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Table 247. Degrees awarded by degree-granting institutions, by control, level of degree, and state: 2000-01

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                         |                      Public                     |                     Private
                         |_________________________________________________|_________________________________________________
                         |         |          |        |Doctor's|  First-  |         |          |        |Doctor's|  First-
          State          |Associate|Bachelor's|Master's|degrees | profes-  |Associate|Bachelor's|Master's|degrees | profes-
      or other area      | degrees | degrees  |degrees |(Ph.D., |  sional  | degrees | degrees  |degrees |(Ph.D., |  sional
                         |         |          |        | Ed.D., |degrees\1\|         |          |        | Ed.D., |degrees\1\
                         |         |          |        | etc.)  |          |         |          |        | etc.)  |
_________________________|_________|__________|________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|________|__________
            1            |    2    |    3     |   4    |   5    |    6     |    7    |    8     |   9    |   10   |    11
_________________________|_________|__________|________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|________|__________
   United States ........| 456,487 |  812,438 |246,054 | 28,187 |   32,633 | 122,378 |  431,733 |222,422 | 16,717 |   47,074
                         |_________|__________|________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|________|__________
Alabama .................|   6,508 |   17,210 |  7,629 |    492 |      652 |   1,632 |    3,613 |    509 |     18 |      472
Alaska ..................|     812 |    1,232 |    346 |     27 |        0 |     149 |      106 |     60 |      0 |        0
Arizona .................|   7,672 |   15,593 |  5,619 |    678 |      464 |   5,662 |    5,263 |  4,918 |     18 |      245
Arkansas ................|   3,768 |    7,610 |  2,145 |    144 |      512 |     246 |    2,018 |    122 |      0 |        0
California ..............|  66,820 |   89,959 | 20,764 |  2,765 |    2,174 |  12,648 |   33,423 | 25,169 |  3,030 |    6,169
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Colorado ................|   5,106 |   17,415 |  5,011 |    632 |      489 |   2,876 |    3,995 |  3,387 |    116 |      350
Connecticut .............|   3,260 |    6,733 |  2,779 |    234 |      331 |     997 |    7,347 |  4,828 |    373 |      631
Delaware ................|     929 |    3,566 |    784 |    162 |        0 |     168 |      938 |    695 |     29 |      267
District of Columbia ....|     141 |      380 |     59 |      0 |       39 |     518 |    7,786 |  7,322 |    527 |    2,478
Florida .................|  37,889 |   35,748 | 10,529 |  1,221 |    1,245 |  12,160 |   16,809 |  8,953 |    899 |    1,782
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Georgia .................|   6,521 |   19,962 |  7,183 |    763 |      724 |   1,652 |    8,828 |  3,578 |    338 |    1,612
Hawaii ..................|   2,209 |    2,950 |    921 |    154 |      132 |   1,106 |    1,946 |    783 |     39 |        1
Idaho ...................|   1,491 |    4,267 |    993 |     91 |      159 |   3,525 |      379 |     79 |      0 |        0
Illinois ................|  22,108 |   30,896 | 10,329 |  1,111 |    1,064 |   3,823 |   24,737 | 16,841 |  1,560 |    3,427
Indiana..................|   7,591 |   21,338 |  5,888 |  1,010 |    1,089 |   3,258 |   10,543 |  2,585 |    169 |      507
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Iowa ....................|   8,307 |    9,992 |  2,409 |    579 |      655 |   1,080 |    8,660 |  1,084 |     38 |      967
Kansas ..................|   6,589 |   11,554 |  3,952 |    426 |      655 |     705 |    3,108 |  1,203 |      0 |       17
Kentucky ................|   4,775 |   11,944 |  4,100 |    284 |      771 |   1,785 |    3,490 |    720 |     77 |      247
Louisiana ...............|   5,647 |   16,659 |  4,223 |    428 |      709 |   1,170 |    3,331 |  1,637 |    125 |      856
Maine ...................|   1,575 |    3,360 |    714 |     41 |       89 |     622 |    2,069 |    475 |      0 |      123
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Maryland ................|   7,067 |   16,980 |  5,672 |    556 |      851 |     364 |    5,105 |  5,200 |    408 |      177
Massachusetts ...........|   7,543 |   12,691 |  4,006 |    360 |       94 |   2,829 |   30,040 | 21,365 |  1,874 |    3,804
Michigan ................|  16,204 |   34,390 | 15,403 |  1,346 |    1,432 |   3,330 |   11,725 |  5,939 |     57 |      939
Minnesota ...............|   8,461 |   14,147 |  3,889 |    632 |      670 |   2,437 |    9,208 |  4,207 |    343 |      898
Mississippi .............|   7,020 |    9,349 |  2,743 |    332 |      364 |     138 |    1,883 |    597 |      0 |      117
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Missouri.................|   7,191 |   16,124 |  4,299 |    429 |      704 |   3,480 |   14,050 |  9,157 |    479 |    1,776
