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Table 304. Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and state or jurisdiction: 2002-03 and 2003-04
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                         |                   2002-03                     |                   2003-04
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                         |       |          |        |          |Doctor's|       |          |        |          |Doctor's
                         |       |          |        |    First-| degrees|       |          |        |    First-| degrees
                         |  Asso-|          |        |   profes-| (Ph.D.,|  Asso-|          |        |   profes-| (Ph.D.,
                         |ciate's|Bachelor's|Master's|    sional|  Ed.D.,|ciate's|Bachelor's|Master's|    sional|  Ed.D.,
State or 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 ........|632,912| 1,348,503| 512,645|    80,810|  46,024|665,301| 1,399,542| 558,940|    83,041|  48,378
                         |_______|__________|________|__________|________|_______|__________|________|__________|________
Alabama .................|  8,744|    20,479|   8,441|     1,019|     586|  8,914|    21,386|   9,059|     1,016|     521
Alaska ..................|    952|     1,363|     506|         0|      36|    986|     1,405|     585|         0|      20
Arizona .................| 12,042|    23,372|  12,618|       754|     803| 14,018|    26,225|  17,464|       770|     931
Arkansas ................|  4,714|    10,591|   2,384|       477|     180|  4,887|    10,784|   2,597|       465|     219
California ..............| 90,028|   135,844|  48,651|     8,624|   5,731| 89,534|   142,418|  53,293|     8,703|   5,913
                         |       |          |        |          |        |       |          |        |          |
Colorado ................|  8,860|    23,101|   9,232|       979|     813|  9,827|    24,107|  10,027|       947|     780
Connecticut .............|  4,641|    15,850|   8,252|     1,008|     648|  4,737|    16,643|   8,381|       949|     680
Delaware ................|  1,147|     5,164|   1,763|       312|     168|  1,159|     5,101|   1,940|       243|     201
District of Columbia ....|    664|     8,900|   7,460|     2,605|     579|    816|     9,435|   8,468|     2,655|     576
Florida .................| 55,603|    58,933|  20,785|     3,235|   2,592| 57,926|    63,811|  23,175|     3,469|   2,908
                         |       |          |        |          |        |       |          |        |          |
Georgia .................| 10,689|    31,974|  12,059|     2,108|   1,122| 12,927|    36,162|  14,442|     2,118|   1,134
Hawaii ..................|  3,745|     5,047|   1,728|       126|     146|  3,654|     5,499|   1,897|       145|     127
Idaho ...................|  3,788|     5,975|   1,487|       154|     131|  3,273|     6,042|   1,116|       161|     105
Illinois ................| 27,827|    59,569|  30,240|     4,359|   2,582| 28,738|    59,537|  32,732|     4,422|   2,498
Indiana .................| 12,776|    35,284|   9,503|     1,638|   1,147| 13,253|    36,388|  10,836|     1,664|   1,124
                         |       |          |        |          |        |       |          |        |          |
Iowa ....................| 10,518|    20,034|   3,948|     1,579|     506| 11,076|    20,174|   3,967|     1,526|     606
Kansas ..................|  7,266|    15,744|   5,604|       666|     414|  7,732|    16,022|   5,989|       741|     433
Kentucky ................|  7,860|    16,254|   5,430|     1,031|     404|  8,660|    17,243|   6,190|     1,040|     424
Louisiana ...............|  5,604|    21,182|   5,813|     1,592|     491|  5,841|    21,336|   6,414|     1,710|     571
Maine ...................|  2,144|     6,158|   1,349|       172|      56|  2,252|     6,059|   1,542|       202|      43
                         |       |          |        |          |        |       |          |        |          |
Maryland ................|  8,432|    23,556|  12,057|     1,046|     969|  9,023|    23,999|  12,999|     1,140|   1,063
Massachusetts ...........| 10,842|    44,726|  26,946|     4,076|   2,320| 11,373|    45,583|  27,768|     4,228|   2,484
Michigan ................| 21,298|    50,178|  23,196|     2,481|   1,525| 21,836|    51,166|  24,204|     2,716|   1,559
Minnesota ...............| 13,302|    25,783|   9,185|     1,596|     941| 14,189|    27,324|  11,433|     1,659|   1,032
Mississippi .............|  7,515|    11,797|   3,417|       520|     340|  8,224|    11,663|   3,668|       528|     357
                         |       |          |        |          |        |       |          |        |          |
Missouri ................| 12,004|    33,291|  15,591|     2,490|   1,182| 12,396|    34,006|  16,285|     2,557|   1,233
Montana .................|  1,666|     5,238|     979|       118|      75|  1,811|     5,369|   1,087|       134|      80
