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Table 249. Degrees awarded by degree-granting institutions, by control, level of degree, and state: 1998-99

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                         |                      Public                     |                     Private
                         |_________________________________________________|_________________________________________________
                         |         |          |        |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 ........| 448,334 |  790,287 |238,501 | 28,134 |   31,693 | 111,620 |  410,016 |201,485 | 15,943 |   46,746
                         |_________|__________|________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|________|__________
Alabama .................|   7,035 |   17,182 |  6,075 |    484 |      613 |   1,021 |    3,265 |    530 |     27 |      490
Alaska ..................|     846 |    1,271 |    422 |     27 |        0 |     146 |       98 |     58 |      0 |        0
Arizona .................|   6,832 |   15,413 |  5,457 |    741 |      461 |   3,856 |    3,569 |  4,226 |     37 |        0
Arkansas ................|   3,172 |    7,436 |  2,184 |    125 |      471 |     133 |    1,812 |     87 |      0 |        0
California ..............|  65,950 |   85,977 | 19,967 |  2,669 |    2,230 |  11,476 |   30,364 | 22,733 |  2,739 |    6,324
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Colorado ................|   5,061 |   16,759 |  5,124 |    709 |      512 |   2,876 |    3,965 |  2,955 |    136 |      411
Connecticut .............|   3,642 |    6,445 |  2,741 |    227 |      296 |     903 |    7,530 |  4,629 |    361 |      590
Delaware ................|     884 |    3,661 |    906 |    144 |        0 |     147 |      893 |    601 |     22 |      322
District of Columbia ....|     129 |      397 |     50 |      0 |       43 |     293 |    6,628 |  6,747 |    522 |    2,587
Florida .................|  36,898 |   34,529 |  9,764 |  1,064 |    1,141 |   9,169 |   15,002 |  7,349 |    910 |    1,717
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Georgia .................|   6,490 |   20,825 |  7,609 |    771 |      774 |   1,789 |    8,090 |  2,977 |    285 |    1,662
Hawaii ..................|   2,242 |    3,080 |  1,035 |    158 |      127 |   1,216 |    1,722 |    710 |      6 |        1
Idaho ...................|   1,503 |    4,324 |  1,063 |     85 |      154 |   3,891 |      338 |     75 |      0 |        0
Illinois ................|  22,720 |   29,537 |  9,845 |  1,155 |    1,163 |   3,388 |   23,643 | 15,998 |  1,469 |    3,363
Indiana..................|   7,109 |   20,286 |  5,539 |    966 |      992 |   3,403 |   10,452 |  2,117 |    146 |      479
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Iowa ....................|   8,398 |    9,804 |  2,507 |    574 |      606 |     905 |    8,449 |  1,191 |     13 |      942
Kansas ..................|   6,163 |   11,114 |  4,009 |    436 |      663 |     483 |    2,948 |    879 |      0 |       13
Kentucky ................|   4,552 |   12,012 |  4,090 |    282 |      817 |   1,986 |    3,504 |    778 |    106 |      345
Louisiana ...............|   4,531 |   15,610 |  4,383 |    401 |      644 |   1,169 |    3,157 |  1,516 |    161 |      920
Maine ...................|   1,493 |    3,139 |    739 |     38 |       96 |     644 |    2,442 |    419 |      0 |       97
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Maryland ................|   7,297 |   16,436 |  5,602 |    623 |      937 |     421 |    4,512 |  5,026 |    377 |      207
Massachusetts ...........|   7,299 |   12,140 |  3,474 |    346 |       95 |   3,569 |   29,101 | 20,556 |  1,935 |    3,706
Michigan ................|  18,361 |   32,809 | 14,711 |  1,371 |    1,433 |   3,370 |   11,480 |  3,788 |     60 |    1,030
Minnesota ...............|   8,407 |   14,711 |  4,097 |    658 |      672 |   2,070 |    8,454 |  3,261 |    233 |      852
Mississippi .............|   6,403 |    9,013 |  2,805 |    351 |      436 |     163 |    1,737 |    643 |      0 |      147
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Missouri.................|   6,677 |   15,937 |  4,150 |    369 |      737 |   3,679 |   13,064 |  8,487 |    361 |    1,827
Montana .................|   1,191 |    4,346 |    839 |     83 |       80 |     297 |      609 |     49 |      0 |        0
Nebraska ................|   3,031 |    6,712 |  2,404 |    283 |      329 |     548 |    3,312 |    549 |     71 |      446
