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Table 283. Earned degrees in chemical, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree: 1970-71 to 2002-03 

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            |      Chemical engineering  |       Civil engineering    | Electrical, electronics, and|     Mechanical engineering
            |                            |                            |  communications engineering |
Year        |____________________________|____________________________|_____________________________|_____________________________
            |Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's|Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's|Bachelor's |Master's|Doctor's|Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's
____________|__________|________|________|__________|________|________|___________|________|________|__________|________|_________
1           |        2 |      3 |      4 |        5 |      6 |      7 |         8 |      9 |     10 |       11 |     12 |      13
____________|__________|________|________|__________|________|________|___________|________|________|__________|________|_________
1970-71 ....|     3,579|   1,100|     406|     6,526|   2,425|     446|     12,198|   4,282|     879|     8,858|   2,237|      438
1971-72 ....|     3,625|   1,154|     394|     6,803|   2,487|     415|     12,101|   4,206|     824|     8,530|   2,282|      411
1972-73 ....|     3,578|   1,051|     397|     7,390|   2,627|     397|     12,313|   3,895|     791|     8,523|   2,141|      370
1973-74 ....|     3,399|   1,044|     400|     8,017|   2,652|     368|     11,316|   3,499|     705|     7,677|   1,843|      385
1974-75 ....|     3,070|     990|     346|     7,651|   2,769|     356|     10,161|   3,469|     701|     6,890|   1,858|      340
            |          |        |        |          |        |        |           |        |        |          |        |
1975-76 ....|     3,140|   1,031|     308|     7,923|   2,999|     370|      9,791|   3,774|     649|     6,800|   1,907|      305
1976-77 ....|     3,524|   1,086|     291|     8,228|   2,964|     309|      9,936|   3,788|     566|     7,703|   1,952|      283
1977-78 ....|     4,569|   1,235|     259|     9,135|   2,685|     277|     11,133|   3,740|     503|     8,875|   1,942|      279
1978-79 ....|     5,568|   1,149|     304|     9,809|   2,646|     253|     12,338|   3,591|     586|    10,107|   1,877|      271
1979-80 ....|     6,320|   1,270|     284|    10,326|   2,683|     270|     13,821|   3,836|     525|    11,808|   2,060|      281
            |          |        |        |          |        |        |           |        |        |          |        |
1980-81 ....|     6,527|   1,267|     300|    10,678|   2,891|     325|     14,938|   3,901|     535|    13,329|   2,291|      276
1981-82 ....|     6,740|   1,285|     311|    10,524|   2,995|     329|     16,455|   4,462|     526|    13,922|   2,399|      333
1982-83 ....|     7,185|   1,368|     319|     9,989|   3,074|     340|     18,049|   4,531|     550|    15,675|   2,511|      299
1983-84 ....|     7,475|   1,514|     330|     9,693|   3,146|     369|     19,943|   5,078|     585|    16,629|   2,797|      319
1984-85 ....|     7,146|   1,544|     418|     9,162|   3,172|     377|     21,691|   5,153|     660|    16,794|   3,053|      409
            |          |        |        |          |        |        |           |        |        |          |        |
1985-86 ....|     5,877|   1,361|     446|     8,679|   2,926|     395|     23,742|   5,534|     722|    16,194|   3,075|      426
1986-87 ....|     4,991|   1,184|     497|     8,147|   2,901|     451|     24,547|   6,183|     724|    15,450|   3,198|      528
1987-88 ....|     3,917|   1,088|     579|     7,488|   2,836|     481|     23,597|   6,688|     860|    14,900|   3,329|      596
1988-89 ....|     3,663|   1,093|     602|     7,312|   2,903|     505|     21,908|   7,028|     998|    14,843|   3,498|      633
1989-90 ....|     3,430|   1,035|     562|     7,252|   2,812|     516|     20,711|   7,225|   1,162|    14,336|   3,424|      742
            |          |        |        |          |        |        |           |        |        |          |        |
1990-91 ....|     3,444|     903|     611|     7,314|   2,927|     536|     19,320|   7,095|   1,220|    13,977|   3,516|      757
1991-92 ....|     3,754|     956|     590|     8,034|   3,113|     540|     17,958|   7,360|   1,282|    14,067|   3,653|      851
1992-93 ....|     4,459|     990|     595|     8,868|   3,610|     577|     17,281|   7,870|   1,413|    14,464|   3,982|      871
1993-94 ....|     5,163|   1,032|     604|     9,479|   3,873|     651|     15,823|   7,791|   1,470|    15,030|   4,099|      887
1994-95 ....|     5,901|   1,085|     571|     9,927|   4,077|     625|     14,929|   7,693|   1,543|    14,794|   4,213|      890
            |          |        |        |          |        |        |           |        |        |          |        |
1995-96 ....|     6,319|   1,176|     670|    10,607|   3,905|     616|     13,900|   7,103|   1,591|    14,177|   3,881|      940
1996-97 ....|     6,564|   1,131|     650|    10,437|   3,833|     640|     13,336|   6,393|   1,512|    13,493|   3,608|      913
1997-98 ....|     6,319|   1,128|     652|     9,926|   3,795|     610|     12,995|   6,737|   1,458|    13,071|   3,441|      933
1998-99\1\ .|     6,033|   1,130|     572|     9,121|   3,648|     543|     12,531|   6,690|   1,303|    12,705|   3,258|      774
1999-2000 ..|     5,807|   1,078|     590|     8,136|   3,433|     543|     12,930|   6,926|   1,392|    12,807|   3,273|      776
            |          |        |        |          |        |        |           |        |        |          |        |
2000-01 ....|     5,611|   1,083|     610|     7,588|   3,310|     571|     13,091|   6,815|   1,417|    12,817|   3,371|      849
2001-02 ....|     5,462|     973|     605|     7,665|   3,295|     574|     13,056|   6,587|   1,235|    13,058|   3,391|      772
2002-03 ....|     5,109|   1,065|     542|     7,835|   3,596|     599|     13,627|   7,621|   1,256|    13,693|   3,695|      747
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\1\Data were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

NOTE: From 1970-71 to 1981-82, civil engineering includes construction and transportation engineering. Degrees in engineering technologies are not included in this tabulation.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1970-71 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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