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Table 309. Degrees in architecture and related services conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1949-50 through 2008-09
Year Bachelor's degrees Master's degrees Doctor's degrees
Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
Number Annual
percent
change
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1949-50 2,563 2,441 122 166 159 7 1 1 0
1959-60 1,801 1,744 57 319 305 14 17 17 0
1967-68 3,057 2,931 126 1,021 953 68 15 15 0
1969-70 4,105 3,888 217 1,427 1,260 167 35 33 2
1970-71 5,570 35.7 4,906 664 1,705 1,469 236 36 33 3
                     
1971-72 6,440 15.6 5,667 773 1,899 1,626 273 50 43 7
1972-73 6,962 8.1 6,042 920 2,307 1,943 364 58 54 4
1973-74 7,822 12.4 6,665 1,157 2,702 2,208 494 69 65 4
1974-75 8,226 5.2 6,791 1,435 2,938 2,343 595 69 58 11
1975-76 9,146 11.2 7,396 1,750 3,215 2,545 670 82 69 13
                     
1976-77 9,222 0.8 7,249 1,973 3,213 2,489 724 73 62 11
1977-78 9,250 0.3 7,054 2,196 3,115 2,304 811 73 57 16
1978-79 9,273 0.2 6,876 2,397 3,113 2,226 887 96 74 22
1979-80 9,132 -1.5 6,596 2,536 3,139 2,245 894 79 66 13
1980-81 9,455 3.5 6,800 2,655 3,153 2,234 919 93 73 20
                     
1981-82 9,728 2.9 6,825 2,903 3,327 2,242 1,085 80 58 22
1982-83 9,823 1.0 6,403 3,420 3,357 2,224 1,133 97 74 23
1983-84 9,186 -6.5 5,895 3,291 3,223 2,197 1,026 84 62 22
1984-85 9,325 1.5 6,019 3,306 3,275 2,148 1,127 89 66 23
1985-86 9,119 -2.2 5,824 3,295 3,260 2,129 1,131 73 56 17
                     
1986-87 8,950 -1.9 5,617 3,333 3,163 2,086 1,077 92 66 26
1987-88 8,603 -3.9 5,271 3,332 3,159 2,042 1,117 98 66 32
1988-89 9,150 6.4 5,545 3,605 3,383 2,192 1,191 86 63 23
1989-90 9,364 2.3 5,703 3,661 3,499 2,228 1,271 103 73 30
1990-91 9,781 4.5 5,788 3,993 3,490 2,244 1,246 135 101 34
                     
1991-92 8,753 -10.5 5,805 2,948 3,640 2,271 1,369 132 93 39
1992-93 9,167 4.7 5,940 3,227 3,808 2,376 1,432 148 105 43
1993-94 8,975 -2.1 5,764 3,211 3,943 2,428 1,515 161 111 50
1994-95 8,756 -2.4 5,741 3,015 3,923 2,310 1,613 141 95 46
1995-96 8,352 -4.6 5,340 3,012 3,993 2,361 1,632 141 96 45
                     
1996-97 7,944 -4.9 5,090 2,854 4,034 2,336 1,698 135 93 42
1997-98 7,652 -3.7 4,966 2,686 4,347 2,537 1,810 131 80 51
1998-99 8,246 7.8 5,157 3,089 4,172 2,394 1,778 123 80 43
1999-2000 8,462 2.6 5,193 3,269 4,268 2,508 1,760 129 85 44
2000-01 8,480 0.2 5,086 3,394 4,302 2,515 1,787 153 83 70
                     
2001-02 8,808 3.9 5,224 3,584 4,566 2,606 1,960 183 117 66
2002-03 9,056 2.8 5,331 3,725 4,925 2,832 2,093 152 83 69
2003-04 8,838 -2.4 5,059 3,779 5,424 3,049 2,375 173 94 79
2004-05 9,237 4.5 5,222 4,015 5,674 3,180 2,494 179 110 69
2005-06 9,515 3.0 5,414 4,101 5,743 3,165 2,578 201 108 93
                     
2006-07 9,717 2.1 5,393 4,324 5,951 3,304 2,647 178 104 74
2007-08 9,805 0.9 5,579 4,226 6,065 3,252 2,813 199 103 96
2008-09 10,119 3.2 5,797 4,322 6,587 3,657 2,930 212 113 99
                     
Percent change                    
1998-99 to
    2003-04
7.2 -1.9 22.3 30.0 27.4 33.6 40.7 17.5 83.7
2003-04 to
    2008-09
14.5 14.6 14.4 21.4 19.9 23.4 22.5 20.2 25.3
†Not applicable.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
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 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87-99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2009. (This table was prepared July 2010.)

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