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Table 245.Degrees awarded by institutions of higher education, by control, level of degree, and state: 1994-95 

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                      |                       Public                        |                      Private
                      |_____________________________________________________|_____________________________________________________
                      |         |          |  First-  |        |  Doctor's  |         |          |  First-  |        |  Doctor's
        State         |Associate|Bachelor's| profes-  |Master's|  degrees   |Associate|Bachelor's| profes-  |Master's|  degrees
    or other area     | degrees | degrees  |  sional  |degrees |  (Ph.D.,   | degrees | degrees  |  sional  |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 .....| 451,539 |  776,670 |   29,871 |224,152 |     28,917 |  88,152 |  383,464 |   45,929 |173,477 |     15,529
                      |_________|__________|__________|________|____________|_________|__________|__________|________|____________
Alabama ..............|   7,176 |   16,821 |      591 |  5,540 |        435 |     659 |    3,103 |      372 |    443 |          3
Alaska ...............|     834 |    1,428 |       ---|    386 |         19 |     126 |       98 |       ---|     77 |         ---
Arizona ..............|   5,886 |   13,877 |      445 |  4,850 |        787 |     923 |    2,298 |       ---|  1,648 |         ---
Arkansas .............|   2,416 |    7,141 |      482 |  1,982 |        155 |      76 |    1,482 |       ---|     59 |         ---
California ...........|  53,982 |   83,300 |    2,200 | 18,187 |      2,847 |   6,521 |   26,414 |    6,583 | 19,878 |      2,520
                      |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
Colorado .............|   5,126 |   16,054 |      463 |  4,531 |        666 |   1,858 |    3,875 |      370 |  2,580 |        122
Connecticut ..........|   4,009 |    7,368 |      310 |  2,384 |        265 |     791 |    6,604 |      610 |  4,035 |        442
Delaware .............|     934 |    3,552 |       ---|    738 |        139 |     207 |      914 |      418 |    364 |         30
District of Columbia .|      73 |      542 |       ---|    120 |         ---|     132 |    6,485 |    2,467 |  6,487 |        474
Florida ..............|  34,286 |   30,885 |      942 |  8,449 |        961 |   6,447 |   14,039 |    1,552 |  6,344 |        692
                      |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
Georgia ..............|   7,193 |   19,302 |      692 |  6,705 |        712 |   1,950 |    7,010 |    1,369 |  1,939 |        222
Hawaii ...............|   2,109 |    3,156 |      121 |  1,070 |        155 |     278 |    1,344 |       39 |    450 |         11
Idaho ................|   1,140 |    3,870 |      167 |    934 |         80 |   3,041 |      365 |       ---|    143 |         ---
Illinois .............|  24,273 |   30,170 |    1,103 |  9,858 |      1,358 |   2,853 |   22,100 |    3,257 | 13,629 |      1,492
Indiana...............|   7,918 |   20,941 |      948 |  5,648 |      1,013 |   2,145 |    9,312 |      537 |  1,949 |        139
                      |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
Iowa .................|   7,608 |    9,429 |      554 |  2,540 |        667 |     583 |    7,992 |      981 |    938 |         19
Kansas ...............|   6,482 |   11,522 |      572 |  3,748 |        450 |     479 |    3,072 |       19 |    602 |         ---
Kentucky .............|   4,937 |   11,576 |      739 |  3,676 |        284 |   1,509 |    2,994 |      388 |    543 |        113
Louisiana ............|   2,879 |   14,880 |      711 |  3,933 |        373 |     490 |    3,040 |      969 |  1,413 |        126
Maine ................|   1,710 |    3,491 |       79 |    730 |         40 |     735 |    2,402 |      101 |    223 |          2
                      |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
Maryland .............|   8,186 |   15,864 |      808 |  4,658 |        587 |     446 |    4,044 |      193 |  4,333 |        290
Massachusetts ........|   8,333 |   12,510 |       99 |  3,264 |        379 |   4,475 |   27,769 |    3,557 | 18,012 |      1,904
Michigan .............|  19,578 |   33,837 |    1,493 | 13,720 |      1,493 |   3,118 |   10,480 |    1,003 |  1,740 |         55
Minnesota ............|   8,623 |   15,996 |      682 |  3,508 |        685 |   3,593 |    8,072 |      856 |  2,252 |        204
Mississippi ..........|   5,340 |    8,602 |      346 |  2,227 |        340 |     179 |    1,733 |      146 |    394 |         59
                      |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
Missouri..............|   6,075 |   15,656 |      663 |  3,805 |        341 |   2,853 |   12,275 |    1,633 |  6,550 |        378
Montana ..............|   1,162 |    3,880 |       78 |    836 |         66 |     167 |      474 |       ---|     21 |         ---
Nebraska .............|   3,014 |    6,961 |      368 |  1,839 |        249 |     351 |    3,144 |      457 |    413 |          6
Nevada ...............|   1,379 |    3,291 |       54 |    895 |         77 |      32 |       80 |       ---|      2 |         ---
