Models of Education

The scale of HHMI’s investment in science education at the institutional level is important to its success; it reflects a belief that what works for one university in one location will not always be the best approach elsewhere. Read More

The Institute supports hundreds of experiments in inquiry-based learning, undergraduate research, and K–12 teacher training across the United States.

This interactive feature provides a state-by-state snapshot of HHMI-supported science education programs at research universities and colleges between 2006 and 2009. (Another round of grants was awarded to research universities in 2010, but these initiatives have not yet yielded data.) It aggregates data provided by the leaders of these programs to show the number of students and K–12 teachers, or teachers in training, reached in that time period.

Pie charts in the upper right-hand side of the screen highlight another of HHMI’s priorities—supporting women and students from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in the sciences.

2006-2009 Aggregate Totals for Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Women: 60%

Under-represented Minorities: 24%

Total: 11,761

2006-2009 Aggregate Totals for K-12 Educator Training Opportunities

Women: 74%

Under-represented Minorities: 21%

Total: 8,686

2006-2009 Aggregate Totals for K-12 Student Experiences

Women: 53%

Under-represented Minorities: 47%

Total: 110,389

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Women: 74%

Total: 11,761

Under-represented Minorities: 21%

Alabama

Arkansas

Arizona

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Washington D.C.

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Iowa

Illinois

Indiana

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Massachusetts

Maryland

Maine

Michigan

Missouri

Minnesota

Montana

New Mexico

North Carolina

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

South Carolina

Texas

Virginia

Washington

Alabama

Oakwood University
75%
100%
20

University of Alabama
59%
38%
29

University of Alabama
83%
39%
23

University of Alabama
62%
30%
53

Arkansas

University of Arkansas
70%
0%
33

Arizona

Arizona State University
59%
13%
413

University of Arizona
59%
14%
516

University of Arizona
73%
9%
33

University of Arizona
53%
67%
36

California

Humboldt State University
46%
20%
120

University of California, Davis
70%
85%
132

University of California, Berkeley
57%
39%
184

University of California, San Francisco
53%
68%
40

Stanford University
55%
8%
161

San Jose State University
46%
23%
13

California Institute of Technology
58%
42%
60

Harvey Mudd College
58%
16%
102

Occidental College
63%
11%
126

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
51%
38%
88

Pomona College
55%
16%
38

University of California, Los Angeles
50%
0%
40

California State University, Fullerton
70%
20%
10

University of California, Riverside
49%
65%
94

University of California, San Diego
65%
48%
60

Point Loma Nazarene University
60%
31%
58

University of California, San Francisco
81%
14%
284

Stanford University
36%
30%
33

California Institute of Technology
72%
30%
54

Occidental College
42%
11%
64

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
71%
36%
28

University of California, Los Angeles
100%
50%
2

California State University, Fullerton
30%
10%
10

University of California, San Diego
58%
33%
66

Point Loma Nazarene University
68%
11%
378

Humboldt State University
52%
76%
119

University of California, Davis
51%
0%
103

University of California, San Francisco
49%
49%
4,076

Stanford University
56%
44%
424

Occidental College
0%
100%
1

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
57%
42%
100

University of California, Los Angeles
52%
82%
77

California State University, Fullerton
69%
22%
32

University of California, Riverside
57%
47%
30

University of California, San Diego
55%
77%
537

Point Loma Nazarene University
66%
75%
93

Colorado

University of Colorado at Boulder
56%
24%
279

University of Colorado at Boulder
67%
6%
657

University of Colorado at Boulder
51%
35%
19,955

Connecticut

Trinity College
69%
6%
32

Wesleyan University
50%
16%
236

Yale University
58%
44%
313

Wesleyan University
75%
10%
20

Yale University
54%
76%
726

Wesleyan University
