 11.57 | 11.18 | 11.67 | 12.59 | 13.11 | 13.10 | 13.09 | 13.61 | 13.88 | 15.37 | 15.71 | 16.18 | 16.53 | 17.13 | 17.90 | 19.09 | 20.55 |
Alaska | 6.81 | 6.80 | 6.17 | 6.11 | 6.41 | 5.98 | 6.92 | 6.59 | 6.71 | 7.63 | 8.03 | 9.10 | 7.82 | 8.69 | 9.18 | 9.18 | 9.53 | 9.88 | 9.93 |
Arizona | 9.92 | 9.62 | 10.76 | 11.41 | 12.72 | 13.34 | 13.81 | 14.72 | 15.29 | 16.16 | 18.70 | 21.27 | 26.93 | 28.35 | 26.86 | 24.31 | 23.94 | 24.14 | 24.27 |
Arkansas | 9.07 | 8.97 | 9.63 | 9.90 | 9.75 | 10.01 | 9.71 | 9.75 | 9.66 | 9.76 | 10.20 | 11.04 | 12.26 | 12.49 | 13.69 | 14.07 | 14.95 | 15.13 | 15.67 |
California | 13.70 | 13.69 | 14.35 | 14.95 | 15.35 | 15.89 | 16.37 | 16.28 | 16.49 | 16.33 | 16.64 | 17.19 | 17.91 | 18.92 | 20.46 | 21.15 | 22.31 | 23.89 | 25.30 |
Colorado | 20.34 | 19.23 | 20.32 | 20.83 | 21.32 | 21.95 | 23.09 | 22.81 | 23.39 | 22.39 | 21.60 | 22.41 | 24.10 | 24.77 | 26.07 | 25.77 | 25.91 | 27.13 | 27.71 |
Connecticut | 18.86 | 18.53 | 18.39 | 19.47 | 20.12 | 19.43 | 20.17 | 20.46 | 20.84 | 20.92 | 21.12 | 21.42 | 22.42 | 22.80 | 22.58 | 23.67 | 24.44 | 25.47 | 25.99 |
Delaware | 20.35 | 18.45 | 20.10 | 19.45 | 19.19 | 19.77 | 20.40 | 18.52 | 18.93 | 18.80 | 18.42 | 20.82 | 20.95 | 23.55 | 24.68 | 27.35 | 27.86 | 27.67 | 30.53 |
District of Columbia | 39.89 | 53.47 | 56.50 | 58.77 | 60.02 | 56.16 | 62.65 | 55.15 | 56.75 | 52.99 | 47.98 | 47.68 | 52.97 | 57.18 | 57.28 | 57.47 | 59.02 | 61.53 | 61.80 |
Florida | 10.50 | 10.25 | 10.51 | 11.09 | 11.92 | 12.02 | 12.40 | 12.47 | 12.73 | 13.06 | 13.67 | 14.25 | 15.39 | 16.09 | 16.80 | 18.01 | 18.71 | 18.65 | 19.37 |
Georgia | 10.64 | 10.53 | 10.96 | 12.05 | 13.47 | 12.64 | 12.25 | 12.38 | 12.38 | 12.18 | 12.72 | 13.46 | 14.04 | 15.21 | 16.13 | 16.79 | 17.49 | 18.25 | 18.27 |
Hawaii | 14.30 | 13.24 | 12.78 | 12.37 | 14.18 | 14.25 | 14.88 | 14.68 | 15.58 | 16.08 | 14.27 | 15.06 | 15.17 | 17.40 | 17.61 | 19.12 | 19.49 | 20.60 | 20.18 |
Idaho | 10.67 | 9.81 | 10.26 | 11.81 | 11.07 | 12.80 | 14.03 | 14.16 | 13.96 | 15.08 | 16.00 | 15.74 | 17.18 | 19.76 | 20.71 | 21.61 | 21.87 | 22.33 | 21.87 |
