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Table 305. Degrees awarded by degree-granting institutions, by control, level of degree and state or jurisdiction: 2001-02

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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 jurisdiction     | 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 ........|  471,660|   841,512| 249,828|  27,622|    33,439|  123,473|   450,388| 232,290|  16,538|    47,259
                         |_________|__________|________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|________|__________
Alabama .................|    6,677|    16,757|   7,740|     482|       640|    1,250|     3,557|     544|      45|       426
Alaska ..................|      858|     1,277|     354|      19|         0|       48|       100|      78|       0|         0
Arizona .................|    7,980|    16,123|   5,836|     798|       456|    5,028|     5,891|   5,412|      11|       257
Arkansas ................|    4,007|     8,009|   2,286|     165|       490|      206|     2,069|     184|       0|         0
California ..............|   70,271|    96,179|  21,455|   2,733|     2,125|   13,938|    34,973|  26,244|   2,798|     5,931
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Colorado ................|    5,029|    18,168|   5,016|     607|       492|    3,047|     4,107|   3,549|     114|       353
Connecticut .............|    3,349|     6,954|   2,553|     221|       379|    1,064|     7,693|   4,957|     372|       613
Delaware ................|      919|     3,879|     712|     137|         0|      244|     1,057|     837|      21|       291
District of Columbia ....|      106|       291|      69|       0|        54|      506|     8,300|   7,295|     541|     2,627
Florida .................|   38,746|    38,064|  11,371|   1,269|     1,335|   10,206|    18,287|   8,923|   1,014|     1,882
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Georgia .................|    7,297|    20,517|   7,645|     855|       796|    1,764|     9,482|   4,407|     307|     1,530
Hawaii ..................|    2,204|     2,910|     838|     110|       130|    1,105|     1,991|     705|      20|         1
Idaho ...................|    1,618|     4,497|   1,113|      91|       132|    2,965|       416|     128|       0|         0
Illinois ................|   21,791|    31,821|  10,473|   1,087|     1,133|    4,133|    25,609|  18,056|   1,448|     3,368
Indiana..................|    8,165|    22,681|   6,281|     887|     1,066|    3,726|    11,266|   2,808|     135|       545
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Iowa ....................|    8,702|    10,366|   2,501|     571|       668|    1,237|     9,022|   1,377|       8|       912
Kansas ..................|    6,635|    11,602|   3,830|     416|       682|      574|     3,185|   1,225|       0|        19
Kentucky ................|    5,187|    12,469|   4,018|     306|       757|    2,118|     3,932|     896|      76|       247
Louisiana ...............|    4,054|    16,767|   4,265|     401|       763|    1,316|     3,545|   1,590|     136|       747
Maine ...................|    1,459|     3,450|     742|      39|        67|      516|     2,343|     577|       0|       117
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Maryland ................|    7,305|    17,136|   6,009|     585|       922|      445|     5,194|   5,582|     387|       207
Massachusetts ...........|   11,605|    12,645|   4,074|     372|        89|    2,646|    30,452|  21,810|   1,915|     3,823
Michigan ................|   15,202|    35,784|  15,455|   1,432|     1,506|    3,566|    12,145|   6,614|      65|       934
Minnesota ...............|    9,169|    15,250|   4,089|     560|       673|    2,673|     9,456|   4,288|     313|       848
Mississippi .............|    6,934|    10,021|   2,751|     334|       420|      668|     1,878|     635|       0|       121
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Missouri.................|    7,234|    16,965|   4,401|     401|       692|    3,714|    15,117|   9,513|     552|     1,728
Montana .................|    1,348|     4,700|     959|      73|       121|      180|       577|      31|       0|         0
Nebraska ................|    3,415|     6,952|   2,422|     255|       337|      791|     3,687|     789|      78|       458
Nevada ..................|    1,974|     4,175|   1,131|     107|       152|      418|       314|     370|       0|         0
New Hampshire ...........|    1,443|     3,698|     791|      55|         0|    1,480|     3,551|   1,587|      68|       166
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
