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Table 321. | Bachelor's and master's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by field of study and state or jurisdiction: 2006–07 |
State or jurisdiction | Total degrees | Humanities1 | Social and behavioral sciences2 | Natural sciences3 | Computer sciences and engineering4 | Education | Business/management | Other fields5 | ||||||||
Bachelor's degrees | Master's degrees | Bachelor's degrees | Master's degrees | Bachelor's degrees | Master's degrees | Bachelor's degrees | Master's degrees | Bachelor's degrees | Master's degrees | Bachelor's degrees | Master's degrees | Bachelor's degrees | Master's degrees | Bachelor's degrees | Master's degrees | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
United States | 1,524,092 | 604,607 | 267,489 | 44,209 | 254,222 | 38,702 | 111,178 | 19,470 | 124,242 | 48,394 | 105,641 | 176,572 | 327,531 | 150,211 | 333,789 | 127,049 |
Alabama | 21,981 | 9,757 | 2,380 | 303 | 2,511 | 652 | 1,672 | 205 | 1,904 | 667 | 2,330 | 3,348 | 5,618 | 2,355 | 5,566 | 2,227 |
Alaska | 1,512 | 716 | 220 | 62 | 263 | 51 | 140 | 43 | 109 | 61 | 97 | 275 | 263 | 84 | 420 | 140 |
Arizona | 36,605 | 27,831 | 3,977 | 546 | 3,011 | 457 | 1,584 | 270 | 4,139 | 532 | 2,670 | 9,859 | 12,651 | 12,074 | 8,573 | 4,093 |
Arkansas | 11,479 | 3,257 | 1,580 | 244 | 1,370 | 137 | 801 | 120 | 720 | 142 | 1,420 | 1,243 | 2,437 | 637 | 3,151 | 734 |
California | 153,312 | 56,797 | 35,518 | 5,753 | 33,324 | 5,399 | 13,363 | 1,854 | 12,227 | 6,249 | 2,753 | 14,512 | 29,017 | 11,821 | 27,110 | 11,209 |
Colorado | 28,865 | 11,672 | 5,178 | 588 | 4,984 | 954 | 2,281 | 370 | 3,165 | 1,184 | 165 | 2,468 | 6,692 | 4,112 | 6,400 | 1,996 |
Connecticut | 18,290 | 8,405 | 4,214 | 683 | 4,466 | 479 | 1,265 | 421 | 915 | 629 | 662 | 2,422 | 3,123 | 1,968 | 3,645 | 1,803 |
Delaware | 5,113 | 2,292 | 770 | 126 | 897 | 140 | 291 | 59 | 341 | 149 | 527 | 873 | 1,241 | 588 | 1,046 | 357 |
District of Columbia | 10,261 | 9,610 | 1,343 | 870 | 2,938 | 1,272 | 479 | 374 | 970 | 750 | 135 | 947 | 2,933 | 2,736 | 1,463 | 2,661 |
Florida | 73,874 | 25,573 | 9,403 | 1,108 | 11,415 | 1,476 | 3,795 | 686 | 5,841 | 1,903 | 5,329 | 5,911 | 19,079 | 7,742 | 19,012 | 6,747 |
Georgia | 37,418 | 12,337 | 5,833 | 790 | 5,896 | 756 | 2,770 | 430 | 3,325 | 1,242 | 3,743 | 3,333 | 8,725 | 3,294 | 7,126 | 2,492 |
Hawaii | 5,695 | 1,922 | 888 | 158 | 1,126 | 210 | 370 | 82 | 229 | 95 | 368 | 484 | 1,437 | 436 | 1,277 | 457 |
Idaho | 7,996 | 1,609 | 1,104 | 114 | 968 | 48 | 535 | 83 | 597 | 145 | 1,087 | 556 | 1,491 | 215 | 2,214 | 448 |
Illinois | 69,946 | 37,828 | 12,405 | 2,456 | 9,622 | 2,331 | 4,482 | 1,023 | 6,091 | 3,070 | 6,403 | 10,829 | 16,229 | 11,230 | 14,714 | 6,889 |
Indiana | 38,533 | 11,832 | 6,243 | 993 | 4,763 | 557 | 2,323 | 497 | 4,164 | 744 | 4,163 | 2,844 | 8,055 | 3,797 | 8,822 | 2,400 |
