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Table 281. Earned degrees in communications conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970-71 to 2000-01

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          |     Bachelor's degrees      |       Master's degrees      |      Doctor's degrees
   Year   |_____________________________|_____________________________|_____________________________
          |  Total  |   Men   |  Women  |  Total  |   Men   |  Women  |  Total  |   Men   |  Women
__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
    1     |    2    |    3    |    4    |    5    |    6    |    7    |    8    |    9    |   10
__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
1970-71 ..|  10,802 |   6,989 |   3,813 |   1,856 |   1,214 |     642 |     145 |     126 |      19
1971-72 ..|  12,340 |   7,964 |   4,376 |   2,200 |   1,443 |     757 |     111 |      96 |      15
1972-73 ..|  14,317 |   9,074 |   5,243 |   2,406 |   1,546 |     860 |     139 |     114 |      25
1973-74 ..|  17,096 |  10,536 |   6,560 |   2,640 |   1,668 |     972 |     175 |     146 |      29
1974-75 ..|  19,248 |  11,455 |   7,793 |   2,794 |   1,618 |   1,176 |     165 |     119 |      46
          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1975-76 ..|  21,282 |  12,458 |   8,824 |   3,126 |   1,818 |   1,308 |     204 |     154 |      50
1976-77 ..|  23,214 |  12,932 |  10,282 |   3,091 |   1,719 |   1,372 |     171 |     130 |      41
1977-78 ..|  25,400 |  13,480 |  11,920 |   3,296 |   1,673 |   1,623 |     191 |     138 |      53
1978-79 ..|  26,457 |  13,266 |  13,191 |   2,882 |   1,483 |   1,399 |     192 |     138 |      54
1979-80 ..|  28,616 |  13,656 |  14,960 |   3,082 |   1,527 |   1,555 |     193 |     121 |      72
          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1980-81 ..|  31,282 |  14,179 |  17,103 |   3,105 |   1,448 |   1,657 |     182 |     107 |      75
1981-82 ..|  34,222 |  14,917 |  19,305 |   3,327 |   1,578 |   1,749 |     200 |     136 |      64
1982-83...|  38,567 |  16,161 |  22,406 |   3,604 |   1,661 |   1,943 |     214 |     126 |      88
1983-84...|  40,113 |  16,604 |  23,509 |   3,656 |   1,600 |   2,056 |     219 |     131 |      88
1984-85...|  42,002 |  17,175 |  24,827 |   3,669 |   1,576 |   2,093 |     234 |     143 |      91
          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1985-86 ..|  43,076 |  17,639 |  25,437 |   3,823 |   1,610 |   2,213 |     223 |     116 |     107
1986-87 ..|  45,337 |  18,110 |  27,227 |   3,893 |   1,590 |   2,303 |     275 |     158 |     117
1987-88 ..|  46,649 |  18,527 |  28,122 |   3,925 |   1,568 |   2,357 |     234 |     134 |     100
1988-89 ..|  48,609 |  19,215 |  29,394 |   4,257 |   1,737 |   2,520 |     253 |     138 |     115
1989-90 ..|  51,308 |  20,218 |  31,090 |   4,362 |   1,707 |   2,655 |     273 |     145 |     128
          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1990-91 ..|  52,773 |  20,645 |  32,128 |   4,336 |   1,711 |   2,625 |     274 |     151 |     123
1991-92 ..|  54,977 |  21,497 |  33,480 |   4,464 |   1,692 |   2,772 |     255 |     132 |     123
1992-93 ..|  54,706 |  22,028 |  32,678 |   5,209 |   1,980 |   3,229 |     301 |     146 |     155
1993-94 ..|  51,827 |  21,359 |  30,468 |   5,419 |   2,098 |   3,321 |     345 |     174 |     171
1994-95 ..|  48,803 |  20,404 |  28,399 |   5,609 |   2,108 |   3,501 |     321 |     162 |     159
          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1995-96 ..|  48,003 |  19,760 |  28,243 |   5,604 |   2,171 |   3,433 |     345 |     190 |     155
1996-97 ..|  47,768 |  19,688 |  28,080 |   5,601 |   2,004 |   3,597 |     300 |     155 |     145
1997-98 ..|  50,114 |  20,014 |  30,100 |   6,175 |   2,392 |   3,783 |     359 |     171 |     188
1998-99 ..|  52,319 |  20,861 |  31,458 |   5,618 |   2,032 |   3,586 |     352 |     183 |     169
1999-2000 |  56,910 |  22,063 |  34,847 |   5,605 |   2,059 |   3,546 |     357 |     168 |     189
2000-01 ..|  59,063 |  22,464 |  36,599 |   5,751 |   2,000 |   3,751 |     370 |     190 |     180
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NOTE: Includes degrees in communications, general; advertising; journalism; broadcast journalism; public relations and organizational communications; radio and television technology; communications, other; and communications technologies. Data for 1998-99 were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

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 September 2002.)


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