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Table 319.10. | Degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by control of institution, level of degree, and state or jurisdiction: 2015-16 |
State or jurisdiction | Public | Private nonprofit | Private for-profit | |||||||||
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Asso- ciate's degrees | Bache- lor's degrees | Master's degrees | Doctor's de- grees1 | Asso- ciate's degrees | Bache- lor's degrees | Master's degrees | Doctor's de- grees1 | Asso- ciate's degrees | Bache- lor's degrees | Master's degrees | Doctor's de- grees1 | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
United States | 848,168 | 1,240,405 | 364,526 | 89,786 | 56,593 | 560,752 | 350,721 | 80,044 | 103,553 | 119,561 | 70,348 | 8,037 |
Alabama | 9,871 | 23,878 | 9,173 | 1,913 | 122 | 3,669 | 858 | 503 | 2,887 | 3,576 | 2,043 | 16 |
Alaska | 1,312 | 1,915 | 612 | 48 | 17 | 42 | 58 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arizona | 19,050 | 27,439 | 9,066 | 1,912 | 243 | 803 | 559 | 737 | 14,271 | 28,383 | 17,728 | 958 |
Arkansas | 8,524 | 13,311 | 4,759 | 938 | 173 | 2,613 | 498 | 103 | 70 | 95 | 20 | 0 |
California | 129,583 | 142,743 | 32,077 | 6,753 | 1,801 | 40,121 | 36,402 | 9,784 | 12,186 | 21,000 | 8,974 | 2,039 |
Colorado | 9,920 | 25,332 | 8,104 | 1,883 | 554 | 4,094 | 3,766 | 622 | 3,553 | 4,154 | 3,064 | 464 |
Connecticut | 6,053 | 11,381 | 3,140 | 780 | 918 | 10,248 | 7,396 | 1,272 | 349 | 1,092 | 293 | 0 |
Delaware | 1,900 | 4,717 | 968 | 338 | 151 | 2,253 | 2,910 | 80 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 0 |
District of Columbia | 244 | 387 | 106 | 97 | 223 | 8,577 | 10,846 | 3,399 | 136 | 373 | 560 | 0 |
Florida | 74,502 | 70,860 | 17,585 | 4,882 | 11,743 | 23,554 | 13,776 | 3,796 | 7,096 | 7,462 | 2,424 | 420 |
Georgia | 16,142 | 37,778 | 11,064 | 2,592 | 1,020 | 10,029 | 5,219 | 1,803 | 2,653 | 3,020 | 2,275 | 356 |
Hawaii | 4,113 | 4,841 | 1,126 | 472 | 446 | 1,749 | 582 | 0 | 12 | 332 | 209 | 55 |
Idaho | 3,637 | 6,560 | 1,614 | 398 | 1,729 | 4,813 | 244 | 15 | 222 | 51 | 2 | 0 |
Illinois | 35,544 | 33,121 | 13,288 | 3,063 | 1,048 | 31,347 | 24,331 | 5,486 | 3,818 | 11,219 | 4,505 | 311 |
Indiana | 11,688 | 32,180 | 9,424 | 2,671 | 1,439 | 15,094 | 5,372 | 938 | 1,576 | 340 | 45 | 0 |
Iowa | 11,374 | 13,021 | 2,803 | 1,379 | 412 | 9,851 | 2,569 | 1,213 | 3,853 | 4,889 | 2,969 | 129 |
Kansas | 9,421 | 15,512 | 5,308 | 1,372 | 370 | 3,731 | 1,615 | 206 | 1,217 | 1,006 | 557 | 0 |
Kentucky | 10,348 | 18,082 | 5,722 | 1,657 | 288 | 4,668 | 3,317 | 387 | 1,640 | 471 | 464 | 99 |
Louisiana | 6,183 | 18,517 | 5,261 | 1,625 | 244 | 3,873 | 2,176 | 929 | 969 | 212 | 71 | 0 |
Maine | 2,677 | 4,275 | 863 | 169 | 129 | 3,211 | 1,350 | 402 | 297 | 166 | 24 | 0 |
Maryland | 16,594 | 27,095 | 10,822 | 2,033 | 21 | 6,404 | 7,735 | 788 | 384 | 383 | 272 | 0 |
Massachusetts | 12,097 | 20,917 | 6,129 | 812 | 1,245 | 39,798 | 32,152 | 7,663 | 435 | 367 | 109 | 0 |
Michigan | 26,215 | 46,838 | 17,218 | 4,371 | 3,303 | 13,103 | 4,299 | 1,205 | 269 | 364 | 158 | 0 |
Minnesota | 16,400 | 21,329 | 5,203 | 1,877 | 652 | 11,075 | 5,580 | 1,015 | 2,474 | 4,176 | 13,099 | 2,541 |
Mississippi | 13,419 | 12,517 | 3,361 | 1,023 | 51 | 2,175 | 1,645 | 321 | 289 | 10 | 23 | 0 |
Missouri | 12,456 | 22,367 | 8,576 | 1,632 | 3,744 | 18,334 | 13,471 | 3,068 | 2,105 | 746 | 115 | 0 |
Montana | 2,177 | 5,186 | 1,114 | 430 | 162 | 825 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nebraska | 4,666 | 8,658 | 2,835 | 839 | 258 | 5,506 | 2,635 | 860 | 220 | 137 | 36 | 0 |
