A summary of the total associate, baccalaureate, master's and specialist, doctoral and first-professonal degrees conferred during the 1976-1977 fiscal year by 57 institutions of higher education in Kentucky is provided. Included are data from nine business colleges, which conferred a total of 2,034 associate degrees and other formal awards, and data from the four graduate and one undergraduate seminaries, which awarded 659 degrees, 27 baccalaureate, 212 master's, 84 doctoral, and 336 first-professional degrees. The figures from these institutions are not included in any summary tables in the report. Degrees and formal awards conferred by state-supported and independent colleges and universities in 1976-1977 totaled 20,780, 3,761 associate degrees and formal awards, 11,304 baccalaureate degrees, 4,688 master's and specialist degrees, 167 doctoral and 860 first-professional degrees awarded. These figures are included in the summary tables. (Author)