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Table 310. | Bachelor's and master's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by field of study and state or jurisdiction: 2005-06 |
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 | 1,485,242 | 594,065 | 263,125 | 44,018 | 249,619 | 37,139 | 104,266 | 19,333 | 129,090 | 50,585 | 107,238 | 174,620 | 318,042 | 146,406 | 313,862 | 121,964 |
Alabama | 21,995 | 10,295 | 2,277 | 337 | 2,581 | 620 | 1,428 | 189 | 1,972 | 678 | 2,501 | 3,963 | 5,843 | 2,320 | 5,393 | 2,188 |
Alaska | 1,573 | 582 | 287 | 51 | 239 | 42 | 143 | 37 | 139 | 52 | 73 | 237 | 285 | 61 | 407 | 102 |
Arizona | 32,708 | 24,777 | 3,481 | 462 | 2,742 | 406 | 1,491 | 273 | 4,041 | 587 | 2,810 | 8,376 | 10,891 | 11,108 | 7,252 | 3,565 |
Arkansas | 11,340 | 3,097 | 1,499 | 176 | 1,309 | 132 | 783 | 113 | 721 | 155 | 1,370 | 1,128 | 2,536 | 661 | 3,122 | 732 |
California | 151,021 | 56,029 | 36,405 | 5,797 | 32,926 | 5,101 | 12,570 | 1,890 | 13,148 | 6,663 | 2,765 | 14,212 | 28,251 | 11,563 | 24,956 | 10,803 |
Colorado | 27,671 | 11,705 | 5,358 | 691 | 5,014 | 964 | 2,166 | 361 | 3,159 | 1,287 | 157 | 2,439 | 6,015 | 4,013 | 5,802 | 1,950 |
Connecticut | 17,786 | 8,599 | 4,269 | 750 | 4,404 | 459 | 1,156 | 397 | 851 | 647 | 699 | 2,594 | 2,962 | 1,871 | 3,445 | 1,881 |
Delaware | 5,410 | 2,114 | 833 | 90 | 998 | 126 | 285 | 41 | 338 | 142 | 627 | 886 | 1,258 | 526 | 1,071 | 303 |
District of Columbia | 10,556 | 9,267 | 1,378 | 890 | 3,067 | 1,224 | 463 | 318 | 1,356 | 782 | 80 | 860 | 2,668 | 2,584 | 1,544 | 2,609 |
Florida | 69,899 | 24,041 | 8,665 | 1,005 | 11,173 | 1,377 | 3,426 | 784 | 5,857 | 1,790 | 5,017 | 5,621 | 18,554 | 7,340 | 17,207 | 6,124 |
Georgia | 36,332 | 12,490 | 5,731 | 777 | 5,550 | 769 | 2,490 | 391 | 3,635 | 1,210 | 3,679 | 3,480 | 8,502 | 3,411 | 6,745 | 2,452 |
Hawaii | 5,813 | 1,991 | 881 | 161 | 1,073 | 199 | 391 | 84 | 307 | 100 | 367 | 565 | 1,485 | 503 | 1,309 | 379 |
Idaho | 7,781 | 1,660 | 1,130 | 116 | 889 | 65 | 549 | 106 | 633 | 164 | 1,100 | 639 | 1,435 | 178 | 2,045 | 392 |
Illinois | 68,016 | 37,502 | 12,265 | 2,381 | 9,164 | 2,144 | 4,269 | 1,028 | 6,892 | 3,176 | 6,247 | 11,004 | 15,731 | 11,210 | 13,448 | 6,559 |
Indiana | 38,093 | 11,345 | 6,102 | 916 | 4,614 | 536 | 2,144 | 461 | 4,218 | 784 | 4,489 | 2,780 | 8,013 | 3,487 | 8,513 | 2,381 |
Iowa | 21,435 | 4,430 | 3,233 | 454 | 2,956 | 159 | 1,396 | 224 | 1,681 | 389 | 2,146 | 1,051 | 5,097 | 1,058 | 4,926 | 1,095 |
Kansas | 16,677 | 5,852 | 3,095 | 449 | 2,237 | 269 | 1,074 | 180 | 1,310 | 492 | 1,602 | 1,883 | 3,298 | 1,376 | 4,061 | 1,203 |
