Rank List: States in Profile

Percent of Science Graduate Students Who are on Temporary Visas

Rank	State	FIPS Code	% of Sci. Grad. Students
1	Missouri	29000	72.0%
2	Arkansas	05000	61.4%
3	New Hampshire	33000	54.0%
4	Indiana	18000	52.3%
5	Illinois	17000	51.2%
6	Iowa	19000	50.6%
7	New Jersey	34000	49.8%
8	New York	36000	49.1%
9	Connecticut	09000	48.6%
10	Delaware	10000	46.9%
11	Massachusetts	25000	46.6%
12	Texas	48000	45.9%
13	Michigan	26000	44.3%
14	Ohio	39000	43.9%
15	Arizona	04000	42.6%
16	Kansas	20000	41.7%
17	South Dakota	46000	41.5%
18	Alabama	01000	41.4%
19	Pennsylvania	42000	38.4%
20	Oklahoma	40000	37.9%
21	Tennessee	47000	37.3%
22	North Dakota	38000	37.0%
23	Wisconsin	55000	36.7%
24	North Carolina	37000	36.1%
25	Nebraska	31000	33.1%
26	Rhode Island	44000	33.0%
27	South Carolina	45000	32.0%
28	Louisiana	22000	31.6%
29	Minnesota	27000	31.5%
30	Florida	12000	30.6%
31	California	06000	30.2%
32	Washington	53000	29.9%
33	Georgia	13000	29.2%
34	Mississippi	28000	29.0%
35	Maryland	24000	28.8%
36	District of Columbia	11000	28.6%
36	Utah	49000	28.6%
38	Wyoming	56000	27.5%
39	New Mexico	35000	26.4%
40	Kentucky	21000	25.1%
41	West Virginia	54000	24.4%
42	Oregon	41000	23.4%
43	Colorado	08000	22.1%
44	Nevada	32000	21.6%
45	Virginia	51000	21.4%
46	Hawaii	15000	20.5%
47	Vermont	50000	20.3%
48	Idaho	16000	18.9%
49	Montana	30000	16.2%
50	Maine	23000	15.5%
51	Alaska	02000	10.0%

Data Source: National Science Foundation

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