Table 291.

Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by control of institution and level of degree: 1969-70 through 2009-10

Year	Public institutions				Private institutions
					Total					Not-for-profit				For-profit
	Asso- ciate's degrees	Bache- lor's degrees	Mas- ter's degrees	Doctor's degrees1	Asso- ciate's degrees		Bache- lor's degrees	Mas- ter's degrees	Doctor's degrees1	Asso- ciate's degrees	Bache- lor's degrees	Mas- ter's degrees	Doctor's degrees1	Asso- ciate's degrees	Bache- lor's degrees	Mas- ter's degrees	Doctor's degrees1
1	2	3	4	5	6		7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
1969-70	170,966	519,550	134,545	33,725	35,057		272,766	79,044	25,761	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1970-71	215,645	557,996	151,603	36,927	36,666		281,734	83,961	28,071	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1971-72	255,218	599,615	167,075	40,297	36,796		287,658	90,126	30,909	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1972-73	278,132	630,899	174,405	44,229	38,042		291,463	94,249	35,283	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1973-74	303,188	651,544	184,632	45,018	40,736		294,232	97,442	37,573	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1974-75	318,474	634,785	193,804	45,788	41,697		288,148	103,741	39,116	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1975-76	345,006	635,161	206,298	47,517	46,448		290,585	111,179	43,490	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1976-77	355,650	630,463	208,901	47,573	50,727		289,086	114,124	44,157	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977-78	358,874	627,903	202,099	47,553	53,372		293,301	115,888	44,792	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978-79	346,808	621,666	192,016	48,602	55,894		299,724	115,670	46,369	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1979-80	344,536	624,084	187,499	48,550	56,374		305,333	117,697	47,081	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1980-81	352,391	626,452	184,384	50,023	63,986	2	308,688	118,253	47,993	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1981-82	366,732	636,475	182,295	50,500	67,794	2	316,523	120,152	47,338	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1982-83	377,817	646,317	176,246	50,943	71,803	2	323,193	120,169	48,392	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983-84	379,249	646,013	170,693	50,727	72,991		328,296	120,448	50,072	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984-85	377,625	652,246	170,000	51,489	77,087		327,231	123,472	49,296	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1985-86	369,052	658,586	169,903	51,001	76,995		329,237	125,947	49,279	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986-87	358,811	659,260	167,797	51,216	77,493		332,004	128,733	47,261	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1987-88	354,180	658,491	173,778	51,641	80,905		336,338	132,005	47,498	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1988-89	357,001	675,675	179,109	51,963	79,763		343,080	137,517	48,608	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1989-90	375,635	700,015	186,104	53,451	79,467		351,329	144,048	50,057	42,497	344,569	142,681	49,655	36,970	6,760	1,367	402
1990-91	398,055	724,062	193,057	55,235	83,665		370,476	149,806	50,312	45,821	360,634	146,161	49,841	37,844	9,842	3,645	471
1991-92	420,265	759,475	203,398	56,186	83,966		377,078	154,691	53,368	45,700	370,718	153,291	52,830	38,266	6,360	1,400	538
1992-93	430,321	785,112	213,843	57,020	84,435		380,066	161,189	55,052	47,713	373,346	159,562	54,399	36,722	6,720	1,627	653
1993-94	444,373	789,148	221,428	58,366	86,259		380,127	171,609	54,270	48,493	371,561	168,718	53,502	37,766	8,566	2,891	768
1994-95	451,539	776,670	224,152	58,788	88,152		383,464	179,457	55,478	48,643	373,454	176,485	54,675	39,509	10,010	2,972	803
1995-96	454,291	774,070	227,179	59,398	100,925		390,722	185,001	56,109	50,678	379,916	181,142	55,506	50,247	10,806	3,859	603
1996-97	465,494	776,677	233,237	61,081	105,732		396,202	192,023	57,666	49,168	384,086	186,963	56,864	56,564	12,116	5,060	802
1997-98	455,084	784,296	235,922	60,948	103,471		400,110	200,115	57,787	47,625	386,455	194,048	57,089	55,846	13,655	6,067	698
1998-99	452,616	792,392	238,954	60,028	112,368		409,847	207,084	56,672	47,757	394,749	198,481	55,663	64,611	15,098	8,603	1,009
1999-2000	448,446	810,855	243,157	60,655	116,487		427,020	220,028	58,081	46,337	406,958	209,720	56,972	70,150	20,062	10,308	1,109
2000-01	456,487	812,438	246,054	60,820	122,378		431,733	227,448	58,765	45,711	408,701	215,815	57,722	76,667	23,032	11,633	1,043
2001-02	471,660	841,180	249,820	61,061	123,473		450,720	237,493	58,602	45,761	424,322	223,229	57,707	77,712	26,398	14,264	895
2002-03	498,279	875,596	265,643	61,611	135,737		473,215	253,056	59,968	46,183	442,060	238,069	58,894	89,554	31,155	14,987	1,074
2003-04	524,875	905,718	285,138	64,205	140,426		493,824	279,134	61,882	45,759	451,518	250,894	60,447	94,667	42,306	28,240	1,435
2004-05	547,519	932,443	291,505	67,511	149,141		506,821	288,646	66,876	45,344	457,963	253,564	65,278	103,797	48,858	35,082	1,598
2005-06	557,134	955,369	293,517	70,036	155,932		529,873	306,214	68,020	46,442	467,836	261,090	66,066	109,490	62,037	45,124	1,954
2006-07	566,535	975,513	291,971	73,085	161,579		548,579	318,626	71,605	43,829	477,805	267,690	69,239	117,750	70,774	50,936	2,366
2007-08	578,520	996,435	299,983	75,533	171,644		566,634	330,683	73,845	44,788	490,685	275,829	70,679	126,856	75,949	54,854	3,166
2008-09	596,098	1,020,435	308,206	77,268	191,227		580,933	353,873	77,157	46,929	496,260	290,393	73,446	144,298	84,673	63,480	3,711
2009-10	640,113	1,049,057	322,243	78,779	209,339		600,957	370,782	79,779	46,673	503,164	299,911	75,166	162,666	97,793	70,871	4,613

—Not available.

1 Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Includes most degrees formerly classified as first-professional, such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees.

2 Part of the increase is due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.

NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1969-70 through 1985-86; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87-99); and IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2010, Completions component. (This table was prepared August 2011.)