State Technology and Science Index | Human Capital Investment Composite Index

Sub-Indexes

Human Capital Investment (HCI)

Education and training are crucial assets for any state to develop its knowledge economy. We look at indicators that suggest how these activities influence the skill levels of each states current and future workforce. Examples include numbers of bachelors, masters, and PhD degrees and measures specific to science, engineering, and health education.

2022

State	Rank	Score
Massachusetts	1	84.40
Maryland	2	80.00
Utah	3	76.90
Connecticut	4	73.60
Virginia	5	71.70
California	6	68.60
Minnesota	7	68.40
Colorado	8	67.60
Delaware	9	67.50
New York	10	66.70
Illinois	11	64.20
Washington	12	63.00
Pennsylvania	12	63.00
New Hampshire	14	61.70
Rhode Island	15	60.90
Oregon	16	60.30
Vermont	17	58.90
New Jersey	18	57.80
Michigan	19	55.50
Indiana	20	54.80
Nebraska	21	53.70
North Dakota	21	53.70
Iowa	23	53.30
North Carolina	24	52.80
Kansas	25	51.50
Georgia	26	50.80
Wisconsin	27	50.40
South Dakota	28	48.50
Arizona	29	47.80
New Mexico	30	47.70
Missouri	31	47.00
Montana	32	45.60
Ohio	33	44.90
Wyoming	34	44.60
Alabama	35	44.00
Texas	36	43.10
Alaska	37	39.50
Idaho	38	37.60
Hawaii	39	37.00
Maine	40	34.70
Tennessee	41	34.60
Florida	42	32.40
West Virginia	43	30.60
South Carolina	44	30.50
Kentucky	45	30.00
Louisiana	46	29.30
Mississippi	46	29.30
Nevada	48	28.70
Arkansas	49	25.50
Oklahoma	50	23.90

2020

State	Rank	Score
Massachusetts	1	82.50
Maryland	2	78.30
Utah	3	75.30
Colorado	4	73.50
Virginia	5	72.50
Connecticut	6	71.50
Minnesota	7	69.60
California	8	68.30
New York	9	67.60
Illinois	10	64.10
Pennsylvania	11	63.00
Delaware	12	62.10
New Jersey	13	60.40
Washington	14	60.30
Rhode Island	15	59.90
New Hampshire	16	58.90
Oregon	17	57.80
Iowa	18	55.60
Nebraska	19	54.90
Missouri	20	53.10
Indiana	21	52.80
North Carolina	22	52.60
North Dakota	23	52.50
Vermont	23	52.50
Wisconsin	23	52.50
Georgia	26	52.40
Kansas	26	52.40
New Mexico	28	51.90
Michigan	29	50.60
Arizona	30	50.40
Ohio	31	45.90
Wyoming	32	45.20
South Dakota	33	44.80
Montana	34	43.80
Texas	35	43.00
Alabama	36	42.80
Alaska	37	39.90
Hawaii	38	38.90
Idaho	39	37.70
Tennessee	40	37.00
Maine	41	34.90
Florida	42	33.10
West Virginia	43	32.30
South Carolina	44	31.20
Louisiana	45	30.60
Mississippi	46	29.10
Arkansas	47	29.00
Kentucky	48	27.50
Nevada	49	26.10
Oklahoma	50	23.60

2018

State	Rank	Score
Oklahoma	50	22.48
Nevada	49	23.71
Arkansas	48	28.19
South Carolina	47	28.76
Kentucky	45	29.43
Mississippi	45	29.43
Louisiana	44	29.52
Florida	43	29.62
West Virginia	42	33.43
Idaho	41	33.71
Tennessee	40	37.24
Alaska	39	38.38
Alabama	38	40.19
Maine	37	40.95
Texas	36	41.43
Montana	35	44.29
Wyoming	34	46.30
Kansas	33	46.76
Hawaii	32	47.43
New Mexico	31	48.10
Georgia	30	48.48
Missouri	29	49.14
South Dakota	28	49.30
Arizona	27	50.86
Ohio	26	51.14
Wisconsin	25	51.43
Indiana	24	51.52
Michigan	23	51.71
North Carolina	22	52.57
New Jersey	21	54.38
Oregon	20	55.62
Nebraska	19	56.57
Iowa	18	57.52
North Dakota	17	58.19
Vermont	16	58.48
New Hampshire	15	58.76
Washington	14	59.33
Pennsylvania	13	63.71
Delaware	12	64.38
Rhode Island	11	64.76
California	10	65.24
New York	9	66.10
Virginia	8	66.76
Connecticut	7	68.57
Illinois	6	68.86
Utah	5	71.05
Minnesota	4	72.10
Colorado	3	73.43
Maryland	2	81.33
Massachusetts	1	81.62

2016

State	Rank	Score
Colorado	1	75.14
Massachusetts	2	74.29
Connecticut	3	73.71
Maryland	4	70.76
Minnesota	5	70.48
North Dakota	6	65.50
Virginia	7	64.10
Rhode Island	8	63.52
Delaware	9	63.43
New Hampshire	10	63.14
California	11	62.48
Utah	11	62.48
Vermont	13	60.95
New Mexico	14	60.86
New York	15	60.76
Washington	16	59.43
Oregon	17	58.86
Iowa	18	58.19
Nebraska	19	57.90
Illinois	20	56.67
New Jersey	21	56.10
Wyoming	22	55.50
Michigan	23	53.90
North Carolina	24	53.14
South Dakota	25	52.60
Wisconsin	26	52.19
Pennsylvania	27	51.90
Indiana	28	50.95
Kansas	29	50.86
Montana	30	50.29
Hawaii	31	46.19
Ohio	32	46.00
Missouri	33	45.43
Maine	34	44.19
Texas	35	43.24
Georgia	36	42.19
Alaska	37	40.95
Oklahoma	38	39.90
Idaho	39	38.38
Tennessee	40	36.95
Arizona	41	36.19
Alabama	42	35.52
Louisiana	43	35.05
Kentucky	44	33.81
West Virginia	45	32.48
Florida	46	31.52
Mississippi	47	31.05
South Carolina	48	30.38
Arkansas	49	30.00
Nevada	50	26.76