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Table 248. Degrees awarded by degree-granting institutions, by control, level of degree, and state: 1999-2000

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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 ........| 448,446 |  810,855 |243,157 | 28,408 |   32,247 | 116,487 |  427,020 |213,899 | 16,400 |   47,810
                         |_________|__________|________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|________|__________
Alabama .................|   7,017 |   17,856 |  7,435 |    519 |      620 |   1,748 |    3,437 |    586 |     15 |      465
Alaska ..................|     767 |    1,244 |    443 |     20 |        0 |     128 |      120 |     74 |      0 |        0
Arizona .................|   7,078 |   15,848 |  5,605 |    743 |      466 |   3,580 |    5,017 |  4,629 |     21 |      150
Arkansas ................|   3,638 |    7,438 |  2,266 |    134 |      494 |     247 |    1,967 |    111 |      0 |        0
California ..............|  65,938 |   88,344 | 20,006 |  2,769 |    2,201 |  12,422 |   33,202 | 24,251 |  2,711 |    6,509
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Colorado ................|   4,945 |   17,347 |  5,076 |    638 |      513 |   2,775 |    4,195 |  3,332 |    158 |      353
Connecticut .............|   3,355 |    7,503 |  3,289 |    275 |      339 |     943 |    7,569 |  4,675 |    392 |      612
Delaware ................|     936 |    3,736 |    814 |    164 |        0 |     183 |      929 |    636 |     17 |      315
District of Columbia ....|     148 |      354 |     58 |      0 |       37 |     259 |    6,452 |  7,020 |    603 |    2,565
Florida .................|  35,348 |   35,435 |  9,807 |  1,115 |    1,237 |   9,200 |   15,898 |  8,094 |  1,059 |    1,907
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Georgia .................|   6,163 |   20,271 |  7,083 |    721 |      767 |   1,640 |    8,948 |  3,327 |    311 |    1,670
Hawaii ..................|   2,302 |    3,112 |  1,040 |    153 |      128 |     964 |    1,979 |    684 |     18 |        3
Idaho ...................|   1,466 |    4,314 |  1,043 |    105 |      174 |   3,574 |      397 |     84 |      0 |        0
Illinois ................|  22,646 |   30,469 | 10,075 |  1,066 |    1,115 |   3,915 |   24,567 | 16,503 |  1,432 |    3,355
Indiana..................|   7,589 |   21,167 |  5,814 |  1,048 |    1,039 |   3,585 |   10,803 |  2,656 |    167 |      499
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Iowa ....................|   8,313 |   10,282 |  2,488 |    563 |      649 |   1,054 |    8,468 |  1,358 |      6 |      920
Kansas ..................|   6,575 |   11,175 |  3,857 |    418 |      663 |     713 |    3,059 |  1,051 |      0 |       22
Kentucky ................|   4,528 |   11,962 |  3,985 |    325 |      791 |   1,964 |    3,681 |    810 |    102 |      321
Louisiana ...............|   4,350 |   16,600 |  4,235 |    460 |      654 |   1,223 |    3,244 |  1,647 |    152 |      874
Maine ...................|   1,627 |    3,216 |    756 |     49 |       87 |     581 |    2,456 |    439 |      0 |      128
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Maryland ................|   7,015 |   16,046 |  5,550 |    592 |      870 |     423 |    5,090 |  5,137 |    385 |      179
Massachusetts ...........|   7,487 |   12,718 |  3,994 |    380 |      100 |   3,193 |   29,590 | 20,825 |  1,903 |    3,848
Michigan ................|  15,596 |   34,551 | 15,315 |  1,438 |    1,444 |   3,255 |   11,203 |  5,002 |     58 |      910
Minnesota ...............|   8,519 |   14,190 |  4,446 |    604 |      708 |   2,511 |    8,985 |  3,351 |    263 |      827
Mississippi .............|   6,632 |    9,204 |  2,639 |    347 |      385 |     132 |    1,784 |    624 |      0 |      121
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Missouri.................|   6,775 |   16,164 |  4,077 |    402 |      706 |   3,828 |   13,871 |  8,937 |    389 |    1,867
Montana .................|   1,306 |    4,474 |    907 |     65 |       70 |     256 |      697 |     44 |      0 |        0
Nebraska ................|   3,385 |    7,157 |  2,290 |    292 |      348 |     508 |    3,590 |    608 |     71 |      446
Nevada ..................|   1,730 |    4,004 |  1,160 |    115 |       53 |     258 |      241 |    293 |      0 |        0
New Hampshire ...........|   1,678 |    4,127 |    765 |     49 |        0 |   1,360 |    3,649 |  1,673 |     67 |      183
