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Table 319.30. | Bachelor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by field of study and state or jurisdiction: 2015-16 |
State or jurisdiction | Total | Humani- ties1 | Psycho- logy | Social sciences and history | Natural sciences and mathe-matics2 | Computer sciences | Engin- eering3 | Education | Busi-ness4 | Health professions and related programs | Other fields5 |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
United States | 1,920,718 | 274,457 | 117,440 | 161,230 | 167,003 | 64,405 | 124,009 | 87,217 | 371,694 | 228,896 | 324,367 |
Alabama | 31,123 | 2,617 | 1,423 | 1,423 | 2,166 | 686 | 3,050 | 2,387 | 7,583 | 3,898 | 5,890 |
Alaska | 1,957 | 297 | 118 | 148 | 213 | 26 | 179 | 97 | 395 | 178 | 306 |
Arizona | 56,625 | 7,177 | 2,079 | 2,550 | 3,152 | 2,343 | 2,326 | 3,000 | 12,889 | 11,660 | 9,449 |
Arkansas | 16,019 | 2,220 | 833 | 974 | 1,335 | 355 | 777 | 1,326 | 3,085 | 2,118 | 2,996 |
California | 203,864 | 32,762 | 15,403 | 25,140 | 19,775 | 5,976 | 13,196 | 5,082 | 37,718 | 16,305 | 32,507 |
Colorado | 33,580 | 4,260 | 1,890 | 3,061 | 3,294 | 1,527 | 2,407 | 310 | 7,356 | 3,417 | 6,058 |
Connecticut | 22,721 | 3,618 | 1,824 | 2,663 | 2,053 | 496 | 1,212 | 593 | 3,996 | 2,668 | 3,598 |
Delaware | 6,988 | 732 | 357 | 556 | 355 | 201 | 441 | 512 | 1,518 | 1,006 | 1,310 |
District of Columbia | 9,337 | 1,291 | 539 | 2,622 | 589 | 244 | 314 | 68 | 1,797 | 619 | 1,254 |
Florida | 101,876 | 11,608 | 6,758 | 7,733 | 7,998 | 3,613 | 5,384 | 4,708 | 22,810 | 13,290 | 17,974 |
Georgia | 50,827 | 6,546 | 3,235 | 3,909 | 4,719 | 2,200 | 3,227 | 2,920 | 10,390 | 5,290 | 8,391 |
Hawaii | 6,922 | 971 | 466 | 601 | 596 | 178 | 254 | 368 | 1,487 | 679 | 1,322 |
Idaho | 11,424 | 1,650 | 553 | 674 | 994 | 384 | 683 | 891 | 1,847 | 1,757 | 1,991 |
Illinois | 75,687 | 10,669 | 3,967 | 5,291 | 5,938 | 2,782 | 4,441 | 3,706 | 13,722 | 13,000 | 12,171 |
Indiana | 47,614 | 5,750 | 2,183 | 2,888 | 3,643 | 1,733 | 4,247 | 2,490 | 9,590 | 7,001 | 8,089 |
Iowa | 27,761 | 2,914 | 1,599 | 1,498 | 2,000 | 686 | 1,968 | 1,854 | 5,472 | 3,727 | 6,043 |
Kansas | 20,249 | 2,602 | 812 | 1,056 | 1,249 | 492 | 1,514 | 1,658 | 4,719 | 2,449 | 3,698 |
Kentucky | 23,221 | 2,966 | 1,205 | 1,399 | 1,707 | 525 | 1,354 | 2,017 | 3,871 | 2,711 | 5,466 |
Louisiana | 22,602 | 3,445 | 1,202 | 1,432 | 1,990 | 389 | 1,733 | 1,568 | 4,244 | 3,453 | 3,146 |
Maine | 7,652 | 1,091 | 434 | 850 | 882 | 118 | 601 | 406 | 918 | 1,230 | 1,122 |
Maryland | 33,882 | 3,785 | 2,260 | 3,871 | 3,031 | 3,147 | 1,799 | 1,336 | 6,094 | 3,042 | 5,517 |
Massachusetts | 61,082 | 9,241 | 4,267 | 7,127 | 6,425 | 2,254 | 4,271 | 1,614 | 11,373 | 6,308 | 8,202 |
Michigan | 60,305 | 6,969 | 3,561 | 3,994 | 5,156 | 1,968 | 5,329 | 2,888 | 12,169 | 7,155 | 11,116 |
Minnesota | 36,580 | 4,840 | 2,460 | 2,633 | 3,992 | 1,488 | 1,568 | 2,205 | 7,008 | 4,898 | 5,488 |
Mississippi | 14,702 | 1,784 | 751 | 784 | 1,296 | 162 | 890 | 1,227 | 2,743 | 2,006 | 3,059 |
Missouri | 41,447 | 5,089 | 2,641 | 2,119 | 2,944 | 1,340 | 2,555 | 2,870 | 8,850 | 5,797 | 7,242 |
Montana | 6,011 | 761 | 314 | 486 | 575 | 100 | 711 | 590 | 882 | 594 | 998 |
Nebraska | 14,301 | 1,335 | 737 | 770 | 973 | 518 | 499 | 1,286 | 3,652 | 1,769 | 2,762 |
Nevada | 8,638 | 975 | 584 | 649 | 686 | 213 | 502 | 423 | 2,062 | 1,103 | 1,441 |
New Hampshire | 12,527 | 2,071 | 1,098 | 1,233 | 828 | 457 | 532 | 399 | 2,635 | 1,513 | 1,761 |
New Jersey | 42,479 | 6,875 | 3,600 | 3,955 | 4,117 | 1,446 | 2,651 | 1,486 | 7,878 | 3,832 | 6,639 |
New Mexico | 9,183 | 1,844 | 641 | 494 | 745 | 189 | 812 | 723 | 1,360 | 927 | 1,448 |
