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

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. Per capita figures expressed per 100 population.

Education Statistics > Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Total (per capita) (most recent) by state

Showing latest available data.

Rank

States

Amount (top to bottom)

District of Columbia:

4.192 per 100 people

Utah:

1.52 per 100 people

Rhode Island:

1.507 per 100 people

Massachusetts:

1.497 per 100 people

North Dakota:

1.437 per 100 people

Iowa:

1.434 per 100 people

Arizona:

1.382 per 100 people

Kansas:

1.363 per 100 people

Minnesota:

1.362 per 100 people

#10

Wyoming:

1.307 per 100 people

#11

Vermont:

1.298 per 100 people

#12

Nebraska:

1.295 per 100 people

#13

New York:

1.291 per 100 people

#14

Missouri:

1.265 per 100 people

#15

Wisconsin:

1.245 per 100 people

#16

South Dakota:

1.234 per 100 people

#17

Illinois:

1.213 per 100 people

#18

Colorado:

1.192 per 100 people

#19

New Hampshire:

1.185 per 100 people

#20

Washington:

1.182 per 100 people

#21

Pennsylvania:

1.165 per 100 people

#22

Delaware:

1.104 per 100 people

#23

Michigan:

1.093 per 100 people

#24

Georgia:

1.084 per 100 people

#25

Indiana:

1.077 per 100 people

#26

Kentucky:

1.038 per 100 people

#27

Alabama:

1.036 per 100 people

#28

Oregon:

1.019 per 100 people

#29

Florida:

1.011 per 100 people

#30

Oklahoma:

1.007 per 100 people

#31

California:

1.002 per 100 people

#32

North Carolina:

0.987 per 100 people

#33

Ohio:

0.972 per 100 people

#34

Virginia:

0.968 per 100 people

#35

Maryland:

0.965 per 100 people

#36

Connecticut:

0.955 per 100 people

#37

Montana:

0.942 per 100 people

#38

Hawaii:

0.938 per 100 people

#39

West Virginia:

0.931 per 100 people

#40

South Carolina:

0.916 per 100 people

#41

Mississippi:

0.916 per 100 people

#42

New Mexico:

0.907 per 100 people

#43

Louisiana:

0.891 per 100 people

#44

Idaho:

0.846 per 100 people

#45

Tennessee:

0.845 per 100 people

#46

Arkansas:

0.831 per 100 people

#47

Texas:

0.825 per 100 people

#48

Maine:

0.815 per 100 people

#49

New Jersey:

0.705 per 100 people

#50

Alaska:

0.496 per 100 people

#51

Nevada:

0.478 per 100 people

Weighted average:

1.1 per 100 people

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. Per capita figures expressed per 100 population.

Education Statistics > Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Total (per capita) (most recent) by state

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