During that time period, Washington had the greatest increase of S&E degrees relative to all degrees over time with an 11 percentage point increase (30 percent of all degrees awarded being concentrated in STEM in 2000 to 41 percent in 2018).
Other states with the largest increases in percentage points of S&E degrees to all degrees awarded include Nevada (8 percent), Connecticut (8 percent), Michigan (7 percent), Delaware (7 percent), Alaska (7 percent), Maryland (6 percent), , New Mexico (6 percent), Wisconsin (5 percent), Montana (5 percent) and New York (5 percent).
On the other hand, the states with decreasing levels of S&E degrees include Utah, with a 7.7 percentage point decrease in the amount of S&E degrees awarded compared to overall degrees (dropping from 30.1 percent to 22.4 percent), Idaho (-2.5 percentage points), Virginia (-3 percentage points), and New Hampshire (-3.5 percentage points).
For more: https://ssti.org/blog/useful-stats-science-and-engineering-degrees-state