Earned degrees in modern foreign languages and literatures 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 285.

Earned degrees in modern foreign languages and literatures 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 ....| 4,477| 1,746|  2,731|   919|   456|    463|   168|   135|     33
1959-60 ....| 4,527| 1,548|  2,979|   832|   392|    440|   150|   100|     50
1967-68 ....|17,499| 4,450| 13,049| 3,911| 1,555|  2,356|   491|   336|    155
1969-70 ....|19,457| 4,921| 14,536| 4,154| 1,476|  2,678|   590|   369|    221
            |      |      |       |      |      |       |      |      |
1970-71 ....|19,806| 4,994| 14,812| 4,847| 1,668|  3,179|   854|   536|    318
1971-72 ....|18,673| 4,635| 14,038| 4,692| 1,633|  3,059|   911|   575|    336
1972-73 ....|18,989| 4,589| 14,400| 4,422| 1,578|  2,844| 1,092|   650|    442
1973-74 ....|18,807| 4,486| 14,321| 4,105| 1,399|  2,706| 1,035|   575|    460
1974-75 ....|17,842| 4,174| 13,668| 4,004| 1,330|  2,674|   969|   504|    465
            |      |      |       |      |      |       |      |      |
1975-76 ....|15,731| 3,718| 12,013| 3,670| 1,235|  2,435| 1,010|   514|    496
1976-77 ....|14,162| 3,416| 10,746| 3,293| 1,019|  2,274|   875|   430|    445
1977-78 ....|13,037| 3,127|  9,910| 2,913|   870|  2,043|   768|   351|    417
1978-79 ....|11,957| 2,845|  9,112| 2,563|   771|  1,792|   765|   363|    402
1979-80 ....|11,315| 2,783|  8,532| 2,376|   704|  1,672|   639|   278|    361
            |      |      |       |      |      |       |      |      |
1980-81 ....|10,464| 2,542|  7,922| 2,255|   739|  1,516|   708|   328|    380
1981-82 ....|10,014| 2,426|  7,588| 2,170|   671|  1,499|   646|   281|    365
1982-83 ....|10,026| 2,560|  7,466| 1,891|   633|  1,258|   594|   254|    340
1983-84 ....| 9,829| 2,611|  7,218| 1,929|   602|  1,327|   565|   242|    323
1984-85 ....|10,357| 2,719|  7,638| 1,879|   597|  1,282|   558|   236|    322
            |      |      |       |      |      |       |      |      |
1985-86 ....|10,407| 2,884|  7,523| 1,870|   562|  1,308|   523|   206|    317
1986-87 ....|10,740| 2,988|  7,752| 1,918|   586|  1,332|   545|   230|    315
1987-88 ....|10,513| 2,839|  7,674| 2,028|   665|  1,363|   534|   228|    306
1988-89 ....|11,376| 3,037|  8,339| 2,110|   654|  1,456|   512|   216|    296
1989-90 ....|11,991| 3,185|  8,806| 2,225|   674|  1,551|   599|   239|    360
            |      |      |       |      |      |       |      |      |
1990-91 ....|12,704| 3,526|  9,178| 2,282|   710|  1,572|   647|   274|    373
1991-92 ....|13,300| 3,679|  9,621| 2,400|   738|  1,662|   706|   284|    422
1992-93 ....|13,904| 3,848| 10,056| 2,683|   857|  1,826|   717|   287|    430
1993-94 ....|13,761| 3,960|  9,801| 2,699|   830|  1,869|   747|   273|    474
1994-95 ....|13,196| 3,949|  9,247| 2,578|   790|  1,788|   814|   335|    479
            |      |      |       |      |      |       |      |      |
1995-96 ....|13,337| 3,881|  9,456| 2,562|   792|  1,770|   746|   292|    454
1996-97 ....|13,053| 3,792|  9,261| 2,470|   753|  1,717|   793|   316|    477
1997-98 ....|13,618| 3,926|  9,692| 2,367|   715|  1,652|   819|   327|    492
1998-99\1\ .|14,163| 4,084| 10,079| 2,267|   657|  1,610|   757|   294|    463
1999-2000 ..|14,186| 3,939| 10,247| 2,228|   669|  1,559|   804|   311|    493
            |      |      |       |      |      |       |      |      |
2000-01 ....|14,292| 3,966| 10,326| 2,244|   664|  1,580|   818|   294|    524
2001-02 ....|14,236| 3,945| 10,291| 2,284|   648|  1,636|   780|   313|    467
2002-03 ....|14,843| 4,202| 10,641| 2,256|   600|  1,656|   749|   282|    467
____________|______|______|_______|______|______|_______|______|______|_______

\1\Data were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

NOTE: Includes degrees conferred in a single language or a combination of modern foreign languages. Excludes degrees in linguistics, Latin, classics, ancient and middle/near Eastern biblical and Semitic languages, ancient/classical Greek, and Sanskrit and classical Indian languages. 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, 1967-68 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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