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Table 249. Earned degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and by state: 1999-2000 and 2000-01

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                         |                     1999-2000                   |                      2000-01
                         |_________________________________________________|___________________________________________________
                         |         |          |        |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 ........| 564,933 |1,237,875 |457,056 | 44,808 |   80,057 | 578,865 |1,244,171 | 468,476 |  44,904 |   79,707
                         |_________|__________|________|________|__________|_________|__________|_________|_________|__________
Alabama .................|   8,765 |   21,293 |  8,021 |    534 |    1,085 |   8,140 |   20,823 |   8,138 |     510 |    1,124
Alaska ..................|     895 |    1,364 |    517 |     20 |        0 |     961 |    1,338 |     406 |      27 |        0
Arizona .................|  10,658 |   20,865 | 10,234 |    764 |      616 |  13,334 |   20,856 |  10,537 |     696 |      709
Arkansas ................|   3,885 |    9,405 |  2,377 |    134 |      494 |   4,014 |    9,628 |   2,267 |     144 |      512
California ..............|  78,360 |  121,546 | 44,257 |  5,480 |    8,710 |  79,468 |  123,382 |  45,933 |   5,795 |    8,343
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |         |         |
Colorado ................|   7,720 |   21,542 |  8,408 |    796 |      866 |   7,982 |   21,410 |   8,398 |     748 |      839
Connecticut .............|   4,298 |   15,072 |  7,964 |    667 |      951 |   4,257 |   14,080 |   7,607 |     607 |      962
Delaware ................|   1,119 |    4,665 |  1,450 |    181 |      315 |   1,097 |    4,504 |   1,479 |     191 |      267
District of Columbia ....|     407 |    6,806 |  7,078 |    603 |    2,602 |     659 |    8,166 |   7,381 |     527 |    2,517
Florida .................|  44,548 |   51,333 | 17,901 |  2,174 |    3,144 |  50,049 |   52,557 |  19,482 |   2,120 |    3,027
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |         |         |
Georgia .................|   7,803 |   29,219 | 10,410 |  1,032 |    2,437 |   8,173 |   28,790 |  10,761 |   1,101 |    2,336
Hawaii ..................|   3,266 |    5,091 |  1,724 |    171 |      131 |   3,315 |    4,896 |   1,704 |     193 |      133
Idaho ...................|   5,040 |    4,711 |  1,127 |    105 |      174 |   5,016 |    4,646 |   1,072 |      91 |      159
Illinois ................|  26,561 |   55,036 | 26,578 |  2,498 |    4,470 |  25,931 |   55,633 |  27,170 |   2,671 |    4,491
Indiana..................|  11,174 |   31,970 |  8,470 |  1,215 |    1,538 |  10,849 |   31,881 |   8,473 |   1,179 |    1,596
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |         |         |
Iowa ....................|   9,367 |   18,750 |  3,846 |    569 |    1,569 |   9,387 |   18,652 |   3,493 |     617 |    1,622
Kansas ..................|   7,288 |   14,234 |  4,908 |    418 |      685 |   7,294 |   14,662 |   5,155 |     426 |      672
Kentucky ................|   6,492 |   15,643 |  4,795 |    427 |    1,112 |   6,560 |   15,434 |   4,820 |     361 |    1,018
Louisiana ...............|   5,573 |   19,844 |  5,882 |    612 |    1,528 |   6,817 |   19,990 |   5,860 |     553 |    1,565
Maine ...................|   2,208 |    5,672 |  1,195 |     49 |      215 |   2,197 |    5,429 |   1,189 |      41 |      212
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |         |         |
Maryland ................|   7,438 |   21,136 | 10,687 |    977 |    1,049 |   7,431 |   22,085 |  10,872 |     964 |    1,028
Massachusetts ...........|  10,680 |   42,308 | 24,819 |  2,283 |    3,948 |  10,372 |   42,731 |  25,371 |   2,234 |    3,898
Michigan ................|  18,851 |   45,754 | 20,317 |  1,496 |    2,354 |  19,534 |   46,115 |  21,342 |   1,403 |    2,371
Minnesota ...............|  11,030 |   23,175 |  7,797 |    867 |    1,535 |  10,898 |   23,355 |   8,096 |     975 |    1,568
Mississippi .............|   6,764 |   10,988 |  3,263 |    347 |      506 |   7,158 |   11,232 |   3,340 |     332 |      481
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Missouri.................|  10,603 |   30,035 | 13,014 |    791 |    2,573 |  10,671 |   30,174 |  13,456 |     908 |    2,480
Montana .................|   1,562 |    5,171 |    951 |     65 |       70 |   1,471 |    5,183 |     977 |      56 |       83
Nebraska ................|   3,893 |   10,747 |  2,898 |    363 |      794 |   3,988 |   10,782 |   3,187 |     340 |      793
Nevada ..................|   1,988 |    4,245 |  1,453 |    115 |       53 |   2,164 |    4,358 |   1,517 |      91 |      139
