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Table 303. Degrees awarded by degree-granting institutions, by control, level of degree, and state or jurisdiction: 2002-03

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State or                 |Associate's|Bachelor's|Master's|   First- |Doctor's|Associate's|Bachelor's|Master's|   First- |Doctor's
jurisdiction             |   degrees |  degrees |degrees |  profes- | degrees|   degrees |  degrees |degrees |  profes- | degrees
                         |           |          |        |   sional |(Ph.D., |           |          |        |   sional |(Ph.D.,
                         |           |          |        |degrees\1\| Ed.D., |           |          |        |degrees\1\| Ed.D.,
                         |           |          |        |          |  etc.) |           |          |        |          |  etc.)
_________________________|___________|__________|________|__________|________|___________|__________|________|__________|________
1                        |         2 |        3 |      4 |        5 |      6 |         7 |        8 |      9 |       10 |     11
_________________________|___________|__________|________|__________|________|___________|__________|________|__________|________
   United States ........|    497,132|   875,420| 265,695|    33,549|  28,069|    135,780|   473,083| 246,950|    47,261|  17,955
                         |___________|__________|________|__________|________|___________|__________|________|__________|________
Alabama .................|      7,321|    16,950|   7,911|       631|     528|      1,423|     3,529|     530|       388|      58
Alaska ..................|        854|     1,245|     428|         0|      36|         98|       118|      78|         0|       0
Arizona .................|      8,362|    16,697|   5,991|       490|     762|      3,680|     6,675|   6,627|       264|      41
Arkansas ................|      4,431|     8,449|   2,207|       477|     180|        283|     2,142|     177|         0|       0
California ..............|     73,645|    98,809|  22,300|     2,285|   2,817|     16,383|    37,035|  26,351|     6,339|   2,914
                         |           |          |        |          |        |           |          |        |          |
Colorado ................|      5,304|    18,706|   5,395|       530|     689|      3,556|     4,395|   3,837|       449|     124
Connecticut .............|      3,503|     7,750|   2,977|       341|     237|      1,138|     8,100|   5,275|       667|     411
Delaware ................|        922|     4,012|     824|         0|     135|        225|     1,152|     939|       312|      33
District of Columbia ....|        157|       252|      63|        34|       0|        507|     8,648|   7,397|     2,571|     579
Florida .................|     41,048|    39,987|  11,934|     1,380|   1,315|     14,555|    18,946|   8,851|     1,855|   1,277
                         |           |          |        |          |        |           |          |        |          |
Georgia .................|      8,522|    22,245|   8,051|       788|     811|      2,167|     9,729|   4,008|     1,320|     311
Hawaii ..................|      2,375|     3,010|   1,018|       125|     131|      1,370|     2,037|     710|         1|      15
Idaho ...................|      1,825|     5,103|   1,296|       154|     131|      1,963|       872|     191|         0|       0
Illinois ................|     23,040|    32,457|  11,547|     1,101|   1,122|      4,787|    27,112|  18,693|     3,258|   1,460
Indiana .................|      8,934|    23,484|   6,425|     1,093|     980|      3,842|    11,800|   3,078|       545|     167
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Iowa ....................|      9,008|    11,159|   2,589|       648|     489|      1,510|     8,875|   1,359|       931|      17
Kansas ..................|      6,637|    12,362|   4,149|       648|     414|        629|     3,382|   1,455|        18|       0
Kentucky ................|      5,866|    12,466|   4,505|       787|     297|      1,994|     3,788|     925|       244|     107
Louisiana ...............|      4,267|    17,329|   4,288|       755|     386|      1,337|     3,853|   1,525|       837|     105
Maine ...................|      1,626|     3,646|     773|        63|      45|        518|     2,512|     576|       109|      11
                         |           |          |        |          |        |           |          |        |          |
Maryland ................|      7,987|    17,879|   6,317|       865|     584|        445|     5,677|   5,740|       181|     385
Massachusetts ...........|      7,985|    13,205|   4,393|        96|     346|      2,857|    31,521|  22,553|     3,980|   1,974
Michigan ................|     17,607|    37,607|  16,300|     1,449|   1,463|      3,691|    12,571|   6,896|     1,032|      62
Minnesota ...............|     10,275|    16,263|   4,056|       719|     560|      3,027|     9,520|   5,129|       877|     381
Mississippi .............|      7,231|     9,808|   2,727|       386|     340|        284|     1,989|     690|       134|       0
                         |           |          |        |          |        |           |          |        |          |
Missouri ................|      8,080|    17,248|   4,851|       728|     432|      3,924|    16,043|  10,740|     1,762|     750
