Earned degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and by state: 1998-99 and 1999-2000

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Table 251.

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                         |                     1998-99                     |                     1999-2000
                         |_________________________________________________|_________________________________________________
                         |         |          |        |Doctor's|  First-  |         |          |        |Doctor's|  First-
          State          |Associate|Bachelor's|Master's|degrees | profes-  |Associate|Bachelor's|Master's|degrees | profes-
      or other area      | degrees | degrees  |degrees |(Ph.D., |  sional  | degrees | degrees  |degrees |(Ph.D., |  sional
                         |         |          |        | Ed.D., |degrees\1\|         |          |        | Ed.D., |degrees\1\
                         |         |          |        | etc.)  |          |         |          |        | etc.)  |
_________________________|_________|__________|________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|________|__________
            1            |    2    |    3     |   4    |   5    |    6     |    7    |    8     |   9    |   10   |    11
_________________________|_________|__________|________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|________|__________
   United States ........| 559,954 |1,200,303 |439,986 | 44,077 |   78,439 | 564,933 |1,237,875 |457,056 | 44,808 |   80,057
                         |_________|__________|________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|________|__________
Alabama .................|   8,056 |   20,447 |  6,605 |    511 |    1,103 |   8,765 |   21,293 |  8,021 |    534 |    1,085
Alaska ..................|     992 |    1,369 |    480 |     27 |        0 |     895 |    1,364 |    517 |     20 |        0
Arizona .................|  10,688 |   18,982 |  9,683 |    778 |      461 |  10,658 |   20,865 | 10,234 |    764 |      616
Arkansas ................|   3,305 |    9,248 |  2,271 |    125 |      471 |   3,885 |    9,405 |  2,377 |    134 |      494
California ..............|  77,426 |  116,341 | 42,700 |  5,408 |    8,554 |  78,360 |  121,546 | 44,257 |  5,480 |    8,710
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Colorado ................|   7,937 |   20,724 |  8,079 |    845 |      923 |   7,720 |   21,542 |  8,408 |    796 |      866
Connecticut .............|   4,545 |   13,975 |  7,370 |    588 |      886 |   4,298 |   15,072 |  7,964 |    667 |      951
Delaware ................|   1,031 |    4,554 |  1,507 |    166 |      322 |   1,119 |    4,665 |  1,450 |    181 |      315
District of Columbia ....|     422 |    7,025 |  6,797 |    522 |    2,630 |     407 |    6,806 |  7,078 |    603 |    2,602
Florida .................|  46,067 |   49,531 | 17,113 |  1,974 |    2,858 |  44,548 |   51,333 | 17,901 |  2,174 |    3,144
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Georgia .................|   8,279 |   28,915 | 10,586 |  1,056 |    2,436 |   7,803 |   29,219 | 10,410 |  1,032 |    2,437
Hawaii ..................|   3,458 |    4,802 |  1,745 |    164 |      128 |   3,266 |    5,091 |  1,724 |    171 |      131
Idaho ...................|   5,394 |    4,662 |  1,138 |     85 |      154 |   5,040 |    4,711 |  1,127 |    105 |      174
Illinois ................|  26,108 |   53,180 | 25,843 |  2,624 |    4,526 |  26,561 |   55,036 | 26,578 |  2,498 |    4,470
Indiana..................|  10,512 |   30,738 |  7,656 |  1,112 |    1,471 |  11,174 |   31,970 |  8,470 |  1,215 |    1,538
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Iowa ....................|   9,303 |   18,253 |  3,698 |    587 |    1,548 |   9,367 |   18,750 |  3,846 |    569 |    1,569
Kansas ..................|   6,646 |   14,062 |  4,888 |    436 |      676 |   7,288 |   14,234 |  4,908 |    418 |      685
Kentucky ................|   6,538 |   15,516 |  4,868 |    388 |    1,162 |   6,492 |   15,643 |  4,795 |    427 |    1,112
Louisiana ...............|   5,700 |   18,767 |  5,899 |    562 |    1,564 |   5,573 |   19,844 |  5,882 |    612 |    1,528
Maine ...................|   2,137 |    5,581 |  1,158 |     38 |      193 |   2,208 |    5,672 |  1,195 |     49 |      215
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Maryland ................|   7,718 |   20,948 | 10,628 |  1,000 |    1,144 |   7,438 |   21,136 | 10,687 |    977 |    1,049
Massachusetts ...........|  10,868 |   41,241 | 24,030 |  2,281 |    3,801 |  10,680 |   42,308 | 24,819 |  2,283 |    3,948
Michigan ................|  21,731 |   44,289 | 18,499 |  1,431 |    2,463 |  18,851 |   45,754 | 20,317 |  1,496 |    2,354
Minnesota ...............|  10,477 |   23,165 |  7,358 |    891 |    1,524 |  11,030 |   23,175 |  7,797 |    867 |    1,535
Mississippi .............|   6,566 |   10,750 |  3,448 |    351 |      583 |   6,764 |   10,988 |  3,263 |    347 |      506
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Missouri.................|  10,356 |   29,001 | 12,637 |    730 |    2,564 |  10,603 |   30,035 | 13,014 |    791 |    2,573
Montana .................|   1,488 |    4,955 |    888 |     83 |       80 |   1,562 |    5,171 |    951 |     65 |       70
