Earned degrees in engineering and engineering technologies conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1949-50 to 2002-03

Digest of Education Statistics: 2004

NCES 2006-005
October 2005

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Table 282.

Earned degrees in engineering and engineering technologies conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1949-50 to 2002-03

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            |     Bachelor's degrees   |      Master's degrees    |      Doctor's degrees
Year        |__________________________|__________________________|__________________________
            |  Total |  Males |Females |  Total |  Males |Females |  Total |  Males |Females
____________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
1           |      2 |      3 |      4 |      5 |      6 |      7 |      8 |      9 |     10
____________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
1949-50 ....|  52,246|  52,071|     175|   4,496|   4,481|      15|     417|     416|       1
1959-60 ....|  37,679|  37,537|     142|   7,159|   7,133|      26|     786|     783|       3
1969-70 ....|  44,479|  44,149|     330|  15,593|  15,421|     172|   3,681|   3,657|      24
            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
1970-71 ....|  50,182|  49,775|     407|  16,947|  16,734|     213|   3,688|   3,663|      25
1971-72 ....|  51,258|  50,726|     532|  17,299|  17,009|     290|   3,708|   3,685|      23
1972-73 ....|  51,384|  50,766|     618|  16,988|  16,694|     294|   3,513|   3,459|      54
1973-74 ....|  50,412|  49,611|     801|  15,851|  15,470|     381|   3,374|   3,318|      56
1974-75 ....|  47,131|  46,105|   1,026|  15,837|  15,426|     411|   3,181|   3,113|      68
            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
1975-76 ....|  46,676|  45,184|   1,492|  16,800|  16,174|     626|   2,874|   2,805|      69
1976-77 ....|  49,482|  47,238|   2,244|  16,659|  15,891|     768|   2,622|   2,547|      75
1977-78 ....|  56,150|  52,353|   3,797|  16,887|  15,940|     947|   2,483|   2,424|      59
1978-79 ....|  62,898|  57,603|   5,295|  16,012|  14,971|   1,041|   2,545|   2,459|      86
1979-80 ....|  69,387|  62,877|   6,510|  16,765|  15,535|   1,230|   2,546|   2,447|      99
            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
1980-81 ....|  75,355|  67,573|   7,782|  17,216|  15,761|   1,455|   2,608|   2,499|     109
1981-82 ....|  80,632|  71,305|   9,327|  18,475|  16,747|   1,728|   2,676|   2,532|     144
1982-83 ....|  89,811|  78,673|  11,138|  19,949|  18,038|   1,911|   2,871|   2,742|     129
1983-84 ....|  95,295|  82,841|  12,454|  21,197|  18,916|   2,281|   3,032|   2,864|     168
1984-85 ....|  97,099|  83,991|  13,108|  22,124|  19,688|   2,436|   3,269|   3,055|     214
            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
1985-86 ....|  97,122|  84,050|  13,072|  22,146|  19,545|   2,601|   3,456|   3,220|     236
1986-87 ....|  93,560|  80,543|  13,017|  23,101|  20,137|   2,964|   3,854|   3,585|     269
1987-88 ....|  89,406|  76,886|  12,520|  23,839|  20,815|   3,024|   4,237|   3,941|     296
1988-89 ....|  85,982|  74,020|  11,962|  25,066|  21,731|   3,335|   4,572|   4,160|     412
1989-90 ....|  82,480|  70,859|  11,621|  25,294|  21,753|   3,541|   5,030|   4,576|     454
            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
1990-91 ....|  79,751|  68,482|  11,269|  25,450|  21,780|   3,670|   5,330|   4,834|     496
1991-92 ....|  78,058|  67,104|  10,954|  26,430|  22,444|   3,986|   5,533|   4,998|     535
1992-93 ....|  78,662|  67,248|  11,414|  29,149|  24,758|   4,391|   5,894|   5,322|     572
1993-94 ....|  78,662|  66,920|  11,742|  30,172|  25,453|   4,719|   6,011|   5,339|     672
1994-95 ....|  78,569|  66,223|  12,346|  30,031|  25,090|   4,941|   6,173|   5,435|     738
            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
1995-96 ....|  78,086|  65,430|  12,656|  28,946|  23,928|   5,018|   6,431|   5,623|     808
1996-97 ....|  75,757|  63,066|  12,691|  27,106|  22,114|   4,992|   6,250|   5,476|     774
1997-98 ....|  74,649|  61,955|  12,694|  27,327|  21,867|   5,460|   6,038|   5,294|     744
1998-99\1\ .|  72,665|  59,703|  12,962|  26,738|  21,394|   5,344|   5,461|   4,676|     785
1999-2000 ..|  73,419|  59,741|  13,678|  26,726|  21,100|   5,626|   5,421|   4,582|     839
            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
2000-01 ....|  72,975|  59,564|  13,411|  27,272|  21,405|   5,867|   5,604|   4,669|     935
2001-02 ....|  74,679|  60,474|  14,205|  27,057|  21,263|   5,794|   5,245|   4,332|     913
2002-03 ....|  77,267|  62,837|  14,430|  30,669|  24,169|   6,500|   5,333|   4,415|     918
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\1\Data were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

NOTE: Includes degrees in engineering; engineering-related technologies; mechanics and repairers; and construction trades from 1969-70 through 2002-03. Data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Earned Degrees Conferred, 1949-50 and 1959-60; 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 April 2005.)

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