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Table 292. Earned degrees in public administration and social services conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970-71 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
____________|________|________|________|_________|________|________|________|________|_________
1970-71 ....|   5,466|   1,726|   3,740|    7,785|   3,893|   3,892|     174|     132|       42
1971-72 ....|   7,508|   2,588|   4,920|    8,756|   4,537|   4,219|     193|     150|       43
1972-73 ....|  10,690|   3,998|   6,692|   10,068|   5,271|   4,797|     198|     160|       38
1973-74 ....|  11,966|   4,266|   7,700|   11,415|   6,028|   5,387|     201|     154|       47
1974-75 ....|  13,661|   4,630|   9,031|   13,617|   7,200|   6,417|     257|     192|       65
            |        |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
1975-76 ....|  15,440|   5,706|   9,734|   15,209|   7,969|   7,240|     292|     192|      100
1976-77 ....|  16,136|   5,544|  10,592|   17,026|   8,810|   8,216|     292|     197|       95
1977-78 ....|  16,607|   5,096|  11,511|   17,337|   8,513|   8,824|     357|     237|      120
1978-79 ....|  17,328|   4,938|  12,390|   17,306|   8,051|   9,255|     315|     215|      100
1979-80 ....|  16,644|   4,451|  12,193|   17,560|   7,866|   9,694|     342|     216|      126
            |        |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
1980-81 ....|  16,707|   4,248|  12,459|   17,803|   7,460|  10,343|     362|     212|      150
1981-82 ....|  16,495|   4,176|  12,319|   17,416|   6,975|  10,441|     372|     205|      167
1982-83 ....|  14,414|   3,343|  11,071|   16,046|   5,961|  10,085|     347|     184|      163
1983-84 ....|  12,570|   2,998|   9,572|   15,060|   5,634|   9,426|     420|     230|      190
1984-85 ....|  11,754|   2,829|   8,925|   15,575|   5,573|  10,002|     431|     213|      218
            |        |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
1985-86 ....|  11,887|   2,966|   8,921|   15,692|   5,594|  10,098|     382|     171|      211
1986-87 ....|  12,328|   2,993|   9,335|   16,432|   5,673|  10,759|     398|     216|      182
1987-88 ....|  12,385|   2,923|   9,462|   16,424|   5,631|  10,793|     470|     238|      232
1988-89 ....|  13,162|   3,214|   9,948|   17,020|   5,615|  11,405|     428|     210|      218
1989-90 ....|  13,908|   3,334|  10,574|   17,399|   5,634|  11,765|     508|     235|      273
            |        |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
1990-91 ....|  14,350|   3,215|  11,135|   17,905|   5,679|  12,226|     430|     190|      240
1991-92 ....|  15,987|   3,479|  12,508|   19,243|   5,769|  13,474|     432|     204|      228
1992-93 ....|  16,775|   3,801|  12,974|   20,634|   6,105|  14,529|     459|     215|      244
1993-94 ....|  17,815|   3,919|  13,896|   21,833|   6,406|  15,427|     519|     238|      281
1994-95 ....|  18,586|   3,935|  14,651|   23,501|   6,870|  16,631|     556|     274|      282
            |        |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
1995-96 ....|  19,849|   4,205|  15,644|   24,229|   6,927|  17,302|     499|     220|      279
1996-97 ....|  20,649|   4,177|  16,472|   24,781|   6,957|  17,824|     518|     243|      275
1997-98 ....|  20,408|   3,881|  16,527|   25,144|   7,025|  18,119|     499|     223|      276
1998-99\1\ .|  20,287|   3,791|  16,496|   24,925|   6,556|  18,369|     532|     239|      293
1999-2000 ..|  20,185|   3,816|  16,369|   25,594|   6,808|  18,786|     537|     227|      310
            |        |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
2000-01 ....|  19,447|   3,670|  15,777|   25,268|   6,544|  18,724|     574|     263|      311
2001-02 ....|  19,392|   3,706|  15,686|   25,448|   6,505|  18,943|     571|     250|      321
2002-03 ....|  19,878|   3,724|  16,154|   25,894|   6,391|  19,503|     596|     262|      334
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\1\Data were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

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.)