Nevada | 5,180 | 7,778 | 1,700 | 550 | 115 | 358 | 372 | 466 | 802 | 502 | 157 | 0 |
New Hampshire | 2,048 | 5,129 | 1,089 | 147 | 1,028 | 7,398 | 5,871 | 321 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey | 22,356 | 31,807 | 9,688 | 2,096 | 131 | 9,882 | 7,167 | 891 | 1,360 | 790 | 115 | 0 |
New Mexico | 8,967 | 8,450 | 2,844 | 656 | 0 | 149 | 267 | 0 | 468 | 584 | 101 | 0 |
New York | 52,406 | 64,545 | 18,427 | 3,132 | 6,960 | 70,404 | 51,876 | 11,534 | 7,600 | 4,187 | 1,268 | 2 |
North Carolina | 29,631 | 38,211 | 11,822 | 2,694 | 1,046 | 14,656 | 5,903 | 1,913 | 1,431 | 659 | 434 | 0 |
North Dakota | 2,024 | 5,663 | 1,311 | 491 | 130 | 611 | 314 | 78 | 68 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
Ohio | 24,595 | 47,601 | 16,045 | 4,496 | 2,870 | 21,539 | 7,938 | 1,549 | 4,030 | 912 | 230 | 1 |
Oklahoma | 10,896 | 16,928 | 5,011 | 1,363 | 379 | 3,921 | 1,536 | 299 | 752 | 175 | 29 | 0 |
Oregon | 12,374 | 17,419 | 4,214 | 1,012 | 35 | 4,872 | 5,734 | 962 | 546 | 272 | 73 | 0 |
Pennsylvania | 16,546 | 47,775 | 12,240 | 3,359 | 3,380 | 43,127 | 24,495 | 6,718 | 5,951 | 1,460 | 205 | 0 |
Rhode Island | 1,649 | 4,563 | 807 | 255 | 1,642 | 7,419 | 1,867 | 461 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Carolina | 10,050 | 18,632 | 4,589 | 1,490 | 381 | 5,440 | 1,128 | 196 | 1,086 | 1,035 | 351 | 206 |
South Dakota | 1,919 | 4,750 | 1,241 | 431 | 137 | 1,098 | 297 | 6 | 180 | 192 | 0 | 0 |
Tennessee | 10,703 | 21,737 | 5,570 | 1,889 | 787 | 12,700 | 5,824 | 1,695 | 1,735 | 818 | 447 | 86 |
Texas | 80,767 | 102,981 | 40,980 | 8,467 | 1,399 | 20,498 | 10,486 | 2,465 | 4,672 | 2,604 | 987 | 22 |
Utah | 11,483 | 15,934 | 3,360 | 817 | 1,245 | 17,642 | 7,490 | 253 | 639 | 542 | 231 | 193 |
Vermont | 970 | 3,298 | 481 | 221 | 143 | 2,884 | 1,770 | 126 | 63 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
Virginia | 19,137 | 37,954 | 11,133 | 3,342 | 1,703 | 16,726 | 11,432 | 1,783 | 4,283 | 3,962 | 2,100 | 133 |
Washington | 29,700 | 25,836 | 6,044 | 1,915 | 161 | 7,152 | 3,583 | 670 | 730 | 610 | 123 | 6 |
West Virginia | 3,488 | 9,661 | 2,630 | 1,044 | 103 | 1,274 | 344 | 116 | 2,907 | 5,584 | 3,270 | 0 |
Wisconsin | 12,501 | 27,489 | 5,551 | 1,744 | 210 | 9,437 | 3,584 | 942 | 1,218 | 567 | 163 | 0 |
Wyoming | 2,668 | 2,159 | 425 | 216 | 102 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
U.S. Service Academies | 0 | 3,348 | 3 | 0 | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † |
Other jurisdictions | 2,323 | 7,622 | 852 | 547 | 3,845 | 12,158 | 4,365 | 817 | 3,467 | 1,642 | 425 | 112 |
American Samoa | 216 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federated States of Micronesia |
281 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guam | 249 | 467 | 112 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marshall Islands | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Northern Marianas | 120 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Palau | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Puerto Rico | 1,264 | 6,887 | 696 | 547 | 3,841 | 12,155 | 4,365 | 817 | 3,467 | 1,642 | 425 | 112 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 44 | 217 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
†Not applicable. | ||||||||||||
1 Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Includes most degrees formerly classified as first-professional, such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees. | ||||||||||||
NOTE: Data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. | ||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2016, Completions component. (This table was prepared March 2018.) |