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Table 237.Earned degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by level of degree and by state: 1991-92 and 1992-93

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                       |                      1991-92                           |                       1992-93
                       |________________________________________________________|________________________________________________________
                       |         |          |            |         |  Doctor's  |         |          |            |         |  Doctor's
  State or other area  |Associate|Bachelor's|   First-   |Master's |  degrees   |Associate|Bachelor's|   First-   |Master's |  degrees
                       | degrees | degrees  |professional| degrees |  (Ph.D.,   | degrees | degrees  |professional| degrees |  (Ph.D.,
                       |         |          |degrees \1\ |         |Ed.D., etc.)|         |          |degrees \1\ |         |Ed.D., etc.)
_______________________|_________|__________|____________|_________|____________|_________|__________|____________|_________|____________
           1           |    2    |    3     |     4      |    5    |     6      |    7    |    8     |     9      |   10    |     11
_______________________|_________|__________|____________|_________|____________|_________|__________|____________|_________|____________
   United States ......| 504,231 |1,136,553 |     74,146 | 352,838 |     40,659 | 514,756 |1,165,178 |     75,387 | 369,585 |     42,132
                       |_________|__________|____________|_________|____________|_________|__________|____________|_________|____________
Alabama ...............|   7,257 |   19,628 |        850 |   5,544 |        374 |   7,484 |   20,525 |        866 |   5,636 |        406
Alaska ................|     753 |    1,114 |        --- |     367 |         13 |     940 |    1,260 |        --- |     363 |         10
Arizona ...............|   6,776 |   14,680 |        424 |   5,093 |        633 |   6,928 |   15,807 |        436 |   5,694 |        690
Arkansas ..............|   2,592 |    8,133 |        363 |   1,774 |        112 |   2,618 |    8,449 |        449 |   1,836 |        120
California ............|  53,008 |  107,462 |      8,918 |  35,429 |      4,703 |  54,688 |  111,010 |      9,195 |  37,046 |      4,987
                       |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
Colorado ..............|   6,301 |   17,646 |        788 |   5,655 |        707 |   6,294 |   18,925 |        813 |   6,391 |        768
Connecticut ...........|   4,994 |   15,019 |        896 |   6,563 |        604 |   5,094 |   14,931 |        679 |   6,590 |        630
Delaware ..............|   1,152 |    4,121 |        578 |     857 |        167 |   1,313 |    4,119 |        550 |     954 |        144
District of Columbia ..|     399 |    8,206 |      2,254 |   5,447 |        473 |     435 |    8,095 |      2,321 |   6,059 |        562
Florida ...............|  39,062 |   41,090 |      2,312 |  11,864 |      1,430 |  39,405 |   43,212 |      2,322 |  13,145 |      1,661
                       |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
Georgia ...............|   8,480 |   23,493 |      1,833 |   7,022 |        880 |   8,316 |   25,390 |      1,949 |   7,958 |        899
Hawaii ................|   2,466 |    3,821 |        116 |   1,199 |        145 |   2,515 |    4,186 |        176 |   1,383 |        168
Idaho .................|   3,243 |    3,529 |        135 |     921 |         76 |   3,544 |    3,923 |        146 |   1,005 |         65
Illinois ..............|  26,276 |   53,263 |      4,364 |  21,674 |      2,581 |  27,620 |   51,482 |      4,410 |  22,440 |      2,601
Indiana................|   8,770 |   30,770 |      1,512 |   6,650 |      1,114 |   9,236 |   31,453 |      1,496 |   6,874 |      1,107
                       |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
Iowa ..................|   8,859 |   17,162 |      1,493 |   3,369 |        698 |   8,344 |   17,598 |      1,534 |   3,517 |        683
Kansas ................|   6,371 |   13,690 |        614 |   3,791 |        447 |   6,312 |   14,282 |        601 |   3,920 |        387
Kentucky ..............|   5,930 |   13,861 |        896 |   4,059 |        311 |   6,546 |   14,396 |        985 |   4,195 |        328
Louisiana .............|   2,660 |   16,985 |      1,562 |   4,235 |        423 |   2,865 |   17,825 |      1,502 |   4,723 |        428
Maine .................|   2,471 |    5,778 |        179 |     890 |         51 |   2,433 |    5,976 |        168 |     917 |         40
                       |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
Maryland ..............|   8,166 |   20,324 |        946 |   7,496 |        928 |   8,425 |   20,427 |      1,050 |   8,006 |        963
Massachusetts .........|  13,434 |   45,051 |      3,651 |  19,740 |      2,256 |  13,354 |   42,747 |      3,677 |  19,215 |      2,276
Michigan ..............|  23,108 |   44,789 |      2,575 |  14,374 |      1,549 |  24,231 |   45,711 |      2,581 |  14,944 |      1,513
Minnesota .............|   9,183 |   24,453 |      1,829 |   4,853 |        684 |   9,766 |   24,762 |      1,854 |   5,217 |        674
Mississippi ...........|   5,431 |   10,054 |        513 |   2,547 |        302 |   5,575 |   10,673 |        466 |   2,672 |        303
                       |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
Missouri...............|   7,818 |   26,552 |      2,157 |   9,405 |        764 |   8,023 |   26,954 |      2,171 |   9,303 |        711
Montana ...............|     883 |    4,161 |         70 |     730 |         65 |     801 |    4,194 |         68 |     756 |         57
