Earned degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by level of degree and by state: 1995-96 and 1996-97

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Table 251
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                      |                        1995-96                         |                       1996-97
                      |________________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________
                      |          |          |            |        |  Doctor's  |         |          |            |        |  Doctor's
        State         |Associate |Bachelor's|   First-   |Master's|  degrees   |Associate|Bachelor's|   First-   |Master's|  degrees
    or other area     | 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 .....|  555,216 |1,164,792 |     76,734 |406,301 |     44,652 | 571,226 |1,172,879 |     78,730 |419,401 |     45,876
                      |__________|__________|____________|________|____________|_________|__________|____________|________|____________
Alabama ..............|    8,260 |   20,108 |      1,035 |  6,473 |        533 |   8,663 |   20,647 |      1,123 |  7,478 |        562
Alaska ...............|      961 |    1,493 |          0 |    474 |         28 |     959 |    1,473 |          0 |    516 |         20
Arizona ..............|    8,146 |   16,963 |        454 |  6,868 |        756 |   9,208 |   17,831 |        462 |  7,646 |        789
Arkansas .............|    2,974 |    9,099 |        499 |  1,973 |        148 |   3,339 |    9,214 |        469 |  2,199 |        149
California ...........|   64,982 |  110,245 |      8,655 | 38,088 |      5,110 |  71,273 |  110,659 |      9,235 | 38,338 |      5,675
                      |          |          |            |        |            |         |          |            |        |
Colorado .............|    8,637 |   19,439 |        790 |  6,853 |        830 |   8,056 |   19,892 |        832 |  7,613 |        887
Connecticut ..........|    4,650 |   13,401 |        921 |  6,715 |        676 |   4,703 |   13,513 |        955 |  6,949 |        667
Delaware .............|    1,182 |    4,384 |        391 |  1,250 |        182 |   1,025 |    4,334 |        368 |  1,184 |        189
District of Columbia .|      389 |    7,113 |      2,495 |  7,259 |        526 |     369 |    7,229 |      2,602 |  7,156 |        537
Florida ..............|   42,504 |   46,311 |      2,486 | 15,312 |      1,753 |  45,055 |   47,530 |      2,623 | 16,244 |      1,816
                      |          |          |            |        |            |         |          |            |        |
Georgia ..............|    9,462 |   27,446 |      2,379 |  9,240 |        997 |   9,176 |   27,519 |      2,514 |  9,677 |        947
Hawaii ...............|    2,688 |    4,739 |        122 |  1,579 |        196 |   3,072 |    4,755 |        129 |  1,698 |        185
Idaho ................|    4,268 |    4,489 |        157 |  1,103 |         94 |   4,288 |    4,509 |        168 |  1,057 |         90
Illinois .............|   26,839 |   51,543 |      4,635 | 24,845 |      2,573 |  26,436 |   51,868 |      4,431 | 25,138 |      2,665
Indiana...............|   10,688 |   30,571 |      1,504 |  7,572 |      1,176 |  10,039 |   30,477 |      1,445 |  7,590 |      1,121
                      |          |          |            |        |            |         |          |            |        |
Iowa .................|    8,387 |   17,680 |      1,598 |  3,384 |        708 |   8,777 |   17,923 |      1,692 |  3,340 |        647
Kansas ...............|    7,281 |   14,609 |        612 |  4,732 |        470 |   7,024 |   14,428 |        581 |  4,671 |        471
Kentucky .............|    6,540 |   14,680 |      1,141 |  4,493 |        401 |   6,765 |   14,674 |      1,206 |  4,553 |        411
Louisiana ............|    4,258 |   17,985 |      1,528 |  5,229 |        519 |   5,650 |   17,507 |      1,636 |  5,515 |        544
Maine ................|    2,296 |    5,619 |        181 |    905 |         47 |   2,372 |    5,565 |        189 |  1,033 |         75
                      |          |          |            |        |            |         |          |            |        |
Maryland .............|    8,589 |   19,942 |        913 |  9,807 |        922 |   8,068 |   20,384 |      1,087 |  9,909 |        988
Massachusetts ........|   12,682 |   40,725 |      3,668 | 22,253 |      2,376 |  11,929 |   40,429 |      3,742 | 23,957 |      2,272
Michigan .............|   21,656 |   44,372 |      2,578 | 15,684 |      1,598 |  21,934 |   44,225 |      2,614 | 16,793 |      1,492
Minnesota ............|   11,513 |   23,279 |      1,497 |  6,575 |      1,037 |  10,644 |   22,618 |      1,585 |  6,507 |        932
Mississippi ..........|    5,909 |    9,983 |        445 |  2,710 |        352 |   5,762 |   10,252 |        464 |  3,245 |        326
                      |          |          |            |        |            |         |          |            |        |
Missouri..............|   10,084 |   27,306 |      2,377 | 10,835 |        785 |   9,664 |   28,066 |      2,366 | 11,259 |        777
Montana ..............|    1,332 |    4,785 |         75 |    852 |         61 |   1,397 |    4,752 |         75 |    861 |         93
Nebraska .............|    3,196 |    9,889 |        826 |  2,373 |        285 |   3,429 |    9,871 |        789 |  2,395 |        369
Nevada ...............|    1,425 |    3,421 |         55 |    986 |         76 |   1,766 |    3,705 |         47 |  1,023 |         89
