Table 5. State or location, ranked by number of doctorate recipients: 2016
Rank |
State or location |
Doctorate recipients |
1 |
California |
6,118 |
2 |
New York |
4,196 |
3 |
Texas |
3,976 |
4 |
Massachusetts |
2,897 |
5 |
Pennsylvania |
2,721 |
6 |
Illinois |
2,427 |
7 |
Florida |
2,287 |
8 |
Ohio |
2,043 |
9 |
Michigan |
1,907 |
10 |
North Carolina |
1,809 |
11 |
Virginia |
1,526 |
12 |
Indiana |
1,518 |
13 |
Minnesota |
1,465 |
14 |
Georgia |
1,464 |
15 |
Maryland |
1,274 |
16 |
Wisconsin |
1,106 |
17 |
Colorado |
1,070 |
18 |
New Jersey |
1,064 |
19 |
Washington |
927 |
20 |
Tennessee |
924 |
21 |
Missouri |
917 |
22 |
Arizona |
889 |
23 |
Connecticut |
759 |
24 |
Alabama |
721 |
25 |
Iowa |
712 |
26 |
Louisiana |
658 |
27 |
District of Columbia |
609 |
28 |
South Carolina |
544 |
29 |
Oklahoma |
538 |
30 |
Utah |
537 |
31 |
Kansas |
514 |
32 |
Kentucky |
480 |
33 |
Oregon |
455 |
34 |
Mississippi |
448 |
35 |
Nebraska |
388 |
36 |
Rhode Island |
325 |
37 |
New Mexico |
305 |
38 |
Delaware |
280 |
39 |
Arkansas |
250 |
40 |
West Virginia |
243 |
41 |
Nevada |
229 |
42 |
Puerto Rico |
216 |
43 |
Hawaii |
201 |
44 |
North Dakota |
185 |
45 |
New Hampshire |
163 |
46 |
Montana |
118 |
47 |
South Dakota |
113 |
48 |
Idaho |
109 |
49 |
Wyoming |
81 |
50 |
Maine |
75 |
50 |
Vermont |
75 |
52 |
Alaska |
48 |