Statistics: Illinois and other benchmarks How does Illinois fair in education enrollment, research spending, R & D outlays and federal R &D support? Table 1 Graduate Enrollment and Doctoral Degrees 15 Largest States Higher Education Enrollment State Total Graduate Students Graduate Students - Percent of Total Doctorates Awarded 1996-97A Number of Research Universities California 1,958,200 192, 422 9.8% 5,675 12 New York 1,024,498 169,388 16.5 3,898 14 Texas 969,283 103,653 10.7 2,810 8 Illinois 726,199 103,653 13.4 2,665 7 Florida 658,259 63,840 9.7 1,816 5 Pennsylvania 588,185 80,823 13.7 2,437 6 Michigan 549,742 72,316 13.5 1,492 4 Ohio 537,169 66,105 12.3 2,300 6 Massachusetts 412,620 82,338 20.0 2,272 8 North Carolina 373,717 35,969 9.6 1,094 3 Virginia 364,904 48,690 13.3 1,145 4 New Jersey 325,754 43,514 13.4 1,038 2 Missouri 302,896 41,043 13.6 777 3 Wisconsin 298,248 29,641 9.9 986 3 Indiana 295,517 34,078 11.5 1,121 3 Source: U.S. Department of Education as reported in The Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac, September 2000B2000 Carnegie Foundation Classification, "Doctoral/Research Universities-Extensive"
	Table 2 Research Spending and Federal Support 15 Largest States States ranked in descending order by total higher education enrollment Dollars in millions State Federal Funds for College & University Based Research Dollars State's Rank* Percent of Total Federal Funds Research Spending By Universities Federal Funds as Percent of Spending US 16,032 --- 100% 25,735 62% California 2,317 1 15 3,345 69 New York 1,275 2 8 1,925 66 Texas 846 6 5 1,698 50 Illinois 575 8 4 1,045 55 Florida 388 13 2 713 55 Pennsylvania 961 4 5 1,342 72 Michigan 510 9 3 1,046 58 Ohio 427 12 3 808 53 Massachusetts 939 5 6 1,046 58 North Carolina 603 7 4 899 67 Virginia 283 18 2 491 58 New Jersey 257 20 2 485 53 Missouri 341 15 2 484 70 Wisconsin 313 16 2 536 58 Indiana 222 23 1 425 52 *Maryland ranks 3rd among states in federal research funding but 18th in higher education enrollment. Source: National Science Foundation's Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development data reported in The Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac, 2000.
	Table 3 Federal R & D Outlays 15 Largest States States ranked in descending order by total higher education enrollment State Estimated Federal R & D Outlays in FY1998 ($ in millions) Rank among all States & DC in Estimated R & D Dollars Received Federal R & D Dollars per Capita Rank among all States & DC in Dollars per Capita California $14,420 1 $441 10 New York 2,937 8 162 26 Texas 4,021 5 204 20 Illinois 1,366 17 113 32 Florida 3,173 7 213 19 Pennsylvania 2,347 12 196 21 Michigan 827 21 84 39 Ohio 2,738 9 244 13 Massachusetts 3,610 6 587 5 North Carolina 922 19 122 30 Virginia 4,952 3 676 4 New Jersey 1,522 14 188 22 Missouri 1,441 15 265 11 Wisconsin 375 29 72 42 Indiana 474 26 81 40 Source: RAND, Discovery and Innovation, xlii
	Table 4 Federal R & D Support for Illinois Dollars in Millions Percent   Dollars in Millions Percent Total Federal R & D Funds $1,366 100 Agencies 657 48 Department of Energy (DOE) 305 22 Health and Human Services (HHS 151 11 Defense (DOD) 130 10 National Science Foundation (NSF) 51 4 Agriculture (USDA) 72 5       Others           Recipients     Federal R&D Facilities 692 51 Illinois Higher Education 450 33 Other 224 16 Source: RAND, Discovery and Innovation, "Federal Research and Development in Illinois," pp. 183-192.