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8-18: Bachelor's degrees in natural sciences and engineering conferred per 1,000 individuals 18–24 years old (Degrees) [ choose new]

Elementary and secondary education

Higher education

8-16: Bachelor's degrees conferred per 1,000 individuals 18–24 years old
8-17: Bachelor's degrees in science and engineering conferred per 1,000 individuals 18–24 years old
8-18: Bachelor's degrees in natural sciences and engineering conferred per 1,000 individuals 18–24 years old
8-19: Science and engineering degrees as a percentage of higher education degrees conferred
8-20: Natural sciences and engineering degrees as a percentage of higher education degrees conferred
8-21: Science and engineering graduate students per 1,000 individuals 25–34 years old
8-22: Advanced science and engineering degrees as a percentage of S&E degrees conferred
8-23: Advanced natural sciences and engineering degrees as a percentage of NS&E degrees conferred
8-24: Science and engineering doctoral degreees as a percentage of S&E degrees conferred
8-25: Average undergraduate charge at public 4-year institutions
8-26: Average undergraduate charge at public 4-year institutions as a percentage of disposable personal income
8-27: Appropriations of state tax funds for operating expenses of higher education as a percentage of gross domestic product
8-28: State expenditures on student aid per full-time undergraduate student
8-29: State funding for major public research universities per enrolled student
8-30: Postsecondary degree holders among individuals 25–44 years old
8-31: Bachelor's degree holders among individuals 25–44 years old

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State	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Trend
AK	3.5	3.0	2.9	3.1	3.8	3.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.2	3.7	3.5	3.5	3.7	3.1	3.9	3.3	3.4	3.9	3.50,3.00,2.90,3.10,3.80,3.50,4.50,4.50,4.60,4.20,3.70,3.50,3.50,3.70,3.10,3.90,3.30,3.40,3.90
AL	6.8	6.9	7.4	7.6	7.7	7.8	8.3	8.0	8.2	8.0	8.2	7.5	7.3	7.4	7.7	8.1	8.3	7.9	8.4	6.80,6.90,7.40,7.60,7.70,7.80,8.30,8.00,8.20,8.00,8.20,7.50,7.30,7.40,7.70,8.10,8.30,7.90,8.40
AR	4.3	4.5	4.5	4.7	5.0	5.1	5.7	5.9	5.4	5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2	6.1	6.0	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.7	4.30,4.50,4.50,4.70,5.00,5.10,5.70,5.90,5.40,5.50,5.60,6.10,6.20,6.10,6.00,5.70,5.70,5.60,5.70
