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Table
Table Title: education and military background of college graduates, by labor force status: 2017
Table Content:
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<tr> <td rowspan="2"> characteristic </td> <td rowspan="2"> total </td> <td colspan="4"> employed, by occupation </td> <td rowspan="2"> unemployeda </td> <td rowspan="2"> not in labor forceb </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> total </td> <td> s&amp;e </td> <td> s&amp;e-related </td> <td> non-s&amp;e </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> all college graduates </td> <td> 61220000 </td> <td> 48223000 </td> <td> 6769000 </td> <td> 8271000 </td> <td> 33183000 </td> <td> 1513000 </td> <td> 11483000 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> men </td> <td> 28501000 </td> <td> 23323000 </td> <td> 4803000 </td> <td> 3507000 </td> <td> 15013000 </td> <td> 889000 </td> <td> 4554000 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> women </td> <td> 32719000 </td> <td> 24900000 </td> <td> 1966000 </td> <td> 4764000 </td> <td> 18170000 </td> <td> 624000 </td> <td> 6929000 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> highest degree of educational attainment </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> bachelor's </td> <td> 38866000 </td> <td> 30131000 </td> <td> 3846000 </td> <td> 4338000 </td> <td> 21946000 </td> <td> 1088000 </td> <td> 7647000 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> master's </td> <td> 16756000 </td> <td> 13260000 </td> <td> 2069000 </td> <td> 2262000 </td> <td> 8929000 </td> <td> 348000 </td> <td> 3149000 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> doctorate </td> <td> 2172000 </td> <td> 1796000 </td> <td> 786000 </td> <td> 267000 </td> <td> 743000 </td> <td> 40000 </td> <td> 336000 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> professional </td> <td> 3426000 </td> <td> 3036000 </td> <td> 67000 </td> <td> 1404000 </td> <td> 1565000 </td> <td> 38000 </td> <td> 352000 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> field of highest degree </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> s&amp;e </td> <td> 18339000 </td> <td> 14501000 </td> <td> 5085000 </td> <td> 1997000 </td> <td> 7418000 </td> <td> 509000 </td> <td> 3330000 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> biological, agricultural, and environmental life sciences </td> <td> 2982000 </td> <td> 2290000 </td> <td> 633000 </td> <td> 635000 </td> <td> 1022000 </td> <td> 71000 </td> <td> 622000 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> computer and mathematical sciences </td> <td> 3087000 </td> <td> 2567000 </td> <td> 1437000 </td> <td> 307000 </td> <td> 823000 </td> <td> 82000 </td> <td> 439000 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> physical and related sciences </td> <td> 1024000 </td> <td> 814000 </td> <td> 366000 </td> <td> 159000 </td> <td> 289000 </td> <td> 19000 </td> <td> 191000 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> social and related sciences </td> <td> 7021000 </td> <td> 5336000 </td> <td> 679000 </td> <td> 366000 </td> <td> 4291000 </td> <td> 211000 </td> <td> 1474000 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> engineering </td> <td> 4225000 </td> <td> 3494000 </td> <td> 1970000 </td> <td> 531000 </td> <td> 993000 </td> <td> 126000 </td> <td> 605000 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> s&amp;e-related fields </td> <td> 8383000 </td> <td> 6870000 </td> <td> 382000 </td> <td> 4796000 </td> <td> 1693000 </td> <td> 168000 </td> <td> 1345000 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> non-s&amp;e fields </td> <td> 34497000 </td> <td> 26852000 </td> <td> 1301000 </td> <td> 1479000 </td> <td> 24072000 </td> <td> 836000 </td> <td> 6809000 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> u.s. military service </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> never served in the u.s. military </td> <td> 56485000 </td> <td> 45123000 </td> <td> 6351000 </td> <td> 7701000 </td> <td> 31071000 </td> <td> 1406000 </td> <td> 9956000 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> served only on active duty for training in the reserves or national guard </td> <td> 820000 </td> <td> 498000 </td> <td> 42000 </td> <td> 105000 </td> <td> 352000 </td> <td> 19000 </td> <td> 302000 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> serving now on active dutyc </td> <td> 241000 </td> <td> 234000 </td> <td> 18000 </td> <td> 40000 </td> <td> 177000 </td> <td> d </td> <td> s </td> </tr>
<tr> <td> served on active duty in the past, but not now </td> <td> 3674000 </td> <td> 2367000 </td> <td> 358000 </td> <td> 426000 </td> <td> 1583000 </td> <td> 85000 </td> <td> 1221000 </td> </tr>
</table>


Question
what was the number of college graduates in the united states in 2017?


Answer Format
The final answer should be concise and use the following format:
```json
{
    "answer": [
        "answer1",
        "answer2",
        ...
    ]
}
```
rule
["61220000.0"]