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Table 306. Bachelor's and master's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by field of study and state or jurisdiction: 2001-02

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                         |                    |                    | Social and beha-   |       Natural      | Computer sciences  |     Education      |    Business/       |  Other fields\5\
  State or jurisdiction  |        Total       |  Humanities\1\     |vioral sciences\2\  |     sciences\3\    |and engineering\4\  |                    |   management       |
                         |____________________|____________________|____________________|____________________|____________________|____________________|____________________|_____________________
                         |Bachelor's |Master's|Bachelor's |Master's|Bachelor's |Master's|Bachelor's |Master's|Bachelor's |Master's|Bachelor's |Master's|Bachelor's |Master's|Bachelor's |Master's
                         |  degrees  |degrees |  degrees  |degrees |  degrees  |degrees |  degrees  |degrees |  degrees  |degrees |  degrees  |degrees |  degrees  |degrees |  degrees  | degrees
_________________________|___________|________|___________|________|___________|________|___________|________|___________|________|___________|________|___________|________|___________|_________
            1            |     2     |   3    |     4     |   5    |     6     |   7    |     8     |   9    |    10     |   11   |    12     |   13   |    14     |   15   |    16     |   17
_________________________|___________|________|___________|________|___________|________|___________|________|___________|________|___________|________|___________|________|___________|_________
   United States ........|  1,291,900| 482,118|    225,863|  35,553|    209,545|  29,000|     90,502|  14,726|    121,263|  43,033|    106,383| 136,579|    281,330| 120,785|    257,014|  102,442
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Alabama .................|     20,314|   8,284|      2,138|     276|      2,080|     493|      1,161|     182|      2,023|     500|      2,934|   2,824|      5,458|   1,966|      4,520|    2,043
Alaska ..................|      1,377|     432|        211|      44|        197|      29|        111|      26|         90|      41|        184|     162|        257|      61|        327|       69
Arizona .................|     22,014|  11,248|      3,056|     436|      2,375|     307|      1,173|     220|      2,786|     544|      2,348|   3,954|      5,999|   4,497|      4,277|    1,290
Arkansas ................|     10,078|   2,470|      1,222|     114|      1,098|     126|        710|      99|        842|     109|      1,270|   1,021|      2,380|     377|      2,556|      624
California ..............|    131,152|  47,699|     30,908|   4,824|     28,241|   4,114|     10,743|   1,445|     12,178|   5,175|      4,206|  11,922|     25,666|  11,310|     19,210|    8,909
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Colorado ................|     22,275|   8,565|      3,939|     505|      4,552|     602|      1,984|     363|      2,435|   1,203|         47|   1,723|      4,832|   2,708|      4,486|    1,461
Connecticut .............|     14,647|   7,510|      3,331|     592|      3,617|     397|      1,079|     249|        762|     568|        501|   2,122|      2,594|   1,932|      2,763|    1,650
Delaware ................|      4,936|   1,549|        513|     103|      1,003|      95|        289|      37|        325|      83|        499|     580|      1,175|     375|      1,132|      276
District of Columbia ....|      8,591|   7,364|      1,345|     683|      2,315|     861|        402|     280|      1,334|   1,075|         78|     664|      1,870|   1,726|      1,247|    2,075
Florida .................|     56,351|  20,294|      6,785|     755|      7,698|   1,061|      2,638|     530|      4,970|   1,868|      5,189|   4,778|     15,467|   6,100|     13,604|    5,202
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Georgia .................|     29,999|  12,052|      4,328|     746|      4,330|     541|      2,105|     251|      3,527|   1,381|      3,240|   3,068|      7,617|   3,900|      4,852|    2,165
Hawaii ..................|      4,901|   1,543|        704|     126|        865|     171|        290|      59|        342|     139|        263|     290|      1,407|     470|      1,030|      288
Idaho ...................|      4,913|   1,241|        671|      63|        562|      38|        385|      69|        431|      73|        786|     565|        793|     177|      1,285|      256
Illinois ................|     57,430|  28,529|     11,196|   2,207|      7,805|   1,551|      3,732|     847|      5,692|   2,242|      6,512|   7,827|     12,017|   8,607|     10,476|    5,248
Indiana..................|     33,947|   9,089|      5,171|     803|      3,931|     402|      1,992|     333|      3,783|     633|      4,263|   2,111|      7,394|   2,791|      7,413|    2,016
