state cost ratio salary percent verbal math total Alabama 4.405 17.2 31.144 8 491 538 1029 Alaska 8.963 17.6 47.951 47 445 489 934 Arizona 4.778 19.3 32.175 27 448 496 944 Arkansas 4.459 17.1 28.934 6 482 523 1005 California 4.992 24 41.078 45 417 485 902 Colorado 5.443 18.4 34.571 29 462 518 980 Connecticut 8.817 14.4 50.045 81 431 477 908 Delaware 7.03 16.6 39.076 68 429 468 897 Florida 5.718 19.1 32.588 48 420 469 889 Georgia 5.193 16.3 32.291 65 406 448 854 Hawaii 6.078 17.9 38.518 57 407 482 889 Idaho 4.21 19.1 29.783 15 468 511 979 Illinois 6.136 17.3 39.431 13 488 560 1048 Indiana 5.826 17.5 36.785 58 415 467 882 Iowa 5.483 15.8 31.511 5 516 583 1099 Kansas 5.817 15.1 34.652 9 503 557 1060 Kentucky 5.217 17 32.257 11 477 522 999 Louisiana 4.761 16.8 26.461 9 486 535 1021 Maine 6.428 13.8 31.972 68 427 469 896 Maryland 7.245 17 40.661 64 430 479 909 Massachusetts 7.287 14.8 40.795 80 430 477 907 Michigan 6.994 20.1 41.895 11 484 549 1033 Minnesota 6 17.5 35.948 9 506 579 1085 Mississippi 4.08 17.5 26.818 4 496 540 1036 Missouri 5.383 15.5 31.189 9 495 550 1045 Montana 5.692 16.3 28.785 21 473 536 1009 Nebraska 5.935 14.5 30.922 9 494 556 1050 Nevada 5.16 18.7 34.836 30 434 483 917 New Hampshire 5.859 15.6 34.72 70 444 491 935 New Jersey 9.774 13.8 46.087 70 420 478 898 New Mexico 4.586 17.2 28.493 11 485 530 1015 New York 9.623 15.2 47.612 74 419 473 892 North Carolina 5.077 16.2 30.793 60 411 454 865 North Dakota 4.775 15.3 26.327 5 515 592 1107 Ohio 6.162 16.6 36.802 23 460 515 975 Oklahoma 4.845 15.5 28.172 9 491 536 1027 Oregon 6.436 19.9 38.555 51 448 499 947 Pennsylvania 7.109 17.1 44.51 70 419 461 880 Rhode Island 7.469 14.7 40.729 70 425 463 888 South Carolina 4.797 16.4 30.279 58 401 443 844 South Dakota 4.775 14.4 25.994 5 505 563 1068 Tennessee 4.388 18.6 32.477 12 497 543 1040 Texas 5.222 15.7 31.223 47 419 474 893 Utah 3.656 24.3 29.082 4 513 563 1076 Vermont 6.75 13.8 35.406 68 429 472 901 Virginia 5.327 14.6 33.987 65 428 468 896 Washington 5.906 20.2 36.151 48 443 494 937 West Virginia 6.107 14.8 31.944 17 448 484 932 Wisconsin 6.93 15.9 37.746 9 501 572 1073 Wyoming 6.16 14.9 31.285 10 476 525 1001