Bachelor's and master's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by field of study and state or jurisdiction: 2002-03

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Table 304.

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                          |    Total degrees   |  Humanities\1\  | Social and beha- |     Natural     |Computer sciences |    Education     |    Business/     | Other fields\5\
State or jurisdiction     |                    |                 |vioral sciences\2\|   sciences\3\   |and engineering\4\|                  |   management     |
                          |____________________|_________________|__________________|_________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|__________________
                          |   Bache- |Master's | Bache- |Master's|  Bache- |Master's| Bache- |Master's|  Bache- |Master's| Bache- |Master's | Bache- |Master's | Bache- |Master's
                          |    lor's | degrees |  lor's |degrees |   lor's |degrees |  lor's |degrees |   lor's |degrees |  lor's | degrees |  lor's | degrees |  lor's | degrees
                          |  degrees |         |degrees |        | degrees |        |degrees |        | degrees |        |degrees |         |degrees |         |degrees |
__________________________|__________|_________|________|________|_________|________|________|________|_________|________|________|_________|________|_________|________|_________
1                         |        2 |       3 |      4 |      5 |       6 |      7 |      8 |      9 |      10 |     11 |     12 |      13 |     14 |      15 |     16 |      17
__________________________|__________|_________|________|________|_________|________|________|________|_________|________|________|_________|________|_________|________|_________
   United States .........| 1,348,503|  512,645| 235,922|  37,726|  221,831|  31,757|  90,505|  15,725|  134,706|  50,172| 105,790|  147,448| 293,545|  127,545| 266,204|  102,272
                          |__________|_________|________|________|_________|________|________|________|_________|________|________|_________|________|_________|________|_________
Alabama ..................|    20,479|    8,441|   2,264|     289|    2,069|     474|   1,213|     150|    1,970|     553|   2,758|    2,903|   5,574|    2,048|   4,631|    2,024
Alaska .................. |     1,363|      506|     195|      45|      216|      43|     127|      34|       84|      42|     142|      164|     243|      105|     356|       73
Arizona ..................|    23,372|   12,618|   3,211|     404|    2,443|     340|   1,231|     208|    3,039|     707|   2,447|    4,441|   6,265|    5,081|   4,736|    1,437
Arkansas .................|    10,591|    2,384|   1,316|     121|    1,203|     111|     736|      74|      883|     162|   1,238|      875|   2,522|      428|   2,693|      613
California ...............|   135,844|   48,651|  32,291|   4,624|   28,310|   4,253|  10,655|   1,378|   14,237|   5,578|   2,638|   11,947|  26,394|   11,597|  21,319|    9,274
                          |          |         |        |        |         |        |        |        |         |        |        |         |        |         |        |
Colorado .................|    23,101|    9,232|   4,227|     587|    4,716|     728|   1,964|     346|    2,538|   1,394|      55|    1,778|   5,040|    2,847|   4,561|    1,552
Connecticut ..............|    15,850|    8,252|   3,590|     674|    4,032|     448|   1,033|     322|      816|     756|     702|    2,482|   2,820|    1,942|   2,857|    1,628
Delaware .................|     5,164|    1,763|     732|     148|      889|     125|     236|      36|      368|     130|     578|      555|   1,261|      413|   1,100|      356
District of Columbia .....|     8,900|    7,460|   1,394|     710|    2,431|     949|     429|     307|    1,357|     948|      72|      683|   1,961|    1,850|   1,256|    2,013
Florida ..................|    58,933|   20,785|   7,231|     804|    8,779|   1,049|   2,604|     540|    5,407|   1,978|   5,049|    4,738|  16,618|    6,572|  13,245|    5,104
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Georgia ................. |    31,974|   12,059|   4,515|     666|    4,721|     628|   1,992|     330|    4,404|   1,689|   3,258|    3,333|   7,944|    3,396|   5,140|    2,017
Hawaii ...................|     5,047|    1,728|     769|     129|      893|     239|     313|      66|      317|     146|     289|      347|   1,423|      501|   1,043|      300
Idaho ....................|     5,975|    1,487|     739|      91|      733|      44|     437|      76|      545|     118|     894|      578|   1,123|      220|   1,504|      360
Illinois .................|    59,569|   30,240|  11,099|   2,129|    8,340|   1,743|   3,661|     779|    6,931|   2,727|   6,693|    8,597|  11,666|    8,669|  11,179|    5,596
