StateMaster - Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Total (most recent) by state

Rank	States	Amount (top to bottom)
#1	California:	362,090
#2	New York:	248,623
#3	Texas:	188,505
#4	Florida:	179,890
#5	Illinois:	154,830
#6	Pennsylvania:	144,813
#7	Ohio:	111,439
#8	Michigan:	110,589
#9	Georgia:	98,363
#10	Massachusetts:	95,797
#11	North Carolina:	85,725
#12	Arizona:	82,109
#13	Washington:	74,333
#14	Missouri:	73,378
#15	Virginia:	73,229
#16	Minnesota:	69,892
#17	Wisconsin:	68,935
#18	Indiana:	67,521
#19	New Jersey:	61,422
#20	Colorado:	55,628
#21	Maryland:	54,048
#22	Tennessee:	50,407
#23	Alabama:	47,229
#24	Kentucky:	43,338
#25	Iowa:	42,548
#26	Louisiana:	40,317
#27	South Carolina:	38,996
#28	Utah:	37,537
#29	Kansas:	37,401
#30	Oregon:	37,089
#31	Oklahoma:	35,729
#32	Connecticut:	33,519
#33	Mississippi:	26,768
#34	Arkansas:	23,096
#35	District of Columbia:	23,080
#36	Nebraska:	22,772
#37	New Mexico:	17,498
#38	West Virginia:	16,919
#39	Rhode Island:	16,215
#40	New Hampshire:	15,521
#41	Idaho:	12,095
#42	Hawaii:	11,963
#43	Nevada:	11,540
#44	Maine:	10,772
#45	South Dakota:	9,578
#46	Delaware:	9,309
#47	North Dakota:	9,148
#48	Montana:	8,813
#49	Vermont:	8,090
#50	Wyoming:	6,658
#51	Alaska:	3,290
	Total:	3,168,394
	Weighted average:	62,125.4

DEFINITION: This is the count of all degrees awarded. A degree is an award conferred by a college, university, or other postsecondary education institution as official recognition for the successful completion of a program of studies.

SOURCE: National Center for Educational Statistics

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