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Quartiles 
| Quartile groups for advanced
S&E degrees as share of science and engineering degrees conferred: 2000* |
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| 1st Quartile |
2nd Quartile |
3rd Quartile |
4th Quartile |
| (46.8% - 25.0%) |
(25.0% - 20.5%) |
(20.5% - 17.9%) |
(17.5% - 8.0%) |
|
| Alabama |
Arizona |
Delaware |
Arkansas |
| Alaska |
California |
Idaho |
Iowa |
| District of Columbia |
Colorado |
Kentucky |
Maine |
| Illinois |
Connecticut |
Louisiana |
Minnesota |
| Maryland |
Florida |
Mississippi |
Montana |
| Massachusetts |
Georgia |
Nebraska |
New Hampshire |
| Michigan |
Hawaii |
North Carolina |
North Dakota |
| Missouri |
Indiana |
Oregon |
Rhode Island |
| New Mexico |
Kansas |
Tennessee |
South Carolina |
| New York |
Nevada |
Vermont |
South Dakota |
| Ohio |
New Jersey |
Virginia |
Utah |
| Oklahoma |
Pennsylvania |
Washington |
Wisconsin |
| Texas |
Wyoming |
West Virginia |
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*States in alphabetical order, not data order.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.
See table 8-7. |
Findings
- In 2000, about 120,000 advanced S&E degrees were awarded, approximately
20 percent more than in 1990.
- Total S&E degrees rose at a comparable rate, leaving the national percentage
of advanced S&E degrees stable at about 23 percent of S&E degrees
conferred nationwide.
- The indicator underwent considerable change for some states, shifting in
both directions. States ranged from 8 to 33 percent on this indicator in 2000.
- The District of Columbia was an outlier at 47 percent.
- States that emphasize advanced S&E training are not necessarily the
same as those that emphasize bachelor's-level S&E education; only half
the states in the top two quartiles on one indicator appear in the top two
on the other.
Description
This indicator shows the extent to which a state's higher education programs
in science and engineering are concentrated at the graduate level. High values
for this indicator are from states that emphasize graduate-level S&E training.
S&E includes physical, life, earth, ocean, atmospheric, computer, and
social sciences; mathematics; engineering; and psychology. Advanced S&E
degrees include master's and doctoral degrees. "All degrees" includes bachelor's,
master's, and doctoral levels. Associate's degrees are excluded from this indicator.
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