| Table 32. Actual and projected numbers for bachelor’s degrees by degree-granting institutions, by sex of recipient: 1994–95 through 2019–20 |
|---|
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actual | |||
| 1994–95 | 1,160,134 | 526,131 | 634,003 |
| 1995–96 | 1,164,792 | 522,454 | 642,338 |
| 1996–97 | 1,172,879 | 520,515 | 652,364 |
| 1997–98 | 1,184,406 | 519,956 | 664,450 |
| 1998–99 | 1,200,303 | 518,746 | 681,557 |
| 1999–2000 | 1,237,875 | 530,367 | 707,508 |
| 2000–01 | 1,244,171 | 531,840 | 712,331 |
| 2001–02 | 1,291,900 | 549,816 | 742,084 |
| 2002–03 | 1,348,811 | 573,258 | 775,553 |
| 2003–04 | 1,399,542 | 595,425 | 804,117 |
| 2004–05 | 1,439,264 | 613,000 | 826,264 |
| 2005–06 | 1,485,242 | 630,600 | 854,642 |
| 2006–07 | 1,524,092 | 649,570 | 874,522 |
| 2007–08 | 1,563,069 | 667,928 | 895,141 |
| Projected | |||
| 2008–09 | 1,607,000 | 687,000 | 921,000 |
| 2009–10 | 1,652,000 | 711,000 | 941,000 |
| 2010–11 | 1,696,000 | 732,000 | 964,000 |
| 2011–12 | 1,725,000 | 749,000 | 976,000 |
| 2012–13 | 1,744,000 | 755,000 | 989,000 |
| 2013–14 | 1,762,000 | 759,000 | 1,003,000 |
| 2014–15 | 1,786,000 | 765,000 | 1,021,000 |
| 2015–16 | 1,812,000 | 773,000 | 1,039,000 |
| 2016–17 | 1,844,000 | 784,000 | 1,060,000 |
| 2017–18 | 1,871,000 | 792,000 | 1,079,000 |
| 2018–19 | 1,899,000 | 800,000 | 1,099,000 |
| 2019–20 | 1,926,000 | 809,000 | 1,117,000 |
| NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Mean absolute percentage errors of selected education statistics can be found in table A-2, appendix A. | |||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:95–99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2008; and Degrees Conferred Model, 1975–76 through 2007–08. (This table was prepared February 2010.) |
(48 KB)