Education in States and Nations: 1991
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Per 100 22-year-olds
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Science and Percent of all bachelor's
Bachelor's engineering degrees in science
State degrees bachelor's degrees* and engineering
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Alabama 29.7 5.5 19
Alaska 14.4 2.8 19
Arizona 27.0 4.7 17
Arkansas 24.6 3.8 15
California 21.0 4.3 21
Colorado 37.3 8.4 23
Connecticut 31.0 4.4 14
Delaware 35.7 5.8 16
District of Columbia 67.2 9.5 14
Florida 21.6 3.8 17
Georgia 22.0 4.2 19
Hawaii 21.9 3.3 15
Idaho 25.8 4.6 18
Illinois 30.9 6.1 20
Indiana 35.3 7.3 21
Iowa 43.9 7.7 17
Kansas 37.8 6.9 18
Kentucky 22.7 4.0 17
Louisiana 26.6 4.5 17
Maine 28.9 4.6 16
Maryland 27.2 4.4 16
Massachusetts 44.9 7.9 18
Michigan 31.4 6.5 21
Minnesota 38.9 5.9 15
Mississippi 24.5 4.3 17
Missouri 38.1 6.9 18
Montana 39.8 9.8 25
Nebraska 43.4 6.3 14
Nevada 13.6 1.9 14
New Hampshire 43.4 6.8 16
New Jersey 21.4 3.8 18
New Mexico 27.2 5.9 22
New York 34.3 5.7 17
North Carolina 25.7 4.4 17
North Dakota 48.9 10.4 21
Ohio 30.5 5.3 17
Oklahoma 33.0 5.9 18
Oregon 35.9 6.0 17
Pennsylvania 37.5 7.2 19
Rhode Island 54.8 6.4 12
South Carolina 24.7 3.8 15
South Dakota 49.5 11.4 23
Tennessee 26.3 4.9 18
Texas 24.4 4.1 17
Utah 41.8 7.7 18
Vermont 55.3 9.1 17
Virginia 27.4 4.6 17
Washington 27.8 4.5 16
West Virginia 32.3 4.9 15
Wisconsin 37.8 8.2 22
Wyoming 32.7 6.6 20
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*Includes degrees in mathematics and agricultural, biological, physical,
environmental, mathematical, and computer sciences. Health and social
sciences are
excluded.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Degrees in Science and Mathematics, Tables 3-2, 4-3, 5-9, and 5-10; Digest of Education Statistics, 1993, Table 236. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing.
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