Table 295. | Earned degrees in the social sciences and history conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1970-71 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 ____________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________|________|________|________ 1970-71 ....| 155,324| 98,173| 57,151| 16,539| 11,833| 4,706| 3,660| 3,153| 507 1971-72 ....| 158,060| 100,895| 57,165| 17,445| 12,540| 4,905| 4,081| 3,483| 598 1972-73 ....| 155,970| 99,735| 56,235| 17,477| 12,605| 4,872| 4,234| 3,573| 661 1973-74 ....| 150,320| 95,650| 54,670| 17,293| 12,321| 4,972| 4,124| 3,383| 741 1974-75 ....| 135,190| 84,826| 50,364| 16,977| 11,875| 5,102| 4,212| 3,334| 878 | | | | | | | | | 1975-76 ....| 126,396| 78,691| 47,705| 15,953| 10,918| 5,035| 4,157| 3,262| 895 1976-77 ....| 117,040| 71,128| 45,912| 15,533| 10,413| 5,120| 3,802| 2,957| 845 1977-78 ....| 112,952| 67,217| 45,735| 14,718| 9,845| 4,873| 3,594| 2,722| 872 1978-79 ....| 108,059| 62,852| 45,207| 12,963| 8,395| 4,568| 3,371| 2,501| 870 1979-80 ....| 103,662| 58,511| 45,151| 12,176| 7,794| 4,382| 3,230| 2,357| 873 | | | | | | | | | 1980-81 ....| 100,513| 56,131| 44,382| 11,945| 7,457| 4,488| 3,122| 2,274| 848 1981-82 ....| 99,705| 55,196| 44,509| 12,002| 7,468| 4,534| 3,061| 2,237| 824 1982-83 ....| 95,228| 52,771| 42,457| 11,205| 6,974| 4,231| 2,931| 2,042| 889 1983-84 ....| 93,323| 52,154| 41,169| 10,577| 6,551| 4,026| 2,911| 2,030| 881 1984-85 ....| 91,570| 51,226| 40,344| 10,503| 6,475| 4,028| 2,851| 1,933| 918 | | | | | | | | | 1985-86 ....| 93,840| 52,724| 41,116| 10,564| 6,419| 4,145| 2,955| 1,970| 985 1986-87 ....| 96,342| 53,949| 42,393| 10,506| 6,373| 4,133| 2,916| 2,026| 890 1987-88 ....| 100,460| 56,377| 44,083| 10,412| 6,310| 4,102| 2,781| 1,849| 932 1988-89 ....| 108,151| 60,121| 48,030| 11,023| 6,599| 4,424| 2,885| 1,949| 936 1989-90 ....| 118,083| 65,887| 52,196| 11,634| 6,898| 4,736| 3,010| 2,019| 991 | | | | | | | | | 1990-91 ....| 125,107| 68,701| 56,406| 12,233| 7,016| 5,217| 3,012| 1,956| 1,056 1991-92 ....| 133,974| 73,001| 60,973| 12,702| 7,237| 5,465| 3,218| 2,126| 1,092 1992-93 ....| 135,703| 73,589| 62,114| 13,471| 7,671| 5,800| 3,460| 2,203| 1,257 1993-94 ....| 133,680| 72,006| 61,674| 14,561| 8,152| 6,409| 3,627| 2,317| 1,310 1994-95 ....| 128,154| 68,139| 60,015| 14,845| 8,207| 6,638| 3,725| 2,319| 1,406 | | | | | | | | | 1995-96 ....| 126,479| 65,872| 60,607| 15,012| 8,093| 6,919| 3,760| 2,339| 1,421 1996-97 ....| 124,891| 64,115| 60,776| 14,787| 7,830| 6,957| 3,989| 2,479| 1,510 1997-98 ....| 125,040| 63,537| 61,503| 14,938| 7,960| 6,978| 4,127| 2,445| 1,682 1998-99 ....| 124,658| 61,736| 62,922| 14,431| 7,456| 6,975| 3,855| 2,270| 1,585 1999-2000 ..| 127,101| 62,062| 65,039| 14,066| 7,024| 7,042| 4,095| 2,407| 1,688 | | | | | | | | | 2000-01 ....| 128,036| 61,749| 66,287| 13,791| 6,816| 6,975| 3,930| 2,302| 1,628 2001-02 ....| 132,874| 64,170| 68,704| 14,112| 6,941| 7,171| 3,902| 2,219| 1,683 ____________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________|________|________|________ |
NOTE: Includes degrees in social sciences, general; anthropology; archeology; criminology; demography and population affairs; economics; geography; history; international relations and affairs; political science and government; sociology; urban/affairs studies; and social sciences and history, 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. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
|