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	77.2%
2	Illinois	17000	65.7%
3	Connecticut	09000	65.2%
4	New York	36000	64.5%
5	Massachusetts	25000	61.5%
6	Iowa	19000	60.1%
7	Texas	48000	58.9%
8	Arizona	04000	57.8%
9	Missouri	29000	55.7%
10	Kansas	20000	55.4%
11	South Carolina	45000	55.1%
12	North Dakota	38000	54.9%
13	Minnesota	27000	54.8%
14	Pennsylvania	42000	54.4%
15	Wisconsin	55000	54.3%
16	Nebraska	31000	53.4%
17	Louisiana	22000	53.3%
18	Ohio	39000	52.5%
19	Oklahoma	40000	52.4%
20	Nevada	32000	51.8%
20	New Hampshire	33000	51.8%
22	Michigan	26000	51.7%
23	New Jersey	34000	50.7%
24	North Carolina	37000	50.3%
25	Rhode Island	44000	50.2%
26	Indiana	18000	49.0%
27	Delaware	10000	48.3%
28	West Virginia	54000	47.6%
29	South Dakota	46000	46.6%
30	Vermont	50000	46.4%
31	California	06000	46.3%
32	Arkansas	05000	46.2%
33	Florida	12000	44.4%
34	District of Columbia	11000	42.3%
35	Washington	53000	41.8%
36	Georgia	13000	41.5%
37	Alaska	02000	40.4%
38	Virginia	51000	40.3%
39	Maine	23000	40.2%
40	Kentucky	21000	38.4%
41	Oregon	41000	37.8%
42	Tennessee	47000	37.7%
43	Alabama	01000	36.4%
44	Mississippi	28000	34.1%
45	New Mexico	35000	32.6%
46	Maryland	24000	32.5%
47	Hawaii	15000	32.3%
48	Utah	49000	30.1%
49	Idaho	16000	28.5%
50	Montana	30000	28.4%
51	Colorado	08000	26.4%

Data Source: National Science Foundation

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