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Table 302. Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by control, level of degree, and state or jurisdiction: 2003-04
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                         |       |          |        |          |Doctor's|       |          |        |          |Doctor's
                         |       |          |        |    First-| degrees|       |          |        |    First-| degrees
                         |  Asso-|          |        |   profes-| (Ph.D.,|  Asso-|          |        |   profes-| (Ph.D.,
State or                 |ciate's|Bachelor's|Master's|    sional|  Ed.D.,|ciate's|Bachelor's|Master's|    sional|  Ed.D.,
jurisdiction             |degrees|   degrees| degrees|degrees\1\|   etc.)|degrees|   degrees| degrees|degrees\1\|   etc.)
_________________________|_______|__________|________|__________|________|_______|__________|________|__________|________
1                        |     2 |        3 |      4 |        5 |      6 |     7 |        8 |      9 |       10 |     11
_________________________|_______|__________|________|__________|________|_______|__________|________|__________|________
   United States ........|524,875|   905,718| 285,138|    34,499|  29,706|140,426|   493,824| 273,802|    48,542|  18,672
                         |_______|__________|________|__________|________|_______|__________|________|__________|________
Alabama .................|  7,735|    17,643|   8,535|       637|     479|  1,179|     3,743|     524|       379|      42
Alaska ..................|    922|     1,288|     501|         0|      20|     64|       117|      84|         0|       0
Arizona .................|  9,662|    17,350|   6,423|       473|     828|  4,356|     8,875|  11,041|       297|     103
Arkansas ................|  4,689|     8,537|   2,326|       465|     219|    198|     2,247|     271|         0|       0
California ..............| 74,564|   104,322|  25,233|     2,333|   2,995| 14,970|    38,096|  28,060|     6,370|   2,918
                         |       |          |        |          |        |       |          |        |          |
Colorado ................|  5,827|    19,135|   5,476|       518|     658|  4,000|     4,972|   4,551|       429|     122
Connecticut .............|  3,556|     8,149|   2,972|       356|     257|  1,181|     8,494|   5,409|       593|     423
Delaware ................|    912|     3,811|     754|         0|     177|    247|     1,290|   1,186|       243|      24
District of Columbia ....|    138|       302|      67|        25|       0|    678|     9,133|   8,401|     2,630|     576
Florida .................| 43,440|    42,797|  12,815|     1,370|   1,458| 14,486|    21,014|  10,360|     2,099|   1,450
                         |       |          |        |          |        |       |          |        |          |
Georgia .................|  9,678|    23,638|   8,735|       858|     877|  3,249|    12,524|   5,707|     1,260|     257
Hawaii ..................|  2,296|     3,314|   1,053|       143|     116|  1,358|     2,185|     844|         2|      11
Idaho ...................|  1,723|     4,378|     993|       161|     105|  1,550|     1,664|     123|         0|       0
Illinois ................| 23,718|    31,678|  11,827|     1,136|   1,065|  5,020|    27,859|  20,905|     3,286|   1,433
Indiana .................|  9,148|    24,522|   7,121|     1,093|     956|  4,105|    11,866|   3,715|       571|     168
                         |       |          |        |          |        |       |          |        |          |
Iowa ....................|  9,457|    11,122|   2,621|       547|     538|  1,619|     9,052|   1,346|       979|      68
Kansas ..................|  7,069|    12,624|   4,324|       727|     433|    663|     3,398|   1,665|        14|       0
Kentucky ................|  6,451|    13,123|   5,100|       804|     339|  2,209|     4,120|   1,090|       236|      85
Louisiana ...............|  4,609|    17,450|   4,710|       824|     444|  1,232|     3,886|   1,704|       886|     127
Maine ...................|  1,778|     3,600|     851|        82|      40|    474|     2,459|     691|       120|       3
                         |       |          |        |          |        |       |          |        |          |
Maryland ................|  8,518|    18,295|   6,733|       980|     687|    505|     5,704|   6,266|       160|     376
Massachusetts ...........|  8,473|    13,299|   4,657|        98|     438|  2,900|    32,284|  23,111|     4,130|   2,046
Michigan ................| 17,873|    38,615|  16,832|     1,677|   1,493|  3,963|    12,551|   7,372|     1,039|      66
Minnesota ...............| 10,990|    17,330|   4,126|       715|     592|  3,199|     9,994|   7,307|       944|     440
Mississippi .............|  7,923|     9,774|   2,940|       395|     357|    301|     1,889|     728|       133|       0
                         |       |          |        |          |        |       |          |        |          |
Missouri ................|  8,514|    17,647|   5,078|       756|     417|  3,882|    16,359|  11,207|     1,801|     816
