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| Table 67. | Highest degree earned and number of years teaching experience for teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: 1993-94 |
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| |Percent of teachers, by highest degree\2\| Percent of teachers, by years
State | Total\1\ |-----------------------------------------| of full-time teaching experience
| |Bachelor's| Master's |Education |Doctor's|-------------------------------------
| | | |specialist| |Less than 3| 3 to 9 |10 to 20|Over 20
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
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United States .....|2,561,294 | 52.0 | 42.0 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 9.7 | 25.5 | 35.0 | 29.8
|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------|-----------|--------|--------|-------
Alabama ..............| 44,791 | 38.5 | 52.6 | 7.8 | 0.7 | 11.1 | 22.0 | 42.2 | 24.7
Alaska ...............| 8,152 | 59.0 | 35.3 | 4.2 | (\3\) | 8.0 | 29.3 | 42.7 | 20.0
Arizona ..............| 37,600 | 51.4 | 43.3 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 13.1 | 29.1 | 38.1 | 19.8
Arkansas .............| 30,621 | 64.9 | 32.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 9.2 | 27.3 | 40.2 | 23.3
California ...........| 209,032 | 58.6 | 32.6 | 6.8 | 1.0 | 9.8 | 27.8 | 31.8 | 30.7
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Colorado .............| 35,723 | 46.5 | 49.4 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 9.4 | 26.1 | 38.7 | 25.7
Connecticut ..........| 35,465 | 19.6 | 62.4 | 15.7 | 1.4 | 6.4 | 19.8 | 35.5 | 38.3
Delaware .............| 7,027 | 46.0 | 48.3 | 5.1 | --- | 7.7 | 24.1 | 36.2 | 32.0
District of Columbia .| 5,185 | 41.2 | 54.4 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 10.8 | 14.7 | 30.6 | 43.9
Florida ..............| 106,535 | 57.2 | 37.0 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 8.7 | 29.4 | 37.8 | 24.0
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Georgia ..............| 74,907 | 48.9 | 42.5 | 7.7 | (\3\) | 13.3 | 28.3 | 35.6 | 22.8
Hawaii ...............| 11,137 | 47.8 | 21.7 | 27.5 | 1.0 | 16.2 | 28.1 | 22.0 | 33.7
Idaho ................| 12,166 | 74.4 | 21.7 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 12.4 | 33.3 | 33.7 | 20.6
Illinois .............| 111,511 | 49.7 | 46.1 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 9.0 | 25.1 | 30.8 | 35.1
Indiana...............| 57,732 | 21.4 | 72.9 | 4.9 | --- | 5.6 | 24.7 | 37.1 | 32.6
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Iowa .................| 35,861 | 67.3 | 31.3 | 1.2 | (\3\) | 10.1 | 23.3 | 32.1 | 34.5
Kansas ...............| 31,164 | 53.5 | 42.8 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 12.3 | 28.2 | 35.2 | 24.3
Kentucky .............| 41,571 | 23.4 | 56.8 | 18.7 | 0.8 | 9.5 | 26.8 | 32.9 | 30.8
Louisiana ............| 48,948 | 60.5 | 31.2 | 6.9 | 0.5 | 9.7 | 29.8 | 35.1 | 25.5
Maine ................| 15,658 | 68.4 | 28.4 | 1.6 | (\3\) | 7.0 | 28.7 | 37.4 | 26.9
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Maryland .............| 43,862 | 43.3 | 49.6 | 6.2 | 0.6 | 11.7 | 23.6 | 32.4 | 32.4
Massachusetts ........| 58,416 | 38.8 | 54.8 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 8.4 | 17.1 | 33.6 | 41.0
Michigan .............| 83,288 | 46.6 | 48.1 | 4.7 | 0.6 | 7.4 | 21.5 | 29.4 | 41.9
Minnesota ............| 44,150 | 63.4 | 33.6 | 2.6 | (\3\) | 13.0 | 20.0 | 33.0 | 34.0
Mississippi ..........| 29,851 | 56.3 | 37.5 | 4.3 | (\3\) | 10.5 | 22.8 | 39.8 | 26.9