Iowa | 22,388 | 4,544 | 3,194 | 435 | 3,003 | 164 | 1,509 | 215 | 1,705 | 373 | 1,960 | 1,365 | 5,339 | 968 | 5,678 | 1,024 |
Kansas | 17,065 | 5,830 | 2,988 | 432 | 2,206 | 291 | 1,154 | 161 | 1,294 | 448 | 1,618 | 1,940 | 3,568 | 1,297 | 4,237 | 1,261 |
Kentucky | 19,079 | 7,322 | 2,779 | 478 | 2,754 | 507 | 1,271 | 220 | 1,127 | 493 | 2,143 | 3,084 | 3,702 | 862 | 5,303 | 1,678 |
Louisiana | 21,671 | 6,335 | 3,888 | 576 | 2,950 | 266 | 1,717 | 360 | 1,710 | 541 | 1,739 | 1,431 | 4,801 | 1,317 | 4,866 | 1,844 |
Maine | 6,900 | 1,614 | 1,257 | 135 | 1,347 | 22 | 620 | 64 | 417 | 43 | 834 | 695 | 802 | 147 | 1,623 | 508 |
Maryland | 25,694 | 14,169 | 4,222 | 955 | 5,467 | 1,175 | 2,132 | 720 | 2,737 | 1,967 | 1,370 | 3,150 | 4,622 | 3,725 | 5,144 | 2,477 |
Massachusetts | 47,885 | 27,802 | 9,779 | 2,235 | 10,743 | 1,884 | 3,754 | 930 | 3,851 | 2,346 | 1,470 | 7,931 | 8,934 | 6,151 | 9,354 | 6,325 |
Michigan | 53,280 | 21,090 | 7,035 | 951 | 7,065 | 800 | 3,639 | 698 | 5,651 | 2,394 | 5,286 | 6,156 | 12,180 | 5,940 | 12,424 | 4,151 |
Minnesota | 29,618 | 16,387 | 5,514 | 742 | 4,778 | 884 | 2,681 | 235 | 1,956 | 810 | 2,605 | 7,993 | 6,001 | 2,806 | 6,083 | 2,917 |
Mississippi | 12,052 | 3,949 | 1,257 | 140 | 1,468 | 148 | 1,018 | 296 | 752 | 212 | 1,786 | 1,638 | 2,710 | 729 | 3,061 | 786 |
Missouri | 35,755 | 17,368 | 4,952 | 841 | 4,911 | 1,145 | 2,234 | 378 | 2,858 | 859 | 3,251 | 4,427 | 9,615 | 6,678 | 7,934 | 3,040 |
Montana | 5,217 | 1,159 | 758 | 112 | 848 | 83 | 474 | 96 | 525 | 68 | 649 | 317 | 805 | 102 | 1,158 | 381 |
Nebraska | 12,332 | 3,551 | 1,228 | 174 | 1,425 | 210 | 834 | 159 | 789 | 189 | 1,431 | 1,243 | 3,397 | 857 | 3,228 | 719 |
Nevada | 6,390 | 2,059 | 953 | 115 | 867 | 73 | 378 | 79 | 412 | 143 | 573 | 859 | 1,674 | 526 | 1,533 | 264 |
New Hampshire | 8,306 | 3,017 | 1,461 | 154 | 1,869 | 159 | 513 | 57 | 520 | 144 | 436 | 833 | 1,913 | 1,086 | 1,594 | 584 |
New Jersey | 32,727 | 12,736 | 6,645 | 994 | 7,250 | 742 | 2,695 | 422 | 2,424 | 1,518 | 2,147 | 3,653 | 5,774 | 2,906 | 5,792 | 2,501 |
New Mexico | 7,839 | 3,105 | 1,370 | 268 | 857 | 221 | 530 | 143 | 786 | 261 | 928 | 1,039 | 1,712 | 496 | 1,656 | 677 |
New York | 114,081 | 64,365 | 23,463 | 6,431 | 22,697 | 4,275 | 7,652 | 1,752 | 8,420 | 4,277 | 7,510 | 22,575 | 22,634 | 11,195 | 21,705 | 13,860 |
North Carolina | 41,263 | 12,921 | 5,550 | 964 | 7,515 | 546 | 3,581 | 512 | 3,237 | 1,098 | 3,474 | 2,989 | 7,893 | 3,576 | 10,013 | 3,236 |
North Dakota | 5,543 | 1,317 | 517 | 23 | 440 | 39 | 332 | 45 | 497 | 107 | 631 | 245 | 1,052 | 379 | 2,074 | 479 |
Ohio | 59,025 | 20,409 | 8,841 | 1,903 | 8,551 | 1,251 | 3,860 | 769 | 4,707 | 1,375 | 6,505 | 6,163 | 12,369 | 4,656 | 14,192 | 4,292 |
Oklahoma | 18,892 | 5,386 | 2,723 | 439 | 2,242 | 312 | 1,268 | 179 | 1,427 | 457 | 2,065 | 1,276 | 4,416 | 1,680 | 4,751 | 1,043 |