0%
3%
355

Yale University
51%
81%
5,724

Delaware

University of Delaware
53%
9%
158

University of Delaware
71%
100%
7

Florida

Florida State University
43%
14%
7

Florida A&M University
78%
100%
9

University of Florida
48%
19%
262

University of Miami
69%
87%
121

Florida A&M University
92%
50%
12

University of Florida
69%
62%
29

University of Miami
71%
67%
24

Florida A&M University
56%
90%
567

University of Miami
55%
76%
142

Georgia

Morehouse College
0%
100%
5

Georgia State University
67%
28%
75

Emory University
54%
21%
216

Spelman College
100%
100%
28

Georgia State University
83%
75%
12

Emory University
84%
58%
57

Emory University
75%
100%
150

Spelman College
100%
100%
80

Iowa

Grinnell College
48%
5%
40

Grinnell College
85%
0%
13

Grinnell College
53%
38%
509

Illinois

University of Chicago
50%
0%
2

Knox College
65%
10%
31

Knox College
51%
2%
57

Indiana

Purdue University
52%
8%
50

Indiana University Bloomington
39%
5%
83

Purdue University
86%
36%
14

Indiana University Bloomington
73%
0%
18

Purdue University
63%
51%
100

Earlham College
50%
7%
788

Indiana University Bloomington
41%
6%
17

Kansas

Kansas State University
65%
0%
17

Kentucky

Georgetown College
67%
0%
3

Georgetown College
80%
40%
5

Georgetown College
62%
19%
26

Louisiana

University of Louisiana at Monroe
52%
21%
73

Louisiana State University
64%
14%
72

University of Louisiana at Monroe
88%
21%
33

Louisiana State University
92%
28%
338

University of Louisiana at Monroe
62%
32%
238

Louisiana State University
41%
19%
6,204

Xavier University of Louisiana
65%
98%
722

Massachusetts

Harvard University
73%
0%
15

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
65%
14%
205

Wellesley College
100%
17%
393

Williams College
64%
35%
75

Amherst College
58%
22%
101

Smith College
97%
18%
71

Mount Holyoke College
100%
32%
73

University of Massachusetts
47%
7%
76

Harvard University
76%
7%
242

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
69%
6%
94

Williams College
64%
35%
75

Amherst College
67%
7%
61

Smith College
78%
13%
40

Mount Holyoke College
81%
16%
37

Harvard University
58%
8%
1,607

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
52%
4%
288

Wellesley College
0%
0%
4

Williams College
49%
9%
2,394

Smith College
72%
41%
606

Maryland

University of Maryland, Baltimore
65%
80%
94

University of Maryland, College Park
56%
10%
201

University of Maryland, College Park
74%
10%
68

University of Maryland, College Park
68%
22%
114

Maine

Colby College
0%
0%
1

Bates College
56%
12%
77

Bowdoin College
54%
6%
71

Colby College
00%
00%
13

Bates College
100%
0%
1

Bowdoin College
74%
0%
50

Bates College
47%
19%
375

Bowdoin College
70%
10%
10

Michigan

Calvin College
45%
0%
11

Hope College
63%
11%
46

Kalamazoo College
57%
7%
103

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
56%
31%
100

Hope College
56%
0%
27

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
42%
15%
26

Calvin College
100%
0%
1

Hope College
25%
94%
16

Kalamazoo College
49%
79%
1,062

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
91%
25%
163

Minnesota

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
58%
0%
24

Gustavus Adolphus College
33%
0%
6

Carleton College
44%
17%
78

St. Olaf College
44%
1%
85

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
48%
6%
31

Carleton College
64%
28%
36

St. Olaf College
53%
36%
86

Missouri

Washington University in St. Louis
42%
14%
284

Washington University in St. Louis
71%
18%
185

Washington University in St. Louis
52%
90%
48

Montana

University of Montana
54%
7%
114

Montana State University
56%
24%
34

Montana State University
50%
0%
4

Montana State University
51%
96%
55

North Carolina

Duke University
61%
7%
148

North Carolina State University
67%
18%
73

Davidson College
45%
8%
38

Duke University
69%
8%
26

North Carolina State University
59%
12%
17

Duke University
87%
19%
47

North Carolina State University
52%
25%
73

North Carolina Central University
31%
69%
48

Davidson College
72%
56%
36

New Hampshire

Dartmouth College
56%
12%
104

Dartmouth College
71%
0%
17

Dartmouth College
51%
2%
531

New Jersey

Drew University
56%
0%
25

Princeton University
60%
33%
101

Princeton University
80%
4%
124

Drew University
56%
64%
25

Princeton University
57%