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Missouri .............| 62,454 | 54.3 | 42.4 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 10.6 | 26.9 | 37.2 | 25.3
Montana ..............| 12,851 | 71.3 | 26.0 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 11.1 | 27.5 | 39.0 | 22.5
Nebraska .............| 20,411 | 61.5 | 36.0 | 1.9 | (\3\) | 10.1 | 24.4 | 39.0 | 26.5
Nevada ...............| 12,822 | 50.5 | 42.8 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 12.0 | 33.2 | 35.0 | 19.8
New Hampshire ........| 12,299 | 60.2 | 35.9 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 10.6 | 26.8 | 38.2 | 24.4
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New Jersey ...........| 83,935 | 56.2 | 37.4 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 5.8 | 21.1 | 34.6 | 38.5
New Mexico ...........| 19,265 | 53.2 | 43.6 | 2.2 | (\3\) | 12.5 | 32.5 | 33.9 | 21.1
New York .............| 178,701 | 25.0 | 68.1 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 10.3 | 23.9 | 29.7 | 36.1
North Carolina .......| 72,305 | 61.8 | 35.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 9.7 | 26.6 | 38.8 | 25.0
North Dakota .........| 8,404 | 79.3 | 18.0 | 1.6 | --- | 12.1 | 27.2 | 37.7 | 23.0
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Ohio .................| 111,518 | 53.2 | 41.8 | 3.1 | (\3\) | 6.8 | 23.2 | 38.6 | 31.4
Oklahoma .............| 42,220 | 56.9 | 39.5 | 3.2 | (\3\) | 10.4 | 27.0 | 41.2 | 21.5
Oregon ...............| 25,706 | 51.5 | 43.1 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 7.4 | 27.0 | 39.6 | 26.0
Pennsylvania .........| 114,571 | 46.7 | 45.6 | 6.9 | (\3\) | 6.9 | 18.3 | 33.0 | 41.8
Rhode Island .........| 9,217 | 40.1 | 53.3 | 5.7 | 1.0 | 7.2 | 21.9 | 28.6 | 42.3
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South Carolina .......| 39,623 | 48.8 | 43.4 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 10.5 | 25.1 | 42.3 | 22.1
South Dakota .........| 10,579 | 75.1 | 23.2 | 1.5 | --- | 10.4 | 28.6 | 37.3 | 23.8
Tennessee ............| 47,662 | 51.2 | 42.0 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 12.4 | 22.9 | 35.5 | 29.2
Texas ................| 223,800 | 69.7 | 26.8 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 12.1 | 30.1 | 37.5 | 20.4
Utah .................| 19,884 | 70.6 | 23.5 | 4.2 | (\3\) | 12.7 | 32.8 | 36.1 | 18.3
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Vermont ..............| 7,327 | 49.4 | 47.5 | 2.1 | --- | 12.3 | 25.3 | 34.4 | 28.0
Virginia .............| 64,937 | 64.4 | 31.3 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 10.5 | 26.0 | 37.5 | 26.1
Washington ...........| 48,452 | 56.3 | 37.5 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 10.8 | 30.1 | 32.2 | 26.9
West Virginia.........| 21,473 | 41.7 | 53.1 | 4.3 | --- | 4.4 | 21.6 | 42.7 | 31.4
Wisconsin ............| 62,958 | 59.3 | 38.1 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 9.1 | 24.7 | 29.5 | 36.7
Wyoming ..............| 7,567 | 71.3 | 26.5 | 1.4 | (\3\) | 9.4 | 22.6 | 41.6 | 26.5
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\1\Data are based on a head count of all teachers rather than on the number of full-time equivalent teachers
appearing in other tables.
\2\Teachers with less than a bachelor's degree are not shown. \3\Less than 0.05 percent. ---Data not available. NOTE.--Excludes prekindergarten teachers. Details may not add to totals due to rounding or item nonresponse. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Schools and Staffing Survey, 1993-94." (This table was prepared June 1995.)
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