Table 281.

Degrees in the biological and biomedical sciences conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1951–52 through 2004–05

Year	Bachelor's degrees			Master's degrees			Doctor's degrees
	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1951–52	11,094	8,212	2,882	2,307	1,908	399	764	680	84
1953–54	9,279	6,710	2,569	1,610	1,287	323	1,077	977	100
1955–56	12,423	9,515	2,908	1,759	1,379	380	1,025	908	117
1957–58	14,308	11,159	3,149	1,852	1,448	404	1,125	987	138
1959–60	15,576	11,654	3,922	2,154	1,668	486	1,205	1,086	119
1961–62	16,915	12,136	4,779	2,642	1,982	660	1,338	1,179	159
1963–64	22,723	16,321	6,402	3,296	2,348	948	1,625	1,432	193
1965–66	26,916	19,368	7,548	4,232	3,085	1,147	2,097	1,792	305
1967–68	31,826	22,986	8,840	5,506	3,959	1,547	2,784	2,345	439
1969–70	34,034	23,919	10,115	5,800	3,975	1,825	3,289	2,820	469
1970–71	35,683	25,303	10,380	5,623	3,780	1,843	3,595	3,011	584
1971–72	37,269	26,314	10,955	5,983	4,050	1,933	3,566	2,963	603
1972–73	42,205	29,624	12,581	6,153	4,314	1,839	3,569	2,880	689
1973–74	48,224	33,205	15,019	6,405	4,510	1,895	3,342	2,670	672
1974–75	51,576	34,559	17,017	6,422	4,551	1,871	3,315	2,598	717
1975–76	54,085	35,449	18,636	6,453	4,463	1,990	3,313	2,606	707
1976–77	53,420	34,150	19,270	6,948	4,666	2,282	3,299	2,601	698
1977–78	51,326	31,654	19,672	6,644	4,351	2,293	3,218	2,447	771
1978–79	48,668	29,146	19,522	6,631	4,194	2,437	3,410	2,560	850
1979–80	46,190	26,757	19,433	6,322	4,032	2,290	3,527	2,626	901
1980–81	43,003	24,069	18,934	5,759	3,597	2,162	3,591	2,581	1,010
1981–82	41,425	22,687	18,738	5,667	3,375	2,292	3,611	2,579	1,032
1982–83	39,767	21,483	18,284	5,693	3,284	2,409	3,331	2,268	1,063
1983–84	38,445	20,499	17,946	5,468	3,108	2,360	3,435	2,367	1,068
1984–85	38,229	20,017	18,212	5,100	2,770	2,330	3,408	2,302	1,106
1985–86	38,320	19,950	18,370	5,043	2,719	2,324	3,352	2,236	1,116
1986–87	37,977	19,626	18,351	4,980	2,637	2,343	3,397	2,216	1,181
1987–88	36,576	18,202	18,374	4,857	2,520	2,337	3,606	2,338	1,268
1988–89	35,957	17,935	18,022	5,009	2,583	2,426	3,535	2,245	1,290
1989–90	37,204	18,305	18,899	4,906	2,492	2,414	3,837	2,425	1,412
1990–91	39,377	19,358	20,019	4,796	2,396	2,400	4,034	2,547	1,487
1991–92	42,781	20,748	22,033	4,816	2,411	2,405	4,323	2,676	1,647
1992–93	46,868	22,795	24,073	4,974	2,505	2,469	4,595	2,767	1,828
1993–94	51,157	25,002	26,155	5,390	2,644	2,746	4,724	2,809	1,915
1994–95	55,790	26,628	29,162	5,824	2,885	2,939	4,881	2,901	1,980
1995–96	60,750	28,782	31,968	6,544	3,180	3,364	5,035	2,929	2,106
1996–97	63,679	29,432	34,247	6,925	3,389	3,536	5,094	2,890	2,204
1997–98	65,583	29,511	36,072	6,788	3,301	3,487	5,236	2,970	2,266
1998–99	64,608	28,175	36,433	6,913	3,247	3,666	5,024	2,875	2,149
1999–2000	63,005	26,310	36,695	6,781	3,131	3,650	5,180	2,887	2,293
2000–01	59,865	24,293	35,572	6,955	3,043	3,912	4,953	2,757	2,196
2001–02	59,415	23,346	36,069	6,937	2,996	3,941	4,823	2,667	2,156
2002–03	60,072	22,899	37,173	6,990	2,982	4,008	5,003	2,714	2,289
2003–04	61,509	23,248	38,261	7,657	3,227	4,430	5,242	2,804	2,438
2004–05	64,611	24,617	39,994	8,199	3,318	4,881	5,578	2,845	2,733

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Earned Degrees Conferred, 1951–52 through 1963–64; 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.)