Indiana ..................|    35,284|    9,503|   5,397|     852|    4,238|     441|   1,916|     349|    4,127|     764|   4,330|    2,337|   7,727|    2,881|   7,549|    1,879
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Iowa .....................|    20,034|    3,948|   3,040|     389|    2,703|     148|   1,377|     205|    1,742|     399|   2,483|      864|   4,531|    1,004|   4,158|      939
Kansas ...................|    15,744|    5,604|   2,214|     349|    2,040|     307|     957|     144|    1,570|     479|   1,745|    1,718|   3,441|    1,431|   3,777|    1,176
Kentucky .................|    16,254|    5,430|   2,242|     296|    2,324|     254|   1,094|     171|    1,057|     427|   1,983|    2,236|   3,551|      812|   4,003|    1,234
Louisiana ................|    21,182|    5,813|   3,277|     521|    2,570|     280|   1,611|     312|    2,152|     469|   2,125|    1,439|   4,783|    1,264|   4,664|    1,528
Maine ....................|     6,158|    1,349|   1,192|      79|    1,250|      21|     597|      37|      397|      57|     661|      576|     708|      157|   1,353|      422
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Maryland .................|    23,556|   12,057|   5,528|     823|    4,598|   1,071|   1,749|     501|    2,940|   1,829|   1,384|    2,777|   3,746|    3,167|   3,611|    1,889
Massachusetts ............|    44,726|   26,946|   8,745|   1,947|   10,210|   1,796|   3,196|     840|    4,252|   2,654|   1,742|    7,735|   8,408|    5,792|   8,173|    6,182
Michigan .................|    50,178|   23,196|   6,579|   1,038|    6,454|     675|   3,037|     557|    6,530|   3,097|   4,923|    7,484|  12,363|    6,350|  10,292|    3,995
Minnesota ................|    25,783|    9,185|   4,828|     658|    3,997|     593|   2,155|     171|    2,059|     685|   3,059|    3,790|   4,923|    1,690|   4,762|    1,598
Mississippi ............. |    11,797|    3,417|   1,232|     158|    1,307|     151|     804|     177|      879|     241|   1,817|    1,357|   2,986|      693|   2,772|      640
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Missouri .................|    33,291|   15,591|   4,254|     808|    4,249|   1,396|   1,980|     274|    3,463|     918|   3,179|    3,558|   8,857|    5,984|   7,309|    2,653
Montana ..................|     5,238|      979|     772|     104|      716|      81|     457|      75|      655|      77|     706|      276|     872|       96|   1,060|      270
Nebraska .................|    11,025|    3,533|   1,007|     163|    1,141|     155|     686|      96|      730|     207|   1,378|    1,009|   3,162|      688|   2,921|    1,215
Nevada ...................|     4,877|    1,527|     509|      95|      559|      90|     279|      56|      313|     142|     709|      644|   1,447|      288|   1,061|      212
New Hampshire ............|     7,563|    2,387|   1,319|     109|    1,468|     128|     489|      66|      579|     205|     467|      649|   1,739|      921|   1,502|      309
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New Jersey ...............|    29,604|   11,140|   5,526|     827|    6,732|     556|   2,100|     394|    3,388|   1,602|   2,011|    3,057|   5,176|    2,597|   4,671|    2,107
New Mexico ...............|     7,027|    2,622|   1,166|     247|      817|     146|     459|     119|      861|     265|     924|      804|   1,593|      531|   1,207|      510
New York ................ |   105,103|   58,210|  21,965|   5,809|   20,666|   3,492|   5,986|   1,460|   10,539|   4,560|   8,639|   20,694|  19,783|   10,047|  17,525|   12,148
North Carolina ...........|    37,272|   10,143|   4,872|     697|    6,754|     431|   3,003|     485|    3,323|   1,080|   2,634|    2,025|   8,104|    3,042|   8,582|    2,383
North Dakota .............|     4,882|      928|     434|      29|      377|      35|     305|      36|      623|      54|     677|      235|     885|      241|   1,581|      298
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Ohio .....................|    54,852|   18,824|   8,408|   1,588|    7,440|     961|   3,363|     684|    5,077|   1,485|   6,333|    6,089|  12,356|    4,722|  11,875|    3,295
Oklahoma .................|    16,348|    5,389|   2,262|     429|    1,733|     821|     963|     161|    1,356|     583|   2,093|    1,226|   4,449|    1,277|   3,492|      892
Oregon ...................|    15,601|    5,622|   3,844|     483|    3,242|     299|   1,088|     166|    1,215|     395|     612|    2,387|   2,598|      849|   3,002|    1,043
Pennsylvania .............|    72,351|   24,038|  11,545|   1,585|   11,045|   1,304|   4,975|     775|    7,973|   2,547|   7,109|    6,507|  15,631|    6,261|  14,073|    5,059
Rhode Island .............|     9,108|    2,056|   1,439|     201|    1,394|     160|     497|      99|      721|     135|     697|      571|   2,561|      516|   1,799|      374
