Americas Top States For Business 2010

Education - 2010

Education and business go hand in hand. Not only do companies want to draw from an educated pool of workers, they want to offer their employees a great place to raise a family. Higher education institutions offer companies a source to recruit new talent, as well as a partner in research and development. We looked at traditional measures of K-12 education including test scores, class size and spending. We also considered the number of higher education institutions in each state.

Here are the ten categories ranked in our study:

     - Cost of Doing Business
     - Workforce
     - Quality of Life
     - Economy
     - Transportation & Infrastructure

     - Technology & Innovation
     - Education
     - Business Friendliness
     - Access to Capital
     - Cost of Living

Overall	State	Cost of Business	Workforce	Quality of Life	Economy	Transportation	Technology & Innovation	Education	Business Friendliness	Access to Capital	Cost of Living
5	Massachusetts	39	23	6	17	39	3	1	14	2	41
22	New Jersey	44	32	14	28	32	9	2	35	4	47
24	New York	50	49	18	2	22	2	2	45	3	43
20	Pennsylvania	40	42	25	15	16	6	4	32	11	30
37	Vermont	42	36	3	12	46	40	4	37	40	43
19	New Hampshire	34	38	4	12	47	27	6	9	16	39
39	Maine	38	47	6	25	41	41	7	28	40	39
35	Connecticut	47	40	9	32	40	17	8	23	8	45
8 (tie)	Minnesota	31	34	12	5	11	16	9	20	19	15
27	Maryland	43	36	28	18	43	8	10	16	12	45
11	Kansas	22	13	27	7	8	31	11	18	33	5
29	Wisconsin	24	46	23	31	14	21	12	27	30	17
2	Virginia	26	9	18	11	12	10	13	2	9	27
49	Rhode Island	45	25	33	49	48	28	14	48	23	41
17	Missouri	5	29	39	29	7	24	15	25	20	9
21	Indiana	9	42	44	41	6	22	16	6	26	13
6	Iowa	1	20	17	10	32	29	16	12	36	17
36	Montana	26	28	15	15	24	44	18	42	36	32
12	North Dakota	15	23	13	3	20	47	18	10	40	17
34	Ohio	29	48	38	34	2	15	18	38	24	15
7	South Dakota	4	15	11	4	27	49	21	3	40	5
13	Nebraska	18	18	21	14	18	37	22	8	40	5
15	Washington	33	30	8	18	35	5	22	34	5	35
14	Wyoming	13	12	10	9	24	50	22	20	27	27
42	Delaware	36	17	47	45	44	33	25	1	20	32
30	Illinois	35	39	24	29	12	14	26	39	6	17
4	North Carolina	15	3	32	37	10	11	26	13	10	23
10	Georgia	20	3	35	37	2	17	28	17	13	9
3	Colorado	25	10	2	8	36	12	29	4	15	35
1	Texas	30	16	29	1	1	4	30	19	7	8
32 (tie)	California	48	31	15	18	16	1	31	49	1	49
44	Louisiana	21	34	50	25	30	34	32	31	22	24
32 (tie)	Arkansas	2	11	43	27	36	44	33	39	40	3
46	West Virginia	15	44	40	24	38	48	34	50	40	17
28	Florida	41	1	31	48	21	13	35	23	17	30
41	Michigan	32	41	36	47	24	7	35	35	18	24
40	Kentucky	12	25	46	44	4	35	37	39	38	3
48	Hawaii	49	50	1	22	49	43	38	42	31	49
23	Oregon	19	33	22	33	15	20	38	28	14	37
25	Oklahoma	3	22	41	6	41	36	40	25	32	1
16	Tennessee	10	5	49	36	4	23	41	6	35	1
43	Alabama	14	14	48	40	27	30	42	32	40	11
31	South Carolina	6	5	45	46	8	26	43	30	34	24
38	New Mexico	26	27	34	21	18	31	44	45	28	29
50	Alaska	46	45	26	41	50	41	45	44	40	47
18	Arizona	23	2	29	41	23	19	45	5	25	34
26	Idaho	8	8	18	39	29	39	47	22	28	11
8 (tie)	Utah	7	7	5	23	32	25	48	10	39	17
45	Mississippi	11	21	42	35	45	46	49	47	40	13
47	Nevada	37	19	37	49	31	37	50	15	40	37

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