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Table 319.20. | Degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by level of degree and state or jurisdiction: 2013-14 through 2015-16 |
State or jurisdiction | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | |||||||||
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Asso- ciate's degrees | Bachelor's degrees | Master's degrees | Doctor's de- grees1 | Asso- ciate's degrees | Bachelor's degrees | Master's degrees | Doctor's de- grees1 | Asso- ciate's degrees | Bachelor's degrees | Master's degrees | Doctor's de- grees1 | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
United States | 1,005,155 | 1,870,150 | 754,582 | 177,587 | 1,014,341 | 1,894,969 | 758,804 | 178,548 | 1,008,314 | 1,920,718 | 785,595 | 177,867 |
Alabama | 13,303 | 29,516 | 11,346 | 2,286 | 13,629 | 30,060 | 11,800 | 2,429 | 12,880 | 31,123 | 12,074 | 2,432 |
Alaska | 1,805 | 2,033 | 707 | 60 | 1,715 | 1,932 | 703 | 49 | 1,372 | 1,957 | 670 | 53 |
Arizona | 41,847 | 61,296 | 28,841 | 3,904 | 37,703 | 58,534 | 27,785 | 4,368 | 33,564 | 56,625 | 27,353 | 3,607 |
Arkansas | 8,868 | 15,489 | 4,896 | 985 | 9,095 | 15,881 | 4,899 | 971 | 8,767 | 16,019 | 5,277 | 1,041 |
California | 129,962 | 199,274 | 74,541 | 18,319 | 133,600 | 201,195 | 74,640 | 18,308 | 143,570 | 203,864 | 77,453 | 18,576 |
Colorado | 14,177 | 33,412 | 14,935 | 2,917 | 13,992 | 33,626 | 14,685 | 2,840 | 14,027 | 33,580 | 14,934 | 2,969 |
Connecticut | 7,136 | 21,710 | 9,521 | 2,049 | 7,026 | 22,344 | 9,732 | 2,115 | 7,320 | 22,721 | 10,829 | 2,052 |
Delaware | 2,080 | 6,338 | 2,842 | 554 | 2,039 | 6,895 | 3,112 | 541 | 2,059 | 6,988 | 3,903 | 418 |
District of Columbia | 766 | 9,251 | 11,477 | 3,518 | 741 | 9,272 | 11,439 | 3,384 | 603 | 9,337 | 11,512 | 3,496 |
Florida | 96,332 | 97,004 | 34,077 | 9,113 | 94,738 | 100,555 | 33,314 | 9,210 | 93,341 | 101,876 | 33,785 | 9,098 |
Georgia | 18,773 | 48,831 | 16,975 | 4,646 | 19,529 | 49,863 | 17,219 | 4,584 | 19,815 | 50,827 | 18,558 | 4,751 |
Hawaii | 5,448 | 6,915 | 2,075 | 506 | 4,403 | 6,966 | 1,856 | 624 | 4,571 | 6,922 | 1,917 | 527 |
Idaho | 5,415 | 10,692 | 1,888 | 412 | 5,152 | 10,886 | 1,957 | 387 | 5,588 | 11,424 | 1,860 | 413 |
Illinois | 40,516 | 74,958 | 41,647 | 8,446 | 40,187 | 74,317 | 40,080 | 8,757 | 40,410 | 75,687 | 42,124 | 8,860 |
Indiana | 17,775 | 46,927 | 14,357 | 3,537 | 17,243 | 48,082 | 14,099 | 3,648 | 14,703 | 47,614 | 14,841 | 3,609 |
Iowa | 17,072 | 28,125 | 7,681 | 2,950 | 16,772 | 28,202 | 8,298 | 2,851 | 15,639 | 27,761 | 8,341 | 2,721 |
Kansas | 11,799 | 20,274 | 7,387 | 1,460 | 12,043 | 20,081 | 7,344 | 1,698 | 11,008 | 20,249 | 7,480 | 1,578 |
Kentucky | 13,621 | 22,268 | 9,507 | 2,026 | 13,055 | 22,608 | 9,314 | 2,095 | 12,276 | 23,221 | 9,503 | 2,143 |
Louisiana | 7,240 | 22,539 | 7,348 | 2,495 | 7,146 | 22,247 | 7,332 | 2,509 | 7,396 | 22,602 | 7,508 | 2,554 |
Maine | 3,193 | 7,476 | 2,035 | 528 | 3,211 | 7,418 | 2,046 | 540 | 3,103 | 7,652 | 2,237 | 571 |
Maryland | 15,758 | 32,163 | 18,390 | 2,908 | 16,919 | 33,197 | 18,428 | 2,994 | 16,999 | 33,882 | 18,829 | 2,821 |
Massachusetts | 14,123 | 58,712 | 36,035 | 8,321 | 14,356 | 59,619 | 35,957 | 8,409 | 13,777 | 61,082 | 38,390 | 8,475 |
Michigan | 32,329 | 58,908 | 21,292 | 6,095 | 32,572 | 59,970 | 20,689 | 5,875 | 29,787 | 60,305 | 21,675 | 5,576 |
Minnesota | 21,213 | 36,470 | 22,115 | 5,290 | 20,141 | 36,750 | 22,827 | 5,092 | 19,526 | 36,580 | 23,882 | 5,433 |
Mississippi | 12,640 | 14,266 | 4,822 | 1,259 | 13,320 | 14,296 | 5,070 | 1,294 | 13,759 | 14,702 | 5,029 | 1,344 |
Missouri | 18,567 | 40,810 | 20,561 | 4,751 | 18,831 | 41,161 | 21,313 | 4,797 | 18,305 | 41,447 | 22,162 | 4,700 |
Montana | 2,417 | 5,964 | 1,161 | 420 | 2,477 | 6,156 | 1,300 | 458 | 2,339 | 6,011 | 1,196 | 430 |
Nebraska | 5,752 | 14,485 | 4,874 | 1,503 | 5,712 | 14,053 | 5,228 | 1,583 | 5,144 | 14,301 | 5,506 | 1,699 |