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South Carolina ...........|    17,817|    4,496|   2,631|     257|    2,910|     192|   1,701|     213|    1,187|     363|   1,678|    1,453|   4,470|      852|   3,240|    1,166
South Dakota .............|     4,344|    1,070|     355|      60|      506|      67|     272|      31|      618|     180|     614|      316|     869|      205|   1,110|      211
Tennessee ............... |    24,369|    8,136|   4,877|     500|    3,906|     414|   1,457|     249|    1,853|     507|   1,440|    3,090|   5,499|    1,753|   5,337|    1,623
Texas ....................|    82,649|   27,879|  16,678|   2,279|   11,371|   1,754|   5,805|     957|    7,197|   3,613|   2,080|    6,165|  20,800|    7,951|  18,718|    5,160
Utah .................... |    19,086|    3,827|   2,978|     236|    3,256|     175|   1,084|     157|    1,981|     369|   1,987|      662|   3,580|    1,335|   4,220|      893
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Vermont ..................|     4,545|    1,449|   1,285|     441|    1,018|      75|     311|      25|      241|      41|     268|      444|     582|      218|     840|      205
Virginia .................|    34,657|   11,251|   7,449|   1,111|    7,694|     964|   2,575|     353|    3,164|   1,368|     787|    3,350|   7,105|    2,011|   5,883|    2,094
Washington ...............|    25,908|    8,310|   6,205|     576|    4,826|     556|   2,006|     312|    2,074|     582|   1,469|    2,619|   4,579|    1,695|   4,749|    1,970
West Virginia ........... |     9,335|    2,479|   1,740|     125|    1,010|      89|     600|      81|      779|     203|   1,201|      915|   1,721|      465|   2,284|      601
Wisconsin ................|    29,645|    8,288|   4,139|     402|    4,344|     468|   2,423|     250|    2,747|     621|   2,759|    2,918|   6,490|    1,994|   6,743|    1,635
Wyoming ..................|     1,739|      417|     125|      34|      229|      37|     142|      41|      173|      41|     274|       51|     297|       96|     499|      117
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U.S. Service Schools .....|     3,409|        0|     291|       0|      962|       0|     375|       0|    1,275|       0|       0|        0|     319|        0|     187|        0
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   Other jurisdictions ...|    17,191|    3,453|     720|      75|    1,357|     200|   1,688|      74|    1,866|     232|   2,412|    1,014|   5,684|    1,204|   3,464|      654
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Guam .....................|       276|      115|      31|       0|       24|       0|      22|       0|        6|       0|      43|       40|      54|       51|      96|       24
Northern Marianas ........|        24|        0|       0|       0|        0|       0|       0|       0|        0|       0|      24|        0|       0|        0|       0|        0
Puerto Rico ..............|    16,724|    3,276|     677|      75|    1,315|     200|   1,648|      74|    1,846|     232|   2,325|      925|   5,572|    1,142|   3,341|      628
Virgin Islands ...........|       167|       62|      12|       0|       18|       0|      18|       0|       14|       0|      20|       49|      58|       11|      27|        2
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\1\Includes degrees in area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies; English language and literature/letters; foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics; liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities; multi/interdisciplinary studies; philosophy and religious studies; theology and religious vocations; and visual and performing arts.
\2\Includes psychology; social sciences; and history.
\3\Includes biological and biomedical sciences; physical sciences; and science technologies/technicians; and mathematics and statistics.
\4\Includes computer and information sciences and support services; engineering; engineering technologies/technicians; mechanic and repairer technologies/technicians; and construction trades.
\5\Includes agriculture, agricultural operations and related sciences; natural resources and conservation; architecture and related services; communication, journalism, and related programs; communications technologies/technicians and support services; health professions and related clinical sciences; family and consumer services/human sciences; legal professions and studies; library science; military technologies; parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies; security and protective services; public administration and social service professions; transportation and materials moving; and not classified by field of study.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2003. (This table was prepared December 2004.)

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