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.

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

2016

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

2014

State	Rank	Score
Massachusetts	1	85.33
Maryland	2	79.14
Connecticut	3	75.90
Minnesota	4	74.86
Utah	5	69.24
Colorado	6	68.10
New York	7	67.90
Virginia	8	66.95
Vermont	9	66.57
Delaware	10	64.67
Illinois	11	63.81
North Dakota	12	63.62
Rhode Island	13	63.43
New Hampshire	14	63.24
Nebraska	15	62.30
Pennsylvania	16	62.00
California	17	60.76
Iowa	18	58.95
Washington	19	58.29
Michigan	20	57.90
New Jersey	21	57.62
Oregon	22	54.29
Wisconsin	23	51.52
Kansas	24	51.24
New Mexico	25	51.05
Indiana	26	50.76
Missouri	27	50.38
North Carolina	28	49.05
Arizona	29	48.67
South Dakota	30	47.30
Ohio	31	44.67
Wyoming	32	44.30
Georgia	33	43.90
Tennessee	34	43.33
Montana	35	43.05
Alabama	36	42.29
Alaska	37	40.40
West Virginia	38	38.86
Hawaii	39	38.19
Maine	40	37.90
Texas	41	36.67
Oklahoma	42	34.76
Florida	43	33.24
Idaho	44	33.05
Kentucky	45	31.62
Louisiana	46	30.29
South Carolina	47	28.95
Arkansas	48	25.81
Mississippi	48	25.81
Nevada	50	21.43