Earned degrees in education conferred by institutions of higher education, by level of degree and sex of student: 1949-50 to 1993-94

Table 278.

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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
---------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------
1949-50 .......|  61,472 |  31,398 |  30,074 |  20,069 |  12,025 |   8,044 |     953 |     797 |     156
1959-60 .......|  89,002 |  25,556 |  63,446 |  33,433 |  18,057 |  15,376 |   1,591 |   1,279 |     312
1967-68 .......| 133,965 |  31,926 | 102,039 |  63,399 |  30,672 |  32,727 |   4,078 |   3,250 |     828
1969-70 .......| 163,964 |  40,420 | 123,544 |  78,020 |  34,832 |  43,188 |   5,588 |   4,479 |   1,109
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1970-71 .......| 176,307 |  44,896 | 131,411 |  87,666 |  38,365 |  49,301 |   6,041 |   4,771 |   1,270
1971-72 .......| 190,880 |  49,344 | 141,536 |  96,668 |  41,141 |  55,527 |   6,648 |   5,104 |   1,544
1972-73 .......| 193,984 |  51,300 | 142,684 | 103,777 |  43,298 |  60,479 |   6,857 |   5,191 |   1,666
1973-74 .......| 184,907 |  48,997 | 135,910 | 110,402 |  44,112 |  66,290 |   6,757 |   4,974 |   1,783
1974-75 .......| 166,758 |  44,463 | 122,295 | 117,841 |  44,430 |  73,411 |   6,975 |   4,856 |   2,119
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1975-76 .......| 154,437 |  42,004 | 112,433 | 126,061 |  44,831 |  81,230 |   7,202 |   4,826 |   2,376
1976-77 .......| 143,234 |  39,867 | 103,367 | 124,267 |  42,308 |  81,959 |   7,338 |   4,832 |   2,506
1977-78 .......| 135,821 |  37,410 |  98,411 | 116,916 |  37,662 |  79,254 |   7,018 |   4,281 |   2,737
1978-79 .......| 125,873 |  33,743 |  92,130 | 109,866 |  34,410 |  75,456 |   7,170 |   4,174 |   2,996
1979-80 .......| 118,038 |  30,901 |  87,137 | 101,819 |  30,300 |  71,519 |   7,314 |   4,100 |   3,214
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1980-81 .......| 108,074 |  27,039 |  81,035 |  96,713 |  27,548 |  69,165 |   7,279 |   3,843 |   3,436
1981-82 .......| 100,932 |  24,380 |  76,552 |  91,601 |  25,339 |  66,262 |   6,999 |   3,612 |   3,387
1982-83 .......|  97,895 |  23,644 |  74,251 |  83,250 |  22,823 |  60,427 |   7,057 |   3,547 |   3,510
1983-84 .......|  92,299 |  22,195 |  70,104 |  75,664 |  21,142 |  54,522 |   6,911 |   3,446 |   3,465
1984-85 .......|  88,072 |  21,252 |  66,820 |  74,654 |  20,537 |  54,117 |   6,612 |   3,172 |   3,440
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1985-86 .......|  87,114 |  20,959 |  66,155 |  74,801 |  20,295 |  54,506 |   6,605 |   3,088 |   3,517
1986-87 .......|  86,936 |  20,729 |  66,207 |  74,045 |  19,293 |  54,752 |   6,407 |   2,931 |   3,476
1987-88 .......|  91,112 |  20,988 |  70,124 |  76,566 |  19,108 |  57,458 |   6,060 |   2,739 |   3,321
1988-89 .......|  96,913 |  21,662 |  75,251 |  81,174 |  19,956 |  61,218 |   6,337 |   2,704 |   3,633
1989-90 .......| 105,112 |  23,007 |  82,105 |  84,881 |  20,467 |  64,414 |   6,502 |   2,776 |   3,726
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1990-91 .......| 110,807 |  23,417 |  87,390 |  87,343 |  20,448 |  66,895 |   6,187 |   2,613 |   3,574
1991-92 .......| 108,006 |  22,686 |  85,320 |  92,668 |  21,244 |  71,424 |   6,864 |   2,783 |   4,081
1992-93 .......| 107,781 |  23,233 |  84,548 |  96,028 |  22,197 |  73,831 |   7,030 |   2,867 |   4,163
1993-94 .......| 107,600 |  24,450 |  83,150 |  98,938 |  23,008 |  75,930 |   6,908 |   2,706 |   4,202
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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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