Table 284.

Degrees in communication, journalism, and related programs and in communications technologies conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970–71 through 2004–05

Year	Bachelor's degrees			Master's degrees			Doctor's degrees
	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1970–71	10,802	6,989	3,813	1,856	1,214	642	145	126	19
1971–72	12,340	7,964	4,376	2,200	1,443	757	111	96	15
1972–73	14,317	9,074	5,243	2,406	1,546	860	139	114	25
1973–74	17,096	10,536	6,560	2,640	1,668	972	175	146	29
1974–75	19,248	11,455	7,793	2,794	1,618	1,176	165	119	46
1975–76	21,282	12,458	8,824	3,126	1,818	1,308	204	154	50
1976–77	23,214	12,932	10,282	3,091	1,719	1,372	171	130	41
1977–78	25,400	13,480	11,920	3,296	1,673	1,623	191	138	53
1978–79	26,457	13,266	13,191	2,882	1,483	1,399	192	138	54
1979–80	28,616	13,656	14,960	3,082	1,527	1,555	193	121	72
1980–81	31,282	14,179	17,103	3,105	1,448	1,657	182	107	75
1981–82	34,222	14,917	19,305	3,327	1,578	1,749	200	136	64
1982–83	38,647	16,213	22,434	3,600	1,660	1,940	208	123	85
1983–84	40,203	16,662	23,541	3,620	1,578	2,042	216	129	87
1984–85	42,102	17,233	24,869	3,657	1,574	2,083	232	141	91
1985–86	43,145	17,681	25,464	3,808	1,603	2,205	218	116	102
1986–87	45,521	18,201	27,320	3,881	1,584	2,297	275	158	117
1987–88	46,916	18,672	28,244	3,916	1,568	2,348	233	133	100
1988–89	48,889	19,357	29,532	4,249	1,734	2,515	248	137	111
1989–90	51,572	20,374	31,198	4,353	1,705	2,648	272	145	127
1990–91	53,047	20,806	32,241	4,327	1,711	2,616	272	150	122
1991–92	55,144	21,601	33,543	4,463	1,692	2,771	255	132	123
1992–93	54,907	22,154	32,753	5,179	1,969	3,210	301	146	155
1993–94	52,033	21,484	30,549	5,388	2,088	3,300	345	174	171
1994–95	48,969	20,501	28,468	5,559	2,086	3,473	321	162	159
1995–96	48,173	19,868	28,305	5,561	2,153	3,408	345	190	155
1996–97	47,894	19,771	28,123	5,552	1,989	3,563	300	155	145
1997–98	50,263	20,103	30,160	6,097	2,369	3,728	359	171	188
1998–99	52,460	20,950	31,510	5,556	2,001	3,555	352	183	169
1999–2000	57,058	22,152	34,906	5,525	2,030	3,495	357	168	189
2000–01	59,191	22,542	36,649	5,645	1,964	3,681	370	190	180
2001–02	64,036	23,692	40,344	5,980	2,169	3,811	383	168	215
2002–03	69,792	25,325	44,467	6,495	2,301	4,194	398	179	219
2003–04	73,002	25,813	47,189	6,900	2,329	4,571	426	186	240
2004–05	75,238	26,926	48,312	7,195	2,535	4,660	468	195	273

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 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.)