Table 279.

Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1869-70 through 2019-20

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	634,016	253,451	380,565	1,348,811		573,258		775,553		513,339	211,664	301,675	80,897	41,887	39,010	46,042	24,351	21,691
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
2005-06	713,066	270,095	442,971	1,485,242		630,600		854,642		594,065	237,896	356,169	87,655	44,038	43,617	56,067	28,634	27,433
2006-07	728,114	275,187	452,927	1,524,092		649,570		874,522		604,607	238,189	366,418	90,064	45,057	45,007	60,616	30,251	30,365
2007-08	750,164	282,521	467,643	1,563,069		667,928		895,141		625,023	246,491	378,532	91,309	45,916	45,393	63,712	31,215	32,497
2008-09	787,325	298,141	489,184	1,601,368		685,382		915,986		656,784	259,998	396,786	92,004	46,900	45,104	67,716	32,279	35,437
2009-104	797,000	297,000	500,000	1,652,000		711,000		941,000		670,000	270,000	400,000	97,100	48,800	48,200	68,800	33,100	35,800
2010-114	818,000	303,000	515,000	1,696,000		732,000		964,000		687,000	280,000	407,000	100,700	51,000	49,700	71,700	34,100	37,700
2011-124	833,000	307,000	526,000	1,725,000		749,000		976,000		696,000	281,000	416,000	102,300	52,100	50,200	74,700	35,100	39,500
2012-134	845,000	309,000	535,000	1,744,000		755,000		989,000		709,000	283,000	426,000	103,100	52,300	50,700	77,600	36,200	41,400
2013-144	858,000	312,000	547,000	1,762,000		759,000		1,003,000		727,000	289,000	439,000	104,600	52,900	51,700	80,500	37,200	43,300
2014-154	876,000	315,000	561,000	1,786,000		765,000		1,021,000		750,000	297,000	453,000	107,200	53,800	53,300	83,400	38,200	45,100
2015-164	895,000	319,000	576,000	1,812,000		773,000		1,039,000		771,000	306,000	466,000	110,600	55,200	55,400	86,300	39,300	47,000
2016-174	915,000	323,000	592,000	1,844,000		784,000		1,060,000		791,000	313,000	478,000	113,900	56,500	57,400	89,200	40,300	48,900
2017-184	934,000	326,000	608,000	1,871,000		792,000		1,079,000		809,000	319,000	490,000	116,900	57,600	59,200	92,100	41,400	50,700
2018-194	955,000	330,000	624,000	1,899,000		800,000		1,099,000		827,000	324,000	502,000	119,500	58,600	60,900	95,000	42,400	52,600
2019-204	975,000	334,000	641,000	1,926,000		809,000		1,117,000		839,000	328,000	512,000	121,900	59,400	62,500	97,900	43,400	54,500

—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 Appendix A: 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 2019; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1965-66 through 1985-86; and 1986-87 through 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87-99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2009. (This table was prepared September 2010.)