AZ	5.1	5.2	5.6	5.5	5.6	6.3	6.7	6.4	6.9	5.6	5.8	6.7	7.2	8.2	8.9	9.4	9.4	9.0	8.6	5.10,5.20,5.60,5.50,5.60,6.30,6.70,6.40,6.90,5.60,5.80,6.70,7.20,8.20,8.90,9.40,9.40,9.00,8.60
CA	5.3	5.2	5.6	6.1	6.3	6.8	6.9	7.0	6.9	6.5	6.4	6.7	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.5	7.4	7.6	7.6	5.30,5.20,5.60,6.10,6.30,6.80,6.90,7.00,6.90,6.50,6.40,6.70,7.30,7.30,7.40,7.50,7.40,7.60,7.60
CO	10.5	10.5	11.1	11.3	12.2	13.0	12.6	12.4	12.4	10.9	10.2	10.9	11.1	11.1	11.4	12.1	11.8	12.4	11.4	10.50,10.50,11.10,11.30,12.20,13.00,12.60,12.40,12.40,10.90,10.20,10.90,11.10,11.10,11.40,12.10,11.80,12.40,11.40
CT	5.6	6.0	6.7	7.2	7.5	7.9	7.9	7.6	7.7	6.8	6.8	6.5	6.6	6.8	6.7	6.7	7.1	7.3	7.5	5.60,6.00,6.70,7.20,7.50,7.90,7.90,7.60,7.70,6.80,6.80,6.50,6.60,6.80,6.70,6.70,7.10,7.30,7.50
DC	12.4	12.4	14.5	16.8	14.7	17.3	21.6	21.2	22.8	12.2	24.1	25.5	26.8	28.8	19.4	26.7	21.0	20.0	19.1	12.40,12.40,14.50,16.80,14.70,17.30,21.60,21.20,22.80,12.20,24.10,25.50,26.80,28.80,19.40,26.70,21.00,20.00,19.10
DE	6.9	8.4	8.6	8.5	8.8	9.6	10.6	10.8	10.2	9.2	8.9	9.1	9.0	8.1	8.7	9.1	9.0	9.0	8.9	6.90,8.40,8.60,8.50,8.80,9.60,10.60,10.80,10.20,9.20,8.90,9.10,9.00,8.10,8.70,9.10,9.00,9.00,8.90
FL	3.9	4.0	4.2	4.5	4.8	5.2	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.3	5.4	5.4	6.0	5.7	5.9	6.1	6.2	6.5	3.90,4.00,4.20,4.50,4.80,5.20,5.50,5.60,5.60,5.50,5.30,5.40,5.40,6.00,5.70,5.90,6.10,6.20,6.50
GA	4.4	4.6	4.8	5.1	5.5	5.7	6.3	6.2	6.6	6.1	6.0	6.4	7.0	8.0	6.6	6.5	6.4	6.3	6.3	4.40,4.60,4.80,5.10,5.50,5.70,6.30,6.20,6.60,6.10,6.00,6.40,7.00,8.00,6.60,6.50,6.40,6.30,6.30
HI	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.8	4.9	5.3	4.9	4.8	6.2	5.6	5.6	5.4	6.0	5.9	6.1	5.6	5.8	6.7	4.50,4.50,4.60,4.60,4.80,4.90,5.30,4.90,4.80,6.20,5.60,5.60,5.40,6.00,5.90,6.10,5.60,5.80,6.70
IA	8.9	9.1	9.3	9.6	10.0	10.4	10.7	10.9	10.6	10.5	10.0	10.2	10.9	10.5	10.1	10.3	10.9	11.1	11.1	8.90,9.10,9.30,9.60,10.00,10.40,10.70,10.90,10.60,10.50,10.00,10.20,10.90,10.50,10.10,10.30,10.90,11.10,11.10
ID	5.6	5.1	5.4	5.9	6.4	6.3	6.8	6.5	6.4	7.2	6.2	6.8	7.4	7.0	7.8	8.7	8.4	8.1	8.9	5.60,5.10,5.40,5.90,6.40,6.30,6.80,6.50,6.40,7.20,6.20,6.80,7.40,7.00,7.80,8.70,8.40,8.10,8.90
IL	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.8	7.0	7.5	7.6	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.7	8.1	7.9	8.6	8.6	8.1	7.8	7.8	6.50,6.50,6.60,6.60,6.80,7.00,7.50,7.60,7.50,7.40,7.40,7.70,8.10,7.90,8.60,8.60,8.10,7.80,7.80
IN	7.6	7.6	8.3	8.3	8.4	8.4	8.9	9.1	8.9	8.3	7.9	8.5	8.5	8.6	9.1	9.0	9.3	9.1	8.7	7.60,7.60,8.30,8.30,8.40,8.40,8.90,9.10,8.90,8.30,7.90,8.50,8.50,8.60,9.10,9.00,9.30,9.10,8.70