Nebraska ................|   3,579 |   10,024 |  2,953 |    354 |      775 |   3,893 |   10,747 |  2,898 |    363 |      794
Nevada ..................|   1,853 |    3,977 |  1,332 |     88 |       52 |   1,988 |    4,245 |  1,453 |    115 |       53
New Hampshire ...........|   2,913 |    7,453 |  2,414 |    140 |      208 |   3,038 |    7,776 |  2,438 |    116 |      183
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
New Jersey ..............|  12,219 |   25,574 |  9,248 |    952 |    1,540 |  12,100 |   26,939 |  9,338 |  1,001 |    1,544
New Mexico ..............|   3,587 |    6,562 |  2,537 |    279 |      167 |   3,783 |    6,727 |  2,666 |    271 |      226
New York ................|  50,344 |   92,042 | 46,254 |  3,757 |    7,568 |  50,264 |   94,417 | 47,555 |  3,783 |    7,527
North Carolina ..........|  12,951 |   34,629 |  8,919 |  1,123 |    1,931 |  13,505 |   35,257 |  9,636 |  1,152 |    1,951
North Dakota ............|   1,859 |    4,730 |    816 |     68 |      176 |   2,051 |    4,877 |    863 |     58 |      191
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Ohio ....................|  19,397 |   49,736 | 16,797 |  2,003 |    3,257 |  19,393 |   49,849 | 16,881 |  2,124 |    3,197
Oklahoma ................|   6,446 |   15,756 |  4,799 |    403 |      911 |   6,408 |   15,578 |  5,359 |    437 |    1,001
Oregon ..................|   5,686 |   13,868 |  4,414 |    428 |      932 |   6,450 |   14,428 |  4,797 |    422 |    1,047
Pennsylvania ............|  23,433 |   63,986 | 20,909 |  2,212 |    4,074 |  24,350 |   66,273 | 21,988 |  2,234 |    4,230
Rhode Island ............|   3,591 |    8,396 |  1,942 |    256 |      225 |   3,550 |    8,402 |  1,864 |    258 |      265
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
South Carolina ..........|   6,538 |   15,764 |  4,653 |    444 |      794 |   6,796 |   16,033 |  4,533 |    429 |      853
South Dakota ............|   1,695 |    4,246 |    980 |     65 |      188 |   1,833 |    4,494 |    884 |     78 |      195
Tennessee ...............|   7,500 |   21,988 |  7,174 |    678 |    1,416 |   7,708 |   22,958 |  7,820 |    724 |    1,518
Texas ...................|  28,661 |   73,576 | 23,234 |  2,708 |    4,963 |  30,816 |   75,834 | 24,756 |  2,693 |    5,288
Utah ....................|   7,443 |   17,600 |  3,503 |    376 |      362 |   7,867 |   17,058 |  3,458 |    350 |      382
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
Vermont .................|   1,546 |    4,763 |  1,401 |     52 |      255 |   1,594 |    4,832 |  1,453 |     65 |      233
Virginia ................|  11,970 |   30,967 | 10,955 |  1,124 |    1,945 |  11,499 |   33,599 | 11,149 |  1,122 |    2,181
Washington ..............|  18,751 |   23,056 |  7,319 |    711 |    1,038 |  19,268 |   24,002 |  7,436 |    647 |    1,075
West Virginia............|   2,975 |    8,486 |  2,441 |    139 |      391 |   3,049 |    8,545 |  2,465 |    134 |      376
Wisconsin ...............|   9,233 |   27,345 |  7,024 |    891 |      980 |   9,381 |   27,543 |  6,999 |    884 |      951
Wyoming .................|   2,036 |    1,784 |    396 |     63 |       66 |   1,994 |    1,797 |    377 |     73 |      119
                         |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
U.S. Service Schools\2\ .|       0 |    2,974 |      0 |      0 |        0 |       0 |    3,037 |      0 |      0 |        0
                         |=========|==========|========|========|==========|=========|==========|========|========|==========
   Outlying areas .......|   5,628 |   15,380 |  1,962 |     99 |      641 |   8,563 |   16,743 |  3,086 |    139 |      830
                         |_________|__________|________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|________|__________
American Samoa ..........|     143 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |     148 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Federated States of      |         |          |        |        |          |         |          |        |        |
   Micronesia ...........|       7 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |      84 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Guam ....................|      79 |      374 |     70 |      0 |        0 |      88 |      365 |     99 |      0 |        0
Marshall Islands ........|      59 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |      55 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Northern Marianas .......|      73 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |      84 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Palau ...................|      27 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0 |      41 |        0 |      0 |      0 |        0
Puerto Rico .............|   5,169 |   14,765 |  1,851 |     99 |      641 |   7,993 |   16,164 |  2,958 |    139 |      830
Virgin Islands ..........|      71 |      241 |     41 |      0 |        0 |      70 |      214 |     29 |      0 |        0
_________________________|_________|__________|________|________|__________|_________|__________|________|________|__________

\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\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.

NOTE: Data imputed for 1998-99 using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey. (This table was prepared August 2001.)

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