Table 259.

Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by control of institution and level of degree: 1969–70 through 2004–05

Year	Public institutions						Private institutions
	Associate's degrees		Bachelor's degrees	Master's degrees	First- professional degrees1	Doctor's degrees2	Associate's degrees		Bachelor's degrees	Master's degrees	First- professional degrees1	Doctor's degrees2
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	366,732	3	636,475	182,295	29,611	20,889	67,794	3	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	379,249	3	646,013	170,693	29,586	21,141	72,991	3	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	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
2003–04	524,875		905,718	285,138	34,499	29,706	140,426		493,824	273,802	48,542	18,672
2004–05	547,519		932,443	291,505	35,768	31,743	149,141		506,821	283,113	51,521	20,888

1 Includes degrees that 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. 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 2004–05 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87–99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2005. (This table was prepared July 2006.)