Nevada | 5,732 | 8,056 | 2,148 | 922 | 6,059 | 8,519 | 2,266 | 1,052 | 6,097 | 8,638 | 2,229 | 1,016 |
New Hampshire | 2,970 | 10,137 | 4,577 | 542 | 3,034 | 11,832 | 5,775 | 497 | 3,076 | 12,527 | 6,960 | 468 |
New Jersey | 22,510 | 41,394 | 15,399 | 3,170 | 23,154 | 42,016 | 15,773 | 3,021 | 23,847 | 42,479 | 16,970 | 2,987 |
New Mexico | 8,648 | 8,956 | 3,262 | 644 | 10,533 | 8,791 | 3,371 | 694 | 9,435 | 9,183 | 3,212 | 656 |
New York | 68,572 | 134,820 | 71,573 | 15,019 | 68,302 | 136,396 | 70,803 | 14,524 | 66,966 | 139,136 | 71,571 | 14,668 |
North Carolina | 29,234 | 52,602 | 18,376 | 5,005 | 31,876 | 52,889 | 17,237 | 4,835 | 32,108 | 53,526 | 18,159 | 4,607 |
North Dakota | 2,405 | 6,168 | 1,825 | 467 | 2,309 | 6,291 | 1,706 | 511 | 2,222 | 6,298 | 1,625 | 569 |
Ohio | 33,473 | 68,288 | 22,737 | 6,149 | 33,386 | 69,631 | 23,583 | 6,156 | 31,495 | 70,052 | 24,213 | 6,046 |
Oklahoma | 12,606 | 20,654 | 6,616 | 1,657 | 13,047 | 20,730 | 6,532 | 1,626 | 12,027 | 21,024 | 6,576 | 1,662 |
Oregon | 13,371 | 22,739 | 8,487 | 1,996 | 13,679 | 22,656 | 10,353 | 1,966 | 12,955 | 22,563 | 10,021 | 1,974 |
Pennsylvania | 28,399 | 92,725 | 36,892 | 9,992 | 27,624 | 92,997 | 36,579 | 9,980 | 25,877 | 92,362 | 36,940 | 10,077 |
Rhode Island | 3,780 | 11,455 | 2,620 | 753 | 3,606 | 11,730 | 2,571 | 724 | 3,291 | 11,982 | 2,674 | 716 |
South Carolina | 11,885 | 24,351 | 5,878 | 1,866 | 11,767 | 24,823 | 5,990 | 1,890 | 11,517 | 25,107 | 6,068 | 1,892 |
South Dakota | 2,696 | 5,676 | 1,336 | 395 | 2,479 | 5,638 | 1,538 | 407 | 2,236 | 6,040 | 1,538 | 437 |
Tennessee | 13,007 | 34,134 | 12,125 | 3,493 | 12,822 | 34,197 | 11,807 | 3,661 | 13,225 | 35,255 | 11,841 | 3,670 |
Texas | 72,894 | 118,975 | 46,362 | 10,810 | 79,409 | 122,173 | 48,800 | 10,987 | 86,838 | 126,083 | 52,453 | 10,954 |
Utah | 13,609 | 29,848 | 9,565 | 1,271 | 13,221 | 32,160 | 9,982 | 1,237 | 13,367 | 34,118 | 11,081 | 1,263 |
Vermont | 1,222 | 6,221 | 2,295 | 358 | 1,156 | 6,160 | 2,311 | 394 | 1,176 | 6,222 | 2,251 | 347 |
Virginia | 25,191 | 55,794 | 23,844 | 5,349 | 25,554 | 56,878 | 23,790 | 5,365 | 25,123 | 58,642 | 24,665 | 5,258 |
Washington | 29,064 | 32,506 | 9,292 | 2,558 | 29,998 | 33,309 | 9,498 | 2,584 | 30,591 | 33,598 | 9,750 | 2,591 |
West Virginia | 5,914 | 15,525 | 6,806 | 1,009 | 6,497 | 15,997 | 6,524 | 1,055 | 6,498 | 16,519 | 6,244 | 1,160 |
Wisconsin | 14,901 | 37,346 | 8,755 | 2,682 | 14,510 | 37,555 | 9,082 | 2,750 | 13,929 | 37,493 | 9,298 | 2,686 |
Wyoming | 3,145 | 2,012 | 476 | 222 | 2,972 | 2,026 | 463 | 222 | 2,770 | 2,164 | 425 | 216 |
U.S. Service Academies | 0 | 3,662 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3,409 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3,348 | 3 | 0 |
Other jurisdictions | 9,194 | 21,127 | 5,321 | 1,462 | 10,278 | 21,135 | 5,272 | 1,420 | 9,635 | 21,422 | 5,642 | 1,476 |
American Samoa | 228 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 245 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 216 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Federated States of Micronesia |
267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 281 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guam | 155 | 424 | 106 | 0 | 217 | 457 | 112 | 0 | 253 | 470 | 112 | 0 |
Marshall Islands | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Northern Marianas | 123 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
Palau | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Puerto Rico | 8,169 | 20,451 | 5,165 | 1,462 | 9,143 | 20,459 | 5,109 | 1,420 | 8,572 | 20,684 | 5,486 | 1,476 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 58 | 214 | 50 | 0 | 58 | 185 | 51 | 0 | 44 | 217 | 44 | 0 |
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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. | ||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2014 through Fall 2016, Completions component. (This table was prepared March 2018.) |