Oregon | 17,906 | 6,054 | 4,153 | 575 | 3,538 | 378 | 1,387 | 221 | 1,306 | 352 | 755 | 2,533 | 3,083 | 858 | 3,684 | 1,137 |
Pennsylvania | 81,042 | 28,876 | 13,909 | 2,052 | 12,671 | 1,694 | 6,063 | 942 | 7,375 | 2,458 | 6,597 | 8,123 | 16,369 | 6,393 | 18,058 | 7,214 |
Rhode Island | 9,982 | 2,230 | 1,487 | 206 | 1,487 | 198 | 595 | 127 | 636 | 118 | 674 | 493 | 2,819 | 642 | 2,284 | 446 |
South Carolina | 19,484 | 5,112 | 2,837 | 250 | 3,309 | 226 | 1,854 | 203 | 1,138 | 288 | 1,755 | 1,988 | 4,727 | 926 | 3,864 | 1,231 |
South Dakota | 4,965 | 1,191 | 380 | 46 | 646 | 113 | 398 | 46 | 559 | 134 | 495 | 351 | 999 | 267 | 1,488 | 234 |
Tennessee | 27,272 | 9,031 | 6,086 | 621 | 3,952 | 498 | 1,712 | 226 | 1,658 | 513 | 1,581 | 3,343 | 5,643 | 1,840 | 6,640 | 1,990 |
Texas | 95,747 | 32,802 | 20,691 | 2,726 | 13,273 | 2,140 | 7,601 | 1,278 | 6,514 | 3,342 | 2,121 | 7,057 | 22,309 | 9,211 | 23,238 | 7,048 |
Utah | 20,922 | 4,465 | 3,086 | 239 | 3,420 | 202 | 1,465 | 192 | 2,072 | 487 | 2,337 | 915 | 3,932 | 1,423 | 4,610 | 1,007 |
Vermont | 5,101 | 1,951 | 1,263 | 468 | 1,213 | 355 | 365 | 29 | 261 | 204 | 287 | 458 | 685 | 135 | 1,027 | 302 |
Virginia | 39,744 | 13,833 | 8,505 | 1,419 | 8,692 | 1,415 | 3,195 | 453 | 3,248 | 1,461 | 937 | 4,247 | 7,540 | 2,520 | 7,627 | 2,318 |
Washington | 29,160 | 8,778 | 6,543 | 617 | 5,711 | 625 | 2,449 | 291 | 2,142 | 519 | 1,502 | 2,354 | 5,146 | 2,001 | 5,667 | 2,371 |
West Virginia | 11,105 | 3,302 | 2,047 | 156 | 1,227 | 116 | 684 | 88 | 816 | 215 | 1,098 | 978 | 2,009 | 702 | 3,224 | 1,047 |
Wisconsin | 32,646 | 8,686 | 4,605 | 497 | 5,056 | 585 | 2,972 | 333 | 2,499 | 576 | 2,988 | 2,763 | 6,845 | 2,055 | 7,681 | 1,877 |
Wyoming | 1,691 | 423 | 93 | 46 | 236 | 41 | 147 | 34 | 183 | 42 | 251 | 63 | 267 | 70 | 514 | 127 |
U.S. Service Academies | 3,443 | 0 | 374 | 0 | 984 | 0 | 294 | 0 | 1,296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 254 | 0 | 241 | 0 |
Other jurisdictions | 17,612 | 5,862 | 948 | 132 | 1,287 | 365 | 1,232 | 131 | 1,787 | 255 | 3,727 | 2,170 | 4,944 | 1,821 | 3,687 | 988 |
Guam | 278 | 60 | 27 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 61 | 30 | 49 | 8 | 92 | 17 |
Northern Marianas | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Puerto Rico | 17,109 | 5,754 | 911 | 129 | 1,230 | 365 | 1,208 | 129 | 1,764 | 255 | 3,613 | 2,114 | 4,805 | 1,801 | 3,578 | 961 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 193 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 26 | 90 | 12 | 17 | 10 |
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; science technologies/technicians; and mathematics and statistics. 4 Includes computer and information sciences and support services; engineering; engineering technologies/technicians; mechanic and repair 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, 2006–07 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2007. (This table was prepared July 2008.) |