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Table 240.Earned degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by level of degree and by state: 1992-93 and 1993-94

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                       |                       1992-93                          |                      1993-94
                       |--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------
                       |         |          |            |         |  Doctor's  |         |          |            |         |  Doctor's
  State or other area  |Associate|Bachelor's|   First-   |Master's |  degrees   |Associate|Bachelor's|   First-   |Master's |  degrees
                       | degrees | degrees  |professional| degrees |  (Ph.D.,   | degrees | degrees  |professional| degrees |  (Ph.D.,
                       |         |          | degrees\1\ |         |Ed.D., etc.)|         |          | degrees\1\ |         |Ed.D., etc.)
-----------------------|---------|----------|------------|---------|------------|---------|----------|------------|---------|------------
           1           |    2    |    3     |     4      |    5    |     6      |    7    |    8     |     9      |   10    |     11
-----------------------|---------|----------|------------|---------|------------|---------|----------|------------|---------|------------
   United States ......| 514,756 |1,165,178 |     75,387 | 369,585 |     42,132 | 542,449 |1,169,275 |     75,418 | 387,070 |     43,185
                       |---------|----------|------------|---------|------------|---------|----------|------------|---------|------------
Alabama ...............|   7,484 |   20,525 |        866 |   5,636 |        406 |   7,781 |   21,150 |        908 |   5,763 |        476
Alaska ................|     940 |    1,260 |        --- |     363 |         10 |   1,002 |    1,396 |        --- |     422 |         24
Arizona ...............|   6,928 |   15,807 |        436 |   5,694 |        690 |   6,796 |   16,093 |        462 |   6,399 |        754
Arkansas ..............|   2,618 |    8,449 |        449 |   1,836 |        120 |   2,808 |    8,549 |        441 |   1,995 |        146
California ............|  54,688 |  111,010 |      9,195 |  37,046 |      4,987 |  56,417 |  111,848 |      9,228 |  38,708 |      5,034
                       |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
Colorado ..............|   6,294 |   18,925 |        813 |   6,391 |        768 |   6,746 |   18,954 |        809 |   6,859 |        765
Connecticut ...........|   5,094 |   14,931 |        679 |   6,590 |        630 |   5,081 |   13,929 |        769 |   6,649 |        646
Delaware ..............|   1,313 |    4,119 |        550 |     954 |        144 |   1,191 |    4,187 |        461 |     955 |        121
District of Columbia ..|     435 |    8,095 |      2,321 |   6,059 |        562 |     305 |    7,184 |      2,420 |   6,311 |        489
Florida ...............|  39,405 |   43,212 |      2,322 |  13,145 |      1,661 |  40,620 |   44,075 |      2,382 |  14,056 |      1,644
                       |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
Georgia ...............|   8,316 |   25,390 |      1,949 |   7,958 |        899 |   9,419 |   26,283 |      2,015 |   8,326 |        813
Hawaii ................|   2,515 |    4,186 |        176 |   1,383 |        168 |   2,391 |    4,314 |        172 |   1,369 |        175
Idaho .................|   3,544 |    3,923 |        146 |   1,005 |         65 |   4,068 |    4,203 |        148 |   1,017 |         88
Illinois ..............|  27,620 |   51,482 |      4,410 |  22,440 |      2,601 |  27,022 |   52,330 |      4,321 |  23,689 |      2,592
Indiana................|   9,236 |   31,453 |      1,496 |   6,874 |      1,107 |   9,589 |   30,769 |      1,454 |   6,962 |      1,103
                       |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
Iowa ..................|   8,344 |   17,598 |      1,534 |   3,517 |        683 |   8,314 |   17,846 |      1,442 |   3,488 |        689
Kansas ................|   6,312 |   14,282 |        601 |   3,920 |        387 |   6,716 |   14,599 |        619 |   4,618 |        415
Kentucky ..............|   6,546 |   14,396 |        985 |   4,195 |        328 |   6,416 |   14,629 |      1,118 |   4,028 |        401
Louisiana .............|   2,865 |   17,825 |      1,502 |   4,723 |        428 |   3,303 |   17,787 |      1,582 |   5,205 |        447
Maine .................|   2,433 |    5,976 |        168 |     917 |         40 |   2,463 |    5,953 |        173 |     896 |         53
                       |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
Maryland ..............|   8,425 |   20,427 |      1,050 |   8,006 |        963 |   8,292 |   20,720 |        972 |   8,182 |        934
Massachusetts .........|  13,354 |   42,747 |      3,677 |  19,215 |      2,276 |  13,084 |   42,351 |      3,771 |  20,745 |      2,228
Michigan ..............|  24,231 |   45,711 |      2,581 |  14,944 |      1,513 |  36,032 |   44,925 |      2,746 |  15,474 |      1,483
Minnesota .............|   9,766 |   24,762 |      1,854 |   5,217 |        674 |   9,708 |   24,746 |      1,536 |   5,678 |        917
Mississippi ...........|   5,575 |   10,673 |        466 |   2,672 |        303 |   5,538 |   10,524 |        478 |   2,630 |        352
                       |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
Missouri...............|   8,023 |   26,954 |      2,171 |   9,303 |        711 |   8,424 |   27,494 |      2,206 |  10,130 |        778
Montana ...............|     801 |    4,194 |         68 |     756 |         57 |   1,031 |    4,357 |         70 |     803 |         57
