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Table 249. Degrees awarded by degree-granting institutions, by control, level of degree, and state: 1997-98
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                         |         |          |  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 ........| 455,084 |  784,296 |   31,233 |235,922 |     29,715 | 103,471 |  400,110 |   47,365 |194,242 |     16,295
                         |_________|__________|__________|________|____________|_________|__________|__________|________|____________
Alabama .................|   7,993 |   17,104 |      583 |  5,756 |        555 |   1,084 |    3,231 |      512 |    562 |         14
Alaska ..................|     856 |    1,386 |        0 |    429 |         68 |      96 |       93 |        0 |     55 |          0
Arizona .................|   6,745 |   15,332 |      438 |  5,331 |        755 |   2,501 |    3,049 |        0 |  2,422 |         33
Arkansas ................|   3,028 |    7,355 |      460 |  2,101 |        162 |     127 |    1,867 |        0 |     80 |          0
California ..............|  61,190 |   83,154 |    2,096 | 19,468 |      2,857 |  10,840 |   28,991 |    6,515 | 21,138 |      2,531
                         |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
Colorado ................|   5,147 |   16,305 |      466 |  5,202 |        728 |   2,676 |    4,069 |      368 |  2,958 |        123
Connecticut .............|   3,478 |    6,419 |      307 |  2,667 |        253 |     872 |    7,159 |      577 |  4,500 |        433
Delaware ................|     913 |    3,522 |        0 |    865 |        142 |     174 |      896 |      344 |    574 |         30
District of Columbia ....|     162 |      450 |       60 |     77 |          0 |     292 |    6,919 |    2,616 |  6,929 |        562
Florida .................|  40,033 |   34,056 |    1,128 |  9,587 |      1,121 |   8,176 |   14,407 |    1,634 |  7,090 |        760
                         |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
Georgia .................|   7,428 |   21,469 |      708 |  7,895 |        808 |   1,839 |    7,939 |    1,781 |  2,776 |        276
Hawaii ..................|   2,305 |    3,086 |      128 |    932 |        161 |   1,154 |    1,567 |        2 |    597 |          7
Idaho ...................|   1,330 |    4,300 |      153 |    982 |         91 |   3,763 |      302 |        3 |     44 |          0
Illinois ................|  23,723 |   29,001 |    1,152 | 10,051 |      1,241 |   3,175 |   23,195 |    3,356 | 15,060 |      1,449
Indiana..................|   7,709 |   20,744 |    1,031 |  5,738 |        991 |   3,038 |   10,089 |      468 |  2,135 |        124
                         |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
Iowa ....................|   8,233 |    9,496 |      612 |  2,495 |        637 |     672 |    8,047 |      954 |  1,094 |         11
Kansas ..................|   6,628 |   11,084 |      569 |  3,774 |        487 |     535 |    2,942 |       15 |    822 |          0
Kentucky ................|   4,728 |   11,740 |      819 |  4,166 |        308 |   1,658 |    3,237 |      361 |    607 |        102
Louisiana ...............|   4,054 |   15,366 |      684 |  4,218 |        413 |     731 |    3,187 |    1,039 |  1,456 |        154
Maine ...................|   1,623 |    3,213 |       91 |    748 |         49 |     713 |    2,229 |       92 |    360 |          0
                         |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
Maryland ................|   7,479 |   16,187 |      931 |  5,225 |        606 |     388 |    4,622 |      184 |  4,905 |        389
Massachusetts ...........|   7,650 |   12,652 |      109 |  3,622 |        390 |   4,262 |   28,075 |    3,839 | 20,029 |      2,164
Michigan ................|  17,724 |   33,122 |    1,493 | 14,335 |      1,505 |   3,269 |   11,064 |    1,049 |  3,563 |         60
Minnesota ...............|   9,049 |   14,895 |      709 |  4,197 |        729 |   2,003 |    8,149 |      957 |  3,029 |        214
Mississippi .............|   5,638 |    8,471 |      353 |  2,831 |        351 |     104 |    1,819 |      141 |    574 |          0
                         |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
Missouri.................|   6,808 |   15,624 |      630 |  4,028 |        425 |   3,399 |   13,264 |    1,764 |  7,633 |        435
Montana .................|   1,267 |    4,410 |       68 |    797 |         98 |     381 |      522 |        0 |     25 |          0
Nebraska ................|   3,108 |    6,811 |      323 |  2,289 |        311 |     637 |    3,260 |      441 |    616 |        118
Nevada ..................|   1,409 |    3,782 |       48 |  1,094 |         91 |     196 |      155 |        0 |    207 |          0
New Hampshire ...........|   1,637 |    3,874 |        0 |    726 |         74 |   1,261 |    3,726 |      189 |  1,644 |         73
                         |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
New Jersey ..............|  11,811 |   18,531 |      964 |  5,241 |        544 |   1,360 |    6,525 |      821 |  3,648 |        415
New Mexico ..............|   3,241 |    5,753 |      185 |  2,114 |        307 |     252 |      829 |        0 |    450 |          0
New York ................|  40,411 |   41,557 |    1,262 | 13,259 |      1,362 |  10,990 |   50,932 |    6,229 | 32,952 |      2,651
North Carolina ..........|  13,262 |   23,162 |      811 |  5,961 |        802 |     823 |   10,967 |    1,091 |  2,164 |        281
North Dakota ............|   1,874 |    4,008 |      178 |    671 |         71 |     156 |      580 |        0 |     95 |          0
                         |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
Ohio ....................|  16,206 |   31,652 |    2,113 | 11,092 |      1,643 |   3,698 |   17,428 |    1,188 |  5,921 |        580
Oklahoma ................|   6,537 |   12,648 |      564 |  3,789 |        359 |     213 |    3,239 |      462 |  1,521 |         51
Oregon ..................|   5,421 |    9,700 |      379 |  2,742 |        412 |     429 |    3,952 |      688 |  1,480 |         46
Pennsylvania ............|  11,606 |   30,874 |    1,297 |  8,784 |      1,334 |   9,864 |   32,610 |    2,633 | 11,972 |      1,079
Rhode Island ............|   1,265 |    3,038 |       18 |    814 |         71 |   2,327 |    5,131 |      213 |  1,115 |        177
                         |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
South Carolina ..........|   5,478 |   11,416 |      564 |  4,204 |        385 |     920 |    3,758 |      173 |    411 |         19
South Dakota ............|   1,409 |    3,458 |      168 |    855 |         69 |     265 |      815 |       21 |     82 |          2
Tennessee ...............|   5,621 |   13,836 |      749 |  4,771 |        429 |   1,459 |    7,702 |      704 |  2,301 |        258
Texas ...................|  24,104 |   56,197 |    2,781 | 17,843 |      2,448 |   4,059 |   15,574 |    2,040 |  5,789 |        367
Utah ....................|   7,351 |    9,634 |      237 |  1,916 |        295 |     736 |    7,036 |      142 |  1,557 |         62
                         |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
Vermont .................|     670 |    2,324 |       92 |    437 |         59 |     772 |    2,131 |      144 |  1,073 |          3
Virginia ................|   9,122 |   22,810 |    1,254 |  8,582 |        988 |   2,256 |    8,190 |      699 |  2,353 |         95
Washington ..............|  18,064 |   18,009 |      472 |  3,768 |        649 |   1,100 |    5,433 |      495 |  3,649 |         58
West Virginia............|   2,134 |    6,828 |      382 |  2,366 |        158 |     784 |    1,462 |        0 |    196 |          0
Wisconsin ...............|   8,694 |   19,634 |      554 |  4,700 |        859 |     692 |    7,745 |      421 |  2,029 |         89
Wyoming .................|   1,728 |    1,706 |       60 |    387 |         64 |     300 |        0 |        0 |      0 |          0
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U.S. Service Schools\2\ .|       0 |    3,111 |        0 |      0 |          0 |       0 |        0 |        0 |      0 |          0
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   Outlying areas .......|   1,604 |    7,016 |      286 |    730 |         60 |   2,756 |    7,516 |      418 |  1,417 |         44
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American Samoa ..........|     186 |        0 |        0 |      0 |          0 |       0 |        0 |        0 |      0 |          0
Federated States of      |         |          |          |        |            |         |          |          |        |
   Micronesia ...........|      21 |        0 |        0 |      0 |          0 |       0 |        0 |        0 |      0 |          0
Guam ....................|      47 |      402 |        0 |     49 |          0 |       0 |        0 |        0 |      0 |          0
Marshall Islands ........|      53 |        0 |        0 |      0 |          0 |       0 |        0 |        0 |      0 |          0
Northern Marianas .......|     118 |        0 |        0 |      0 |          0 |       0 |        0 |        0 |      0 |          0
Palau ...................|      36 |        0 |        0 |      0 |          0 |       0 |        0 |        0 |      0 |          0
Puerto Rico .............|   1,081 |    6,399 |      286 |    623 |         60 |   2,756 |    7,516 |      418 |  1,417 |         44
Virgin Islands ..........|      62 |      215 |        0 |     58 |          0 |       0 |        0 |        0 |      0 |          0
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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). See Definitions for details.
\2\Beginning in 1997-98, excludes Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, National Defense University, Air Force Institute of Technology, Community College of the Air Force, Naval Postgraduate School, Joint Military Intelligence College, and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared June 2000.)


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