State Undergrads Population UGradPerThou New Jersey 326358 8640218 37.77196362 Nevada 100760 2484196 40.56040667 Alaska 27463 676301 40.60765842 Georgia 378947 9318715 40.66515609 Connecticut 142926 3487896 40.97771264 Tennessee 250974 6068306 41.35816487 Florida 775171 18019093 43.0194239 South Carolina 187254 4324799 43.29773476 Maine 58512 1313355 44.55154928 Hawaii 57527 1275264 45.10987529 New Hampshire 59405 1308824 45.38807357 Montana 42990 945428 45.47146901 Maryland 255933 5602258 45.68390103 Louisiana 194567 4243634 45.84914722 Oregon 170742 3680968 46.38508132 Mississippi 134699 2896713 46.5006371 Ohio 533652 11458390 46.57303513 Arkansas 132112 2804199 47.11220566 Pennsylvania 585006 12388055 47.22339383 Texas 1104529 23367534 47.26767489 New York 928563 19367028 47.94555985 Alabama 220520 4587564 48.06908416 West Virginia 87292 1806760 48.31410923 Idaho 70754 1461183 48.42240842 North Carolina 436662 8845343 49.36631626 Washington 314862 6360529 49.50248635 Delaware 42488 850366 49.96436828 Indiana 317963 6294124 50.51743499 Virginia 387593 7628347 50.80956595 Oklahoma 182340 3568132 51.10236953 Massachusetts 335511 6443424 52.07029679 Kentucky 219194 4199440 52.19600709 Missouri 306201 5832977 52.49480668 Colorado 255412 4751474 53.75426657 Illinois 688043 12759673 53.92324709 Wisconsin 300932 5568505 54.04179398 Michigan 545001 10083878 54.04676653 South Dakota 42985 787380 54.59244583 Minnesota 289018 5143134 56.19491928 Vermont 34923 620196 56.30961825 New Mexico 115875 1937916 59.79361335 Nebraska 105611 1759779 60.01378582 California 2172354 36121296 60.14053316 Wyoming 30928 512573 60.33872248 Kansas 168244 2756267 61.04053054 Rhode Island 71175 1058991 67.21020292 North Dakota 44042 636453 69.19913961 Utah 183518 2585155 70.98916699 Iowa 212715 2967270 71.68710633 Arizona 476547 6178251 77.13299443