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Education Statistics > Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters (most recent) by state

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Rank   States  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   New York: 63,270 
#2   California: 53,293 
#3   Illinois: 32,732 
#4   Texas: 30,549 
#5   Massachusetts: 27,768 
#6   Pennsylvania: 26,288 
#7   Michigan: 24,204 
#8   Florida: 23,175 
#9   Ohio: 19,246 
#10   Arizona: 17,464 
#11   Missouri: 16,285 
#12   Georgia: 14,442 
#13   Maryland: 12,999 
#14   New Jersey: 12,035 
#15   Virginia: 11,948 
#16   Minnesota: 11,433 
#17   North Carolina: 11,378 
#18   Indiana: 10,836 
#19   Colorado: 10,027 
#20   Wisconsin: 9,155 
#21   Alabama: 9,059 
#22   Washington: 8,481 
#23   District of Columbia: 8,468 
#24   Connecticut: 8,381 
#25   Tennessee: 8,304 
#26   Louisiana: 6,414 
#27   Kentucky: 6,190 
#28   Kansas: 5,989 
#29   Oregon: 5,877 
#30   Oklahoma: 5,607 
#31   South Carolina: 4,765 
#32   Utah: 4,167 
#33   Iowa: 3,967 
#34   Mississippi: 3,668 
#35   Nebraska: 3,630 
#36   New Mexico: 2,983 
#37   New Hampshire: 2,839 
#38   West Virginia: 2,829 
#39   Arkansas: 2,597 
#40   Rhode Island: 2,171 
#41   Delaware: 1,940 
#42   Hawaii: 1,897 
#43   Nevada: 1,796 
#44   Maine: 1,542 
#45   Vermont: 1,474 
#46   South Dakota: 1,116 
#47   Idaho: 1,116 
#48   Montana: 1,087 
#49   North Dakota: 1,054 
#50   Alaska: 585 
#51   Wyoming: 420 
Total: 558,940  
Weighted average: 10,959.6  


DEFINITION: This is the number of masters' degrees awarded. A Masters is an award that requires the successful completion of a program of study of at least the full-time equivalent of 1 but not more than 2 academic years of work beyond the bachelor's degree.

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