Chart 3. Distribution of the RN Population by Highest Nursing Educational Preparation, 1980-2000

Stacked Bar chart with 6 groups and 4 items per group.
Group 1, 1980, Total value of 1662384.0 
Item 1, Diploma value of 908739 which is 54.7% of 1980 
Item 2, Associate Degree value of 297152 which is 17.9% of 1980 
Item 3, Baccalaureate Degree value of 370100 which is 22.3% of 1980 
Item 4, Masters and Doctorate value of 86393 which is 5.2% of 1980 
Group 2, 1984, Total value of 1877287.0 
Item 1, Diploma value of 855368 which is 45.6% of 1984 
Item 2, Associate Degree value of 429941 which is 22.9% of 1984 
Item 3, Baccalaureate Degree value of 480743 which is 25.6% of 1984 
Item 4, Masters and Doctorate value of 111235 which is 5.9% of 1984 
Group 3, 1988, Total value of 2033031.0 
Item 1, Diploma value of 826365 which is 40.6% of 1988 
Item 2, Associate Degree value of 514981 which is 25.3% of 1988 
Item 3, Baccalaureate Degree value of 560468 which is 27.6% of 1988 
Item 4, Masters and Doctorate value of 131217 which is 6.5% of 1988 
Group 4, 1992, Total value of 2238024.0 
Item 1, Diploma value of 754848 which is 33.7% of 1992 
Item 2, Associate Degree value of 632483 which is 28.3% of 1992 
Item 3, Baccalaureate Degree value of 671399 which is 30.0% of 1992 
Item 4, Masters and Doctorate value of 179294 which is 8.0% of 1992 
Group 5, 1996, Total value of 2557192.0 
Item 1, Diploma value of 696804 which is 27.2% of 1996 
Item 2, Associate Degree value of 812438 which is 31.8% of 1996 
Item 3, Baccalaureate Degree value of 799507 which is 31.3% of 1996 
Item 4, Masters and Doctorate value of 248443 which is 9.7% of 1996 
Group 6, 2000, Total value of 2690969.0 
Item 1, Diploma value of 609386 which is 22.6% of 2000 
Item 2, Associate Degree value of 925519 which is 34.4% of 2000 
Item 3, Baccalaureate Degree value of 880996 which is 32.7% of 2000 
Item 4, Masters and Doctorate value of 275068 which is 10.2% of 2000 

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