Table 286. | Earned degrees in chemical, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree: 1970-71 to 1997-98 |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Chemical engineering | Civil engineering | Electrical, electronics, and| Mechanical engineering | | | communications engineering | Year |____________________________|____________________________|_____________________________|_____________________________ |Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's|Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's|Bachelor's |Master's|Doctor's|Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's __________|__________|________|________|__________|________|________|___________|________|________|__________|________|_________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 __________|__________|________|________|__________|________|________|___________|________|________|__________|________|_________ 1970-71 ..| 3,579 | 1,100 | 406 | 6,526 | 2,425 | 446 | 12,198 | 4,282 | 879 | 8,858 | 2,237 | 438 1971-72 ..| 3,625 | 1,154 | 394 | 6,803 | 2,487 | 415 | 12,101 | 4,206 | 824 | 8,530 | 2,282 | 411 1972-73 ..| 3,578 | 1,051 | 397 | 7,390 | 2,627 | 397 | 12,313 | 3,895 | 791 | 8,523 | 2,141 | 370 1973-74 ..| 3,399 | 1,044 | 400 | 8,017 | 2,652 | 368 | 11,316 | 3,499 | 705 | 7,677 | 1,843 | 385 1974-75 ..| 3,070 | 990 | 346 | 7,651 | 2,769 | 356 | 10,161 | 3,469 | 701 | 6,890 | 1,858 | 340 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1975-76 ..| 3,140 | 1,031 | 308 | 7,923 | 2,999 | 370 | 9,791 | 3,774 | 649 | 6,800 | 1,907 | 305 1976-77 ..| 3,524 | 1,086 | 291 | 8,228 | 2,964 | 309 | 9,936 | 3,788 | 566 | 7,703 | 1,952 | 283 1977-78 ..| 4,569 | 1,235 | 259 | 9,135 | 2,685 | 277 | 11,133 | 3,740 | 503 | 8,875 | 1,942 | 279 1978-79 ..| 5,568 | 1,149 | 304 | 9,809 | 2,646 | 253 | 12,338 | 3,591 | 586 | 10,107 | 1,877 | 271 1979-80 ..| 6,320 | 1,270 | 284 | 10,326 | 2,683 | 270 | 13,821 | 3,836 | 525 | 11,808 | 2,060 | 281 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1980-81 ..| 6,527 | 1,267 | 300 | 10,678 | 2,891 | 325 | 14,938 | 3,901 | 535 | 13,329 | 2,291 | 276 1981-82 ..| 6,740 | 1,285 | 311 | 10,524 | 2,995 | 329 | 16,455 | 4,462 | 526 | 13,922 | 2,399 | 333 1982-83 ..| 7,185 | 1,368 | 319 | 9,989 | 3,074 | 340 | 18,049 | 4,531 | 550 | 15,675 | 2,511 | 299 1983-84 ..| 7,475 | 1,514 | 330 | 9,693 | 3,146 | 369 | 19,943 | 5,078 | 585 | 16,629 | 2,797 | 319 1984-85 ..| 7,146 | 1,544 | 418 | 9,162 | 3,172 | 377 | 21,691 | 5,153 | 660 | 16,794 | 3,053 | 409 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1985-86 ..| 5,877 | 1,361 | 446 | 8,679 | 2,926 | 395 | 23,742 | 5,534 | 722 | 16,194 | 3,075 | 426 1986-87 ..| 4,991 | 1,184 | 497 | 8,147 | 2,901 | 451 | 24,547 | 6,183 | 724 | 15,450 | 3,198 | 528 1987-88 ..| 3,917 | 1,088 | 579 | 7,488 | 2,836 | 481 | 23,597 | 6,688 | 860 | 14,900 | 3,329 | 596 1988-89 ..| 3,663 | 1,093 | 602 | 7,312 | 2,903 | 505 | 21,908 | 7,028 | 998 | 14,843 | 3,498 | 633 1989-90 ..| 3,430 | 1,035 | 562 | 7,252 | 2,812 | 516 | 20,711 | 7,225 | 1,162 | 14,336 | 3,424 | 742 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1990-91 ..| 3,444 | 903 | 611 | 7,314 | 2,927 | 536 | 19,320 | 7,095 | 1,220 | 13,977 | 3,516 | 757 1991-92 ..| 3,754 | 956 | 590 | 8,034 | 3,113 | 540 | 17,958 | 7,360 | 1,282 | 14,067 | 3,653 | 851 1992-93 ..| 4,459 | 990 | 595 | 8,868 | 3,610 | 577 | 17,281 | 7,870 | 1,413 | 14,464 | 3,982 | 871 1993-94 ..| 5,163 | 1,032 | 604 | 9,479 | 3,873 | 651 | 15,823 | 7,791 | 1,470 | 15,030 | 4,099 | 887 1994-95 ..| 5,901 | 1,085 | 571 | 9,927 | 4,077 | 625 | 14,929 | 7,693 | 1,543 | 14,794 | 4,213 | 890 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1995-96 ..| 6,319 | 1,176 | 670 | 10,607 | 3,905 | 616 | 13,900 | 7,103 | 1,591 | 14,177 | 3,881 | 940 1996-97 ..| 6,564 | 1,131 | 650 | 10,437 | 3,833 | 640 | 13,336 | 6,393 | 1,512 | 13,493 | 3,608 | 913 1997-98 ..| 6,319 | 1,128 | 652 | 9,926 | 3,795 | 610 | 12,995 | 6,737 | 1,458 | 13,071 | 3,441 | 933 __________|__________|________|________|__________|________|________|___________|________|________|__________|________|_________ |
NOTE: From 1970-71 to 1981-82, civil engineering includes construction and transportation engineering. Degrees in engineering technologies are not included in this tabulation. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared June 2000.)
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