36%
14

New Mexico

New Mexico State University
63%
40%
158

New Mexico State University
62%
46%
26

New Mexico State University
54%
63%
984

New York

Union College
27%
9%
22

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
73%
70%
30

Canisius College
52%
8%
95

Colgate University
29%
14%
7

Cornell University
56%
8%
163

Vassar College
38%
0%
13

CUNY Hunter College
78%
13%
23

Barnard College
94%
19%
124

New York University
70%
20%
10

CUNY The City College
35%
47%
96

State University of New York at Stony Brook
50%
9%
66

CUNY Queens College
64%
18%
22

Canisius College
100%
22%
9

Colgate University
59%
0%
56

Cornell University
79%
15%
526

CUNY Hunter College
63%
39%
57

Barnard College
89%
22%
18

New York University
56%
50%
18

CUNY The City College
43%
24%
7

State University of New York at Stony Brook
57%
6%
140

CUNY Queens College
0%
0%
1

Union College
53%
65%
40

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
79%
100%
19

Canisius College
54%
34%
392

Colgate University
58%
63%
43

Cornell University
51%
21%
8,102

Vassar College
51%
87%
414

CUNY Hunter College
59%
84%
2,460

Barnard College
50%
69%
48

CUNY The City College
56%
61%
303

State University of New York at Stony Brook
61%
75%
201

CUNY Queens College
25%
20%
20

Ohio

Case Western Reserve University
53%
30%
124

Hiram College
60%
14%
81

College of Wooster
57%
7%
61

Kenyon College
100%
0%
2

Hiram College
100%
0%
8

College of Wooster
90%
0%
92

Kenyon College
67%
8%
24

Case Western Reserve University
50%
25%
16

Hiram College
52%
31%
259

College of Wooster
70%
20%
10

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State University
75%
32%
44

Oregon

Lewis & Clark College
38%
0%
8

Oregon State University
52%
3%
170

Lewis & Clark College
100%
100%
1

Oregon State University
73%
8%
593

Lewis & Clark College
73%
50%
26

Oregon State University
59%
54%
3,469

Pennsylvania

Wilkes University
0%
20%
5

Lehigh University
65%
19%
57

Saint Joseph's University
69%
19%
42

Bryn Mawr College
100%
15%
27

Haverford College
54%
31%
91

Swarthmore College
56%
18%
111

Franklin & Marshall College
50%
19%
16

University of Pittsburgh
58%
16%
88

Carnegie Mellon University
54%
9%
322

Washington & Jefferson College
33%
0%
18

Saint Joseph's University
92%
46%
13

Bryn Mawr College
80%
45%
65

Haverford College
72%
26%
43

Swarthmore College
25%
0%
12

Franklin & Marshall College
89%
6%
18

University of Pittsburgh
49%
1%
79

Carnegie Mellon University
0%
60%
10

Wilkes University
100%
15%
122

Bryn Mawr College
29%
5%
42

Haverford College
63%
98%
99

Swarthmore College
70%
97%
113

University of Pittsburgh
49%
10%
10,448

Carnegie Mellon University
56%
34%
297

Puerto Rico

University of Puerto Rico-Cayey
72%
97%
105

South Carolina

Furman University
64%
4%
28

Clemson University
52%
22%
277

College of Charleston
74%
17%
23

Clemson University
70%
19%
708

College of Charleston
100%
0%
1

Clemson University
55%
26%
939

College of Charleston
7%
35%
790

Texas

Texas Tech University
56%
25%
247

University of Texas at El Paso
58%
77%
26

University of Texas at Austin
62%
39%
608

Trinity University
42%
11%
38

Rice University
73%
8%
145

University of Texas-Pan American
50%
77%
30

Texas Tech University
91%
6%
1,296

Trinity University
74%
69%
54

Rice University
60%
56%
55

University of Texas-Pan American
71%
83%
217

Texas Tech University
52%
58%
17,023

Trinity University
58%
94%
606

Rice University
55%
81%
730

University of Texas-Pan American
70%
91%
12,812

Virginia

Washington and Lee University
88%
13%
8

Virginia Commonwealth University
64%
14%
108

University of Richmond
52%
38%
128

College of William and Mary
61%
10%
310

University of Richmond
71%
0%
7

College of William and Mary
65%
31%
134

Washington and Lee University
88%
0%
8

College of William and Mary
71%
83%
59

Washington

University of Washington
67%
22%
153

Gonzaga University
47%
16%
38

Whitman College
63%
0%
8

University of Washington
85%
9%
117

Gonzaga University
86%
7%
14

Gonzaga University
56%
14%
405

Washington D.C.

Georgetown University
51%
5%
101

George Washington University
56%
8%
25

Georgetown University
62%
62%
13

Georgetown University
60%
100%
111

George Washington University
47%
70%
83

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