Rank List: States in Profile

Percent of Science Graduate Students Who are Minorities

Rank	State	FIPS Code	% of Sci. Grad. Students
1	Hawaii	15000	47.1%
2	California	06000	43.6%
3	Virginia	51000	41.2%
4	Maryland	24000	39.4%
5	New Mexico	35000	39.1%
6	Georgia	13000	39.0%
7	Florida	12000	37.3%
8	District of Columbia	11000	35.7%
9	Nevada	32000	34.3%
10	Washington	53000	33.3%
11	Texas	48000	32.6%
12	Alaska	02000	32.1%
13	Louisiana	22000	31.6%
14	Rhode Island	44000	31.0%
15	New Jersey	34000	28.3%
16	Arizona	04000	28.2%
17	Pennsylvania	42000	26.3%
18	Massachusetts	25000	26.2%
19	Mississippi	28000	25.3%
20	New York	36000	25.1%
21	North Carolina	37000	24.8%
22	Illinois	17000	24.4%
23	Tennessee	47000	24.1%
24	Colorado	08000	23.4%
25	Oregon	41000	23.1%
26	Connecticut	09000	22.9%
27	Minnesota	27000	22.2%
28	Alabama	01000	21.4%
29	Michigan	26000	20.7%
30	Oklahoma	40000	20.6%
31	Ohio	39000	19.5%
32	Wisconsin	55000	19.2%
33	Maine	23000	18.7%
34	South Carolina	45000	18.2%
35	Kansas	20000	18.1%
36	Kentucky	21000	17.7%
37	Idaho	16000	17.4%
38	South Dakota	46000	17.3%
38	Vermont	50000	17.3%
40	Delaware	10000	17.2%
41	West Virginia	54000	17.1%
42	Wyoming	56000	17.0%
43	Nebraska	31000	16.6%
43	Utah	49000	16.6%
45	Indiana	18000	16.2%
46	Iowa	19000	16.1%
47	New Hampshire	33000	14.8%
48	North Dakota	38000	14.1%
49	Arkansas	05000	13.7%
49	Montana	30000	13.7%
51	Missouri	29000	9.9%

Data Source: National Science Foundation

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