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Table 39.-Doctor's degrees, by sex of recipient, with projections: 1984-85 to 2009-10
Year Total Men Women
1985 32,943 21,700 11,243
1986 33,653 21,819 11,834
1987 34,041 22,061 11,980
1988 34,870 22,615 12,255
1989 35,720 22,648 13,072
1990 38,371 24,401 13,970
1991 39,294 24,756 14,538
1992 40,659 25,557 15,102
1993 42,132 26,073 16,059
1994 43,185 26,552 16,633
1995 44,446 26,916 17,530
1996 44,652 26,841 17,811
1997 45,876 27,146 18,730
  Projected
1998 46,600 27,300 19,400
1999 45,900 27,300 18,600
2000 45,200 26,700 18,500
2001 45,000 26,500 18,500
2002 44,900 26,400 18,500
2003 45,000 26,400 18,600
2004 45,100 26,400 18,700
2005 45,300 26,500 18,800
2006 45,600 26,600 19,000
2007 46,000 26,700 19,300
2008 46,400 26,800 19,600
2009 46,800 27,000 19,800
2010 47,100 27,100 20,000
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" survey; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey; and Earned Degrees Conferred Model. (This table was prepared March 2000.)

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