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Table 298. Degrees in French, German, and Spanish conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree: Selected years, 1949-50 through 2005-06
Year French German Spanish
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
1949–50 1,471 299 53 540 121 40 2,122 373 34
1959–60 1,927 316 58 659 126 21 1,610 261 31
1967–68 7,068 1,301 152 2,368 771 117 6,381 1,188 123
1969–70 7,624 1,409 181 2,652 669 118 7,226 1,372 139
                   
1970–71 7,306 1,437 192 2,601 690 144 7,068 1,456 168
1971–72 6,822 1,421 193 2,477 608 167 6,847 1,421 152
1972–73 6,705 1,277 203 2,520 598 176 7,209 1,298 206
1973–74 6,263 1,195 213 2,425 550 149 7,250 1,217 203
1974–75 5,745 1,077 200 2,289 480 147 6,719 1,228 202
                   
1975–76 4,783 914 190 1,983 471 164 5,984 1,080 176
1976–77 4,228 875 177 1,820 394 126 5,359 930 153
1977–78 3,708 692 155 1,647 357 101 4,832 822 113
1978–79 3,558 576 143 1,524 344 106 4,563 720 118
1979–80 3,285 513 128 1,466 309 94 4,331 685 103
                   
1980–81 3,178 460 115 1,286 294 79 3,870 592 131
1981–82 3,054 485 92 1,327 324 76 3,633 568 140
1982–83 2,871 360 106 1,367 281 68 3,349 506 129
1983–84 2,876 418 86 1,292 241 63 3,254 537 102
1984–85 2,991 385 74 1,411 240 58 3,415 505 115
                   
1985–86 3,015 409 86 1,396 249 73 3,385 521 95
1986–87 3,062 421 85 1,366 234 70 3,450 504 104
1987–88 3,082 437 89 1,350 244 71 3,416 553 93
1988–89 3,297 444 83 1,428 263 59 3,748 552 101
1989–90 3,259 478 115 1,437 253 67 4,176 573 108
                   
1990–91 3,355 480 98 1,543 242 58 4,480 609 125
1991–92 3,371 465 112 1,616 273 85 4,768 647 143
1992–93 3,280 513 98 1,572 317 86 5,233 667 145
1993–94 3,094 479 104 1,580 298 61 5,505 691 160
1994–95 2,764 470 118 1,352 278 83 5,602 709 161
                   
1995–96 2,655 446 113 1,290 305 75 5,995 769 151
1996–97 2,468 414 119 1,214 281 80 6,161 677 175
1997–98 2,530 389 104 1,181 209 94 6,595 781 160
1998–99 2,555 357 116 1,246 238 77 6,964 694 152
1999–2000 2,514 343 129 1,125 184 76 7,031 718 175
                   
2000–01 2,371 376 115 1,143 242 73 7,164 716 185
2001–02 2,396 356 89 1,092 208 64 7,243 792 193
2002–03 2,291 348 75 1,097 188 77 7,613 791 190
2003–04 2,362 361 85 1,031 153 30 7,991 833 199
2004–05 2,394 356 80 1,103 180 56 8,304 919 190
2005–06 2,410 395 84 1,106 172 48 8,690 981 192
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Earned Degrees Conferred, 1949–50 and 1959–60; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1967–68 through 1985–86; and 1986–87 through 2005–06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87–99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2006. (This table was prepared April 2006.)

2007 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest