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2020 State Technology and Science Index
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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



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