Nebraska ................|  4,366|    11,025|   3,533|       809|     434|  4,295|    11,439|   3,630|       813|     382
Nevada ..................|  2,489|     4,877|   1,527|       178|     132|  2,872|     5,136|   1,796|       169|     121
New Hampshire ...........|  3,149|     7,563|   2,387|       191|     142|  3,289|     7,908|   2,839|       158|     127
                         |       |          |        |          |        |       |          |        |          |
New Jersey ..............| 13,066|    29,604|  11,140|     1,609|   1,052| 14,206|    30,564|  12,035|     1,662|   1,182
New Mexico ..............|  3,871|     7,027|   2,622|       246|     244|  4,271|     7,217|   2,983|       243|     283
New York ................| 53,569|   105,103|  58,210|     8,117|   3,741| 55,634|   106,995|  63,270|     8,373|   3,990
North Carolina ..........| 15,460|    37,272|  10,143|     1,861|   1,138| 17,517|    38,774|  11,378|     1,888|   1,248
North Dakota ............|  1,931|     4,882|     928|       180|      90|  2,172|     5,033|   1,054|       181|      90
                         |       |          |        |          |        |       |          |        |          |
Ohio ....................| 21,063|    54,852|  18,824|     3,089|   1,858| 22,310|    56,256|  19,246|     3,212|   1,850
Oklahoma ................|  8,070|    16,348|   5,389|     1,082|     416|  8,701|    17,424|   5,607|     1,098|     402
Oregon ..................|  7,365|    15,601|   5,622|     1,074|     499|  8,301|    16,664|   5,877|     1,070|     504
Pennsylvania ............| 24,177|    72,351|  24,038|     4,442|   2,431| 24,576|    75,343|  26,288|     4,548|   2,799
Rhode Island ............|  3,516|     9,108|   2,056|       250|     246|  3,540|     9,251|   2,171|       321|     249
                         |       |          |        |          |        |       |          |        |          |
South Carolina ..........|  7,526|    17,817|   4,496|       738|     428|  8,039|    17,891|   4,765|       820|     432
South Dakota ............|  2,200|     4,344|   1,070|       166|      75|  2,508|     4,752|   1,116|       204|      91
Tennessee ...............|  8,826|    24,369|   8,136|     1,411|     731|  8,733|    24,983|   8,304|     1,431|     846
Texas ...................| 34,919|    82,649|  27,879|     4,899|   2,626| 39,302|    85,539|  30,549|     5,082|   2,752
Utah ....................|  9,374|    19,086|   3,827|       410|     336|  9,401|    19,909|   4,167|       416|     362
                         |       |          |        |          |        |       |          |        |          |
Vermont .................|  1,419|     4,545|   1,449|       248|      44|  1,390|     4,648|   1,474|       247|      55
Virginia ................| 13,486|    34,657|  11,251|     2,133|   1,169| 14,034|    35,660|  11,948|     2,407|   1,249
Washington ..............| 21,773|    25,908|   8,310|     1,218|     663| 23,676|    27,240|   8,481|     1,170|     729
West Virginia ...........|  3,216|     9,335|   2,479|       471|     160|  3,323|     9,101|   2,829|       453|     169
Wisconsin ...............| 10,690|    29,645|   8,288|     1,119|     826| 11,340|    31,759|   9,155|     1,036|     802
Wyoming .................|  2,720|     1,739|     417|       104|      56|  2,809|     1,670|     420|       131|      42
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U.S. Service Schools\2\ .|      0|     3,409|       0|         0|       0|      0|     3,499|       0|         0|       0
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   Other jurisdictions ..|  5,041|    17,191|   3,453|       856|     153|  5,034|    17,879|   3,922|       874|     182
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American Samoa ..........|    148|         0|       0|         0|       0|    149|         0|       0|         0|       0
Federated States of      |       |          |        |          |        |       |          |        |          |
   Micronesia ...........|    196|         0|       0|         0|       0|    171|         0|       0|         0|       0
Guam ....................|     96|       276|     115|         0|       0|     90|       287|     100|         0|       0
Marshall Islands ........|     35|         0|       0|         0|       0|     80|         0|       0|         0|       0
Northern Marianas .......|     80|        24|       0|         0|       0|     98|        32|       0|         0|       0
Palau ...................|     30|         0|       0|         0|       0|     69|         0|       0|         0|       0
Puerto Rico .............|  4,397|    16,724|   3,276|       856|     153|  4,300|    17,370|   3,750|       874|     182
Virgin Islands ..........|     59|       167|      62|         0|       0|     77|       190|      72|         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, 2002-03 and 2003-04 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2003 and Fall 2004. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


2005 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest