![]() |
2006 Tables and Figures | All Years of Tables and Figures | Most Recent Issue of the Digest |
![]() |
Download Excel ![]() |
Table 309. | Bachelor's and master's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by field of study and state or jurisdiction: 2004–05 |
State or jurisdiction | Total degrees | Humanities1 | Social and behavioral sciences2 | Natural sciences3 | Computer sciences and engineering4 | Education | Business/management | Other fields5 | ||||||||
Bachelor's degrees | Master's degrees | Bachelor's degrees | Master's degrees | Bachelor's degrees | Master's degrees | Bachelor's degrees | Master's degrees | Bachelor's degrees | Master's degrees | Bachelor's degrees | Master's degrees | Bachelor's degrees | Master's degrees | Bachelor's degrees | Master's degrees | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
United States | 1,439,264 | 574,618 | 256,151 | 42,207 | 242,506 | 35,782 | 97,867 | 18,354 | 133,854 | 53,549 | 105,451 | 167,490 | 311,574 | 142,617 | 291,861 | 114,619 |
Alabama | 21,616 | 9,993 | 2,343 | 296 | 2,545 | 590 | 1,352 | 198 | 1,978 | 728 | 2,578 | 3,763 | 5,858 | 2,256 | 4,962 | 2,162 |
Alaska | 1,427 | 655 | 236 | 64 | 240 | 39 | 115 | 47 | 125 | 77 | 61 | 221 | 285 | 100 | 365 | 107 |
Arizona | 29,133 | 19,882 | 3,455 | 467 | 2,684 | 366 | 1,438 | 255 | 3,779 | 692 | 2,709 | 6,531 | 9,130 | 9,395 | 5,938 | 2,176 |
Arkansas | 11,191 | 2,851 | 1,326 | 161 | 1,334 | 113 | 818 | 110 | 764 | 137 | 1,299 | 1,058 | 2,695 | 566 | 2,955 | 706 |
California | 146,959 | 54,254 | 35,788 | 5,492 | 31,289 | 4,986 | 11,833 | 1,766 | 13,894 | 6,748 | 2,754 | 13,469 | 28,239 | 11,749 | 23,162 | 10,044 |
Colorado | 25,230 | 10,921 | 5,131 | 653 | 4,798 | 828 | 2,127 | 340 | 2,662 | 1,365 | 151 | 2,404 | 5,367 | 3,568 | 4,994 | 1,763 |
Connecticut | 16,617 | 8,851 | 3,758 | 736 | 4,163 | 504 | 1,065 | 414 | 933 | 681 | 650 | 2,575 | 2,954 | 2,055 | 3,094 | 1,886 |
Delaware | 5,247 | 2,031 | 781 | 102 | 949 | 127 | 245 | 61 | 313 | 128 | 576 | 799 | 1,295 | 515 | 1,088 | 299 |
District of Columbia | 9,199 | 8,536 | 1,485 | 836 | 2,895 | 1,135 | 506 | 304 | 793 | 775 | 83 | 796 | 1,960 | 2,149 | 1,477 | 2,541 |
Florida | 65,839 | 24,014 | 8,218 | 963 | 10,512 | 1,236 | 3,031 | 664 | 5,916 | 2,072 | 4,644 | 5,919 | 18,000 | 7,398 | 15,518 | 5,762 |
Georgia | 35,515 | 13,111 | 5,369 | 702 | 5,581 | 740 | 2,257 | 379 | 3,990 | 1,412 | 3,525 | 3,868 | 8,428 | 3,605 | 6,365 | 2,405 |
Hawaii | 5,300 | 2,025 | 847 | 154 | 1,018 | 172 | 315 | 58 | 343 | 139 | 289 | 531 | 1,378 | 539 | 1,110 | 432 |
Idaho | 7,295 | 1,623 | 1,067 | 118 | 840 | 71 | 439 | 76 | 579 | 144 | 1,069 | 635 | 1,321 | 197 | 1,980 | 382 |
Illinois | 63,913 | 35,992 | 11,996 | 2,288 | 8,824 | 2,034 | 3,863 | 889 | 7,458 | 3,149 | 6,271 | 11,082 | 13,836 | 10,614 | 11,665 | 5,936 |
Indiana | 36,655 | 11,087 | 5,551 | 869 | 4,603 | 532 | 2,069 | 434 | 4,334 | 844 | 4,329 | 2,679 | 7,673 | 3,535 | 8,096 | 2,194 |
Iowa | 20,786 | 4,316 | 3,275 | 439 | 3,027 | 154 | 1,313 | 239 | 1,711 | 412 | 2,322 | 924 | 4,857 | 1,143 | 4,281 | 1,005 |
Kansas | 16,221 | 5,668 | 2,514 | 371 | 2,092 | 271 | 1,082 | 158 | 1,464 | 575 | 1,669 | 1,772 | 3,434 | 1,280 | 3,966 | 1,241 |
Kentucky | 17,862 | 6,564 | 2,524 | 394 | 2,562 | 416 | 1,186 | 237 | 1,052 | 554 | 2,205 | 2,656 | 3,650 | 805 | 4,683 | 1,502 |
Louisiana | 21,494 | 6,874 | 3,613 | 594 | 2,808 | 357 | 1,633 | 387 | 1,887 | 617 | 1,865 | 1,614 | 4,977 | 1,465 | 4,711 | 1,840 |
Maine | 6,500 | 1,648 | 1,227 | 119 | 1,289 | 26 | 562 | 33 | 410 | 47 | 746 | 724 | 726 | 168 | 1,540 | 531 |
Maryland | 25,018 | 13,163 | 4,297 | 1,042 | 5,249 | 1,120 | 1,935 | 609 | 3,267 | 2,032 | 1,324 | 2,760 | 4,305 | 3,468 | 4,641 | 2,132 |
Massachusetts | 45,714 | 27,663 | 9,115 | 2,020 | 10,738 | 1,978 | 3,487 | 910 | 4,042 | 2,476 | 1,288 | 7,767 | 8,758 | 6,132 | 8,286 | 6,380 |
Michigan | 51,207 | 22,834 | 6,716 | 1,021 | 6,877 | 751 | 3,236 | 685 | 6,138 | 2,807 | 5,257 | 7,067 | 11,984 | 6,333 | 10,999 | 4,170 |
Minnesota | 28,275 | 13,052 | 5,141 | 739 | 4,675 | 687 | 2,398 | 217 | 2,278 | 897 | 3,064 | 6,384 | 5,378 | 2,139 | 5,341 | 1,989 |
Mississippi | 11,681 | 3,877 | 1,281 | 151 | 1,435 | 162 | 843 | 225 | 836 | 260 | 1,630 | 1,620 | 2,738 | 748 | 2,918 | 711 |
Missouri | 34,352 | 17,180 | 4,607 | 892 | 4,558 | 1,406 | 2,088 | 334 | 3,265 | 903 | 3,312 | 4,384 | 9,259 | 6,392 | 7,263 | 2,869 |
Montana | 5,177 | 1,122 | 777 | 101 | 815 | 97 | 455 | 70 | 543 | 90 | 646 | 299 | 865 | 117 | 1,076 | 348 |
Nebraska | 11,999 | 3,936 | 1,188 | 167 | 1,491 | 156 | 772 | 115 | 786 | 292 | 1,516 | 1,201 | 3,154 | 679 | 3,092 | 1,326 |
Nevada | 5,608 | 2,042 | 708 | 105 | 724 | 160 | 262 | 53 | 419 | 165 | 641 | 921 | 1,570 | 365 | 1,284 | 273 |
New Hampshire | 8,107 | 2,751 | 1,498 | 126 | 1,762 | 142 | 453 | 68 | 563 | 175 | 451 | 788 | 1,826 | 978 | 1,554 | 474 |
New Jersey | 31,987 | 12,386 | 6,302 | 980 | 7,158 | 674 | 2,284 | 401 | 3,066 | 1,599 | 2,267 | 3,722 | 5,679 | 2,617 | 5,231 | 2,393 |
New Mexico | 7,342 | 3,219 | 1,177 | 301 | 815 | 154 | 505 | 137 | 863 | 322 | 918 | 1,061 | 1,649 | 622 | 1,415 | 622 |
New York | 109,852 | 60,505 | 23,928 | 6,377 | 21,962 | 3,972 | 6,595 | 1,723 | 9,687 | 4,617 | 7,209 | 20,227 | 21,551 | 10,346 | 18,920 | 13,243 |
North Carolina | 39,303 | 11,534 | 5,302 | 855 | 7,122 | 534 | 3,350 | 485 | 3,463 | 1,061 | 3,045 | 2,540 | 8,050 | 3,297 | 8,971 | 2,762 |
North Dakota | 5,161 | 1,104 | 491 | 27 | 403 | 38 | 336 | 54 | 531 | 81 | 638 | 250 | 994 | 361 | 1,768 | 293 |
Ohio | 56,969 | 20,360 | 8,505 | 1,892 | 8,053 | 1,086 | 3,323 | 804 | 5,071 | 1,718 | 6,687 | 6,560 | 12,598 | 4,714 | 12,732 | 3,586 |
Oklahoma | 18,266 | 5,719 | 2,629 | 488 | 2,080 | 265 | 1,135 | 166 | 1,483 | 786 | 2,096 | 1,134 | 4,507 | 1,790 | 4,336 | 1,090 |
Oregon | 16,867 | 6,148 | 4,055 | 455 | 3,499 | 362 | 1,238 | 183 | 1,249 | 507 | 676 | 2,629 | 2,816 | 895 | 3,334 | 1,117 |
Pennsylvania | 77,765 | 26,450 | 12,930 | 1,825 | 12,155 | 1,433 | 5,335 | 980 | 7,947 | 2,557 | 6,835 | 7,087 | 16,564 | 6,680 | 15,999 | 5,888 |
Rhode Island | 9,472 | 2,223 | 1,570 | 215 | 1,405 | 200 | 556 | 107 | 751 | 129 | 651 | 601 | 2,559 | 513 | 1,980 | 458 |
