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Table 245. -  Degrees awarded by institutions of higher education, by control, level of degree, and state: 1995-96 
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                      |                       Public                        |                      Private
                      |_____________________________________________________|_____________________________________________________
                      |         |          |  First-  |        |  Doctor's  |         |          |  First-  |        |  Doctor's
        State         |Associate|Bachelor's| profes-  |Master's|  degrees   |Associate|Bachelor's| profes-  |Master's|  degrees
    or other area     | degrees | degrees  |  sional  |degrees |  (Ph.D.,   | degrees | degrees  |  sional  |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 .....| 454,291 |  774,070 |   29,882 |227,179 |     29,516 | 100,925 |  390,722 |   46,852 |179,122 |     15,136
                      |_________|__________|__________|________|____________|_________|__________|__________|________|____________
Alabama ..............|   7,320 |   16,758 |      600 |  6,023 |        531 |     940 |    3,350 |      435 |    450 |          2
Alaska ...............|     890 |    1,411 |        0 |    419 |         28 |      71 |       82 |      --- |     55 |        ---
Arizona ..............|   6,076 |   14,049 |      454 |  4,860 |        756 |   2,070 |    2,914 |      --- |  2,008 |        ---
Arkansas .............|   2,869 |    7,420 |      499 |  1,893 |        148 |     105 |    1,679 |      --- |     80 |        ---
California ...........|  57,151 |   82,540 |    2,093 | 18,217 |      2,754 |   7,831 |   27,705 |    6,562 | 19,871 |      2,356
                      |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
Colorado .............|   5,361 |   16,105 |      436 |  4,450 |        709 |   3,276 |    3,334 |      354 |  2,403 |        121
Connecticut ..........|   3,860 |    6,788 |      312 |  2,529 |        239 |     790 |    6,613 |      609 |  4,186 |        437
Delaware .............|     987 |    3,510 |        0 |    854 |        157 |     195 |      874 |      391 |    396 |         25
District of Columbia .|     280 |      586 |       68 |    132 |          0 |     109 |    6,527 |    2,427 |  7,127 |        526
Florida ..............|  35,984 |   32,208 |    1,002 |  8,628 |      1,058 |   6,520 |   14,103 |    1,484 |  6,684 |        695
                      |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
Georgia ..............|   7,476 |   19,830 |      723 |  7,025 |        740 |   1,986 |    7,616 |    1,656 |  2,215 |        257
Hawaii ...............|   2,201 |    3,395 |      122 |  1,053 |        186 |     487 |    1,344 |      --- |    526 |         10
Idaho ................|   1,275 |    4,138 |      157 |  1,064 |         94 |   2,993 |      351 |      --- |     39 |        ---
Illinois .............|  23,776 |   29,079 |    1,067 | 10,026 |      1,259 |   3,063 |   22,464 |    3,568 | 14,819 |      1,314
Indiana...............|   7,469 |   20,650 |      955 |  5,743 |        997 |   3,219 |    9,921 |      549 |  1,829 |        179
                      |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
Iowa .................|   7,546 |    9,189 |      583 |  2,455 |        676 |     841 |    8,491 |    1,015 |    929 |         32
Kansas ...............|   6,604 |   11,520 |      604 |  3,950 |        470 |     677 |    3,089 |        8 |    782 |        ---
Kentucky .............|   4,926 |   11,609 |      785 |  3,815 |        305 |   1,614 |    3,071 |      356 |    678 |         96
Louisiana ............|   3,535 |   14,868 |      559 |  3,908 |        386 |     723 |    3,117 |      969 |  1,321 |        133
Maine ................|   1,555 |    3,245 |       88 |    671 |         47 |     741 |    2,374 |       93 |    234 |        ---
                      |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
Maryland .............|   8,129 |   15,672 |      706 |  5,431 |        578 |     460 |    4,270 |      207 |  4,376 |        344
Massachusetts ........|   8,213 |   12,312 |       91 |  3,076 |        440 |   4,469 |   28,413 |    3,577 | 19,177 |      1,936
Michigan .............|  18,449 |   34,017 |    1,464 | 13,577 |      1,526 |   3,207 |   10,355 |    1,114 |  2,107 |         72
Minnesota ............|   8,666 |   15,074 |      685 |  3,896 |        763 |   2,847 |    8,205 |      812 |  2,679 |        274
Mississippi ..........|   5,804 |    8,123 |      328 |  2,246 |        352 |     105 |    1,860 |      117 |    464 |        ---
                      |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
Missouri..............|   6,225 |   15,069 |      670 |  4,121 |        379 |   3,859 |   12,237 |    1,707 |  6,714 |        406
Montana ..............|   1,027 |    4,021 |       75 |    812 |         61 |     305 |      764 |      --- |     40 |        ---
Nebraska .............|   2,816 |    6,641 |      376 |  1,878 |        282 |     380 |    3,248 |      450 |    495 |          3
Nevada ...............|   1,274 |    3,357 |       55 |    955 |         76 |     151 |       64 |      --- |     31 |        ---
