Table 296. | Earned degrees in the social sciences and history conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970-71 to 1997-98 |
______________________________________________________________________________________________ | 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 __________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________|________|________|________ |
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. 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 2000.)
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