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
New Jersey ..............|  10,398 |   19,764 |  5,673 |    548 |      944 |   1,702 |    7,175 |  3,665 |    453 |      600
New Mexico ..............|   3,539 |    5,678 |  1,978 |    271 |      226 |     244 |    1,049 |    688 |      0 |        0
New York ................|  38,709 |   41,761 | 13,359 |  1,289 |    1,193 |  11,555 |   52,656 | 34,196 |  2,494 |    6,334
North Carolina ..........|  12,640 |   23,617 |  6,932 |    872 |      842 |     865 |   11,640 |  2,704 |    280 |    1,109
North Dakota ............|   1,939 |    4,104 |    692 |     58 |      191 |     112 |      773 |    171 |      0 |        0
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Ohio ....................|  15,425 |   32,018 | 10,734 |  1,559 |    1,922 |   3,968 |   17,831 |  6,147 |    565 |    1,275
Oklahoma ................|   6,193 |   12,525 |  4,130 |    369 |      614 |     215 |    3,053 |  1,229 |     68 |      387
Oregon ..................|   5,618 |   10,269 |  3,138 |    365 |      376 |     832 |    4,159 |  1,659 |     57 |      671
Pennsylvania ............|  11,789 |   32,600 |  8,759 |  1,189 |    1,544 |  12,561 |   33,673 | 13,229 |  1,045 |    2,686
Rhode Island ............|   1,185 |    2,857 |    788 |     89 |       64 |   2,365 |    5,545 |  1,076 |    169 |      201
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
South Carolina ..........|   5,803 |   11,833 |  4,054 |    414 |      593 |     993 |    4,200 |    479 |     15 |      260
South Dakota ............|   1,520 |    3,478 |    757 |     77 |      171 |     313 |    1,016 |    127 |      1 |       24
Tennessee ...............|   6,011 |   14,610 |  5,143 |    496 |      779 |   1,697 |    8,348 |  2,677 |    228 |      739
Texas ...................|  25,665 |   58,528 | 18,439 |  2,244 |    2,879 |   5,151 |   17,306 |  6,317 |    449 |    2,409
Utah ....................|   6,977 |    9,218 |  1,843 |    286 |      240 |     890 |    7,840 |  1,615 |     64 |      142
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Vermont .................|     741 |    2,548 |    386 |     58 |       93 |     853 |    2,284 |  1,067 |      7 |      140
Virginia ................|   8,954 |   25,021 |  8,667 |  1,037 |    1,325 |   2,545 |    8,578 |  2,482 |     85 |      856
Washington ..............|  17,978 |   18,211 |  4,008 |    604 |      588 |   1,290 |    5,791 |  3,428 |     43 |      487
West Virginia............|   2,119 |    7,072 |  2,303 |    134 |      376 |     930 |    1,473 |    162 |      0 |        0
Wisconsin ...............|   8,852 |   20,001 |  4,679 |    807 |      510 |     529 |    7,542 |  2,320 |     77 |      441
Wyoming .................|   1,539 |    1,797 |    377 |     73 |      119 |     455 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
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U.S. Service Schools\2\ .|       0 |    3,037 |      0 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
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   Outlying areas .......|   4,487 |    7,930 |    845 |     60 |      261 |   4,076 |    8,813 |  2,241 |     79 |      569
                         |_________|__________|________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|________|__________
American Samoa ..........|     148 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Federated States of      |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
   Micronesia ...........|      84 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Guam ....................|      88 |      365 |     99 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Marshall Islands ........|      55 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Northern Marianas .......|      84 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Palau ...................|      41 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Puerto Rico .............|   3,917 |    7,351 |    717 |     60 |      261 |   4,076 |    8,813 |  2,241 |     79 |      569
Virgin Islands ..........|      70 |      214 |     29 |      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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
\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, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared August 2001.)


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