Nevada ..................|   1,629 |    3,781 |  1,144 |     88 |       52 |     224 |      196 |    188 |      0 |        0
New Hampshire ...........|   1,696 |    3,920 |    745 |     48 |        0 |   1,217 |    3,533 |  1,669 |     92 |      208
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
New Jersey ..............|  10,699 |   18,735 |  5,597 |    534 |      971 |   1,520 |    6,839 |  3,651 |    418 |      569
New Mexico ..............|   3,355 |    5,719 |  2,068 |    279 |      167 |     232 |      843 |    469 |      0 |        0
New York ................|  38,913 |   41,119 | 13,272 |  1,245 |    1,196 |  11,431 |   50,923 | 32,982 |  2,512 |    6,372
North Carolina ..........|  12,029 |   22,922 |  6,504 |    834 |      814 |     922 |   11,707 |  2,415 |    289 |    1,117
North Dakota ............|   1,759 |    4,084 |    697 |     68 |      176 |     100 |      646 |    119 |      0 |        0
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Ohio ....................|  15,854 |   31,951 | 11,013 |  1,521 |    1,978 |   3,543 |   17,785 |  5,784 |    482 |    1,279
Oklahoma ................|   6,289 |   12,861 |  3,794 |    343 |      518 |     157 |    2,895 |  1,005 |     60 |      393
Oregon ..................|   5,264 |    9,846 |  2,802 |    371 |      356 |     422 |    4,022 |  1,612 |     57 |      576
Pennsylvania ............|  11,419 |   31,314 |  8,677 |  1,251 |    1,381 |  12,014 |   32,672 | 12,232 |    961 |    2,693
Rhode Island ............|   1,265 |    2,958 |    797 |     86 |       27 |   2,326 |    5,438 |  1,145 |    170 |      198
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
South Carolina ..........|   5,725 |   11,600 |  4,180 |    427 |      584 |     813 |    4,164 |    473 |     17 |      210
South Dakota ............|   1,328 |    3,347 |    838 |     63 |      166 |     367 |      899 |    142 |      2 |       22
Tennessee ...............|   5,842 |   13,935 |  4,829 |    466 |      740 |   1,658 |    8,053 |  2,345 |    212 |      676
Texas ...................|  24,579 |   57,287 | 17,718 |  2,363 |    2,910 |   4,082 |   16,289 |  5,516 |    345 |    2,053
Utah ....................|   6,719 |    9,608 |  1,976 |    277 |      209 |     724 |    7,992 |  1,527 |     99 |      153
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Vermont .................|     710 |    2,458 |    386 |     50 |       94 |     836 |    2,305 |  1,015 |      2 |      161
Virginia ................|   9,122 |   22,810 |  8,598 |  1,017 |    1,254 |   2,848 |    8,157 |  2,357 |    107 |      691
Washington ..............|  17,466 |   17,663 |  3,747 |    663 |      566 |   1,285 |    5,393 |  3,572 |     48 |      472
West Virginia............|   2,156 |    6,966 |  2,268 |    139 |      391 |     819 |    1,520 |    173 |      0 |        0
Wisconsin ...............|   8,570 |   19,740 |  4,864 |    798 |      555 |     663 |    7,605 |  2,160 |     93 |      425
Wyoming .................|   1,630 |    1,784 |    396 |     63 |       66 |     406 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
U.S. Service Schools\2\ .|       0 |    2,974 |      0 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
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   Outlying areas .......|   1,600 |    7,452 |    776 |     76 |      310 |   4,028 |    7,928 |  1,186 |     23 |      331
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American Samoa ..........|     143 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Federated States of      |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
   Micronesia ...........|       7 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Guam ....................|      79 |      374 |     70 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Marshall Islands ........|      59 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Northern Marianas .......|      73 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Palau ...................|      27 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Puerto Rico .............|   1,141 |    6,837 |    665 |     76 |      310 |   4,028 |    7,928 |  1,186 |     23 |      331
Virgin Islands ..........|      71 |      241 |     41 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      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: Data imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared August 2001.)


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