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Iowa ....................|     19,388|   3,878|      2,961|     422|      2,561|     155|      1,293|     197|      1,696|     319|      2,450|     906|      4,537|     945|      3,890|      934
Kansas ..................|     14,787|   5,055|      2,048|     317|      1,802|     224|        964|     135|      1,347|     367|      1,635|   1,579|      3,371|   1,234|      3,620|    1,199
Kentucky ................|     16,401|   4,914|      2,202|     265|      2,289|     230|      1,189|     132|      1,041|     400|      1,901|   2,014|      3,718|     655|      4,061|    1,218
Louisiana ...............|     20,312|   5,855|      2,922|     454|      2,343|     285|      1,679|     285|      1,984|     432|      2,057|   1,388|      4,631|   1,212|      4,696|    1,799
Maine ...................|      5,793|   1,319|      1,161|      65|      1,087|      28|        517|      27|        441|      34|        663|     532|        644|     158|      1,280|      475
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Maryland ................|     22,330|  11,591|      5,771|     832|      4,315|   1,038|      1,774|     476|      2,480|   1,407|      1,394|   2,780|      3,268|   3,164|      3,328|    1,894
Massachusetts ...........|     43,097|  25,884|      8,001|   1,706|      9,780|   1,573|      3,305|     611|      4,170|   2,387|      1,611|   7,577|      7,955|   5,707|      8,275|    6,323
Michigan ................|     47,929|  22,069|      6,322|   1,112|      6,067|     666|      3,053|     459|      5,832|   2,551|      4,761|   6,808|     11,752|   6,163|     10,142|    4,310
Minnesota ...............|     24,706|   8,377|      4,677|     598|      3,820|     426|      2,186|     153|      1,865|     673|      2,696|   3,222|      4,586|   1,688|      4,876|    1,617
Mississippi .............|     11,899|   3,386|      1,192|     132|      1,232|     161|        922|     221|        916|     191|      1,932|   1,421|      2,921|     615|      2,784|      645
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Missouri.................|     32,082|  13,914|      4,263|     740|      4,000|   1,354|      2,046|     247|      3,123|     723|      3,361|   3,135|      8,574|   5,157|      6,715|    2,558
Montana .................|      5,277|     990|        839|      99|        645|      89|        449|      76|        641|      75|        727|     302|        909|     102|      1,067|      247
Nebraska ................|     10,639|   3,211|        936|     146|      1,156|     152|        692|      92|        656|     162|      1,326|   1,006|      3,055|     618|      2,818|    1,035
Nevada ..................|      4,489|   1,501|        403|      84|        535|      62|        226|      33|        272|      95|        722|     707|      1,384|     274|        947|      246
New Hampshire ...........|      7,249|   2,378|      1,279|     100|      1,465|      91|        467|      61|        514|     176|        536|     636|      1,636|     937|      1,352|      377
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New Jersey ..............|     28,376|  10,330|      5,172|     821|      6,240|     447|      2,169|     331|      2,985|   1,324|      2,129|   2,794|      5,045|   2,444|      4,636|    2,169
New Mexico ..............|      6,432|   2,616|      1,089|     202|        658|     125|        412|     105|        745|     248|        875|     777|      1,488|     579|      1,165|      580
New York ................|     98,332|  50,921|     20,212|   4,627|     18,837|   3,185|      5,797|   1,423|      9,483|   3,878|      8,415|  17,067|     18,379|   8,887|     17,209|   11,854
North Carolina ..........|     36,071|   9,377|      4,559|     677|      6,573|     485|      3,026|     483|      3,112|     834|      2,672|   1,696|      7,681|   2,822|      8,448|    2,380
North Dakota ............|      4,810|     913|        437|      30|        403|      33|        281|      42|        530|      63|        684|     220|        918|     204|      1,557|      321
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Ohio ....................|     52,748|  18,076|      8,216|   1,617|      7,103|     901|      3,383|     647|      4,638|   1,397|      6,422|   6,019|     11,558|   4,396|     11,428|    3,099
Oklahoma ................|     16,232|   5,225|      2,169|     379|      1,736|     826|      1,085|     157|      1,432|     398|      2,059|   1,251|      4,325|   1,356|      3,426|      858
Oregon ..................|     14,450|   4,905|      3,314|     383|      3,183|     269|      1,069|     165|      1,113|     331|        544|   1,952|      2,607|     764|      2,620|    1,041
Pennsylvania ............|     68,999|  23,201|     10,578|   1,738|     10,541|   1,231|      4,957|     671|      6,847|   2,135|      7,188|   6,184|     15,157|   5,812|     13,731|    5,430