Nebraska ..............|   3,730 |    9,417 |        732 |   1,909 |        236 |   2,494 |    9,522 |        806 |   2,007 |        238
Nevada ................|   1,171 |    2,694 |         44 |     710 |         45 |   1,311 |    3,029 |         54 |     845 |         39
New Hampshire .........|   2,943 |    7,430 |        185 |   2,101 |         79 |   3,343 |    7,524 |        195 |   2,267 |        118
                       |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
New Jersey ............|  12,287 |   24,207 |      1,719 |   7,901 |        994 |  12,299 |   25,185 |      1,679 |   8,110 |        965
New Mexico ............|   2,874 |    5,501 |        176 |   2,224 |        229 |   3,007 |    5,667 |        178 |   2,142 |        243
New York ..............|  53,043 |   95,611 |      7,543 |  41,213 |      3,816 |  53,393 |   97,104 |      7,476 |  42,539 |      4,045
North Carolina ........|  11,865 |   30,826 |      1,537 |   6,644 |        923 |  12,164 |   31,852 |      1,709 |   6,864 |        980
North Dakota ..........|   1,615 |    4,755 |        127 |     572 |         79 |   1,696 |    4,555 |        142 |     649 |         74
                       |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
Ohio ..................|  19,589 |   50,557 |      3,176 |  13,760 |      1,766 |  19,881 |   51,487 |      3,225 |  14,613 |      1,973
Oklahoma ..............|   6,175 |   14,542 |        989 |   4,267 |        398 |   6,304 |   15,002 |        928 |   4,457 |        416
Oregon ................|   4,829 |   13,375 |      1,032 |   3,918 |        511 |   5,676 |   13,139 |        988 |   3,650 |        535
Pennsylvania ..........|  20,932 |   64,304 |      3,561 |  16,899 |      2,201 |  20,091 |   65,073 |      3,774 |  17,649 |      2,267
Rhode Island ..........|   4,043 |    9,249 |         86 |   2,038 |        241 |   4,156 |    9,341 |         81 |   2,070 |        269
                       |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
South Carolina ........|   6,191 |   14,219 |        621 |   3,911 |        374 |   5,953 |   15,254 |        604 |   4,245 |        408
South Dakota ..........|     798 |    4,075 |        135 |     785 |         60 |     848 |    4,252 |        130 |     913 |         52
Tennessee .............|   6,661 |   19,139 |      1,352 |   4,946 |        741 |   6,801 |   20,371 |      1,341 |   5,016 |        721
Texas .................|  23,056 |   64,313 |      4,817 |  19,749 |      2,481 |  24,804 |   67,598 |      4,882 |  20,887 |      2,546
Utah ..................|   4,556 |   12,016 |        364 |   2,550 |        378 |   4,839 |   12,901 |        388 |   2,868 |        376
                       |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
Vermont ...............|   1,317 |    4,521 |         91 |   1,056 |         47 |   1,264 |    4,707 |         96 |   1,103 |         53
Virginia ..............|   9,735 |   30,320 |      1,627 |   8,339 |        963 |  10,232 |   30,858 |      1,811 |   9,325 |        998
Washington ............|  16,436 |   19,737 |        886 |   6,088 |        594 |  16,619 |   20,829 |        920 |   6,745 |        618
West Virginia..........|   2,803 |    8,191 |        329 |   1,912 |        116 |   2,919 |    8,606 |        320 |   1,916 |         99
Wisconsin .............|   9,622 |   27,542 |        946 |   6,252 |        830 |   9,481 |   27,709 |        971 |   6,340 |        851
Wyoming ...............|   1,891 |    1,781 |         64 |     350 |         50 |   1,850 |    1,856 |         69 |     342 |         50
                       |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
U.S. Service Schools ..|  10,226 |    3,396 |        179 |   1,196 |         17 |  10,226 |    3,445 |        155 |   1,264 |         17
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   Outlying areas .....|   4,473 |   13,519 |        655 |   1,369 |         68 |   4,342 |   14,100 |        681 |   1,388 |         74
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American Samoa ........|      41 |      --- |        --- |     --- |        --- |      43 |      --- |        --- |     --- |        ---
Federated States of    |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
  Micronesia...........|      56 |      --- |        --- |     --- |        --- |      56 |      --- |        --- |     --- |        ---
Guam ..................|      52 |      198 |        --- |      16 |        --- |      36 |      178 |        --- |      15 |        ---
Marshall Islands ......|      21 |      --- |        --- |     --- |        --- |      35 |      --- |        --- |     --- |        ---
Northern Marianas .....|      52 |      --- |        --- |     --- |        --- |      87 |      --- |        --- |     --- |        ---
Palau..................|       4 |      --- |        --- |     --- |        --- |       4 |      --- |        --- |     --- |        ---
Puerto Rico ...........|   4,180 |   13,182 |        655 |   1,301 |         68 |   4,017 |   13,746 |        681 |   1,330 |         74
Virgin Islands ........|      67 |      139 |        --- |      52 |        --- |      64 |      176 |        --- |      43 |        ---
_______________________|_________|__________|____________|_________|____________|_________|__________|____________|_________|____________

\1\Includes degrees which require at least 6 years of college work for completion (including at least 2 years of preprofessional training).
---Data not available or not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared January 1995.)


1995 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest