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| Table 336. | Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by control, level of degree, and state or jurisdiction: 2009-10 |
| State or jurisdiction | Public | Private not-for-profit | Private for-profit | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asso- ciate's degrees | Bache- lor's degrees | Master's degrees | Doctor's de- grees1 | Asso- ciate's degrees | Bache- lor's degrees | Master's degrees | Doctor's de- grees1 | Asso- ciate's degrees | Bache- lor's degrees | Master's degrees | Doctor's de- grees1 | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| United States | 640,113 | 1,049,057 | 322,243 | 78,779 | 46,673 | 503,164 | 299,911 | 75,166 | 162,666 | 97,793 | 70,871 | 4,613 |
| Alabama | 8,624 | 20,633 | 9,375 | 1,584 | 60 | 3,488 | 666 | 495 | 1,514 | 1,565 | 1,250 | 0 |
| Alaska | 994 | 1,498 | 620 | 45 | 9 | 91 | 61 | 0 | 179 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona | 13,374 | 21,037 | 6,940 | 1,571 | 13 | 953 | 1,154 | 391 | 36,865 | 22,349 | 26,766 | 722 |
| Arkansas | 6,945 | 10,032 | 3,535 | 799 | 61 | 2,381 | 511 | 5 | 166 | 110 | 80 | 0 |
| California | 84,374 | 120,274 | 28,943 | 6,374 | 991 | 31,556 | 30,855 | 9,673 | 16,653 | 12,404 | 5,252 | 335 |
| Colorado | 6,268 | 20,826 | 5,981 | 1,529 | 342 | 3,883 | 4,153 | 610 | 7,942 | 3,837 | 2,920 | 66 |
| Connecticut | 4,346 | 10,135 | 3,027 | 773 | 837 | 9,197 | 5,534 | 1,061 | 340 | 151 | 78 | 0 |
| Delaware | 1,482 | 3,797 | 768 | 237 | 214 | 1,695 | 1,656 | 291 | 16 | 13 | 28 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 109 | 431 | 62 | 81 | 143 | 8,025 | 8,818 | 3,313 | 195 | 471 | 405 | 0 |
| Florida | 63,305 | 54,979 | 15,689 | 4,230 | 2,795 | 21,528 | 11,141 | 3,816 | 13,544 | 6,964 | 2,896 | 1,061 |
| Georgia | 12,632 | 30,421 | 10,153 | 2,149 | 889 | 9,547 | 4,229 | 1,467 | 2,062 | 2,484 | 1,922 | 342 |
| Hawaii | 2,606 | 3,593 | 1,216 | 351 | 272 | 1,670 | 655 | 0 | 360 | 138 | 157 | 30 |
| Idaho | 1,943 | 5,263 | 1,455 | 306 | 1,252 | 4,070 | 191 | 0 | 295 | 133 | 34 | 0 |
| Illinois | 27,910 | 33,935 | 12,629 | 2,790 | 1,733 | 28,986 | 25,021 | 4,689 | 8,620 | 7,926 | 3,898 | 146 |
| Indiana | 10,288 | 26,858 | 8,321 | 2,451 | 1,898 | 14,026 | 5,203 | 799 | 4,541 | 803 | 149 | 0 |
| Iowa | 10,932 | 11,263 | 2,824 | 1,361 | 608 | 9,760 | 1,893 | 1,276 | 4,294 | 9,300 | 2,735 | 107 |
| Kansas | 7,617 | 14,005 | 4,713 | 1,270 | 491 | 3,796 | 2,008 | 118 | 316 | 34 | 1 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 8,059 | 15,535 | 5,527 | 1,387 | 553 | 4,241 | 2,249 | 204 | 3,095 | 613 | 200 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 4,429 | 17,939 | 4,526 | 1,408 | 394 | 2,592 | 1,934 | 973 | 1,026 | 362 | 181 | 0 |
| Maine | 2,085 | 4,280 | 931 | 139 | 204 | 2,808 | 898 | 209 | 429 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maryland | 11,455 | 21,163 | 8,882 | 2,038 | 112 | 6,165 | 6,752 | 627 | 879 | 684 | 385 | 0 |
| Massachusetts | 9,831 | 16,251 | 5,539 | 552 | 1,590 | 35,593 | 26,512 | 6,933 | 975 | 379 | 85 | 0 |
| Michigan | 23,961 | 42,037 | 15,668 | 3,837 | 4,320 | 13,313 | 5,223 | 1,752 | 1,037 | 711 | 285 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 14,160 | 19,215 | 5,220 | 1,633 | 704 | 10,614 | 5,049 | 1,146 | 3,589 | 2,123 | 10,746 | 1,394 |
| Mississippi | 9,403 | 10,764 | 3,077 | 983 | 41 | 2,189 | 1,126 | 171 | 380 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Missouri | 9,953 | 19,683 | 5,899 | 1,345 | 2,380 | 17,596 | 13,255 | 3,306 | 3,469 | 2,391 | 249 | 0 |
| Montana | 1,618 | 4,670 | 1,070 | 309 | 127 | 562 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 4,071 | 7,483 | 2,443 | 750 | 244 | 5,027 | 1,918 | 642 | 545 | 86 | 3 | 0 |
