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50 State Comparison - Postsecondary Education Data Table
Degrees Awarded
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Associate degrees awarded by private, degree-granting institutions, 2002-03 to 2008-09.| State | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| Alabama | 1,423 | 1,179 | 1,234 | 967 | 822 | 1,021 | 1,329 |
| Alaska | 98 | 64 | 63 | 101 | 63 | 38 | 67 |
| Arizona | 3,680 | 4,356 | 5,428 | 5,703 | 13,786 | 20,925 | 29,229 |
| Arkansas | 283 | 198 | 196 | 173 | 187 | 218 | 209 |
| California | 16,383 | 14,970 | 14,832 | 14,304 | 13,829 | 15,267 | 15,042 |
| Colorado | 3,556 | 4,000 | 3,637 | 3,544 | 3,361 | 5,216 | 8,437 |
| Connecticut | 1,138 | 1,181 | 1,227 | 1,246 | 1,129 | 1,036 | 1,140 |
| Delaware | 225 | 247 | 217 | 206 | 153 | 161 | 207 |
| District of Columbia | 507 | 678 | 281 | 936 | 936 | 895 | 951 |
| Florida | 14,555 | 14,486 | 15,480 | 16,405 | 15,796 | 14,643 | 16,729 |
| Georgia | 2,167 | 3,249 | 2,346 | 2,680 | 2,627 | 2,725 | 2,783 |
| Hawaii | 1,370 | 1,358 | 1,077 | 909 | 861 | 848 | 813 |
| Idaho | 1,963 | 1,550 | 1,226 | 1,124 | 1,042 | 1,062 | 1,478 |
| Illinois | 4,787 | 5,020 | 9,521 | 10,490 | 9,421 | 8,836 | 9,640 |
| Indiana | 3,842 | 4,105 | 4,199 | 4,974 | 4,323 | 4,718 | 5,180 |
| Iowa | 1,510 | 1,619 | 2,014 | 3,553 | 3,815 | 3,275 | 3,317 |
| Kansas | 629 | 663 | 598 | 621 | 668 | 618 | 654 |
| Kentucky | 1,994 | 2,209 | 2,250 | 2,464 | 2,551 | 2,788 | 3,198 |
| Louisiana | 1,337 | 1,232 | 1,350 | 919 | 1,123 | 1,192 | 1,347 |
| Maine | 518 | 474 | 485 | 474 | 509 | 789 | 582 |
| Maryland | 445 | 505 | 634 | 559 | 547 | 518 | 681 |
| Massachusetts | 2,857 | 2,900 | 2,680 | 2,480 | 2,197 | 2,187 | 2,287 |
| Michigan | 3,691 | 3,963 | 4,236 | 4,504 | 4,974 | 4,965 | 5,297 |
| Minnesota | 3,027 | 3,199 | 3,590 | 3,162 | 3,476 | 3,850 | 3,909 |
| Mississippi | 284 | 301 | 303 | 396 | 384 | 402 | 393 |
| Missouri | 3,924 | 3,882 | 4,683 | 5,249 | 5,160 | 5,368 | 5,647 |
| Montana | 156 | 174 | 198 | 196 | 164 | 146 | 126 |
| Nebraska | 859 | 674 | 802 | 856 | 813 | 792 | 799 |
| Nevada | 414 | 576 | 871 | 1,107 | 1,102 | 680 | 841 |
| New Hampshire | 1,571 | 1,576 | 1,703 | 1,478 | 1,545 | 1,415 | 1,068 |
| New Jersey | 1,572 | 1,494 | 1,442 | 1,406 | 1,043 | 1,097 | 896 |
| New Mexico | 282 | 252 | 288 | 244 | 250 | 292 | 358 |
| New York | 15,106 | 16,142 | 16,279 | 16,655 | 16,624 | 17,219 | 17,736 |
| North Carolina | 1,056 | 1,118 | 1,231 | 1,936 | 1,923 | 1,839 | 2,187 |
| North Dakota | 169 | 281 | 289 | 322 | 398 | 398 | 378 |
| Ohio | 4,659 | 5,391 | 5,228 | 5,810 | 6,099 | 7,852 | 8,648 |
| Oklahoma | 621 | 699 | 1,059 | 850 | 1,323 | 1,144 | 1,311 |
| Oregon | 1,020 | 1,412 | 1,542 | 1,389 | 1,234 | 1,144 | 996 |
| Pennsylvania | 12,228 | 11,610 | 12,006 | 12,530 | 11,932 | 11,861 | 11,975 |
| Rhode Island | 2,359 | 2,363 | 2,466 | 2,785 | 2,677 | 2,469 | 2,775 |
| South Carolina | 1,006 | 1,210 | 1,297 | 935 | 999 | 940 | 1,080 |
| South Dakota | 578 | 718 | 512 | 564 | 533 | 482 | 445 |
| Tennessee | 2,481 | 2,371 | 2,715 | 3,118 | 3,441 | 2,714 | 2,728 |
| Texas | 4,571 | 5,611 | 5,874 | 5,762 | 5,203 | 4,861 | 5,484 |
| Utah | 1,149 | 1,176 | 1,266 | 1,231 | 1,375 | 1,333 | 1,239 |
| Vermont | 659 | 595 | 437 | 506 | 415 | 414 | 320 |
| Virginia | 3,073 | 3,375 | 3,791 | 4,329 | 5,048 | 5,300 | 5,471 |
| Washington | 1,321 | 1,314 | 1,152 | 986 | 813 | 789 | 775 |
| West Virginia | 958 | 979 | 1,031 | 821 | 1,014 | 1,100 | 1,098 |
| Wisconsin | 752 | 882 | 1,015 | 999 | 1,153 | 1,246 | 1,329 |
| Wyoming | 967 | 845 | 860 | 974 | 718 | 556 | 618 |
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