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Table 319.40. | Master'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 | 785,595 | 59,074 | 27,645 | 19,828 | 31,282 | 40,128 | 57,685 | 145,781 | 186,834 | 110,348 | 106,990 |
Alabama | 12,074 | 382 | 387 | 167 | 301 | 246 | 1,181 | 2,183 | 3,005 | 2,303 | 1,919 |
Alaska | 670 | 61 | 24 | 15 | 49 | 2 | 63 | 214 | 106 | 36 | 100 |
Arizona | 27,353 | 837 | 1,349 | 277 | 471 | 816 | 1,198 | 7,047 | 7,554 | 4,982 | 2,822 |
Arkansas | 5,277 | 191 | 46 | 75 | 136 | 288 | 353 | 2,046 | 633 | 765 | 744 |
California | 77,453 | 7,216 | 3,958 | 1,957 | 3,000 | 3,487 | 8,030 | 13,141 | 16,487 | 8,641 | 11,536 |
Colorado | 14,934 | 955 | 874 | 457 | 575 | 940 | 1,129 | 2,091 | 4,444 | 1,669 | 1,800 |
Connecticut | 10,829 | 907 | 387 | 253 | 673 | 660 | 1,040 | 1,918 | 2,246 | 1,452 | 1,293 |
Delaware | 3,903 | 92 | 7 | 58 | 119 | 297 | 98 | 657 | 1,631 | 539 | 405 |
District of Columbia | 11,512 | 1,135 | 223 | 1,454 | 835 | 359 | 415 | 626 | 2,457 | 1,346 | 2,662 |
Florida | 33,785 | 1,988 | 1,312 | 522 | 1,416 | 1,294 | 2,340 | 4,043 | 10,397 | 5,555 | 4,918 |
Georgia | 18,558 | 1,449 | 288 | 363 | 820 | 893 | 1,306 | 3,241 | 4,491 | 3,456 | 2,251 |
Hawaii | 1,917 | 154 | 119 | 60 | 69 | 39 | 56 | 357 | 494 | 195 | 374 |
Idaho | 1,860 | 122 | 17 | 55 | 106 | 17 | 135 | 489 | 304 | 242 | 373 |
Illinois | 42,124 | 2,913 | 1,411 | 889 | 1,711 | 3,366 | 2,805 | 5,860 | 11,340 | 5,913 | 5,916 |
Indiana | 14,841 | 1,472 | 288 | 276 | 491 | 562 | 1,325 | 2,189 | 4,308 | 2,279 | 1,651 |
Iowa | 8,341 | 508 | 488 | 56 | 225 | 388 | 354 | 1,629 | 2,117 | 1,503 | 1,073 |
Kansas | 7,480 | 563 | 192 | 117 | 196 | 104 | 555 | 2,148 | 1,735 | 776 | 1,094 |
Kentucky | 9,503 | 644 | 479 | 164 | 261 | 314 | 478 | 2,792 | 1,317 | 1,572 | 1,482 |
Louisiana | 7,508 | 571 | 163 | 206 | 514 | 213 | 340 | 1,267 | 1,734 | 1,384 | 1,116 |
Maine | 2,237 | 152 | 39 | 11 | 56 | 9 | 37 | 528 | 287 | 594 | 524 |
Maryland | 18,829 | 1,259 | 282 | 1,000 | 1,057 | 2,177 | 1,206 | 2,654 | 4,896 | 2,408 | 1,890 |
Massachusetts | 38,390 | 3,000 | 913 | 1,327 | 1,579 | 1,686 | 2,742 | 6,729 | 10,204 | 4,494 | 5,716 |
Michigan | 21,675 | 1,279 | 546 | 425 | 986 | 970 | 2,864 | 3,538 | 5,185 | 2,628 | 3,254 |
Minnesota | 23,882 | 908 | 1,839 | 378 | 393 | 613 | 531 | 6,049 | 3,893 | 6,688 | 2,590 |
Mississippi | 5,029 | 157 | 98 | 72 | 500 | 70 | 158 | 1,673 | 903 | 694 | 704 |
Missouri | 22,162 | 1,146 | 579 | 459 | 533 | 1,977 | 1,370 | 3,680 | 6,735 | 3,328 | 2,355 |
Montana | 1,196 | 99 | 37 | 47 | 95 | 12 | 70 | 343 | 102 | 198 | 193 |
Nebraska | 5,506 | 309 | 102 | 305 | 183 | 428 | 100 | 1,540 | 1,197 | 834 | 508 |