Montana .................|      1,510|     4,649|     949|       118|      75|        156|       589|      30|         0|       0
Nebraska ................|      3,507|     6,939|   2,697|       350|     290|        859|     4,086|     836|       459|     144
Nevada ..................|      2,075|     4,549|   1,244|       178|     132|        414|       328|     283|         0|       0
New Hampshire ...........|      1,578|     4,006|     796|         0|      54|      1,571|     3,557|   1,591|       191|      88
                         |           |          |        |          |        |           |          |        |          |
New Jersey ..............|     11,494|    21,619|   6,187|     1,041|     573|      1,572|     7,985|   4,953|       568|     479
New Mexico ..............|      3,589|     5,810|   2,127|       246|     244|        282|     1,217|     495|         0|       0
New York ................|     38,463|    43,946|  16,318|     1,228|   1,130|     15,106|    61,157|  41,892|     6,889|   2,611
North Carolina ..........|     14,404|    25,262|   7,371|       898|     850|      1,056|    12,010|   2,772|       963|     288
North Dakota ............|      1,762|     4,131|     669|       180|      90|        169|       751|     259|         0|       0
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Ohio ....................|     16,404|    34,660|  11,665|     1,945|   1,435|      4,659|    20,192|   7,159|     1,144|     423
Oklahoma ................|      7,449|    12,834|   4,132|       729|     341|        621|     3,514|   1,257|       353|      75
Oregon ..................|      6,345|    11,342|   3,647|       409|     384|      1,020|     4,259|   1,975|       665|     115
Pennsylvania ............|     11,949|    35,647|   8,944|     1,625|   1,131|     12,228|    36,704|  15,094|     2,817|   1,300
Rhode Island ............|      1,157|     3,016|     782|        55|      81|      2,359|     6,092|   1,274|       195|     165
                         |           |          |        |          |        |           |          |        |          |
South Carolina ..........|      6,520|    13,033|   3,762|       574|     412|      1,006|     4,784|     734|       164|      16
South Dakota ............|      1,622|     3,141|     888|       152|      72|        578|     1,203|     182|        14|       3
Tennessee ...............|      6,345|    15,357|   5,188|       743|     458|      2,481|     9,012|   2,948|       668|     273
Texas ...................|     30,348|    63,712|  21,136|     3,050|   2,207|      4,571|    18,937|   6,743|     1,849|     419
Utah ....................|      8,225|    11,168|   2,267|       245|     284|      1,149|     7,918|   1,560|       165|      52
                         |           |          |        |          |        |           |          |        |          |
Vermont .................|        760|     2,296|     376|        94|      35|        659|     2,249|   1,073|       154|       9
Virginia ................|     10,413|    26,399|   8,826|     1,274|   1,000|      3,073|     8,258|   2,425|       859|     169
Washington ..............|     20,452|    19,661|   4,628|       649|     619|      1,321|     6,247|   3,682|       569|      44
West Virginia ...........|      2,258|     7,541|   2,216|       471|     160|        958|     1,794|     263|         0|       0
Wisconsin ...............|      9,938|    21,426|   5,148|       618|     726|        752|     8,219|   3,140|       501|     100
Wyoming .................|      1,753|     1,739|     417|       104|      56|        967|         0|       0|         0|       0
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U.S. Service Schools\2\ .|          0|     3,409|       0|         0|       0|         † |        † |      † |        † |      †
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   Other jurisdictions ..|      1,996|     8,681|     839|       299|      77|      3,045|     8,510|   2,614|       557|      76
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American Samoa ..........|        148|         0|       0|         0|       0|          0|         0|       0|         0|       0
Federated States of      |           |          |        |          |        |           |          |        |          |
   Micronesia ...........|        196|         0|       0|         0|       0|          0|         0|       0|         0|       0
Guam ....................|         94|       270|     115|         0|       0|          2|         6|       0|         0|       0
Marshall Islands ........|         35|         0|       0|         0|       0|          0|         0|       0|         0|       0
Northern Marianas .......|         80|        24|       0|         0|       0|          0|         0|       0|         0|       0
Palau ...................|         30|         0|       0|         0|       0|          0|         0|       0|         0|       0
Puerto Rico .............|      1,354|     8,220|     662|       299|      77|      3,043|     8,504|   2,614|       557|      76
Virgin Islands ..........|         59|       167|      62|         0|       0|          0|         0|       0|         0|       0
_________________________|___________|__________|________|__________|________|___________|__________|________|__________|________

†Not applicable.
\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), Fall 2003. (This table was prepared December 2004.)