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Table 249. Earned degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1869-70 to 2012-13

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              |     Associate degrees       |        Bachelor's degrees        |    Master's degrees   |First-professional degrees| Doctor's degrees\1\
     Year     |_____________________________|__________________________________|_______________________|__________________________|____________________
              |  Total  |   Men   |  Women  |  Total     |    Men   |   Women  | Total |  Men  | Women | Total  |  Men   | Women  |Total | Men  |Women
______________|_________|_________|_________|____________|__________|__________|_______|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______
      1       |    2    |   3     |   4     |     5      |      6   |      7   |   8   |   9   |  10   |   11   |   12   |   13   |  14  |  15  |  16
______________|_________|_________|_________|____________|__________|__________|_______|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______
1869-70 ......|      ---|      ---|      ---|\2\    9,371|\2\  7,993|\2\  1,378|      0|      0|      0|  (\3\) |  (\3\) |  (\3\) |     1|     1|     0
1879-80 ......|      ---|      ---|      ---|\2\   12,896|\2\ 10,411|\2\  2,485|    879|    868|     11|  (\3\) |  (\3\) |  (\3\) |    54|    51|     3
1889-90 ......|      ---|      ---|      ---|\2\   15,539|\2\ 12,857|\2\  2,682|  1,015|    821|    194|  (\3\) |  (\3\) |  (\3\) |   149|   147|     2
1899-1900 ....|      ---|      ---|      ---|\2\   27,410|\2\ 22,173|\2\  5,237|  1,583|  1,280|    303|  (\3\) |  (\3\) |  (\3\) |   382|   359|    23
1909-10 ......|      ---|      ---|      ---|\2\   37,199|\2\ 28,762|\2\  8,437|  2,113|  1,555|    558|  (\3\) |  (\3\) |  (\3\) |   443|   399|    44
              |         |         |         |            |          |          |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |      |
1919-20 ......|      ---|      ---|      ---|\2\   48,622|\2\ 31,980|\2\ 16,642|  4,279|  2,985|  1,294|  (\3\) |  (\3\) |  (\3\) |   615|   522|    93
1929-30 ......|      ---|      ---|      ---|\2\  122,484|\2\ 73,615|\2\ 48,869| 14,969|  8,925|  6,044|  (\3\) |  (\3\) |  (\3\) | 2,299| 1,946|   353
1939-40 ......|      ---|      ---|      ---|\2\  186,500|\2\109,546|\2\ 76,954| 26,731| 16,508| 10,223|  (\3\) |  (\3\) |  (\3\) | 3,290| 2,861|   429
1949-50 ......|      ---|      ---|      ---|\2\  432,058|\2\328,841|\2\103,217| 58,183| 41,220| 16,963|  (\3\) |  (\3\) |  (\3\) | 6,420| 5,804|   616
1959-60 ......|      ---|      ---|      ---|\2\  392,440|\2\254,063|\2\138,377| 74,435| 50,898| 23,537|  (\3\) |  (\3\) |  (\3\) | 9,829| 8,801| 1,028
              |         |         |         |            |          |          |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |      |
1960-61 ......|      ---|      ---|      ---|     365,174|   224,538|   140,636| 84,609| 57,830| 26,779|  25,253|  24,577|     676|10,575| 9,463| 1,112
1961-62 ......|      ---|      ---|      ---|     383,961|   230,456|   153,505| 91,418| 62,603| 28,815|  25,607|  24,836|     771|11,622|10,377| 1,245
1962-63 ......|      ---|      ---|      ---|     411,420|   241,309|   170,111| 98,684| 67,302| 31,382|  26,590|  25,753|     837|12,822|11,448| 1,374
1963-64 ......|      ---|      ---|      ---|     461,266|   265,349|   195,917|109,183| 73,850| 35,333|  27,209|  26,357|     852|14,490|12,955| 1,535
1964-65 ......|      ---|      ---|      ---|     493,757|   282,173|   211,584|121,167| 81,319| 39,848|  28,290|  27,283|   1,007|16,467|14,692| 1,775
              |         |         |         |            |          |          |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |      |
1965-66 ......|  111,607|   63,779|   47,828|     520,115|   299,287|   220,828|140,602| 93,081| 47,521|  30,124|  28,982|   1,142|18,237|16,121| 2,116
1966-67 ......|  139,183|   78,356|   60,827|     558,534|   322,711|   235,823|157,726|103,109| 54,617|  31,695|  30,401|   1,294|20,617|18,163| 2,454
1967-68 ......|  159,441|   90,317|   69,124|     632,289|   357,682|   274,607|176,749|113,552| 63,197|  33,939|  32,402|   1,537|23,089|20,183| 2,906
1968-69 ......|  183,279|  105,661|   77,618|     728,845|   410,595|   318,250|193,756|121,531| 72,225|  35,114|  33,595|   1,519|26,158|22,722| 3,436
1969-70 ......|  206,023|  117,432|   88,591|     792,316|   451,097|   341,219|208,291|125,624| 82,667|  34,918|  33,077|   1,841|29,866|25,890| 3,976
