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Table 254. Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by control of institution: 1969-70 to 2002-03

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            |                      Public institutions               |                     Private institutions
Year        |________________________________________________________|________________________________________________________
            |   Associate's|Bachelor's|Master's|   First- | Doctor's |   Associate's|Bachelor's|Master's|   First- | Doctor's
            |      degrees |  degrees |degrees |  profes- |degrees\2\|      degrees |  degrees |degrees |  profes- |degrees\2\
            |              |          |        |   sional |          |              |          |        |   sional |
            |              |          |        |degrees\1\|          |              |          |        |degrees\1\|
____________|______________|__________|________|__________|__________|______________|__________|________|__________|__________
1           |            2 |        3 |      4 |         5|         6|            7 |        8 |      9 |        10|        11
____________|______________|__________|________|__________|__________|______________|__________|________|__________|__________
1969-70 ....|       170,966|   519,550| 134,545|    14,542|    19,183|        35,057|   272,766|  73,746|    20,376|    10,683
1970-71 ....|       215,645|   557,996| 151,603|    16,139|    20,788|        36,666|   281,734|  78,906|    21,807|    11,319
1971-72 ....|       255,218|   599,615| 167,075|    18,521|    21,776|        36,796|   287,658|  84,558|    24,890|    11,587
1972-73 ....|       278,132|   630,899| 174,405|    21,872|    22,357|        38,042|   291,463|  88,966|    28,146|    12,420
1973-74 ....|       303,188|   651,544| 184,632|    23,208|    21,810|        40,736|   294,232|  92,401|    30,608|    12,006
            |              |          |        |          |          |              |          |        |          |
1974-75 ....|       318,474|   634,785| 193,804|    23,612|    22,176|        41,697|   288,148|  98,646|    32,304|    11,907
1975-76 ....|       345,006|   635,161| 206,298|    25,766|    21,751|        46,448|   290,585| 105,473|    36,883|    12,313
1976-77 ....|       355,650|   630,463| 208,901|    26,344|    21,229|        50,727|   289,086| 108,263|    38,015|    12,003
1977-78 ....|       358,874|   627,903| 202,099|    27,097|    20,456|        53,372|   293,301| 109,521|    39,484|    11,675
1978-79 ....|       346,808|   621,666| 192,016|    27,785|    20,817|        55,894|   299,724| 109,063|    41,063|    11,913
            |              |          |        |          |          |              |          |        |          |
1979-80 ....|       344,536|   624,084| 187,499|    27,942|    20,608|        56,374|   305,333| 110,582|    42,189|    12,007
1980-81 ....|       352,391|   626,452| 184,384|    29,128|    20,895|        63,986|   308,688| 111,355|    42,828|    12,063
1981-82 ....|\3\    366,732|   636,475| 182,295|    29,611|    20,889|\3\     67,794|   316,523| 113,251|    42,421|    11,818
1982-83 ....|       377,817|   646,317| 176,246|    29,757|    21,186|        71,803|   323,193| 113,675|    43,297|    11,589
1983-84 ....|\3\    379,249|   646,013| 170,693|    29,586|    21,141|\3\     72,991|   328,296| 113,570|    44,882|    12,068
            |              |          |        |          |          |              |          |        |          |
1984-85 ....|       377,625|   652,246| 170,000|    30,152|    21,337|        77,087|   327,231| 116,251|    44,911|    11,606
1985-86 ....|       369,052|   658,586| 169,903|    29,568|    21,433|        76,995|   329,237| 118,664|    44,342|    12,220
1986-87 ....|       358,811|   659,260| 167,797|    29,346|    21,870|        77,493|   332,004| 121,552|    42,271|    12,171
1987-88 ....|       354,180|   658,491| 173,778|    29,153|    22,488|        80,905|   336,338| 125,539|    41,582|    12,382
1988-89 ....|       357,001|   675,675| 179,109|    28,993|    22,970|        79,763|   343,080| 131,512|    41,863|    12,750
            |              |          |        |          |          |              |          |        |          |
1989-90 ....|       375,635|   700,015| 186,104|    28,810|    24,641|        79,467|   351,329| 138,197|    42,178|    13,730
1990-91 ....|       398,055|   724,062| 193,057|    29,554|    25,681|        83,665|   370,476| 144,111|    42,394|    13,613
1991-92 ....|       420,265|   759,475| 203,398|    29,366|    26,820|        83,966|   377,078| 149,440|    44,780|    13,839
1992-93 ....|       430,321|   785,112| 213,843|    29,628|    27,392|        84,435|   380,066| 155,742|    45,759|    14,740
1993-94 ....|       444,373|   789,148| 221,428|    29,842|    28,524|        86,259|   380,127| 165,642|    45,576|    14,661
            |              |          |        |          |          |              |          |        |          |
1994-95 ....|       451,539|   776,670| 224,152|    29,871|    28,917|        88,152|   383,464| 173,477|    45,929|    15,529
1995-96 ....|       454,291|   774,070| 227,179|    29,882|    29,516|       100,925|   390,722| 179,122|    46,852|    15,136
1996-97 ....|       465,494|   776,677| 233,237|    31,243|    29,838|       105,732|   396,202| 186,164|    47,487|    16,038
1997-98 ....|       455,084|   784,296| 235,922|    31,233|    29,715|       103,471|   400,110| 194,242|    47,365|    16,295
1998-99\4\ .|       448,334|   790,287| 238,501|    31,693|    28,134|       111,620|   410,016| 201,485|    46,746|    15,943
            |              |          |        |          |          |              |          |        |          |
1999-2000 ..|       448,446|   810,855| 243,157|    32,247|    28,408|       116,487|   427,020| 213,899|    47,810|    16,400
2000-01 ....|       456,487|   812,438| 246,054|    32,633|    28,187|       122,378|   431,733| 222,422|    47,074|    16,717
2001-02 ....|       471,660|   841,512| 249,828|    33,439|    27,622|       123,473|   450,388| 232,290|    47,259|    16,538
2002-03 ....|       497,132|   875,420| 265,695|    33,549|    28,069|       135,780|   473,083| 246,950|    47,261|    17,955
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\1\Includes degrees which require at least 6 years of college work for completion (including at least 2 years of preprofessional training).
\2\Doctor's degrees include Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes first-professional degrees such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees.
\3\Data are approximations.
\4\Data were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1969-70 through 1985-86; and 1986-87 through 2002-03 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87-99), and fall 2000 through fall 2003. (This table was prepared January 2005.) (This table was prepared December 2004.)