New Hampshire ...........|   3,038 |    7,776 |  2,438 |    116 |      183 |   2,975 |    7,254 |   2,387 |     126 |      183
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New Jersey ..............|  12,100 |   26,939 |  9,338 |  1,001 |    1,544 |  11,774 |   26,948 |   9,757 |   1,055 |    1,605
New Mexico ..............|   3,783 |    6,727 |  2,666 |    271 |      226 |   4,806 |    6,551 |   2,596 |     265 |      249
New York ................|  50,264 |   94,417 | 47,555 |  3,783 |    7,527 |  51,605 |   96,287 |  49,922 |   3,633 |    7,778
North Carolina ..........|  13,505 |   35,257 |  9,636 |  1,152 |    1,951 |  14,264 |   34,767 |   9,419 |   1,130 |    1,900
North Dakota ............|   2,051 |    4,877 |    863 |     58 |      191 |   2,044 |    4,688 |     842 |      67 |      168
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Ohio ....................|  19,393 |   49,849 | 16,881 |  2,124 |    3,197 |  19,289 |   50,856 |  17,612 |   2,021 |    3,222
Oklahoma ................|   6,408 |   15,578 |  5,359 |    437 |    1,001 |   7,002 |   15,932 |   5,232 |     504 |      989
Oregon ..................|   6,450 |   14,428 |  4,797 |    422 |    1,047 |   6,312 |   13,887 |   4,848 |     463 |    1,133
Pennsylvania ............|  24,350 |   66,273 | 21,988 |  2,234 |    4,230 |  23,295 |   66,514 |  22,209 |   2,244 |    4,278
Rhode Island ............|   3,550 |    8,402 |  1,864 |    258 |      265 |   3,582 |    8,283 |   1,928 |     250 |      250
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South Carolina ..........|   6,796 |   16,033 |  4,533 |    429 |      853 |   6,938 |   16,316 |   4,588 |     419 |      755
South Dakota ............|   1,833 |    4,494 |    884 |     78 |      195 |   1,754 |    4,223 |     983 |      99 |      160
Tennessee ...............|   7,708 |   22,958 |  7,820 |    724 |    1,518 |   7,584 |   22,823 |   8,093 |     767 |    1,446
Texas ...................|  30,816 |   75,834 | 24,756 |  2,693 |    5,288 |  31,560 |   76,074 |  24,687 |   2,752 |    5,044
Utah ....................|   7,867 |   17,058 |  3,458 |    350 |      382 |   8,534 |   17,091 |   3,642 |     336 |      387
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Vermont .................|   1,594 |    4,832 |  1,453 |     65 |      233 |   1,484 |    4,697 |   1,357 |      62 |      263
Virginia ................|  11,499 |   33,599 | 11,149 |  1,122 |    2,181 |  11,502 |   32,822 |  10,867 |   1,094 |    2,134
Washington ..............|  19,268 |   24,002 |  7,436 |    647 |    1,075 |  18,710 |   23,441 |   7,753 |     662 |    1,183
West Virginia............|   3,049 |    8,545 |  2,465 |    134 |      376 |   2,959 |    8,704 |   2,389 |     132 |      437
Wisconsin ...............|   9,381 |   27,543 |  6,999 |    884 |      951 |   9,458 |   28,493 |   7,468 |     852 |    1,080
Wyoming .................|   1,994 |    1,797 |    377 |     73 |      119 |   2,247 |    1,677 |     414 |      70 |      118
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U.S. Service Schools\2\ .|       0 |    3,037 |      0 |      0 |        0 |       0 |    3,071 |       0 |       0 |        0
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   Outlying areas .......|   8,563 |   16,743 |  3,086 |    139 |      830 |   6,745 |   16,137 |   2,853 |     164 |      865
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American Samoa ..........|     148 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |     160 |        0 |       0 |       0 |        0
Federated States of      |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |         |         |
   Micronesia ...........|      84 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |     147 |        0 |       0 |       0 |        0
Guam ....................|      88 |      365 |     99 |      0 |        0 |      86 |      159 |      45 |       0 |        0
Marshall Islands ........|      55 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |      55 |        0 |       0 |       0 |        0
Northern Marianas .......|      84 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |      72 |        0 |       0 |       0 |        0
Palau ...................|      41 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |      30 |        0 |       0 |       0 |        0
Puerto Rico .............|   7,993 |   16,164 |  2,958 |    139 |      830 |   6,130 |   15,758 |   2,756 |     164 |      865
Virgin Islands ..........|      70 |      214 |     29 |      0 |        0 |      65 |      220 |      52 |       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.

NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

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


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