Rank List: States in Profile

Percent of Engineering Graduate Students Who are on Temporary Visas

Rank	State	FIPS Code	% of Eng. Grad. Students
1	Wyoming	56000	70.9%
2	Connecticut	09000	69.8%
3	Illinois	17000	66.7%
4	New York	36000	66.3%
5	Massachusetts	25000	64.1%
6	Texas	48000	62.1%
7	Arizona	04000	59.5%
8	Iowa	19000	59.4%
9	Kansas	20000	58.5%
10	South Carolina	45000	57.7%
11	Oklahoma	40000	56.4%
12	Missouri	29000	55.6%
13	Ohio	39000	55.4%
14	Minnesota	27000	55.0%
15	Michigan	26000	53.5%
16	North Carolina	37000	53.0%
16	North Dakota	38000	53.0%
18	Pennsylvania	42000	52.8%
19	Nevada	32000	52.2%
20	Nebraska	31000	52.0%
21	New Jersey	34000	51.8%
22	New Hampshire	33000	51.7%
23	Louisiana	22000	51.0%
24	Indiana	18000	50.9%
25	West Virginia	54000	50.3%
26	Delaware	10000	49.7%
27	California	06000	49.5%
28	Rhode Island	44000	48.7%
29	Wisconsin	55000	48.2%
30	Arkansas	05000	46.0%
31	Florida	12000	45.8%
32	Maine	23000	44.8%
33	Vermont	50000	43.1%
34	Georgia	13000	42.9%
35	Washington	53000	42.6%
36	South Dakota	46000	42.1%
37	District of Columbia	11000	41.2%
38	Virginia	51000	41.1%
39	Tennessee	47000	38.5%
40	Oregon	41000	36.9%
41	Alabama	01000	35.6%
42	Mississippi	28000	35.5%
43	Alaska	02000	34.7%
44	Kentucky	21000	34.6%
45	Maryland	24000	33.9%
46	New Mexico	35000	32.5%
47	Utah	49000	29.7%
48	Montana	30000	28.7%
49	Hawaii	15000	27.9%
50	Colorado	08000	27.3%
51	Idaho	16000	27.2%

Data Source: National Science Foundation

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