Illinois | 13.12 | 13.12 | 13.40 | 14.30 | 14.05 | 15.24 | 15.45 | 15.37 | 15.52 | 15.59 | 16.07 | 16.46 | 16.98 | 17.51 | 17.95 | 18.05 | 19.00 | 19.41 | 19.91 |
Indiana | 14.42 | 13.92 | 14.81 | 15.39 | 15.61 | 16.38 | 16.28 | 16.73 | 16.35 | 15.74 | 16.95 | 18.56 | 19.39 | 19.86 | 20.59 | 21.81 | 22.30 | 23.07 | 23.76 |
Iowa | 18.56 | 17.72 | 18.02 | 19.10 | 19.09 | 19.52 | 19.60 | 20.65 | 22.34 | 24.95 | 31.88 | 37.55 | 39.51 | 37.91 | 27.13 | 27.36 | 26.94 | 27.55 | 27.31 |
Kansas | 14.81 | 15.32 | 14.53 | 15.37 | 15.51 | 15.73 | 15.33 | 15.94 | 15.57 | 15.92 | 15.91 | 15.51 | 16.68 | 16.53 | 17.24 | 17.12 | 17.79 | 17.90 | 20.32 |
Kentucky | 10.28 | 9.83 | 10.50 | 10.05 | 10.64 | 10.96 | 11.93 | 11.98 | 12.00 | 12.03 | 12.03 | 12.50 | 13.47 | 13.82 | 14.22 | 14.57 | 15.11 | 16.18 | 16.23 |
Louisiana | 11.69 | 11.30 | 11.38 | 11.96 | 11.77 | 12.11 | 12.13 | 12.90 | 12.46 | 12.22 | 11.59 | 12.47 | 12.94 | 13.74 | 14.14 | 14.59 | 14.94 | 15.69 | 16.34 |
Maine | 20.27 | 19.24 | 19.31 | 20.75 | 19.48 | 20.18 | 20.37 | 21.04 | 22.12 | 21.51 | 23.27 | 24.49 | 25.29 | 24.10 | 25.29 | 26.40 | 28.05 | 28.12 | 28.53 |
Maryland | 18.93 | 18.88 | 19.00 | 19.98 | 20.90 | 21.37 | 21.24 | 20.49 | 20.45 | 20.63 | 21.16 | 21.92 | 23.58 | 24.72 | 25.37 | 27.44 | 28.57 | 29.21 | 31.58 |
Massachusetts | 27.58 | 27.22 | 27.27 | 27.55 | 27.82 | 28.21 | 27.93 | 27.31 | 27.79 | 27.35 | 28.06 | 28.96 | 30.24 | 31.42 | 32.96 | 33.99 | 35.38 | 36.23 | 36.90 |
Michigan | 14.74 | 14.51 | 14.83 | 15.63 | 15.93 | 15.88 | 16.07 | 16.43 | 17.10 | 17.35 | 17.85 | 17.69 | 18.16 | 18.39 | 19.27 | 19.61 | 20.49 | 21.47 | 22.05 |
Minnesota | 15.74 | 15.45 | 15.86 | 16.09 | 16.97 | 17.99 | 18.43 | 18.50 | 19.54 | 19.80 | 20.77 | 21.82 | 23.32 | 24.46 | 24.85 | 25.19 | 25.44 | 25.94 | 26.17 |
Mississippi | 8.86 | 8.97 | 8.92 | 8.33 | 8.74 | 8.88 | 9.22 | 9.79 | 9.63 | 9.96 | 10.24 | 10.32 | 11.10 | 10.97 | 12.04 | 12.05 | 12.70 | 13.56 | 14.38 |
Missouri | 15.26 | 15.26 | 16.03 | 16.38 | 16.54 | 16.37 | 16.55 | 16.65 | 16.51 | 16.84 | 17.19 | 17.70 | 18.54 | 19.36 | 19.43 | 20.07 | 21.04 | 21.15 | 22.03 |