Montana .................|  1,637|     4,772|   1,037|       134|      80|    174|       597|      50|         0|       0
Nebraska ................|  3,621|     7,145|   2,601|       346|     274|    674|     4,294|   1,029|       467|     108
Nevada ..................|  2,296|     4,714|   1,347|       169|     121|    576|       422|     449|         0|       0
New Hampshire ...........|  1,713|     4,125|     969|         0|      46|  1,576|     3,783|   1,870|       158|      81
                         |       |          |        |          |        |       |          |        |          |
New Jersey ..............| 12,712|    22,185|   6,713|     1,128|     699|  1,494|     8,379|   5,322|       534|     483
New Mexico ..............|  4,019|     5,948|   2,402|       243|     283|    252|     1,269|     581|         0|       0
New York ................| 39,492|    43,882|  18,040|     1,254|   1,199| 16,142|    63,113|  45,230|     7,119|   2,791
North Carolina ..........| 16,399|    26,441|   8,233|       836|     950|  1,118|    12,333|   3,145|     1,052|     298
North Dakota ............|  1,891|     4,226|     788|       181|      90|    281|       807|     266|         0|       0
                         |       |          |        |          |        |       |          |        |          |
Ohio ....................| 16,919|    35,860|  11,948|     2,013|   1,373|  5,391|    20,396|   7,298|     1,199|     477
Oklahoma ................|  8,002|    13,767|   4,361|       745|     366|    699|     3,657|   1,246|       353|      36
Oregon ..................|  6,889|    12,114|   4,134|       409|     413|  1,412|     4,550|   1,743|       661|      91
Pennsylvania ............| 12,966|    37,569|   9,734|     1,693|   1,370| 11,610|    37,774|  16,554|     2,855|   1,429
Rhode Island ............|  1,177|     3,137|     825|        78|      85|  2,363|     6,114|   1,346|       243|     164
                         |       |          |        |          |        |       |          |        |          |
South Carolina ..........|  6,829|    12,972|   3,831|       619|     414|  1,210|     4,919|     934|       201|      18
South Dakota ............|  1,790|     3,349|     881|       185|      89|    718|     1,403|     235|        19|       2
Tennessee ...............|  6,362|    15,756|   5,059|       724|     503|  2,371|     9,227|   3,245|       707|     343
Texas ...................| 33,691|    66,182|  23,574|     3,061|   2,345|  5,611|    19,357|   6,975|     2,021|     407
Utah ....................|  8,225|    12,008|   2,595|       260|     280|  1,176|     7,901|   1,572|       156|      82
                         |       |          |        |          |        |       |          |        |          |
Vermont .................|    795|     2,328|     513|        90|      53|    595|     2,320|     961|       157|       2
Virginia ................| 10,659|    27,027|   9,321|     1,341|   1,101|  3,375|     8,633|   2,627|     1,066|     148
Washington ..............| 22,362|    20,456|   4,685|       648|     670|  1,314|     6,784|   3,796|       522|      59
West Virginia ...........|  2,344|     7,442|   2,479|       453|     169|    979|     1,659|     350|         0|       0
Wisconsin ...............| 10,458|    23,401|   5,845|       585|     703|    882|     8,358|   3,310|       451|      99
Wyoming .................|  1,964|     1,670|     420|       131|      42|    845|         0|       0|         0|       0
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U.S. Service Schools\2\ .|      0|     3,499|       0|         0|       0|     † |        † |      † |        † |      †
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   Other jurisdictions ..|  2,070|     8,526|     875|       357|      68|  2,964|     9,353|   3,047|       517|     114
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American Samoa ..........|    149|         0|       0|         0|       0|      0|         0|       0|         0|       0
Federated States of      |       |          |        |          |        |       |          |        |          |
   Micronesia ...........|    171|         0|       0|         0|       0|      0|         0|       0|         0|       0
Guam ....................|     87|       280|     100|         0|       0|      3|         7|       0|         0|       0
Marshall Islands ........|     80|         0|       0|         0|       0|      0|         0|       0|         0|       0
Northern Marianas .......|     98|        32|       0|         0|       0|      0|         0|       0|         0|       0
Palau ...................|     69|         0|       0|         0|       0|      0|         0|       0|         0|       0
Puerto Rico .............|  1,339|     8,024|     703|       357|      68|  2,961|     9,346|   3,047|       517|     114
Virgin Islands ..........|     77|       190|      72|         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, 2003-04 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2004. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


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