Rhode Island ............|      8,845|   2,079|      1,368|     154|      1,273|     147|        564|     107|        717|     125|        723|     482|      2,433|     563|      1,767|      501
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South Carolina ..........|     16,886|   4,155|      2,453|     243|      2,760|     185|      1,576|     177|      1,171|     309|      1,616|   1,299|      4,332|     825|      2,978|    1,117
South Dakota ............|      4,365|     943|        351|      53|        488|      74|        321|      31|        554|     125|        670|     303|        823|     148|      1,158|      209
Tennessee ...............|     23,480|   7,971|      4,890|     489|      3,625|     403|      1,480|     202|      1,776|     485|      1,151|   2,934|      5,352|   1,731|      5,206|    1,727
Texas ...................|     79,595|  25,416|     17,043|   2,020|     10,551|   1,474|      5,510|     896|      6,526|   2,862|      2,400|   5,626|     19,810|   7,428|     17,755|    5,110
Utah ....................|     18,188|   3,666|      3,037|     314|      2,850|     143|      1,224|     120|      1,786|     345|      2,047|     723|      3,287|   1,188|      3,957|      833
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Vermont .................|      4,673|   1,380|      1,298|     530|      1,071|      73|        310|      46|        201|      43|        275|     450|        606|     115|        912|      123
Virginia ................|     32,948|  10,689|      7,015|     983|      7,106|     801|      2,587|     319|      3,101|   1,245|        798|   3,266|      6,548|   1,936|      5,793|    2,139
Washington ..............|     24,462|   7,551|      5,683|     432|      4,522|     422|      1,908|     296|      1,973|     522|      1,445|   2,260|      4,401|   1,683|      4,530|    1,936
West Virginia............|      9,022|   2,245|      1,682|     107|      1,078|      97|        554|      70|        676|     183|      1,168|     805|      1,647|     311|      2,217|      672
Wisconsin ...............|     28,783|   7,823|      3,590|     372|      4,367|     317|      2,217|     191|      2,398|     517|      2,704|   2,751|      6,592|   1,895|      6,915|    1,780
Wyoming .................|      1,655|     445|        106|      33|        194|      40|        159|      52|        198|      38|        306|      96|        246|      72|        446|      114
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U.S. Service Schools ....|      3,245|       0|      1,106|       0|        620|       0|        357|       0|        803|       0|          0|       0|        228|       0|        131|        0
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   Outlying areas .......|     17,070|   3,417|        657|      60|      1,224|     195|      1,700|      57|      1,545|     194|      2,374|   1,037|      6,025|   1,157|      3,545|      717
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Guam ....................|        354|     131|         26|       0|         33|       0|         25|       2|         11|       0|         98|      59|         60|      50|        101|       20
Northern Marianas .......|         27|       0|          0|       0|          0|       0|          0|       0|          0|       0|         27|       0|          0|       0|          0|        0
Puerto Rico .............|     16,478|   3,257|        613|      60|      1,181|     195|      1,652|      55|      1,525|     194|      2,201|     963|      5,878|   1,097|      3,428|      693
Virgin Islands ..........|        211|      29|         18|       0|         10|       0|         23|       0|          9|       0|         48|      15|         87|      10|         16|        4
_________________________ ___________|________|___________|________|___________|________|___________|________|___________|________|___________|________|___________|________|___________|_________

\1\Includes degrees in area and ethnic studies; English language, literature, and letters; foreign languages; liberal/general studies; multi/interdisciplinary studies; philosophy and religion; theology; and visual and performing arts.
\2\Includes psychology and social sciences and history.
\3\Includes biological sciences; physical sciences and science technologies; and mathematics.
\4\Includes computer and information sciences; engineering; engineering technologies, mechanics and repairers, and construction trades.
\5\Includes agriculture and natural resources; architecture and environmental design; communications and communications technologies; health sciences; home economics and vocational home economics; law; library and archival sciences; military sciences; parks and recreation; protective services; public affairs; transportation and material moving; and not classified by field of study.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2002 survey. (This table was prepared August 2003.)


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