Table 286. | Earned degrees in English language and literature/letters conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1949-50 to 2001-02 |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 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 ____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ 1949-50 ....| 17,240| 8,221| 9,019| 2,259| 1,320| 939| 230| 181| 49 1959-60 ....| 20,128| 7,580| 12,548| 2,931| 1,458| 1,473| 397| 314| 83 1967-68 ....| 47,977| 15,700| 32,277| 7,916| 3,434| 4,482| 977| 717| 260 1969-70 ....| 56,410| 18,650| 37,760| 8,517| 3,326| 5,191| 1,213| 837| 376 | | | | | | | | | 1970-71 ....| 64,342| 22,155| 42,187| 10,686| 4,211| 6,475| 1,650| 1,175| 475 1971-72 ....| 63,976| 22,657| 41,319| 10,579| 4,123| 6,456| 1,826| 1,233| 593 1972-73 ....| 61,003| 22,156| 38,847| 10,239| 4,063| 6,176| 1,935| 1,258| 677 1973-74 ....| 54,590| 20,214| 34,376| 9,803| 3,917| 5,886| 1,885| 1,208| 677 1974-75 ....| 47,619| 17,880| 29,739| 9,444| 3,569| 5,875| 1,711| 1,025| 686 | | | | | | | | | 1975-76 ....| 42,006| 16,073| 25,933| 8,809| 3,383| 5,426| 1,672| 967| 705 1976-77 ....| 37,794| 14,295| 23,499| 8,016| 2,985| 5,031| 1,508| 841| 667 1977-78 ....| 35,328| 13,137| 22,191| 7,655| 2,706| 4,949| 1,400| 758| 642 1978-79 ....| 33,561| 12,198| 21,363| 6,684| 2,369| 4,315| 1,314| 708| 606 1979-80 ....| 32,541| 11,380| 21,161| 6,189| 2,233| 3,956| 1,294| 686| 608 | | | | | | | | | 1980-81 ....| 32,254| 11,198| 21,056| 5,929| 2,092| 3,837| 1,164| 553| 611 1981-82 ....| 33,419| 11,414| 22,005| 5,772| 1,983| 3,789| 1,101| 511| 590 1982-83 ....| 31,829| 10,859| 20,970| 5,048| 1,710| 3,338| 991| 471| 520 1983-84 ....| 32,834| 11,170| 21,664| 5,010| 1,736| 3,274| 1,018| 459| 559 1984-85 ....| 33,218| 11,334| 21,884| 5,187| 1,786| 3,401| 1,041| 470| 571 | | | | | | | | | 1985-86 ....| 34,552| 11,819| 22,733| 5,518| 1,881| 3,637| 991| 428| 563 1986-87 ....| 36,284| 12,353| 23,931| 5,483| 1,891| 3,592| 961| 415| 546 1987-88 ....| 38,661| 12,836| 25,825| 5,562| 1,870| 3,692| 981| 428| 553 1988-89 ....| 42,470| 13,927| 28,543| 5,950| 2,002| 3,948| 1,022| 458| 564 1989-90 ....| 47,519| 15,662| 31,857| 6,567| 2,205| 4,362| 1,078| 480| 598 | | | | | | | | | 1990-91 ....| 51,841| 17,146| 34,695| 7,026| 2,296| 4,730| 1,184| 517| 667 1991-92 ....| 54,951| 18,536| 36,415| 7,450| 2,513| 4,937| 1,273| 537| 736 1992-93 ....| 56,133| 19,247| 36,886| 7,790| 2,667| 5,123| 1,341| 550| 791 1993-94 ....| 53,924| 18,425| 35,499| 7,885| 2,712| 5,173| 1,344| 568| 776 1994-95 ....| 51,901| 17,810| 34,091| 7,845| 2,764| 5,081| 1,561| 665| 896 | | | | | | | | | 1995-96 ....| 50,698| 17,253| 33,445| 7,893| 2,814| 5,079| 1,535| 590| 945 1996-97 ....| 49,345| 16,531| 32,814| 7,722| 2,733| 4,989| 1,575| 670| 905 1997-98 ....| 49,708| 16,477| 33,231| 7,795| 2,643| 5,152| 1,639| 670| 969 1998-99 ....| 50,535| 16,490| 34,045| 7,478| 2,504| 4,974| 1,540| 612| 928 1999-2000 ..| 50,920| 16,341| 34,579| 7,230| 2,393| 4,837| 1,628| 671| 957 | | | | | | | | | 2000-01 ....| 51,419| 16,257| 35,162| 6,941| 2,225| 4,716| 1,506| 598| 908 2001-02 ....| 53,162| 16,704| 36,458| 7,268| 2,326| 4,942| 1,446| 600| 846 ____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ |
NOTE: Includes degrees conferred in English language and literature, general; comparative literature; English comparative; English creative writing; literature; creative American literature; English literature; speech and rhetorical studies; English technical and business writing; and English language and literature/letters, other. 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, 1986-87 through 1998-99, and Fall 2000 through Fall 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
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