Nebraska ..............|   2,494 |    9,522 |        806 |   2,007 |        238 |   3,189 |   10,087 |        811 |   2,201 |        244
Nevada ................|   1,311 |    3,029 |         54 |     845 |         39 |   1,295 |    3,276 |         39 |     922 |         52
New Hampshire .........|   3,343 |    7,524 |        195 |   2,267 |        118 |   3,350 |    7,546 |        182 |   2,228 |        136
                       |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
New Jersey ............|  12,299 |   25,185 |      1,679 |   8,110 |        965 |  12,625 |   25,234 |      1,709 |   8,274 |      1,032
New Mexico ............|   3,007 |    5,667 |        178 |   2,142 |        243 |   3,065 |    6,118 |        192 |   2,348 |        243
New York ..............|  53,393 |   97,104 |      7,476 |  42,539 |      4,045 |  53,784 |   93,134 |      7,442 |  42,903 |      4,025
North Carolina ........|  12,164 |   31,852 |      1,709 |   6,864 |        980 |  13,621 |   32,730 |      1,673 |   7,276 |        988
North Dakota ..........|   1,696 |    4,555 |        142 |     649 |         74 |   1,718 |    4,558 |        189 |     675 |         74
                       |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
Ohio ..................|  19,881 |   51,487 |      3,225 |  14,613 |      1,973 |  20,117 |   50,982 |      3,251 |  14,992 |      2,127
Oklahoma ..............|   6,304 |   15,002 |        928 |   4,457 |        416 |   6,689 |   15,734 |        846 |   4,954 |        387
Oregon ................|   5,676 |   13,139 |        988 |   3,650 |        535 |   5,986 |   13,272 |        946 |   3,617 |        531
Pennsylvania ..........|  20,091 |   65,073 |      3,774 |  17,649 |      2,267 |  21,172 |   64,326 |      3,745 |  18,906 |      2,247
Rhode Island ..........|   4,156 |    9,341 |         81 |   2,070 |        269 |   3,941 |    9,145 |         87 |   2,019 |        255
                       |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
South Carolina ........|   5,953 |   15,254 |        604 |   4,245 |        408 |   6,218 |   15,318 |        627 |   4,452 |        459
South Dakota ..........|     848 |    4,252 |        130 |     913 |         52 |     873 |    4,164 |        141 |   1,038 |         60
Tennessee .............|   6,801 |   20,371 |      1,341 |   5,016 |        721 |   6,894 |   19,992 |      1,296 |   5,740 |        672
Texas .................|  24,804 |   67,598 |      4,882 |  20,887 |      2,546 |  25,787 |   69,298 |      4,768 |  21,838 |      2,732
Utah ..................|   4,839 |   12,901 |        388 |   2,868 |        376 |   5,318 |   14,191 |        367 |   2,837 |        338
                       |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
Vermont ...............|   1,264 |    4,707 |         96 |   1,103 |         53 |   1,268 |    4,671 |         93 |   1,174 |         62
Virginia ..............|  10,232 |   30,858 |      1,811 |   9,325 |        998 |  11,339 |   31,226 |      1,839 |   9,980 |      1,006
Washington ............|  16,619 |   20,829 |        920 |   6,745 |        618 |  18,365 |   21,321 |        918 |   7,268 |        696
West Virginia..........|   2,919 |    8,606 |        320 |   1,916 |         99 |   3,012 |    9,045 |        367 |   2,032 |        127
Wisconsin .............|   9,481 |   27,709 |        971 |   6,340 |        851 |   9,394 |   27,484 |        966 |   6,267 |        956
Wyoming ...............|   1,850 |    1,856 |         69 |     342 |         50 |   1,862 |    1,794 |         66 |     457 |         73
                       |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
U.S. Service Schools ..|  10,226 |    3,445 |        155 |   1,264 |         17 |  11,010 |    3,434 |        155 |   1,315 |         39
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   Outlying areas .....|   4,342 |   14,100 |        681 |   1,388 |         74 |   4,125 |   13,866 |        582 |   1,938 |         76
                       |---------|----------|------------|---------|------------|---------|----------|------------|---------|------------
American Samoa ........|      43 |      --- |        --- |     --- |        --- |      44 |      --- |        --- |     --- |        ---
Federated States of    |         |          |            |         |            |         |          |            |         |
  Micronesia...........|      56 |      --- |        --- |     --- |        --- |     105 |      --- |        --- |     --- |        ---
Guam ..................|      36 |      178 |        --- |      15 |        --- |      25 |      208 |        --- |      26 |        ---
Marshall Islands ......|      35 |      --- |        --- |     --- |        --- |      40 |      --- |        --- |     --- |        ---
Northern Marianas .....|      87 |      --- |        --- |     --- |        --- |      69 |      --- |        --- |     --- |        ---
Palau..................|       4 |      --- |        --- |     --- |        --- |      13 |      --- |        --- |     --- |        ---
Puerto Rico ...........|   4,017 |   13,746 |        681 |   1,330 |         74 |   3,769 |   13,486 |        582 |   1,858 |         76
Virgin Islands ........|      64 |      176 |        --- |      43 |        --- |      60 |      172 |        --- |      54 |        ---
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\1\Includes degrees which require at least 6 years of college work for completion (including at least 2 years of preprofessional training).

---Data not available or not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared May 1996.)


1996 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest