Earned degrees in public administration and services\1\ conferred by institutions of higher education, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970-71 to 1992-93

Table 286.

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               |     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 .......|   5,466 |   1,726 |   3,740 |   7,785 |   3,893 |   3,892 |     174 |     132 |       42
1971-72 .......|   7,508 |   2,588 |   4,920 |   8,756 |   4,537 |   4,219 |     193 |     150 |       43
1972-73 .......|  10,690 |   3,998 |   6,692 |  10,068 |   5,271 |   4,797 |     198 |     160 |       38
1973-74 .......|  11,966 |   4,266 |   7,700 |  11,415 |   6,028 |   5,387 |     201 |     154 |       47
1974-75 .......|  13,661 |   4,630 |   9,031 |  13,617 |   7,200 |   6,417 |     257 |     192 |       65
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1975-76 .......|  15,440 |   5,706 |   9,734 |  15,209 |   7,969 |   7,240 |     292 |     192 |      100
1976-77 .......|  16,136 |   5,544 |  10,592 |  17,026 |   8,810 |   8,216 |     292 |     197 |       95
1977-78 .......|  16,607 |   5,096 |  11,511 |  17,337 |   8,513 |   8,824 |     357 |     237 |      120
1978-79 .......|  17,328 |   4,938 |  12,390 |  17,306 |   8,051 |   9,255 |     315 |     215 |      100
1979-80 .......|  16,644 |   4,451 |  12,193 |  17,560 |   7,866 |   9,694 |     342 |     216 |      126
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1980-81 .......|  16,707 |   4,248 |  12,459 |  17,803 |   7,460 |  10,343 |     362 |     212 |      150
1981-82 .......|  16,495 |   4,176 |  12,319 |  17,416 |   6,975 |  10,441 |     372 |     205 |      167
1982-83 .......|  14,414 |   3,343 |  11,071 |  16,046 |   5,961 |  10,085 |     347 |     184 |      163
1983-84 .......|  12,570 |   2,998 |   9,572 |  15,060 |   5,634 |   9,426 |     420 |     230 |      190
1984-85 .......|  11,754 |   2,829 |   8,925 |  15,575 |   5,573 |  10,002 |     431 |     213 |      218
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1985-86 .......|  11,887 |   2,966 |   8,921 |  15,692 |   5,594 |  10,098 |     382 |     171 |      211
1986-87 .......|  12,328 |   2,993 |   9,335 |  16,432 |   5,673 |  10,759 |     398 |     216 |      182
1987-88 .......|  12,385 |   2,923 |   9,462 |  16,424 |   5,631 |  10,793 |     470 |     238 |      232
1988-89 .......|  13,162 |   3,214 |   9,948 |  17,020 |   5,615 |  11,405 |     428 |     210 |      218
1989-90 .......|  13,908 |   3,334 |  10,574 |  17,399 |   5,634 |  11,765 |     508 |     235 |      273
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1990-91 .......|  14,350 |   3,215 |  11,135 |  17,905 |   5,679 |  12,226 |     430 |     190 |      240
1991-92 .......|  15,987 |   3,479 |  12,508 |  19,243 |   5,769 |  13,474 |     432 |     204 |      228
1992-93 .......|  16,775 |   3,801 |  12,974 |  20,634 |   6,105 |  14,529 |     459 |     215 |      244
_______________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________

\1\Includes degrees in public administration; community organization, resources and services; public policy analysis; social work; and other public affairs.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared January 1995.)

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