| Nevada | 3,155 | 6,262 | 1,904 | 513 | 0 | 186 | 242 | 317 | 913 | 897 | 506 | 0 |
| New Hampshire | 1,869 | 5,116 | 1,120 | 64 | 378 | 3,856 | 2,295 | 395 | 686 | 424 | 43 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 18,562 | 25,869 | 7,525 | 2,141 | 186 | 9,520 | 6,619 | 870 | 520 | 636 | 2 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 4,805 | 6,639 | 2,469 | 544 | 0 | 167 | 156 | 0 | 429 | 968 | 432 | 0 |
| New York | 43,875 | 53,684 | 18,450 | 2,794 | 9,478 | 66,802 | 49,143 | 11,361 | 8,265 | 3,217 | 665 | 0 |
| North Carolina | 20,520 | 32,706 | 10,379 | 2,242 | 1,286 | 13,393 | 4,286 | 1,632 | 1,073 | 727 | 730 | 81 |
| North Dakota | 1,972 | 4,860 | 997 | 417 | 183 | 786 | 395 | 30 | 256 | 81 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio | 19,843 | 39,196 | 13,716 | 4,061 | 2,571 | 20,927 | 8,121 | 1,767 | 6,918 | 962 | 350 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 8,412 | 15,736 | 4,551 | 1,251 | 164 | 3,460 | 1,329 | 335 | 1,147 | 339 | 67 | 0 |
| Oregon | 8,156 | 13,614 | 4,068 | 948 | 41 | 4,686 | 2,586 | 901 | 932 | 573 | 125 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 15,365 | 43,911 | 11,607 | 3,274 | 3,172 | 41,347 | 21,903 | 5,861 | 8,980 | 1,904 | 392 | 0 |
| Rhode Island | 1,229 | 3,782 | 776 | 212 | 2,361 | 6,865 | 1,620 | 534 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 7,528 | 15,880 | 4,002 | 1,201 | 419 | 5,050 | 1,254 | 105 | 780 | 975 | 420 | 190 |
| South Dakota | 1,590 | 3,690 | 953 | 307 | 150 | 966 | 250 | 0 | 212 | 320 | 106 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 7,723 | 18,249 | 5,506 | 1,629 | 506 | 10,674 | 4,658 | 1,026 | 2,416 | 934 | 463 | 0 |
| Texas | 49,598 | 82,789 | 30,505 | 6,825 | 682 | 19,845 | 8,194 | 2,463 | 4,768 | 2,023 | 1,040 | 30 |
| Utah | 9,607 | 12,571 | 2,991 | 725 | 326 | 8,429 | 2,175 | 211 | 1,121 | 931 | 638 | 0 |
| Vermont | 939 | 3,251 | 480 | 213 | 211 | 2,588 | 1,764 | 168 | 116 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia | 14,229 | 31,927 | 11,526 | 2,926 | 563 | 10,997 | 5,484 | 1,625 | 6,218 | 2,400 | 1,879 | 82 |
| Washington | 22,195 | 22,851 | 5,138 | 1,633 | 128 | 6,823 | 4,357 | 706 | 745 | 877 | 271 | 27 |
| West Virginia | 2,713 | 8,444 | 2,559 | 852 | 299 | 1,692 | 583 | 91 | 977 | 1,896 | 1,922 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 11,064 | 24,766 | 5,599 | 1,546 | 292 | 8,753 | 3,762 | 801 | 1,396 | 591 | 115 | 0 |
| Wyoming | 2,390 | 1,783 | 388 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 472 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| U.S. Service Academies | 0 | 3,481 | 1 | 0 | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † |
| Other jurisdictions | 2,345 | 7,608 | 936 | 454 | 2,557 | 9,934 | 3,952 | 888 | 2,080 | 671 | 615 | 0 |
| American Samoa | 242 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guam | 177 | 327 | 121 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marshall Islands | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Marianas | 60 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Palau | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Puerto Rico | 1,475 | 7,010 | 760 | 454 | 2,549 | 9,923 | 3,952 | 888 | 2,080 | 671 | 615 | 0 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 74 | 252 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||
| 1 Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Includes most degrees formerly classified as first-professional, such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees. | ||||||||||||
| NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. | ||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2010, Completions component. (This table was prepared July 2011.) |