Earned degrees in public administration and services conferred by institutions of higher education, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970-71 to 1996-97

Table 299

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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
1993-94 ..| 17,815 |  3,919 | 13,896 |  21,833 |  6,406 | 15,427 |    519 |    238 |     281
1994-95 ..| 18,586 |  3,935 | 14,651 |  23,501 |  6,870 | 16,631 |    556 |    274 |     282
          |        |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
1995-96 ..| 19,849 |  4,205 | 15,644 |  24,229 |  6,927 | 17,302 |    499 |    220 |     279
1996-97 ..| 20,649 |  4,177 | 16,472 |  24,781 |  6,957 | 17,824 |    518 |    243 |     275
__________|________|________|________|_________|________|________|________|________|_________

NOTE.--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, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared June 1999.)

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