Montana .................|   1,295 |    4,443 |    941 |     56 |       83 |     176 |      740 |     36 |      0 |        0
Nebraska ................|   3,325 |    6,969 |  2,458 |    269 |      352 |     663 |    3,813 |    729 |     71 |      441
Nevada ..................|   1,828 |    4,042 |  1,163 |     91 |      139 |     336 |      316 |    354 |      0 |        0
New Hampshire ...........|   1,402 |    3,710 |    766 |     43 |        0 |   1,573 |    3,544 |  1,621 |     83 |      183
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
New Jersey ..............|  10,288 |   19,776 |  5,879 |    583 |    1,053 |   1,486 |    7,172 |  3,878 |    472 |      552
New Mexico ..............|   4,507 |    5,400 |  1,974 |    265 |      249 |     299 |    1,151 |    622 |      0 |        0
New York ................|  37,257 |   42,377 | 13,915 |  1,219 |    1,201 |  14,348 |   53,910 | 36,007 |  2,414 |    6,577
North Carolina ..........|  13,486 |   23,321 |  6,814 |    834 |      839 |     778 |   11,446 |  2,605 |    296 |    1,061
North Dakota ............|   1,871 |    3,943 |    652 |     67 |      168 |     173 |      745 |    190 |      0 |        0
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Ohio ....................|  15,620 |   32,192 | 11,127 |  1,545 |    1,929 |   3,669 |   18,664 |  6,485 |    476 |    1,293
Oklahoma ................|   6,602 |   12,510 |  4,002 |    412 |      632 |     400 |    3,422 |  1,230 |     92 |      357
Oregon ..................|   5,715 |    9,861 |  3,239 |    387 |      359 |     597 |    4,026 |  1,609 |     76 |      774
Pennsylvania ............|  11,300 |   33,044 |  8,468 |  1,229 |    1,560 |  11,995 |   33,470 | 13,741 |  1,015 |    2,718
Rhode Island ............|   1,196 |    2,802 |    785 |     98 |       73 |   2,386 |    5,481 |  1,143 |    152 |      177
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
South Carolina ..........|   5,897 |   12,059 |  4,001 |    403 |      571 |   1,041 |    4,257 |    587 |     16 |      184
South Dakota ............|   1,410 |    3,271 |    844 |     99 |      150 |     344 |      952 |    139 |      0 |       10
Tennessee ...............|   6,030 |   14,633 |  5,176 |    464 |      720 |   1,554 |    8,190 |  2,917 |    303 |      726
Texas ...................|  26,288 |   58,838 | 18,791 |  2,347 |    3,047 |   5,272 |   17,236 |  5,896 |    405 |    1,997
Utah ....................|   7,652 |    8,995 |  2,066 |    258 |      231 |     882 |    8,096 |  1,576 |     78 |      156
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Vermont .................|     667 |    2,471 |    371 |     60 |       89 |     817 |    2,226 |    986 |      2 |      174
Virginia ................|   9,277 |   25,165 |  8,623 |    965 |    1,297 |   2,225 |    7,657 |  2,244 |    129 |      837
Washington ..............|  17,557 |   17,680 |  4,015 |    635 |      658 |   1,153 |    5,761 |  3,738 |     27 |      525
West Virginia............|   2,079 |    7,212 |  2,229 |    132 |      437 |     880 |    1,492 |    160 |      0 |        0
Wisconsin ...............|   8,981 |   20,927 |  4,952 |    759 |      610 |     477 |    7,566 |  2,516 |     93 |      470
Wyoming .................|   1,753 |    1,677 |    414 |     70 |      118 |     494 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
U.S. Service Schools\2\ .|       0 |    3,071 |      0 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
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   Outlying areas .......|   3,316 |    8,076 |    749 |     93 |      292 |   3,429 |    8,061 |  2,104 |     71 |      573
                         |_________|__________|________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|________|__________
American Samoa ..........|     160 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Federated States of      |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
   Micronesia ...........|     147 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Guam ....................|      86 |      159 |     45 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Marshall Islands ........|      55 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Northern Marianas .......|      72 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Palau ...................|      30 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Puerto Rico .............|   2,701 |    7,697 |    652 |     93 |      292 |   3,429 |    8,061 |  2,104 |     71 |      573
Virgin Islands ..........|      65 |      220 |     52 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
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\1\Includes degrees which require at least 6 years of college work for completion (including at least 2 years of preprofessional training). See Definitions for details.
\2\Excludes Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, National Defense University, Air Force Institute of Technology, Community College of the Air Force, Naval Postgraduate School, Joint Military Intelligence College, and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared November 2002.)


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