The Making of a Teacher

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Table 6.

Numbers of IHEs Preparing Teachers in 1999, Numbers of Education Bachelor's and Master's Degrees Awarded in 1995-96 and 1994-95, Numbers of First-Time Teachers and Total Numbers of Teachers in 1993-94, by State

1995-96

1994-95
STATE

# IHEs with TPP*

# IHEs granting Ed deg

Bachelor's in Ed.

Master's in Ed.

Bachelor's in Ed.

Master's in Ed.

1st time teachers 1993-94

Total # teachers 1993-94

% of 1st time teachers 1993-94
US total

1,354

1,280

105,692

106,325

106,079

101,242

114,913

2,503,901

4.59%
Alabama

31

29

3,091

2,800

3,129

2,325

2,420

43,003

5.63%
Alaska

5

5

263

162

293

160

268

7,193

3.73%
Arizona

9

12

2,121

2,168

2,032

1,877

1,940

37,493

5.17%
Arkansas

18

18

1,820

750

1,777

764

1,249

26,014

4.80%
California

75

69

3,478

7,373

3,371

7,135

9,580

221,787

4.32%
Colorado

16

12

60

1,334

62

1,291

1,010

33,661

3.00%
Connecticut

14

12

571

1,630

543

1,553

1,175

34,526

3.40%
DC

7

9

290

604

158

672

329

6,056

5.43%
Delaware

4

4

614

293

617

263

283

6,380

4.44%
Florida

28

34

5,524

3,578

5,382

3,350

5,423

110,653

4.90%
Georgia

35

36

3,863

3,016

3,973

2,843

4,929

74,172

6.65%
Hawaii

5

4

354

187

322

185

759

10,111

7.51%
Idaho

6

6

846

422

826

421

685

12,007

5.71%
Illinois

55

53

5,698

6,283

5,490

5,722

4,919

110,874

4.44%
Indiana

38

39

3,777

1,658

3,627

1,553

1,843

55,107

3.34%
Iowa

31

32

2,212

871

2,273

888

1,186

31,616

3.75%
Kansas

22

23

1,931

1,207

2,050

1,111

1,404

30,283

4.64%
Kentucky

26

26

2,280

1,923

2,343

1,772

2,063

37,324

5.53%
Louisiana

20

20

2,271

1,262

2,358

1,353

2,430

46,913

5.18%
Maine

13

10

635

291

775

311

430

15,344

2.80%
Maryland

22

21

1,550

1,853

1,615

1,769

2,218

44,171

5.02%
Massachusetts

59

45

1,591

5,285

1,694

5,334

2,249

58,766

3.83%
Michigan

32

31

3,570

3,086

3,525

3,089

2,575

80,267

3.21%
Minnesota

26

28

2,706

2,351

2,800

1,819

1,725

46,956

3.67%
Mississippi

15

15

1,422

1,094

1,517

957

1,586

28,376

5.59%
Missouri

35

38

3,113

2,218

3,097

1,959

2,904

54,860

5.29%
Montana

8

8

772

230

702

220

632

9,949

6.35%
Nebraska

17

18

1,392

917

1,480

832

814

19,616

4.15%
Nevada

3

2

482

334

444

337

804

12,579

6.39%
New Hampshire

13

10

597

612

591

561

544

11,972

4.54%
New Jersey

25

16

1,995

2,359

1,936

2,297

2,193

84,564

2.59%
New Mexico

8

9

991

796

1,007

838

985

18,404

5.35%
New York

108

97

7,425

12,882

6,919

13,012

7,407

179,413

4.13%
North Carolina

48

44

3,243

1,841

3,093

1,676

3,541

69,421

5.10%
North Dakota

10

9

674

195

682

167

348

7,755

4.49%
Ohio

51

51

5,557

4,764

5,978

4,293

3,330

107,444

3.10%
Oklahoma

20

20

3,044

1,145

3,002

1,357

1,827

39,031

4.68%
Oregon

16

15

680

1,431

653

1,422

549

26,488

2.07%
Pennsylvania

88

80

6,882

4,560

7,339

4,166

4,023

101,302

3.97%
Rhode Island

8

7

624

480

686

458

203

9,823

2.07%
South Carolina

30

30

2,135

1,578

2,062

1,471

2,735

38,620

7.08%
South Dakota

12

12

655

294

620

318

475

9,557

4.97%
Tennessee

35

37

1,289

2,254

1,349

2,123

2,588

46,066

5.62%
Texas

70

67

2,708

5,073

2,608

4,750

14,838

224,830

6.60%
Utah

8

7

1,955

655

1,964

494

1,106

19,053

5.80%
Vermont

14

11

328

491

347

448

194

7,330

2.65%
Virginia

37

27

900

3,292

913

3,259

3,148

70,859

4.44%
Washington

22

20

1,671

3,634

1,584

3,320

2,073

45,524

4.55%
West Virginia

22

19

1,110

731

1,176

850

403

21,029

1.92%
Wisconsin

33

32

2,694

2,020

2,885

2,005

2,239

52,822

4.24%
Wyoming

1

1

238

58

408

72

328

6,537

5.02%
* 1999 Center for Education Information Survey of Teacher Preparation Programs
Source for all other columns: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education.