New Hampshire ........|    3,227 |    7,657 |        184 |  2,450 |        110 |   3,253 |    7,581 |        186 |  2,441 |        138
                      |          |          |            |        |            |         |          |            |        |
New Jersey ...........|   13,005 |   24,572 |      1,694 |  8,420 |      1,051 |  12,980 |   24,845 |      1,728 |  8,462 |      1,038
New Mexico ...........|    3,476 |    6,217 |        192 |  2,579 |        305 |   3,643 |    6,326 |        174 |  2,635 |        280
New York .............|   53,209 |   95,295 |      7,638 | 44,175 |      3,765 |  54,291 |   95,290 |      7,645 | 45,947 |      3,898
North Carolina .......|   13,908 |   32,761 |      1,741 |  7,768 |      1,047 |  15,667 |   34,202 |      1,764 |  8,181 |      1,094
North Dakota .........|    2,027 |    4,484 |        173 |    705 |         79 |   1,932 |    4,627 |        191 |    703 |         87
                      |          |          |            |        |            |         |          |            |        |
Ohio .................|   20,625 |   48,681 |      3,289 | 15,923 |      2,210 |  21,542 |   49,016 |      3,233 | 16,483 |      2,300
Oklahoma .............|    6,109 |   14,422 |        699 |  3,856 |        358 |   6,560 |   15,123 |        807 |  4,447 |        448
Oregon ...............|    5,714 |   13,236 |        957 |  4,011 |        476 |   5,658 |   13,290 |      1,064 |  4,099 |        504
Pennsylvania .........|   22,942 |   61,753 |      3,875 | 19,507 |      2,255 |  23,068 |   62,443 |      4,047 | 19,912 |      2,437
Rhode Island .........|    3,939 |    8,744 |        180 |  2,000 |        301 |   3,767 |    8,319 |        251 |  1,909 |        240
                      |          |          |            |        |            |         |          |            |        |
South Carolina .......|    6,375 |   15,088 |        705 |  4,456 |        435 |   6,434 |   15,267 |        724 |  4,593 |        409
South Dakota .........|    1,974 |    4,439 |        141 |  1,062 |         92 |   1,622 |    4,230 |        156 |  1,027 |         95
Tennessee ............|    7,060 |   20,608 |      1,338 |  6,251 |        702 |   7,270 |   21,147 |      1,385 |  6,886 |        747
Texas ................|   25,912 |   70,704 |      5,096 | 22,588 |      2,864 |  26,884 |   71,172 |      5,062 | 22,837 |      2,810
Utah .................|    6,437 |   15,550 |        380 |  3,081 |        402 |   6,652 |   15,806 |        392 |  3,186 |        387
                      |          |          |            |        |            |         |          |            |        |
Vermont ..............|    1,470 |    4,495 |         94 |  1,291 |         61 |   1,375 |    4,309 |         90 |  1,166 |         52
Virginia .............|   11,091 |   31,564 |      1,877 | 10,806 |      1,061 |  11,644 |   30,847 |      1,936 | 11,129 |      1,145
Washington ...........|   19,349 |   22,544 |        931 |  8,334 |        690 |  19,565 |   22,893 |        941 |  7,187 |        735
West Virginia.........|    2,812 |    8,582 |        350 |  2,183 |        120 |   3,752 |    8,172 |        358 |  2,234 |        142
Wisconsin ............|    9,165 |   26,936 |        949 |  6,700 |        917 |   9,468 |   27,405 |        935 |  6,513 |        986
Wyoming ..............|    1,988 |    1,641 |         78 |    410 |         78 |   1,990 |    1,652 |         68 |    393 |         79
                      |          |          |            |        |            |         |          |            |        |
U.S. Service Schools .|   11,624 |    3,200 |        156 |  1,323 |         58 |  11,367 |    3,068 |        164 |  1,487 |         40
                      |==========|==========|============|========|============|=========|==========|============|========|============
   Outlying areas ....|    3,778 |   14,674 |        747 |  1,809 |         82 |   4,462 |   14,688 |        671 |  1,891 |         98
                      |__________|__________|____________|________|____________|_________|__________|____________|________|____________
American Samoa .......|       42 |      --- |        --- |    --- |        --- |      44 |      --- |        --- |    --- |        ---
Federated States of   |          |          |            |        |            |         |          |            |        |
   Micronesia ........|      156 |      --- |        --- |    --- |        --- |     191 |      --- |        --- |    --- |        ---
Guam .................|       44 |      358 |        --- |     47 |        --- |      48 |      385 |        --- |     52 |        ---
Marshall Islands .....|      113 |      --- |        --- |    --- |        --- |      56 |      --- |        --- |    --- |        ---
Northern Marianas ....|      107 |      --- |        --- |    --- |        --- |     131 |      --- |        --- |    --- |        ---
Palau ................|       16 |      --- |        --- |    --- |        --- |      19 |      --- |        --- |    --- |        ---
Puerto Rico ..........|    3,246 |   14,107 |        747 |  1,707 |         82 |   3,900 |   14,097 |        671 |  1,788 |         98
Virgin Islands .......|       54 |      209 |        --- |     55 |        --- |      73 |      206 |        --- |     51 |        ---
______________________|__________|__________|____________|________|____________|_________|__________|____________|________|____________
\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 June 1999.)
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