New Hampshire ........|   1,826 |    3,862 |        0 |    748 |         51 |   1,401 |    3,795 |      184 |  1,702 |         59
                      |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
New Jersey ...........|  11,999 |   18,035 |      894 |  4,840 |        580 |   1,006 |    6,537 |      800 |  3,580 |        471
New Mexico ...........|   3,172 |    5,645 |      192 |  2,305 |        305 |     304 |      572 |      --- |    274 |        ---
New York .............|  39,513 |   41,950 |    1,282 | 13,640 |      1,400 |  13,696 |   53,345 |    6,356 | 30,535 |      2,365
North Carolina .......|  13,032 |   22,821 |      710 |  5,863 |        789 |     876 |    9,940 |    1,031 |  1,905 |        258
North Dakota .........|   1,789 |    3,910 |      173 |    661 |         79 |     238 |      574 |      --- |     44 |        ---
                      |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
Ohio .................|  16,723 |   32,089 |    2,022 | 10,548 |      1,678 |   3,902 |   16,592 |    1,267 |  5,375 |        532
Oklahoma .............|   5,974 |   12,191 |      501 |  3,003 |        333 |     135 |    2,231 |      198 |    853 |         25
Oregon ...............|   5,352 |    9,359 |      322 |  2,767 |        406 |     362 |    3,877 |      635 |  1,244 |         70
Pennsylvania .........|  12,204 |   30,426 |    1,175 |  8,483 |      1,223 |  10,738 |   31,327 |    2,700 | 11,024 |      1,032
Rhode Island .........|   1,548 |    3,208 |        7 |    888 |         82 |   2,391 |    5,536 |      173 |  1,112 |        219
                      |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
South Carolina .......|   5,558 |   11,504 |      534 |  4,041 |        422 |     817 |    3,584 |      171 |    415 |         13
South Dakota .........|   1,606 |    3,585 |      126 |    946 |         89 |     368 |      854 |       15 |    116 |          3
Tennessee ............|   5,814 |   13,491 |      691 |  4,296 |        492 |   1,246 |    7,117 |      647 |  1,955 |        210
Texas ................|  22,605 |   55,388 |    2,615 | 17,074 |      2,443 |   3,307 |   15,316 |    2,481 |  5,514 |        421
Utah .................|   5,885 |    8,337 |      225 |  1,675 |        318 |     552 |    7,213 |      155 |  1,406 |         84
                      |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
Vermont ..............|     689 |    2,396 |       94 |    425 |         57 |     781 |    2,099 |      --- |    866 |          4
Virginia .............|   9,052 |   23,515 |    1,210 |  8,554 |      1,025 |   2,039 |    8,049 |      667 |  2,252 |         36
Washington ...........|  18,349 |   17,395 |      453 |  3,868 |        646 |   1,000 |    5,149 |      478 |  4,466 |         44
West Virginia.........|   2,145 |    7,225 |      350 |  2,059 |        120 |     667 |    1,357 |      --- |    124 |        ---
Wisconsin ............|   8,330 |   19,713 |      515 |  5,055 |        845 |     835 |    7,223 |      434 |  1,645 |         72
Wyoming ..............|   1,758 |    1,641 |       78 |    410 |         78 |     230 |      --- |      --- |    --- |        ---
                      |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
U.S. Service Schools .|  11,624 |    3,200 |      156 |  1,323 |         58 |     --- |      --- |      --- |    --- |        ---
                      |=========|==========|==========|========|============|=========|==========|==========|========|============
   Outlying areas ....|   1,457 |    6,566 |      275 |    755 |         34 |   2,321 |    8,108 |      472 |  1,054 |         48
                      |_________|__________|__________|________|____________|_________|__________|__________|________|____________
American Samoa .......|      42 |      --- |      --- |    --- |        --- |     --- |      --- |      --- |    --- |        ---
Federated States of   |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
   Micronesia ........|     156 |      --- |      --- |    --- |        --- |     --- |      --- |      --- |    --- |        ---
Guam .................|      44 |      358 |      --- |     47 |        --- |     --- |      --- |      --- |    --- |        ---
Marshall Islands .....|     113 |      --- |      --- |    --- |        --- |     --- |      --- |      --- |    --- |        ---
Northern Marianas ....|     107 |      --- |      --- |    --- |        --- |     --- |      --- |      --- |    --- |        ---
Palau ................|      16 |      --- |      --- |    --- |        --- |     --- |      --- |      --- |    --- |        ---
Puerto Rico ..........|     925 |    5,999 |      275 |    653 |         34 |   2,321 |    8,108 |      472 |  1,054 |         48
Virgin Islands .......|      54 |      209 |      --- |     55 |        --- |     --- |      --- |      --- |    --- |        ---
______________________|_________|__________|__________|________|____________|_________|__________|__________|________|____________

\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.
---Data not available or not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared May 1998.)


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