KS	7.7	7.7	8.2	8.8	9.2	9.0	9.4	9.2	8.6	8.8	9.2	8.7	8.8	8.9	8.6	8.0	8.3	7.9	8.0	7.70,7.70,8.20,8.80,9.20,9.00,9.40,9.20,8.60,8.80,9.20,8.70,8.80,8.90,8.60,8.00,8.30,7.90,8.00
KY	4.2	4.5	4.7	4.5	5.0	5.1	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.2	5.6	5.1	5.3	5.5	5.8	5.9	6.0	6.0	4.20,4.50,4.70,4.50,5.00,5.10,5.50,5.50,5.60,5.60,5.20,5.60,5.10,5.30,5.50,5.80,5.90,6.00,6.00
LA	4.9	4.4	5.0	5.4	5.6	6.3	6.7	6.6	7.0	7.1	7.2	7.3	7.5	7.1	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.0	6.7	4.90,4.40,5.00,5.40,5.60,6.30,6.70,6.60,7.00,7.10,7.20,7.30,7.50,7.10,7.30,7.30,7.30,7.00,6.70
MA	9.5	10.3	10.7	11.1	11.6	12.4	14.1	14.2	14.2	12.6	12.2	12.3	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.2	11.9	12.4	12.3	9.50,10.30,10.70,11.10,11.60,12.40,14.10,14.20,14.20,12.60,12.20,12.30,12.40,12.30,12.30,12.20,11.90,12.40,12.30
MD	6.9	7.4	8.0	8.4	8.7	9.2	9.6	10.3	10.1	9.7	10.1	10.0	10.8	11.4	11.5	11.1	10.6	10.3	10.4	6.90,7.40,8.00,8.40,8.70,9.20,9.60,10.30,10.10,9.70,10.10,10.00,10.80,11.40,11.50,11.10,10.60,10.30,10.40
ME	5.8	6.1	6.7	7.7	8.5	8.1	8.7	9.0	9.0	10.4	9.9	10.0	10.0	9.2	9.7	9.6	10.1	10.1	9.9	5.80,6.10,6.70,7.70,8.50,8.10,8.70,9.00,9.00,10.40,9.90,10.00,10.00,9.20,9.70,9.60,10.10,10.10,9.90
MI	7.6	7.8	7.7	8.0	8.6	8.6	9.0	9.0	9.0	8.9	8.7	8.8	9.4	9.4	9.2	9.3	9.4	9.5	9.7	7.60,7.80,7.70,8.00,8.60,8.60,9.00,9.00,9.00,8.90,8.70,8.80,9.40,9.40,9.20,9.30,9.40,9.50,9.70
MN	7.1	7.6	7.7	7.9	8.5	8.9	8.9	8.7	8.9	8.6	8.2	8.5	8.6	8.6	9.3	9.5	9.4	10.0	10.2	7.10,7.60,7.70,7.90,8.50,8.90,8.90,8.70,8.90,8.60,8.20,8.50,8.60,8.60,9.30,9.50,9.40,10.00,10.20
MO	7.0	6.9	7.2	7.4	8.0	8.4	8.5	9.1	8.9	8.8	8.8	9.3	9.5	9.5	9.1	8.8	8.8	8.7	9.0	7.00,6.90,7.20,7.40,8.00,8.40,8.50,9.10,8.90,8.80,8.80,9.30,9.50,9.50,9.10,8.80,8.80,8.70,9.00
MS	4.5	4.4	4.7	5.3	5.4	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.3	5.7	5.4	5.6	4.50,4.40,4.70,5.30,5.40,5.70,5.70,5.80,5.80,5.50,5.50,5.50,5.00,5.00,5.10,5.30,5.70,5.40,5.60
MT	12.2	10.0	11.3	10.9	10.8	11.0	11.9	13.1	12.6	13.6	13.0	12.8	13.3	11.6	10.9	10.8	10.9	11.1	11.7	12.20,10.00,11.30,10.90,10.80,11.00,11.90,13.10,12.60,13.60,13.00,12.80,13.30,11.60,10.90,10.80,10.90,11.10,11.70
NC	5.7	5.7	6.4	7.1	8.2	8.6	8.9	9.4	9.1	7.6	7.5	7.6	7.8	8.0	7.9	7.3	7.8	7.5	7.8	5.70,5.70,6.40,7.10,8.20,8.60,8.90,9.40,9.10,7.60,7.50,7.60,7.80,8.00,7.90,7.30,7.80,7.50,7.80
ND	11.5	11.9	12.0	11.5	11.6	12.3	12.4	12.6	12.6	12.2	10.4	11.0	11.8	10.5	10.2	9.9	10.1	10.4	10.5	11.50,11.90,12.00,11.50,11.60,12.30,12.40,12.60,12.60,12.20,10.40,11.00,11.80,10.50,10.20,9.90,10.10,10.40,10.50
