Table 251.

Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1869–70 through  2015–16

Year	Associate's degrees			Bachelor's degrees						Master's degrees			First-professional degrees			Doctor's degrees1
	Total	Males	Females	Total		Males		Females		Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
1	2	3	4	5		6		7		8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1869–70	—	—	—	9,371	2	7,993	2	1,378	2	0	0	0	(3)	(3)	(3)	1	1	0
1879–80	—	—	—	12,896	2	10,411	2	2,485	2	879	868	11	(3)	(3)	(3)	54	51	3
1889–90	—	—	—	15,539	2	12,857	2	2,682	2	1,015	821	194	(3)	(3)	(3)	149	147	2
1899–1900	—	—	—	27,410	2	22,173	2	5,237	2	1,583	1,280	303	(3)	(3)	(3)	382	359	23
1909–10	—	—	—	37,199	2	28,762	2	8,437	2	2,113	1,555	558	(3)	(3)	(3)	443	399	44
1919–20	—	—	—	48,622	2	31,980	2	16,642	2	4,279	2,985	1,294	(3)	(3)	(3)	615	522	93
1929–30	—	—	—	122,484	2	73,615	2	48,869	2	14,969	8,925	6,044	(3)	(3)	(3)	2,299	1,946	353
1939–40	—	—	—	186,500	2	109,546	2	76,954	2	26,731	16,508	10,223	(3)	(3)	(3)	3,290	2,861	429
1949–50	—	—	—	432,058	2	328,841	2	103,217	2	58,183	41,220	16,963	(3)	(3)	(3)	6,420	5,804	616
1959–60	—	—	—	392,440	2	254,063	2	138,377	2	74,435	50,898	23,537	(3)	(3)	(3)	9,829	8,801	1,028
1969–70	206,023	117,432	88,591	792,316		451,097		341,219		208,291	125,624	82,667	34,918	33,077	1,841	29,866	25,890	3,976
1970–71	252,311	144,144	108,167	839,730		475,594		364,136		230,509	138,146	92,363	37,946	35,544	2,402	32,107	27,530	4,577
1971–72	292,014	166,227	125,787	887,273		500,590		386,683		251,633	149,550	102,083	43,411	40,723	2,688	33,363	28,090	5,273
1972–73	316,174	175,413	140,761	922,362		518,191		404,171		263,371	154,468	108,903	50,018	46,489	3,529	34,777	28,571	6,206
1973–74	343,924	188,591	155,333	945,776		527,313		418,463		277,033	157,842	119,191	53,816	48,530	5,286	33,816	27,365	6,451
1974–75	360,171	191,017	169,154	922,933		504,841		418,092		292,450	161,570	130,880	55,916	48,956	6,960	34,083	26,817	7,266
1975–76	391,454	209,996	181,458	925,746		504,925		420,821		311,771	167,248	144,523	62,649	52,892	9,757	34,064	26,267	7,797
1976–77	406,377	210,842	195,535	919,549		495,545		424,004		317,164	167,783	149,381	64,359	52,374	11,985	33,232	25,142	8,090
1977–78	412,246	204,718	207,528	921,204		487,347		433,857		311,620	161,212	150,408	66,581	52,270	14,311	32,131	23,658	8,473
1978–79	402,702	192,091	210,611	921,390		477,344		444,046		301,079	153,370	147,709	68,848	52,652	16,196	32,730	23,541	9,189
1979–80	400,910	183,737	217,173	929,417		473,611		455,806		298,081	150,749	147,332	70,131	52,716	17,415	32,615	22,943	9,672
1980–81	416,377	188,638	227,739	935,140		469,883		465,257		295,739	147,043	148,696	71,956	52,792	19,164	32,958	22,711	10,247
1981–82	434,526	196,944	237,582	952,998		473,364		479,634		295,546	145,532	150,014	72,032	52,223	19,809	32,707	22,224	10,483
1982–83	449,620	203,991	245,629	969,510		479,140		490,370		289,921	144,697	145,224	73,054	51,250	21,804	32,775	21,902	10,873
1983–84	452,240	202,704	249,536	974,309		482,319		491,990		284,263	143,595	140,668	74,468	51,378	23,090	33,209	22,064	11,145
1984–85	454,712	202,932	251,780	979,477		482,528		496,949		286,251	143,390	142,861	75,063	50,455	24,608	32,943	21,700	11,243
1985–86	446,047	196,166	249,881	987,823		485,923		501,900		288,567	143,508	145,059	73,910	49,261	24,649	33,653	21,819	11,834
1986–87	436,304	190,839	245,465	991,264		480,782		510,482		289,349	141,269	148,080	71,617	46,523	25,094	34,041	22,061	11,980
1987–88	435,085	190,047	245,038	994,829		477,203		517,626		299,317	145,163	154,154	70,735	45,484	25,251	34,870	22,615	12,255
1988–89	436,764	186,316	250,448	1,018,755		483,346		535,409		310,621	149,354	161,267	70,856	45,046	25,810	35,720	22,648	13,072
1989–90	455,102	191,195	263,907	1,051,344		491,696		559,648		324,301	153,653	170,648	70,988	43,961	27,027	38,371	24,401	13,970
1990–91	481,720	198,634	283,086	1,094,538		504,045		590,493		337,168	156,482	180,686	71,948	43,846	28,102	39,294	24,756	14,538
