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	65.8%
2	Arkansas	05000	53.0%
3	Iowa	19000	49.9%
4	New Hampshire	33000	49.4%
5	Indiana	18000	49.3%
6	Illinois	17000	48.4%
7	New Jersey	34000	47.3%
8	New York	36000	46.5%
9	Massachusetts	25000	44.8%
10	Delaware	10000	43.5%
11	Kansas	20000	43.2%
12	Connecticut	09000	42.8%
13	Texas	48000	42.7%
14	Ohio	39000	40.0%
15	Michigan	26000	39.9%
16	Arizona	04000	38.7%
17	Pennsylvania	42000	36.8%
18	Rhode Island	44000	36.1%
19	North Dakota	38000	35.6%
20	South Dakota	46000	34.9%
21	Tennessee	47000	34.8%
22	North Carolina	37000	34.1%
23	Alabama	01000	33.5%
24	Wisconsin	55000	32.6%
25	Oklahoma	40000	30.8%
26	Minnesota	27000	30.2%
27	California	06000	30.1%
28	Georgia	13000	30.0%
29	Nebraska	31000	29.5%
30	South Carolina	45000	29.2%
31	Louisiana	22000	28.9%
32	Maryland	24000	28.1%
32	Washington	53000	28.1%
34	Florida	12000	25.8%
35	Utah	49000	25.4%
36	District of Columbia	11000	25.3%
37	Wyoming	56000	25.1%
38	New Mexico	35000	24.5%
39	Mississippi	28000	23.7%
40	West Virginia	54000	23.2%
41	Kentucky	21000	22.5%
42	Virginia	51000	22.4%
43	Oregon	41000	21.4%
44	Vermont	50000	20.8%
45	Colorado	08000	19.3%
45	Nevada	32000	19.3%
47	Hawaii	15000	18.8%
48	Idaho	16000	17.4%
49	Montana	30000	13.8%
50	Maine	23000	12.5%
51	Alaska	02000	10.2%

Data Source: National Science Foundation

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