Kentucky | 18,646 | 6,896 | 2,762 | 447 | 2,763 | 410 | 1,332 | 186 | 991 | 546 | 2,254 | 2,842 | 3,540 | 880 | 5,004 | 1,585 |
Louisiana | 19,936 | 6,476 | 3,336 | 536 | 2,522 | 317 | 1,579 | 316 | 1,714 | 626 | 1,804 | 1,568 | 4,346 | 1,286 | 4,635 | 1,827 |
Maine | 6,544 | 1,655 | 1,201 | 126 | 1,301 | 22 | 545 | 47 | 460 | 48 | 734 | 710 | 743 | 130 | 1,560 | 572 |
Maryland | 25,693 | 13,438 | 4,049 | 961 | 5,509 | 1,047 | 2,080 | 679 | 2,944 | 1,989 | 1,404 | 2,914 | 4,617 | 3,586 | 5,090 | 2,262 |
Massachusetts | 47,024 | 27,874 | 9,613 | 2,174 | 10,935 | 1,820 | 3,609 | 957 | 4,014 | 2,241 | 1,379 | 8,147 | 8,558 | 6,270 | 8,916 | 6,265 |
Michigan | 51,756 | 21,986 | 6,844 | 1,070 | 6,914 | 745 | 3,388 | 676 | 5,963 | 2,453 | 5,412 | 6,818 | 11,926 | 5,942 | 11,309 | 4,282 |
Minnesota | 28,911 | 15,188 | 5,386 | 685 | 4,741 | 798 | 2,644 | 277 | 2,114 | 822 | 2,790 | 8,009 | 5,610 | 2,420 | 5,626 | 2,177 |
Mississippi | 11,803 | 3,834 | 1,294 | 174 | 1,426 | 149 | 883 | 249 | 777 | 235 | 1,721 | 1,590 | 2,607 | 664 | 3,095 | 773 |
Missouri | 35,231 | 17,083 | 4,829 | 965 | 4,821 | 1,114 | 2,255 | 359 | 2,858 | 853 | 3,330 | 4,335 | 9,613 | 6,582 | 7,525 | 2,875 |
Montana | 5,118 | 1,103 | 706 | 117 | 749 | 96 | 464 | 70 | 520 | 83 | 642 | 277 | 868 | 119 | 1,169 | 341 |
Nebraska | 12,150 | 3,953 | 1,186 | 129 | 1,497 | 231 | 808 | 143 | 775 | 228 | 1,374 | 1,297 | 3,298 | 730 | 3,212 | 1,195 |
Nevada | 6,595 | 2,152 | 907 | 101 | 914 | 152 | 370 | 88 | 437 | 179 | 682 | 908 | 1,659 | 423 | 1,626 | 301 |
New Hampshire | 8,030 | 3,068 | 1,445 | 134 | 1,774 | 214 | 493 | 73 | 531 | 153 | 439 | 828 | 1,782 | 1,062 | 1,566 | 604 |
New Jersey | 32,251 | 12,607 | 6,117 | 991 | 7,174 | 749 | 2,455 | 399 | 2,680 | 1,558 | 2,289 | 3,508 | 5,932 | 2,926 | 5,604 | 2,476 |
New Mexico | 7,491 | 3,347 | 1,251 | 291 | 861 | 191 | 515 | 148 | 728 | 374 | 974 | 1,192 | 1,597 | 517 | 1,565 | 634 |
New York | 111,766 | 63,687 | 23,454 | 6,594 | 22,297 | 4,126 | 7,300 | 1,822 | 8,630 | 4,419 | 7,880 | 21,944 | 21,857 | 11,041 | 20,348 | 13,741 |
North Carolina | 39,969 | 12,347 | 5,252 | 976 | 7,350 | 550 | 3,343 | 500 | 3,078 | 1,066 | 3,343 | 2,718 | 7,943 | 3,435 | 9,660 | 3,102 |
North Dakota | 5,487 | 1,167 | 463 | 30 | 399 | 38 | 302 | 38 | 569 | 94 | 660 | 253 | 1,091 | 381 | 2,003 | 333 |
Ohio | 58,522 | 20,680 | 9,148 | 1,956 | 8,202 | 1,151 | 3,460 | 774 | 4,980 | 1,580 | 6,688 | 6,430 | 12,474 | 4,950 | 13,570 | 3,839 |
Oklahoma | 18,909 | 5,389 | 2,787 | 547 | 2,160 | 247 | 1,231 | 182 | 1,502 | 591 | 2,132 | 1,189 | 4,573 | 1,590 | 4,524 | 1,043 |
Oregon | 17,631 | 5,936 | 4,234 | 544 | 3,601 | 424 | 1,274 | 206 | 1,301 | 348 | 696 | 2,486 | 2,895 | 819 | 3,630 | 1,109 |