South Carolina | 18,795 | 5,007 | 2,756 | 262 | 3,106 | 181 | 1,669 | 196 | 1,295 | 409 | 1,803 | 1,944 | 4,652 | 922 | 3,514 | 1,093 |
South Dakota | 4,771 | 1,217 | 403 | 65 | 516 | 110 | 339 | 52 | 618 | 180 | 580 | 355 | 1,011 | 214 | 1,304 | 241 |
Tennessee | 26,032 | 8,530 | 5,655 | 580 | 3,973 | 452 | 1,469 | 206 | 1,850 | 574 | 1,516 | 3,160 | 5,581 | 1,751 | 5,988 | 1,807 |
Texas | 88,757 | 32,391 | 18,487 | 2,689 | 12,413 | 2,007 | 6,541 | 1,132 | 7,044 | 3,980 | 2,308 | 7,132 | 21,593 | 9,019 | 20,371 | 6,432 |
Utah | 20,799 | 4,210 | 3,223 | 239 | 3,642 | 208 | 1,163 | 185 | 2,007 | 508 | 2,135 | 799 | 3,911 | 1,353 | 4,718 | 918 |
Vermont | 4,892 | 1,684 | 1,251 | 284 | 1,159 | 267 | 318 | 35 | 266 | 149 | 328 | 534 | 622 | 181 | 948 | 234 |
Virginia | 36,970 | 12,736 | 8,091 | 1,283 | 8,120 | 1,189 | 2,754 | 414 | 3,269 | 1,407 | 825 | 3,960 | 7,162 | 2,289 | 6,749 | 2,194 |
Washington | 28,265 | 8,773 | 6,646 | 538 | 5,424 | 559 | 2,151 | 289 | 2,290 | 536 | 1,613 | 2,770 | 5,048 | 1,878 | 5,093 | 2,203 |
West Virginia | 9,574 | 2,735 | 1,851 | 150 | 1,140 | 120 | 561 | 99 | 662 | 270 | 1,217 | 951 | 1,840 | 518 | 2,303 | 627 |
Wisconsin | 31,144 | 8,716 | 4,487 | 481 | 4,882 | 573 | 2,585 | 316 | 2,491 | 728 | 2,888 | 2,781 | 6,729 | 2,136 | 7,082 | 1,701 |
Wyoming | 1,695 | 455 | 121 | 39 | 206 | 42 | 119 | 55 | 187 | 38 | 292 | 82 | 285 | 68 | 485 | 131 |
U.S. Service Schools | 3,449 | 0 | 459 | 0 | 896 | 0 | 363 | 0 | 1,242 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 273 | 0 | 216 | 0 |
Other jurisdictions | 17,137 | 4,346 | 936 | 93 | 1,215 | 214 | 1,235 | 84 | 1,890 | 224 | 2,975 | 1,594 | 5,373 | 1,398 | 3,513 | 739 |
Guam | 292 | 48 | 22 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 67 | 28 | 69 | 1 | 91 | 14 |
Northern Marianas | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Puerto Rico | 16,646 | 4,241 | 901 | 92 | 1,185 | 214 | 1,196 | 80 | 1,870 | 224 | 2,859 | 1,529 | 5,225 | 1,385 | 3,410 | 717 |
Virgin Islands | 172 | 57 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 37 | 79 | 12 | 12 | 8 |
1 Includes degrees in area, ethnic, cultural, and gender 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 psychology; social sciences; and history. 3 Includes biological and biomedical sciences; physical sciences; science technologies/technicians; and mathematics and statistics. 4 Includes computer and information sciences and support services; engineering; engineering technologies/technicians; mechanic and repairer technologies/technicians; and construction trades. 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; health professions and related clinical sciences; family and consumer services/human sciences; legal professions and studies; library science; military technologies; parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies; security and protective services; public administration and social service professions; transportation and materials moving; and not classified by field of study. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2004–05 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2005. (This table was prepared July 2006.) |