New Hampshire ........|   2,000 |    3,839 |       ---|    684 |         51 |   1,530 |    3,556 |      193 |  1,578 |         61
                      |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
New Jersey ...........|  12,012 |   18,138 |      906 |  4,846 |        584 |     843 |    6,489 |      764 |  3,415 |        469
New Mexico ...........|   3,199 |    5,582 |      172 |  2,218 |        285 |      78 |      781 |       ---|    220 |         ---
New York .............|  41,340 |   41,447 |    1,171 | 13,560 |      1,375 |  13,331 |   52,102 |    6,465 | 31,166 |      2,599
North Carolina .......|  13,195 |   22,583 |      709 |  5,645 |        750 |     912 |    9,738 |      987 |  1,785 |        272
North Dakota .........|   1,682 |    3,812 |      187 |    595 |         84 |      56 |      628 |       ---|     33 |         ---
                      |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
Ohio .................|  17,030 |   32,988 |    1,901 | 10,421 |      1,644 |   3,153 |   16,600 |    1,168 |  4,966 |        547
Oklahoma .............|   6,568 |   12,480 |      602 |  3,595 |        347 |     443 |    2,827 |      353 |  1,333 |         67
Oregon ...............|   5,488 |    9,219 |      321 |  2,705 |        430 |     325 |    3,698 |      583 |  1,209 |         63
Pennsylvania .........|  12,801 |   31,872 |    1,200 |  8,742 |      1,283 |   7,768 |   31,155 |    2,742 | 10,895 |      1,119
Rhode Island .........|   1,579 |    3,334 |        4 |    898 |        108 |   2,311 |    5,644 |       72 |  1,143 |        187
                      |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
South Carolina .......|   5,435 |   11,573 |      539 |  4,102 |        365 |     730 |    3,603 |       75 |    423 |         26
South Dakota .........|     488 |    3,474 |      124 |    931 |         58 |     346 |      819 |       13 |     76 |          5
Tennessee ............|   5,658 |   13,209 |      704 |  4,366 |        452 |   1,063 |    7,254 |      732 |  1,827 |        213
Texas ................|  23,210 |   54,752 |    2,577 | 17,075 |      2,355 |   2,590 |   15,296 |    2,198 |  5,665 |        372
Utah .................|   5,390 |    7,757 |      218 |  1,663 |        272 |     422 |    6,784 |      155 |  1,382 |         86
                      |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
Vermont ..............|     664 |    2,323 |       90 |    384 |         53 |     647 |    2,268 |       ---|    707 |          1
Virginia .............|   8,941 |   23,265 |    1,172 |  8,381 |      1,048 |   1,941 |    7,841 |      645 |  2,325 |         29
Washington ...........|  18,210 |   16,843 |      453 |  3,610 |        651 |     892 |    4,985 |      456 |  4,337 |         36
West Virginia.........|   2,124 |    7,349 |      358 |  2,140 |        159 |     716 |    1,307 |       ---|    128 |         ---
Wisconsin ............|   8,396 |   19,868 |      526 |  5,043 |        833 |     866 |    7,075 |      451 |  1,403 |         74
Wyoming ..............|   1,491 |    1,777 |       70 |    396 |         63 |     172 |       ---|       ---|     ---|         ---
                      |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
U.S. Service Schools .|  11,977 |    3,284 |      157 |  1,391 |         44 |      ---|       ---|       ---|     ---|         ---
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   Outlying areas ....|   2,075 |    6,417 |      267 |    737 |         32 |   2,328 |    7,885 |      390 |  1,062 |         35
                      |_________|__________|__________|________|____________|_________|__________|__________|________|____________
American Samoa .......|     419 |       ---|       ---|     ---|         ---|      ---|       ---|       ---|     ---|         ---
Federated States of   |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
   Micronesia ........|     163 |       ---|       ---|     ---|         ---|      ---|       ---|       ---|     ---|         ---
Guam .................|      48 |      295 |       ---|     45 |         ---|      ---|       ---|       ---|     ---|         ---
Marshall Islands .....|      40 |       ---|       ---|     ---|         ---|      ---|       ---|       ---|     ---|         ---
Northern Marianas ....|     180 |       ---|       ---|     ---|         ---|      ---|       ---|       ---|     ---|         ---
Palau ................|      21 |       ---|       ---|     ---|         ---|      ---|       ---|       ---|     ---|         ---
Puerto Rico ..........|   1,148 |    5,927 |      267 |    628 |         32 |   2,328 |    7,885 |      390 |  1,062 |         35
Virgin Islands .......|      56 |      195 |       ---|     64 |         ---|      ---|       ---|       ---|     ---|         ---
______________________|_________|__________|__________|________|____________|_________|__________|__________|________|____________

\1\Includes degrees which require at least 6 years of college work for completion (including at least 2 years of preprofessional training). See Definitions for details.

---Data not available or not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared April 1997.)



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