Pennsylvania | 79,791 | 27,593 | 13,455 | 1,961 | 12,545 | 1,621 | 5,797 | 950 | 7,627 | 2,554 | 6,706 | 7,482 | 16,313 | 6,349 | 17,348 | 6,676 |
Rhode Island | 9,686 | 2,146 | 1,532 | 216 | 1,531 | 197 | 566 | 114 | 665 | 120 | 705 | 509 | 2,514 | 497 | 2,173 | 493 |
South Carolina | 19,313 | 5,076 | 2,817 | 294 | 3,295 | 221 | 1,789 | 212 | 1,227 | 364 | 1,872 | 1,948 | 4,609 | 886 | 3,704 | 1,151 |
South Dakota | 4,850 | 1,117 | 377 | 40 | 615 | 114 | 343 | 44 | 643 | 179 | 562 | 292 | 974 | 200 | 1,336 | 248 |
Tennessee | 26,330 | 9,047 | 5,802 | 549 | 3,998 | 516 | 1,537 | 230 | 1,716 | 486 | 1,529 | 3,416 | 5,464 | 1,857 | 6,284 | 1,993 |
Texas | 92,027 | 32,606 | 19,672 | 2,664 | 12,704 | 2,099 | 7,036 | 1,261 | 6,944 | 3,718 | 2,205 | 6,858 | 21,710 | 9,128 | 21,756 | 6,878 |
Utah | 20,677 | 4,640 | 3,010 | 290 | 3,509 | 213 | 1,208 | 187 | 2,103 | 517 | 2,341 | 1,037 | 3,879 | 1,388 | 4,627 | 1,008 |
Vermont | 4,981 | 1,782 | 1,266 | 471 | 1,159 | 277 | 338 | 28 | 269 | 161 | 286 | 431 | 669 | 147 | 994 | 267 |
Virginia | 38,775 | 13,414 | 8,306 | 1,178 | 8,606 | 1,274 | 2,915 | 504 | 3,343 | 1,534 | 888 | 4,312 | 7,550 | 2,282 | 7,167 | 2,330 |
Washington | 28,570 | 8,931 | 6,723 | 607 | 5,484 | 665 | 2,229 | 305 | 2,179 | 515 | 1,504 | 2,666 | 5,119 | 1,972 | 5,332 | 2,201 |
West Virginia | 10,033 | 3,030 | 1,927 | 151 | 1,162 | 104 | 625 | 94 | 712 | 236 | 1,190 | 1,121 | 1,865 | 549 | 2,552 | 775 |
Wisconsin | 31,434 | 8,604 | 4,552 | 493 | 4,973 | 611 | 2,825 | 290 | 2,369 | 588 | 2,808 | 2,792 | 6,509 | 2,085 | 7,398 | 1,745 |
Wyoming | 1,792 | 437 | 126 | 53 | 238 | 44 | 175 | 48 | 176 | 29 | 286 | 75 | 304 | 43 | 487 | 145 |
U.S. Service Schools | 3,414 | 0 | 407 | 0 | 954 | 0 | 329 | 0 | 1,293 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 0 | 221 | 0 |
Other jurisdictions | 17,680 | 5,300 | 951 | 140 | 1,189 | 332 | 1,314 | 123 | 1,874 | 247 | 3,312 | 1,868 | 5,242 | 1,682 | 3,798 | 908 |
Guam | 327 | 69 | 30 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 55 | 31 | 85 | 23 | 105 | 15 |
Northern Marianas | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Puerto Rico | 17,129 | 5,180 | 914 | 140 | 1,144 | 332 | 1,270 | 123 | 1,854 | 247 | 3,226 | 1,807 | 5,047 | 1,645 | 3,674 | 886 |
Virgin Islands | 211 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 30 | 110 | 14 | 19 | 7 |
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 repair 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, 2005–06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2006. (This table was prepared June 2007.) |