Montana | 20.15 | 19.26 | 19.01 | 20.16 | 19.22 | 18.32 | 17.74 | 19.06 | 18.47 | 19.59 | 18.03 | 19.48 | 18.28 | 20.56 | 22.61 | 23.41 | 22.45 | 23.76 | 23.82 |
Nebraska | 15.40 | 14.55 | 13.80 | 13.99 | 14.41 | 16.00 | 16.21 | 16.57 | 17.14 | 17.09 | 17.82 | 18.59 | 19.13 | 19.58 | 20.60 | 19.31 | 20.24 | 20.36 | 21.28 |
Nevada | 5.76 | 5.13 | 5.48 | 5.86 | 6.96 | 6.72 | 8.00 | 7.50 | 8.17 | 8.27 | 8.50 | 9.15 | 9.54 | 9.67 | 10.63 | 11.69 | 11.81 | 12.33 | 12.78 |
New Hampshire | 26.85 | 23.00 | 21.98 | 22.77 | 24.00 | 23.53 | 23.15 | 23.37 | 22.73 | 23.74 | 25.01 | 26.13 | 26.27 | 27.00 | 27.96 | 31.77 | 31.83 | 36.99 | 42.77 |
New Jersey | 15.93 | 15.38 | 15.84 | 16.48 | 16.81 | 16.45 | 16.00 | 15.81 | 15.61 | 15.80 | 16.32 | 16.48 | 17.73 | 18.14 | 18.56 | 19.21 | 19.87 | 20.66 | 21.84 |
New Mexico | 10.89 | 9.86 | 9.44 | 10.40 | 10.56 | 10.78 | 10.71 | 11.29 | 10.81 | 11.40 | 11.26 | 11.85 | 12.24 | 12.57 | 14.07 | 13.51 | 15.01 | 15.67 | 15.81 |
New York | 18.16 | 18.42 | 18.25 | 20.10 | 20.05 | 20.28 | 19.99 | 19.86 | 19.81 | 20.12 | 20.72 | 21.55 | 22.27 | 23.43 | 24.43 | 25.93 | 27.30 | 28.68 | 29.82 |
North Carolina | 14.76 | 14.34 | 14.96 | 15.45 | 16.02 | 15.83 | 15.17 | 15.93 | 15.94 | 15.95 | 16.15 | 17.22 | 17.95 | 18.45 | 19.14 | 19.43 | 19.93 | 20.15 | 20.82 |
North Dakota | 18.11 | 15.88 | 16.20 | 16.87 | 15.58 | 15.30 | 14.95 | 16.06 | 16.12 | 16.37 | 17.44 | 16.99 | 17.60 | 17.77 | 17.48 | 19.52 | 19.48 | 21.48 | 21.59 |
Ohio | 13.06 | 12.97 | 13.22 | 13.79 | 14.05 | 14.21 | 14.52 | 15.03 | 14.59 | 14.81 | 15.32 | 16.09 | 17.13 | 16.69 | 17.71 | 18.71 | 19.34 | 20.52 | 20.79 |
Oklahoma | 11.17 | 11.00 | 11.03 | 10.53 | 11.45 | 12.30 | 12.68 | 12.85 | 12.61 | 12.84 | 12.23 | 12.50 | 13.21 | 13.34 | 13.74 | 13.99 | 15.00 | 15.55 | 16.98 |
Oregon | 16.31 | 15.35 | 15.74 | 16.57 | 17.79 | 17.92 | 18.44 | 18.65 | 18.35 | 18.20 | 19.20 | 19.94 | 21.91 | 23.56 | 25.49 | 25.88 | 25.58 | 27.53 | 27.88 |
Pennsylvania | 19.20 | 18.74 | 19.15 | 20.24 | 20.55 | 20.89 | 20.91 | 20.84 | 21.11 | 21.17 | 21.53 | 22.26 | 23.09 | 24.52 | 25.74 | 26.54 | 27.03 | 28.58 | 29.35 |