New York | 139,136 | 25,850 | 10,820 | 14,220 | 12,390 | 4,685 | 7,684 | 4,411 | 25,302 | 13,903 | 19,871 |
North Carolina | 53,526 | 6,204 | 3,534 | 4,760 | 5,713 | 1,521 | 3,261 | 2,848 | 9,076 | 5,175 | 11,434 |
North Dakota | 6,298 | 562 | 262 | 195 | 393 | 139 | 596 | 577 | 1,212 | 868 | 1,494 |
Ohio | 70,052 | 8,219 | 3,490 | 4,802 | 5,564 | 1,317 | 5,532 | 4,786 | 13,106 | 11,418 | 11,818 |
Oklahoma | 21,024 | 3,285 | 931 | 963 | 1,526 | 494 | 1,708 | 1,473 | 4,540 | 2,132 | 3,972 |
Oregon | 22,563 | 3,765 | 1,334 | 2,892 | 2,045 | 695 | 1,351 | 569 | 3,520 | 2,187 | 4,205 |
Pennsylvania | 92,362 | 11,990 | 5,366 | 7,466 | 8,958 | 3,231 | 7,064 | 4,083 | 18,087 | 11,884 | 14,233 |
Rhode Island | 11,982 | 1,402 | 674 | 950 | 981 | 370 | 576 | 374 | 2,952 | 1,036 | 2,667 |
South Carolina | 25,107 | 3,160 | 1,455 | 2,095 | 2,873 | 660 | 1,408 | 1,607 | 5,666 | 2,393 | 3,790 |
South Dakota | 6,040 | 490 | 256 | 346 | 471 | 191 | 438 | 596 | 708 | 1,420 | 1,124 |
Tennessee | 35,255 | 6,612 | 1,893 | 2,414 | 2,366 | 726 | 1,822 | 1,935 | 6,415 | 4,171 | 6,901 |
Texas | 126,083 | 22,943 | 6,515 | 7,988 | 10,903 | 3,347 | 8,774 | 1,474 | 24,355 | 15,408 | 24,376 |
Utah | 34,118 | 3,479 | 1,208 | 2,077 | 2,116 | 2,532 | 1,455 | 2,881 | 6,564 | 7,790 | 4,016 |
Vermont | 6,222 | 1,170 | 409 | 770 | 647 | 187 | 281 | 239 | 797 | 427 | 1,295 |
Virginia | 58,642 | 10,687 | 4,620 | 6,057 | 5,042 | 2,588 | 3,538 | 1,662 | 10,578 | 5,354 | 8,516 |
Washington | 33,598 | 5,678 | 2,044 | 3,786 | 3,983 | 1,551 | 2,188 | 1,335 | 5,456 | 2,695 | 4,882 |
West Virginia | 16,519 | 2,951 | 836 | 1,245 | 913 | 712 | 895 | 777 | 3,007 | 1,240 | 3,943 |
Wisconsin | 37,493 | 4,785 | 1,857 | 2,750 | 4,106 | 1,053 | 2,534 | 2,380 | 7,611 | 3,762 | 6,655 |
Wyoming | 2,164 | 172 | 117 | 153 | 246 | 32 | 236 | 202 | 321 | 233 | 452 |
U.S. Service Academies | 3,348 | 298 | 25 | 718 | 351 | 138 | 1,241 | 0 | 308 | 0 | 269 |
Other jurisdictions | 21,422 | 1,141 | 1,321 | 724 | 2,111 | 781 | 1,242 | 1,426 | 4,507 | 5,043 | 3,126 |
American Samoa | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guam | 470 | 55 | 13 | 23 | 34 | 15 | 0 | 57 | 121 | 23 | 129 |
Northern Marianas | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Puerto Rico | 20,684 | 1,082 | 1,290 | 696 | 2,044 | 757 | 1,242 | 1,314 | 4,279 | 5,008 | 2,972 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 217 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 97 | 12 | 25 |
1 Includes degrees in area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group 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 biological and biomedical sciences; physical sciences; science technologies/technicians; and mathematics and statistics. | |||||||||||
3 Includes engineering; engineering technologies/technicians; mechanic and repair technologies/technicians; and construction trades. | |||||||||||
4 Includes business, management, marketing, and related support services; and personal and culinary services. | |||||||||||
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; family and consumer services/human sciences; homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting; legal professions and studies; library science; military technologies and applied sciences; parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies; precision production; public administration and social service professions; and transportation and materials moving. | |||||||||||
NOTE: Data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. This table includes only those jurisdictions with 4-year institutions. | |||||||||||
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.) |