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Table 292.Earned degrees in visual and performing arts\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
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1970-71 .......|  30,394 |  12,256 |  18,138 |   6,675 |   3,510 |   3,165 |     621 |     483 |      138
1971-72 .......|  33,831 |  13,580 |  20,251 |   7,537 |   4,049 |   3,488 |     572 |     428 |      144
1972-73 .......|  36,017 |  14,267 |  21,750 |   7,254 |   4,005 |   3,249 |     616 |     449 |      167
1973-74 .......|  39,730 |  15,821 |  23,909 |   8,001 |   4,325 |   3,676 |     585 |     440 |      145
1974-75 .......|  40,782 |  15,532 |  25,250 |   8,362 |   4,448 |   3,914 |     649 |     446 |      203
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1975-76 .......|  42,138 |  16,491 |  25,647 |   8,817 |   4,507 |   4,310 |     620 |     447 |      173
1976-77 .......|  41,793 |  16,166 |  25,627 |   8,636 |   4,211 |   4,425 |     662 |     447 |      215
1977-78 .......|  40,951 |  15,572 |  25,379 |   9,036 |   4,327 |   4,709 |     708 |     448 |      260
1978-79 .......|  40,969 |  15,380 |  25,589 |   8,524 |   3,933 |   4,591 |     700 |     454 |      246
1979-80 .......|  40,892 |  15,065 |  25,827 |   8,708 |   4,067 |   4,641 |     655 |     413 |      242
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1980-81 .......|  40,479 |  14,798 |  25,681 |   8,629 |   4,056 |   4,573 |     654 |     396 |      258
1981-82 .......|  40,422 |  14,819 |  25,603 |   8,746 |   3,866 |   4,880 |     670 |     380 |      290
1982-83 .......|  39,794 |  14,690 |  25,104 |   8,763 |   4,013 |   4,750 |     692 |     404 |      288
1983-84 .......|  40,131 |  15,089 |  25,042 |   8,526 |   3,897 |   4,629 |     730 |     406 |      324
1984-85 .......|  38,140 |  14,462 |  23,678 |   8,718 |   3,894 |   4,824 |     696 |     407 |      289
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1985-86 .......|  37,241 |  14,236 |  23,005 |   8,420 |   3,775 |   4,645 |     722 |     396 |      326
1986-87 .......|  36,615 |  13,751 |  22,864 |   8,508 |   3,756 |   4,752 |     793 |     447 |      346
1987-88 .......|  36,944 |  14,068 |  22,876 |   7,939 |   3,442 |   4,497 |     727 |     424 |      303
1988-89 .......|  38,227 |  14,539 |  23,688 |   8,267 |   3,611 |   4,656 |     753 |     446 |      307
1989-90 .......|  38,934 |  15,189 |  23,745 |   8,481 |   3,706 |   4,775 |     849 |     472 |      377
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1990-91 .......|  42,186 |  15,761 |  26,425 |   8,657 |   3,830 |   4,827 |     838 |     466 |      372
1991-92 .......|  46,522 |  17,616 |  28,906 |   9,353 |   4,078 |   5,275 |     906 |     504 |      402
1992-93 .......|  47,761 |  18,610 |  29,151 |   9,440 |   4,099 |   5,341 |     882 |     478 |      404
1993-94 .......|  49,053 |  19,538 |  29,515 |   9,925 |   4,229 |   5,696 |   1,054 |     585 |      469
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\1\Prior to 1982-83: Includes visual and performing arts, general; crafts, folk art, and artisanry; dance; design and applied art; theatre arts; film and photographic arts; fine arts; graphic arts technology; music; and precision production. From 1982-83: Includes visual and performing arts, general; crafts, folk art, and artisanry; dance; design and applied art; theatre arts and stagecraft; film/video and photographic arts; fine arts and art studies; music; and visual and performing arts, other.

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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