Rhode Island | 23.36 | 21.27 | 22.18 | 24.24 | 24.51 | 24.54 | 25.47 | 24.71 | 25.94 | 25.61 | 26.40 | 27.48 | 28.32 | 30.18 | 33.01 | 34.45 | 36.57 | 36.95 | 37.11 |
South Carolina | 12.15 | 11.84 | 12.10 | 12.88 | 12.51 | 13.25 | 13.41 | 12.96 | 12.93 | 13.02 | 13.42 | 14.58 | 14.69 | 15.94 | 16.81 | 17.48 | 17.91 | 18.65 | 18.95 |
South Dakota | 19.31 | 17.51 | 17.63 | 16.99 | 18.14 | 17.65 | 18.74 | 19.38 | 19.63 | 19.21 | 20.16 | 20.11 | 20.34 | 20.98 | 21.11 | 21.10 | 22.47 | 23.28 | 23.74 |
Tennessee | 11.82 | 11.15 | 11.67 | 12.35 | 12.33 | 12.39 | 12.36 | 12.32 | 12.57 | 12.85 | 13.07 | 13.61 | 14.51 | 14.63 | 14.93 | 15.28 | 15.91 | 16.57 | 16.45 |
Texas | 9.41 | 9.10 | 9.16 | 9.82 | 10.03 | 10.39 | 10.51 | 10.76 | 10.87 | 10.88 | 11.18 | 11.59 | 11.94 | 12.42 | 12.75 | 13.14 | 13.72 | 14.67 | 15.51 |
Utah | 16.40 | 15.49 | 17.21 | 19.04 | 20.20 | 21.03 | 21.01 | 22.06 | 21.54 | 21.87 | 22.20 | 24.09 | 25.01 | 25.17 | 26.38 | 27.74 | 28.22 | 28.21 | 29.35 |
Vermont | 32.06 | 31.17 | 30.24 | 29.83 | 29.33 | 30.69 | 30.81 | 32.36 | 33.22 | 36.07 | 39.29 | 39.22 | 41.09 | 41.22 | 38.95 | 40.13 | 40.13 | 41.16 | 43.60 |
Virginia | 18.87 | 17.72 | 17.43 | 17.74 | 17.42 | 17.90 | 18.18 | 18.19 | 18.63 | 18.95 | 20.11 | 21.71 | 23.39 | 24.54 | 25.39 | 26.20 | 26.68 | 26.52 | 26.85 |
Washington | 14.03 | 13.74 | 14.03 | 14.79 | 15.31 | 16.27 | 16.15 | 16.76 | 16.22 | 16.40 | 17.19 | 17.69 | 18.82 | 20.28 | 20.39 | 21.23 | 21.87 | 22.42 | 22.77 |
West Virginia | 12.74 | 12.48 | 12.83 | 13.42 | 12.66 | 13.37 | 14.40 | 15.97 | 18.13 | 17.43 | 18.80 | 20.65 | 22.47 | 24.76 | 27.03 | 29.06 | 31.87 | 31.99 | 33.19 |
Wisconsin | 16.46 | 16.50 | 16.44 | 17.33 | 17.98 | 17.89 | 18.28 | 19.16 | 19.19 | 19.63 | 20.13 | 20.87 | 21.35 | 22.40 | 23.24 | 23.69 | 24.03 | 24.53 | 24.98 |
Wyoming | 13.66 | 11.60 | 11.57 | 11.12 | 10.80 | 9.82 | 11.61 | 10.69 | 11.85 | 11.30 | 11.79 | 12.87 | 13.73 | 13.56 | 14.18 | 14.03 | 16.29 | 18.57 | 16.82 |
U.S. Average | 15.84 | 15.47 | 15.74 | 16.33 | 16.65 | 16.85 | 17.25 | 17.31 | 17.56 | 17.71 | 18.22 | 19.09 | 20.08 | 20.89 | 21.40 | 22.08 | 22.78 | 23.63 | 24.35 |