New Jersey ..............|   10,937|    20,884|   5,861|     528|     1,019|    1,706|     7,492|   4,469|     452|       521
New Mexico ..............|    3,493|     5,333|   2,034|     280|       286|      264|     1,099|     582|       0|         0
New York ................|   37,483|    41,519|  13,436|   1,008|     1,279|   13,665|    56,813|  37,485|   2,456|     7,198
North Carolina ..........|   13,936|    24,066|   6,751|     844|       833|      803|    12,005|   2,626|     270|       998
North Dakota ............|    1,737|     4,045|     722|      54|       181|      147|       765|     191|       0|         0
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Ohio ....................|   15,737|    33,545|  11,050|   1,450|     2,018|    4,151|    19,203|   7,026|     471|     1,264
Oklahoma ................|    6,766|    12,783|   4,008|     365|       688|      484|     3,449|   1,217|      74|       337
Oregon ..................|    5,832|    10,207|   3,299|     362|       366|      686|     4,243|   1,606|      56|       654
Pennsylvania ............|   11,506|    34,136|   9,037|   1,164|     1,652|   12,320|    34,863|  14,164|   1,143|     2,786
Rhode Island ............|    1,205|     2,971|     884|      81|        78|    2,352|     5,874|   1,195|     161|       171
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
South Carolina ..........|    6,267|    12,391|   3,548|     433|       589|      865|     4,495|     607|      16|       188
South Dakota ............|    1,487|     3,215|     802|      69|       138|      369|     1,150|     141|       4|        25
Tennessee ...............|    6,072|    14,983|   5,038|     476|       700|    2,013|     8,497|   2,933|     305|       735
Texas ...................|   27,633|    61,210|  19,256|   2,233|     3,118|    4,198|    18,385|   6,160|     327|     1,992
Utah ....................|    8,276|    10,277|   2,158|     287|       240|      884|     7,911|   1,508|      63|       153
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Vermont .................|      758|     2,319|     417|      54|        93|      757|     2,354|     963|       3|       168
Virginia ................|    9,747|    25,249|   8,440|   1,016|     1,306|    2,508|     7,699|   2,249|     151|       907
Washington ..............|   18,540|    18,635|   4,285|     613|       642|    1,495|     5,827|   3,266|      41|       554
West Virginia............|    2,074|     7,433|   2,094|     146|       407|      852|     1,589|     151|       0|         0
Wisconsin ...............|    9,809|    21,304|   5,083|     736|       607|      641|     7,479|   2,740|     121|       457
Wyoming .................|    1,682|     1,655|     445|      55|       122|      741|         0|       0|       0|         0
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
U.S. Service Schools\2\ .|        0|     3,245|       0|       0|         0|        0|         0|       0|       0|         0
                         |=========|==========|========|========|==========|=========|==========|========|========|==========
   Outlying areas .......|    2,053|     8,549|     880|      76|       285|    3,108|     8,521|   2,537|      75|       508
                         |_________|__________|________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|________|__________
American Samoa ..........|      174|         0|       0|       0|         0|        0|         0|       0|       0|         0
Federated States of      |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
   Micronesia ...........|      176|         0|       0|       0|         0|        0|         0|       0|       0|         0
Guam ....................|      125|       354|     131|       0|         0|       25|         0|       0|       0|         0
Marshall Islands ........|       35|         0|       0|       0|         0|        0|         0|       0|       0|         0
Northern Marianas .......|       82|        27|       0|       0|         0|        0|         0|       0|       0|         0
Palau ...................|       32|         0|       0|       0|         0|        0|         0|       0|       0|         0
Puerto Rico .............|    1,382|     7,957|     720|      76|       285|    3,083|     8,521|   2,537|      75|       508
Virgin Islands ..........|       47|       211|      29|       0|         0|        0|         0|       0|       0|         0
_________________________|_________|__________|________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|________|__________

\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.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2002 survey. (This table was prepared August 2003.)


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