Table 317.

Degrees in the social sciences and history conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970-71 through 2007-08

Year	Bachelor's degrees				Master's degrees			Doctor's degrees
	Total		Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
	Number	Annual percent change
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1970-71	155,324	†	98,173	57,151	16,539	11,833	4,706	3,660	3,153	507
1971-72	158,060	1.8	100,895	57,165	17,445	12,540	4,905	4,081	3,483	598
1972-73	155,970	-1.3	99,735	56,235	17,477	12,605	4,872	4,234	3,573	661
1973-74	150,320	-3.6	95,650	54,670	17,293	12,321	4,972	4,124	3,383	741
1974-75	135,190	-10.1	84,826	50,364	16,977	11,875	5,102	4,212	3,334	878
1975-76	126,396	-6.5	78,691	47,705	15,953	10,918	5,035	4,157	3,262	895
1976-77	117,040	-7.4	71,128	45,912	15,533	10,413	5,120	3,802	2,957	845
1977-78	112,952	-3.5	67,217	45,735	14,718	9,845	4,873	3,594	2,722	872
1978-79	108,059	-4.3	62,852	45,207	12,963	8,395	4,568	3,371	2,501	870
1979-80	103,662	-4.1	58,511	45,151	12,176	7,794	4,382	3,230	2,357	873
1980-81	100,513	-3.0	56,131	44,382	11,945	7,457	4,488	3,122	2,274	848
1981-82	99,705	-0.8	55,196	44,509	12,002	7,468	4,534	3,061	2,237	824
1982-83	95,228	-4.5	52,771	42,457	11,205	6,974	4,231	2,931	2,042	889
1983-84	93,323	-2.0	52,154	41,169	10,577	6,551	4,026	2,911	2,030	881
1984-85	91,570	-1.9	51,226	40,344	10,503	6,475	4,028	2,851	1,933	918
1985-86	93,840	2.5	52,724	41,116	10,564	6,419	4,145	2,955	1,970	985
1986-87	96,342	2.7	53,949	42,393	10,506	6,373	4,133	2,916	2,026	890
1987-88	100,460	4.3	56,377	44,083	10,412	6,310	4,102	2,781	1,849	932
1988-89	108,151	7.7	60,121	48,030	11,023	6,599	4,424	2,885	1,949	936
1989-90	118,083	9.2	65,887	52,196	11,634	6,898	4,736	3,010	2,019	991
1990-91	125,107	5.9	68,701	56,406	12,233	7,016	5,217	3,012	1,956	1,056
1991-92	133,974	7.1	73,001	60,973	12,702	7,237	5,465	3,218	2,126	1,092
1992-93	135,703	1.3	73,589	62,114	13,471	7,671	5,800	3,460	2,203	1,257
1993-94	133,680	-1.5	72,006	61,674	14,561	8,152	6,409	3,627	2,317	1,310
1994-95	128,154	-4.1	68,139	60,015	14,845	8,207	6,638	3,725	2,319	1,406
1995-96	126,479	-1.3	65,872	60,607	15,012	8,093	6,919	3,760	2,339	1,421
1996-97	124,891	-1.3	64,115	60,776	14,787	7,830	6,957	3,989	2,479	1,510
1997-98	125,040	0.1	63,537	61,503	14,938	7,960	6,978	4,127	2,445	1,682
1998-99	124,658	-0.3	61,736	62,922	14,431	7,456	6,975	3,855	2,270	1,585
1999-2000	127,101	2.0	62,062	65,039	14,066	7,024	7,042	4,095	2,407	1,688
2000-01	128,036	0.7	61,749	66,287	13,791	6,816	6,975	3,930	2,302	1,628
2001-02	132,874	3.8	64,170	68,704	14,112	6,941	7,171	3,902	2,219	1,683
2002-03	143,256	7.8	69,517	73,739	14,630	7,202	7,428	3,850	2,196	1,654
2003-04	150,357	5.0	73,834	76,523	16,110	7,810	8,300	3,811	2,188	1,623
2004-05	156,892	4.3	77,702	79,190	16,952	8,256	8,696	3,819	2,184	1,635
2005-06	161,485	2.9	80,799	80,686	17,369	8,415	8,954	3,914	2,218	1,696
2006-07	164,183	1.7	82,417	81,766	17,665	8,577	9,088	3,844	2,110	1,734
2007-08	167,363	1.9	84,868	82,495	18,495	9,349	9,146	4,059	2,194	1,865
Percent change   1997-98 to      2002-03	14.6	†	9.4	19.9	-2.1	-9.5	6.4	-6.7	-10.2	-1.7
2002-03 to      2007-08	16.8	†	22.1	11.9	26.4	29.8	23.1	5.4	-0.1	12.8

†Not applicable.

NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1970-71 through 1985-86; and 1986-87 through 2007-08 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87-99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2008. (This table was prepared July 2009.)