Earned degrees in communications conferred by institutions of higher education, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970-71 to 1993-94

Table 276.

Earned degrees in communications\1\ conferred by institutions of higher education, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970-71 to 1993-94

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               |     Bachelor's degrees      |       Master's degrees      |      Doctor's degrees
     Year      |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------
               |  Total  |   Men   |  Women  |  Total  |   Men   |  Women  |  Total  |   Men   |  Women
---------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------
       1       |    2    |    3    |    4    |    5    |    6    |    7    |    8    |    9    |   10
---------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------
1970-71 .......|  10,802 |   6,989 |   3,813 |   1,856 |   1,214 |     642 |     145 |     126 |      19
1971-72 .......|  12,340 |   7,964 |   4,376 |   2,200 |   1,443 |     757 |     111 |      96 |      15
1972-73 .......|  14,317 |   9,074 |   5,243 |   2,406 |   1,546 |     860 |     139 |     114 |      25
1973-74 .......|  17,096 |  10,536 |   6,560 |   2,640 |   1,668 |     972 |     175 |     146 |      29
1974-75 .......|  19,248 |  11,455 |   7,793 |   2,794 |   1,618 |   1,176 |     165 |     119 |      46
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1975-76 .......|  21,282 |  12,458 |   8,824 |   3,126 |   1,818 |   1,308 |     204 |     154 |      50
1976-77 .......|  23,214 |  12,932 |  10,282 |   3,091 |   1,719 |   1,372 |     171 |     130 |      41
1977-78 .......|  25,400 |  13,480 |  11,920 |   3,296 |   1,673 |   1,623 |     191 |     138 |      53
1978-79 .......|  26,457 |  13,266 |  13,191 |   2,882 |   1,483 |   1,399 |     192 |     138 |      54
1979-80 .......|  28,616 |  13,656 |  14,960 |   3,082 |   1,527 |   1,555 |     193 |     121 |      72
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1980-81 .......|  31,282 |  14,179 |  17,103 |   3,105 |   1,448 |   1,657 |     182 |     107 |      75
1981-82 .......|  34,222 |  14,917 |  19,305 |   3,327 |   1,578 |   1,749 |     200 |     136 |      64
1982-83........|  38,567 |  16,161 |  22,406 |   3,604 |   1,661 |   1,943 |     214 |     126 |      88
1983-84........|  40,113 |  16,604 |  23,509 |   3,656 |   1,600 |   2,056 |     219 |     131 |      88
1984-85........|  42,002 |  17,175 |  24,827 |   3,669 |   1,576 |   2,093 |     234 |     143 |      91
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1985-86 .......|  43,076 |  17,639 |  25,437 |   3,823 |   1,610 |   2,213 |     223 |     116 |     107
1986-87 .......|  45,337 |  18,110 |  27,227 |   3,893 |   1,590 |   2,303 |     275 |     158 |     117
1987-88 .......|  46,649 |  18,527 |  28,122 |   3,925 |   1,568 |   2,357 |     234 |     134 |     100
1988-89 .......|  48,609 |  19,215 |  29,394 |   4,257 |   1,737 |   2,520 |     253 |     138 |     115
1989-90 .......|  51,308 |  20,218 |  31,090 |   4,362 |   1,707 |   2,655 |     273 |     145 |     128
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1990-91 .......|  52,773 |  20,645 |  32,128 |   4,336 |   1,711 |   2,625 |     274 |     151 |     123
1991-92 .......|  54,977 |  21,497 |  33,480 |   4,464 |   1,692 |   2,772 |     255 |     132 |     123
1992-93 .......|  54,706 |  22,028 |  32,678 |   5,209 |   1,980 |   3,229 |     301 |     146 |     155
1993-94 .......|  51,827 |  21,359 |  30,468 |   5,419 |   2,098 |   3,321 |     345 |     174 |     171
---------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------

\1\Includes degrees in communications, general; advertising; journalism; broadcast journalism; public relations and organizational communications; radio and television technology; communications, other; and communications technologies.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared November 1995.)

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