              |         |         |         |            |          |          |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |      |
1970-71 ......|  252,311|  144,144|  108,167|     839,730|   475,594|   364,136|230,509|138,146| 92,363|  37,946|  35,544|   2,402|32,107|27,530| 4,577
1971-72 ......|  292,014|  166,227|  125,787|     887,273|   500,590|   386,683|251,633|149,550|102,083|  43,411|  40,723|   2,688|33,363|28,090| 5,273
1972-73 ......|  316,174|  175,413|  140,761|     922,362|   518,191|   404,171|263,371|154,468|108,903|  50,018|  46,489|   3,529|34,777|28,571| 6,206
1973-74 ......|  343,924|  188,591|  155,333|     945,776|   527,313|   418,463|277,033|157,842|119,191|  53,816|  48,530|   5,286|33,816|27,365| 6,451
1974-75 ......|  360,171|  191,017|  169,154|     922,933|   504,841|   418,092|292,450|161,570|130,880|  55,916|  48,956|   6,960|34,083|26,817| 7,266
              |         |         |         |            |          |          |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |      |
1975-76 ......|  391,454|  209,996|  181,458|     925,746|   504,925|   420,821|311,771|167,248|144,523|  62,649|  52,892|   9,757|34,064|26,267| 7,797
1976-77 ......|  406,377|  210,842|  195,535|     919,549|   495,545|   424,004|317,164|167,783|149,381|  64,359|  52,374|  11,985|33,232|25,142| 8,090
1977-78 ......|  412,246|  204,718|  207,528|     921,204|   487,347|   433,857|311,620|161,212|150,408|  66,581|  52,270|  14,311|32,131|23,658| 8,473
1978-79 ......|  402,702|  192,091|  210,611|     921,390|   477,344|   444,046|301,079|153,370|147,709|  68,848|  52,652|  16,196|32,730|23,541| 9,189
1979-80 ......|  400,910|  183,737|  217,173|     929,417|   473,611|   455,806|298,081|150,749|147,332|  70,131|  52,716|  17,415|32,615|22,943| 9,672
              |         |         |         |            |          |          |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |      |
1980-81 ......|  416,377|  188,638|  227,739|     935,140|   469,883|   465,257|295,739|147,043|148,696|  71,956|  52,792|  19,164|32,958|22,711|10,247
1981-82 ......|  434,526|  196,944|  237,582|     952,998|   473,364|   479,634|295,546|145,532|150,014|  72,032|  52,223|  19,809|32,707|22,224|10,483
1982-83 ......|  449,620|  203,991|  245,629|     969,510|   479,140|   490,370|289,921|144,697|145,224|  73,054|  51,250|  21,804|32,775|21,902|10,873
1983-84 ......|  452,240|  202,704|  249,536|     974,309|   482,319|   491,990|284,263|143,595|140,668|  74,468|  51,378|  23,090|33,209|22,064|11,145
1984-85 ......|  454,712|  202,932|  251,780|     979,477|   482,528|   496,949|286,251|143,390|142,861|  75,063|  50,455|  24,608|32,943|21,700|11,243
              |         |         |         |            |          |          |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |      |
1985-86 ......|  446,047|  196,166|  249,881|     987,823|   485,923|   501,900|288,567|143,508|145,059|  73,910|  49,261|  24,649|33,653|21,819|11,834
1986-87 ..... |  436,304|  190,839|  245,465|     991,264|   480,782|   510,482|289,349|141,269|148,080|  71,617|  46,523|  25,094|34,041|22,061|11,980
1987-88 ......|  435,085|  190,047|  245,038|     994,829|   477,203|   517,626|299,317|145,163|154,154|  70,735|  45,484|  25,251|34,870|22,615|12,255
1988-89 ......|  436,764|  186,316|  250,448|   1,018,755|   483,346|   535,409|310,621|149,354|161,267|  70,856|  45,046|  25,810|35,720|22,648|13,072
1989-90 ......|  455,102|  191,195|  263,907|   1,051,344|   491,696|   559,648|324,301|153,653|170,648|  70,988|  43,961|  27,027|38,371|24,401|13,970
              |         |         |         |            |          |          |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |      |
1990-91 ......|  481,720|  198,634|  283,086|   1,094,538|   504,045|   590,493|337,168|156,482|180,686|  71,948|  43,846|  28,102|39,294|24,756|14,538
1991-92 ......|  504,231|  207,481|  296,750|   1,136,553|   520,811|   615,742|352,838|161,842|190,996|  74,146|  45,071|  29,075|40,659|25,557|15,102
1992-93 ......|  514,756|  211,964|  302,792|   1,165,178|   532,881|   632,297|369,585|169,258|200,327|  75,387|  45,153|  30,234|42,132|26,073|16,059
1993-94 ......|  530,632|  215,261|  315,371|   1,169,275|   532,422|   636,853|387,070|176,085|210,985|  75,418|  44,707|  30,711|43,185|26,552|16,633
1994-95 ......|  539,691|  218,352|  321,339|   1,160,134|   526,131|   634,003|397,629|178,598|219,031|  75,800|  44,853|  30,947|44,446|26,916|17,530
