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Table 286. Earned degrees in French, German, and Spanish conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree: Selected years, 1949-50 to 2002-03

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            |            French          |            German          |           Spanish
Year        |____________________________|____________________________|____________________________
            |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\1\ .|     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
____________|__________|________|________|__________|________|________|__________|________|________

\1\Data were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

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 2002-03 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87-99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2003. (This table was prepared April 2005.)