NE	6.6	6.9	7.4	7.6	8.3	8.2	8.6	9.0	8.9	9.0	8.3	7.6	8.0	7.9	8.3	8.5	8.9	9.1	9.1	6.60,6.90,7.40,7.60,8.30,8.20,8.60,9.00,8.90,9.00,8.30,7.60,8.00,7.90,8.30,8.50,8.90,9.10,9.10
NH	8.5	8.7	9.9	11.0	11.5	12.7	13.2	13.5	14.1	12.3	11.0	10.1	10.4	10.3	9.1	8.9	8.9	8.4	9.1	8.50,8.70,9.90,11.00,11.50,12.70,13.20,13.50,14.10,12.30,11.00,10.10,10.40,10.30,9.10,8.90,8.90,8.40,9.10
NJ	4.8	5.0	5.0	5.6	6.1	6.3	6.6	7.0	7.2	7.7	7.5	7.7	7.9	8.0	7.5	7.2	7.0	7.1	7.1	4.80,5.00,5.00,5.60,6.10,6.30,6.60,7.00,7.20,7.70,7.50,7.70,7.90,8.00,7.50,7.20,7.00,7.10,7.10
NM	6.5	6.8	6.3	6.6	6.8	7.3	6.8	6.6	6.6	7.0	6.3	6.2	6.6	6.7	6.9	6.4	6.9	6.2	6.5	6.50,6.80,6.30,6.60,6.80,7.30,6.80,6.60,6.60,7.00,6.30,6.20,6.60,6.70,6.90,6.40,6.90,6.20,6.50
NV	2.4	2.4	2.4	3.0	3.3	3.4	3.7	3.6	3.9	3.0	2.8	2.9	3.4	3.8	3.5	4.1	3.8	4.3	4.3	2.40,2.40,2.40,3.00,3.30,3.40,3.70,3.60,3.90,3.00,2.80,2.90,3.40,3.80,3.50,4.10,3.80,4.30,4.30
NY	6.9	7.1	7.5	7.6	7.9	8.3	8.8	9.0	8.6	8.2	8.4	8.4	9.5	9.2	9.1	8.9	8.8	8.9	8.9	6.90,7.10,7.50,7.60,7.90,8.30,8.80,9.00,8.60,8.20,8.40,8.40,9.50,9.20,9.10,8.90,8.80,8.90,8.90
OH	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.5	6.6	7.0	7.2	7.6	7.7	7.4	7.2	7.3	7.7	7.6	7.5	7.7	7.9	7.6	7.8	6.10,6.10,6.20,6.50,6.60,7.00,7.20,7.60,7.70,7.40,7.20,7.30,7.70,7.60,7.50,7.70,7.90,7.60,7.80
OK	6.2	6.2	5.8	6.1	6.8	6.7	6.6	7.5	7.0	7.0	6.7	6.6	6.0	6.6	6.8	6.9	6.8	7.0	7.1	6.20,6.20,5.80,6.10,6.80,6.70,6.60,7.50,7.00,7.00,6.70,6.60,6.00,6.60,6.80,6.90,6.80,7.00,7.10
OR	6.2	6.3	6.8	6.2	6.4	6.4	6.9	7.0	7.4	7.4	7.0	7.2	7.3	8.1	8.1	8.2	8.5	8.0	8.4	6.20,6.30,6.80,6.20,6.40,6.40,6.90,7.00,7.40,7.40,7.00,7.20,7.30,8.10,8.10,8.20,8.50,8.00,8.40
PA	8.6	8.4	8.9	9.2	9.8	10.4	10.8	11.0	11.1	10.6	10.6	10.8	11.7	11.5	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.9	11.8	8.60,8.40,8.90,9.20,9.80,10.40,10.80,11.00,11.10,10.60,10.60,10.80,11.70,11.50,11.70,11.60,11.60,11.90,11.80
PR	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	7.0	7.1	7.2	7.8	7.3	7.0	7.3	7.0	7.0	7.7	7.00,7.10,7.20,7.80,7.30,7.00,7.30,7.00,7.00,7.70
RI	7.2	8.3	9.5	10.4	11.1	12.8	14.5	13.8	14.5	11.5	11.0	11.6	13.1	13.6	14.0	13.9	13.8	14.6	14.0	7.20,8.30,9.50,10.40,11.10,12.80,14.50,13.80,14.50,11.50,11.00,11.60,13.10,13.60,14.00,13.90,13.80,14.60,14.00
SC	4.7	5.1	5.2	5.6	6.4	6.4	7.1	7.4	7.0	6.5	6.6	6.6	7.1	7.0	7.3	7.5	7.0	6.7	7.1	4.70,5.10,5.20,5.60,6.40,6.40,7.10,7.40,7.00,6.50,6.60,6.60,7.10,7.00,7.30,7.50,7.00,6.70,7.10