              |         |         |         |            |          |          |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |      |
1995-96 ......|  555,216|  219,514|  335,702|   1,164,792|   522,454|   642,338|406,301|179,081|227,220|  76,734|  44,748|  31,986|44,652|26,841|17,811
1996-97 ......|  571,226|  223,948|  347,278|   1,172,879|   520,515|   652,364|419,401|180,947|238,454|  78,730|  45,564|  33,166|45,876|27,146|18,730
1997-98 ......|  558,555|  217,613|  340,942|   1,184,406|   519,956|   664,450|430,164|184,375|245,789|  78,598|  44,911|  33,687|46,010|26,664|19,346
1998-99 ......|  559,954|  218,417|  341,537|   1,200,303|   518,746|   681,557|439,986|186,148|253,838|  78,439|  44,339|  34,100|44,077|25,146|18,931
1999-2000 ....|  564,933|  224,721|  340,212|   1,237,875|   530,367|   707,508|457,056|191,792|265,264|  80,057|  44,239|  35,818|44,808|25,028|19,780
              |         |         |         |            |          |          |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |      |
2000-01 ......|  578,865|  231,645|  347,220|   1,244,171|   531,840|   712,331|468,476|194,351|274,125|  79,707|  42,862|  36,845|44,904|24,728|20,176
2001-02 ......|  595,133|  238,109|  357,024|   1,291,900|   549,816|   742,084|482,118|199,120|282,998|  80,698|  42,507|  38,191|44,160|23,708|20,452
2002-03\4\ ...|  662,000|  246,000|  416,000|   1,311,000|   548,000|   763,000|492,000|210,000|282,000|  80,400|  42,300|  38,100|43,300|22,900|20,400
2003-04\4\ ...|  660,000|  243,000|  417,000|   1,333,000|   559,000|   774,000|502,000|213,000|289,000|  84,400|  44,300|  40,100|44,200|23,300|20,900
2004-05\4\ ...|  669,000|  243,000|  426,000|   1,352,000|   578,000|   774,000|506,000|213,000|293,000|  87,800|  46,300|  41,500|44,600|23,600|21,000
              |         |         |         |            |          |          |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |      |
2005-06\4\ ...|  675,000|  244,000|  431,000|   1,397,000|   584,000|   813,000|513,000|215,000|298,000|  89,100|  47,100|  42,000|45,000|23,700|21,300
2006-07\4\ ...|  676,000|  243,000|  433,000|   1,413,000|   585,000|   828,000|519,000|217,000|302,000|  90,100|  47,300|  42,800|45,300|23,800|21,500
2007-08\4\ ...|  681,000|  244,000|  437,000|   1,425,000|   589,000|   836,000|522,000|218,000|304,000|  91,300|  47,800|  43,500|45,600|24,000|21,600
2008-09\4\....|  684,000|  244,000|  440,000|   1,441,000|   594,000|   847,000|526,000|219,000|307,000|  92,200|  48,300|  43,900|45,700|24,100|21,600
2009-10\4\....|  688,000|  245,000|  443,000|   1,456,000|   598,000|   858,000|530,000|220,000|310,000|  92,900|  48,600|  44,300|45,900|24,200|21,700
              |         |         |         |            |          |          |       |       |       |        |        |        |      |      |
2010-11\4\ ...|  692,000|  246,000|  446,000|   1,469,000|   603,000|   866,000|536,000|222,000|314,000|  93,600|  48,800|  44,800|46,200|24,400|21,800
2011-12\4\ ...|  696,000|  247,000|  449,000|   1,488,000|   610,000|   878,000|544,000|224,000|320,000|  94,600|  49,200|  45,400|46,600|24,500|22,100
2012-13\4\ ...|  699,000|  248,000|  451,000|   1,509,000|   616,000|   893,000|556,000|228,000|328,000|  95,900|  49,600|  46,300|47,300|24,700|22,600
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\1\Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes first-professional, such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees.
\2\Includes first-professional degrees.
\3\First-professional degrees are included with bachelor's degrees.
\4\Projected.

NOTE: Data for 1869-70 to 1994-95 are for institutions of higher education. Institutions of higher education were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education. The new degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, except that it includes some additional institutions, primarily 2-year colleges, and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not award associate or higher degrees. Data for 1998-99 were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Earned Degrees Conferred, 1869-70 through 1964-65; Projections of Education Statistics to 2013; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1965-66 through 1985-86; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys, 1986-87 through 1998-99, and Fall 2000 through Fall 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared August 2003.)


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