1991–92	504,231	207,481	296,750	1,136,553		520,811		615,742		352,838	161,842	190,996	74,146	45,071	29,075	40,659	25,557	15,102
1992–93	514,756	211,964	302,792	1,165,178		532,881		632,297		369,585	169,258	200,327	75,387	45,153	30,234	42,132	26,073	16,059
1993–94	530,632	215,261	315,371	1,169,275		532,422		636,853		387,070	176,085	210,985	75,418	44,707	30,711	43,185	26,552	16,633
1994–95	539,691	218,352	321,339	1,160,134		526,131		634,003		397,629	178,598	219,031	75,800	44,853	30,947	44,446	26,916	17,530
1995–96	555,216	219,514	335,702	1,164,792		522,454		642,338		406,301	179,081	227,220	76,734	44,748	31,986	44,652	26,841	17,811
1996–97	571,226	223,948	347,278	1,172,879		520,515		652,364		419,401	180,947	238,454	78,730	45,564	33,166	45,876	27,146	18,730
1997–98	558,555	217,613	340,942	1,184,406		519,956		664,450		430,164	184,375	245,789	78,598	44,911	33,687	46,010	26,664	19,346
1998–99	559,954	218,417	341,537	1,200,303		518,746		681,557		439,986	186,148	253,838	78,439	44,339	34,100	44,077	25,146	18,931
1999–2000	564,933	224,721	340,212	1,237,875		530,367		707,508		457,056	191,792	265,264	80,057	44,239	35,818	44,808	25,028	19,780
2000–01	578,865	231,645	347,220	1,244,171		531,840		712,331		468,476	194,351	274,125	79,707	42,862	36,845	44,904	24,728	20,176
2001–02	595,133	238,109	357,024	1,291,900		549,816		742,084		482,118	199,120	282,998	80,698	42,507	38,191	44,160	23,708	20,452
2002–03	632,912	253,060	379,852	1,348,503		573,079		775,424		512,645	211,381	301,264	80,810	41,834	38,976	46,024	24,341	21,683
2003–04	665,301	260,033	405,268	1,399,542		595,425		804,117		558,940	229,545	329,395	83,041	42,169	40,872	48,378	25,323	23,055
2004–05	696,660	267,536	429,124	1,439,264		613,000		826,264		574,618	233,590	341,028	87,289	43,849	43,440	52,631	26,973	25,658
2005–064	682,000	262,000	420,000	1,456,000		608,000		849,000		584,000	228,000	356,000	85,100	41,600	43,500	49,500	25,700	23,800
2006–074	686,000	263,000	423,000	1,488,000		618,000		870,000		603,000	234,000	369,000	87,400	42,200	45,200	50,500	26,100	24,400
2007–084	694,000	264,000	430,000	1,523,000		629,000		894,000		619,000	239,000	380,000	89,700	42,800	46,900	50,900	26,200	24,700
2008–094	704,000	264,000	440,000	1,561,000		640,000		921,000		635,000	245,000	390,000	91,900	43,500	48,400	51,100	26,100	24,900
2009–104	714,000	268,000	447,000	1,596,000		651,000		945,000		647,000	251,000	397,000	93,400	44,000	49,300	51,200	26,100	25,100
2010–114	721,000	270,000	451,000	1,622,000		658,000		964,000		657,000	255,000	402,000	94,500	44,500	50,000	51,700	26,300	25,500
2011–124	726,000	271,000	455,000	1,645,000		664,000		980,000		670,000	260,000	409,000	95,900	45,000	50,900	52,600	26,600	26,100
2012–134	730,000	272,000	458,000	1,665,000		670,000		995,000		685,000	267,000	418,000	97,300	45,500	51,800	53,800	27,000	26,800
2013–144	735,000	273,000	462,000	1,682,000		674,000		1,007,000		705,000	275,000	431,000	99,200	46,100	53,100	55,300	27,500	27,800
2014–154	740,000	273,000	467,000	1,697,000		677,000		1,019,000		731,000	284,000	447,000	101,400	46,700	54,700	56,900	28,000	28,900
2015–164	744,000	272,000	472,000	1,705,000		677,000		1,028,000		757,000	293,000	464,000	103,800	47,200	56,500	58,500	28,400	30,100

—Not available. 1 Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes first-professional, such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees. 2 Includes first-professional degrees. 3 First-professional degrees are included with bachelor's degrees. 4 Projected. NOTE: Data through 1994–95 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Earned Degrees Conferred, 1869–70 through 1964–65; Projections of Education Statistics to 2015; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1965–66 through 1985–86; and 1986–87 through 2004–05 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87–99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2005. (This table was prepared July 2006.)