SD	10.6	11.1	11.5	11.7	11.5	12.7	13.1	13.0	12.4	12.6	11.4	11.9	11.0	12.1	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.4	10.60,11.10,11.50,11.70,11.50,12.70,13.10,13.00,12.40,12.60,11.40,11.90,11.00,12.10,11.80,11.90,11.90,11.80,11.40
TN	5.4	5.5	5.7	5.9	6.0	6.5	6.9	6.8	7.0	6.3	5.8	6.0	6.2	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.4	6.7	5.40,5.50,5.70,5.90,6.00,6.50,6.90,6.80,7.00,6.30,5.80,6.00,6.20,6.10,6.20,6.20,6.30,6.40,6.70
TX	4.6	4.7	5.0	5.2	5.4	5.7	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.4	5.2	5.1	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.9	6.0	6.0	4.60,4.70,5.00,5.20,5.40,5.70,5.80,5.70,5.70,5.40,5.20,5.10,5.50,5.50,5.60,5.80,5.90,6.00,6.00
US	6.2	6.3	6.6	6.9	7.2	7.6	7.9	8.0	8.0	7.6	7.5	7.6	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.2	6.20,6.30,6.60,6.90,7.20,7.60,7.90,8.00,8.00,7.60,7.50,7.60,8.00,8.00,8.00,8.10,8.10,8.10,8.20
UT	8.3	8.3	8.6	8.9	9.7	9.5	9.8	9.8	9.8	8.8	8.4	9.0	9.5	9.6	10.0	10.1	10.8	10.6	11.0	8.30,8.30,8.60,8.90,9.70,9.50,9.80,9.80,9.80,8.80,8.40,9.00,9.50,9.60,10.00,10.10,10.80,10.60,11.00
VA	5.8	6.5	6.8	7.4	8.0	8.8	9.1	9.0	8.9	9.3	8.4	8.1	7.9	7.8	8.1	8.3	8.3	8.4	8.7	5.80,6.50,6.80,7.40,8.00,8.80,9.10,9.00,8.90,9.30,8.40,8.10,7.90,7.80,8.10,8.30,8.30,8.40,8.70
VT	10.7	10.1	12.0	11.2	13.2	13.3	13.9	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.3	13.2	13.6	12.4	12.9	13.2	13.8	13.5	16.0	10.70,10.10,12.00,11.20,13.20,13.30,13.90,14.70,14.70,14.80,14.30,13.20,13.60,12.40,12.90,13.20,13.80,13.50,16.00
WA	5.7	5.8	5.9	6.3	6.6	6.8	6.9	7.4	7.3	6.8	6.6	6.7	7.1	7.2	7.5	7.4	7.7	7.5	7.7	5.70,5.80,5.90,6.30,6.60,6.80,6.90,7.40,7.30,6.80,6.60,6.70,7.10,7.20,7.50,7.40,7.70,7.50,7.70
WI	9.3	8.0	8.0	8.9	9.0	9.3	9.5	9.6	9.7	9.3	9.3	9.0	9.8	9.7	9.5	9.6	10.2	9.9	10.2	9.30,8.00,8.00,8.90,9.00,9.30,9.50,9.60,9.70,9.30,9.30,9.00,9.80,9.70,9.50,9.60,10.20,9.90,10.20
WV	5.4	5.1	5.2	5.5	6.3	6.4	6.7	6.2	6.6	7.0	7.4	7.4	8.2	7.2	7.5	8.3	9.5	10.1	9.6	5.40,5.10,5.20,5.50,6.30,6.40,6.70,6.20,6.60,7.00,7.40,7.40,8.20,7.20,7.50,8.30,9.50,10.10,9.60
WY	7.2	8.3	8.2	7.9	8.2	8.2	8.0	9.0	8.1	9.1	7.9	8.2	7.1	7.1	6.5	7.4	6.8	7.5	7.1	7.20,8.30,8.20,7.90,8.20,8.20,8.00,9.00,8.10,9.10,7.90,8.20,7.10,7.10,6.50,7.40,6.80,7.50,7.10

NA = not available

SOURCES: National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (various years); Census Bureau, 2000 Decennial Census and Population Estimates Program (various years).

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