Nevada | 2,229 | 110 | 53 | 49 | 65 | 73 | 95 | 747 | 496 | 279 | 262 |
New Hampshire | 6,960 | 652 | 248 | 134 | 61 | 749 | 171 | 816 | 2,894 | 644 | 591 |
New Jersey | 16,970 | 1,469 | 574 | 282 | 1,035 | 1,321 | 1,925 | 3,181 | 3,337 | 1,604 | 2,242 |
New Mexico | 3,212 | 340 | 49 | 113 | 168 | 108 | 295 | 803 | 517 | 511 | 308 |
New York | 71,571 | 7,515 | 2,104 | 2,204 | 3,157 | 3,955 | 4,937 | 13,373 | 14,212 | 8,656 | 11,458 |
North Carolina | 18,159 | 1,788 | 210 | 458 | 959 | 1,103 | 1,437 | 2,554 | 4,418 | 2,660 | 2,572 |
North Dakota | 1,625 | 46 | 73 | 33 | 67 | 27 | 88 | 404 | 286 | 328 | 273 |
Ohio | 24,213 | 1,811 | 888 | 553 | 1,414 | 938 | 2,354 | 3,769 | 5,309 | 4,274 | 2,903 |
Oklahoma | 6,576 | 744 | 290 | 120 | 214 | 223 | 741 | 1,169 | 1,573 | 748 | 754 |
Oregon | 10,021 | 764 | 229 | 115 | 284 | 95 | 488 | 4,988 | 1,144 | 1,042 | 872 |
Pennsylvania | 36,940 | 2,318 | 1,329 | 751 | 1,479 | 1,929 | 3,204 | 6,411 | 8,211 | 6,397 | 4,911 |
Rhode Island | 2,674 | 208 | 97 | 115 | 165 | 76 | 135 | 368 | 711 | 319 | 480 |
South Carolina | 6,068 | 362 | 136 | 88 | 300 | 87 | 492 | 1,518 | 1,452 | 781 | 852 |
South Dakota | 1,538 | 67 | 55 | 36 | 84 | 102 | 135 | 469 | 179 | 192 | 219 |
Tennessee | 11,841 | 947 | 403 | 188 | 495 | 185 | 423 | 2,459 | 2,919 | 2,409 | 1,413 |
Texas | 52,453 | 3,718 | 2,139 | 1,198 | 2,173 | 3,975 | 5,555 | 9,223 | 13,153 | 5,643 | 5,676 |
Utah | 11,081 | 265 | 162 | 95 | 227 | 610 | 372 | 2,671 | 3,926 | 2,004 | 749 |
Vermont | 2,251 | 539 | 63 | 353 | 52 | 38 | 93 | 311 | 305 | 125 | 372 |
Virginia | 24,665 | 2,996 | 1,191 | 507 | 588 | 1,471 | 965 | 5,009 | 5,626 | 1,963 | 4,349 |
Washington | 9,750 | 734 | 353 | 171 | 463 | 471 | 601 | 1,918 | 2,013 | 1,137 | 1,889 |
West Virginia | 6,244 | 651 | 128 | 535 | 123 | 161 | 199 | 1,102 | 1,459 | 544 | 1,342 |
Wisconsin | 9,298 | 500 | 423 | 266 | 320 | 202 | 643 | 1,783 | 2,431 | 1,582 | 1,148 |
Wyoming | 425 | 61 | 1 | 19 | 39 | 2 | 55 | 63 | 61 | 32 | 92 |
U.S. Service Academies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other jurisdictions | 5,642 | 304 | 518 | 35 | 146 | 83 | 236 | 1,087 | 1,574 | 806 | 853 |
American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guam | 112 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
Northern Marianas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Puerto Rico | 5,486 | 302 | 511 | 35 | 143 | 83 | 236 | 1,016 | 1,551 | 806 | 803 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 44 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
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.) |