Table 286.

Degrees in education conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1949–50 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
1949–50	61,472	31,398	30,074	20,069	12,025	8,044	953	797	156
1959–60	89,002	25,556	63,446	33,433	18,057	15,376	1,591	1,279	312
1967–68	133,965	31,926	102,039	63,399	30,672	32,727	4,078	3,250	828
1969–70	163,964	40,420	123,544	78,020	34,832	43,188	5,588	4,479	1,109
1970–71	176,307	44,896	131,411	87,666	38,365	49,301	6,041	4,771	1,270
1971–72	190,880	49,344	141,536	96,668	41,141	55,527	6,648	5,104	1,544
1972–73	193,984	51,300	142,684	103,777	43,298	60,479	6,857	5,191	1,666
1973–74	184,907	48,997	135,910	110,402	44,112	66,290	6,757	4,974	1,783
1974–75	166,758	44,463	122,295	117,841	44,430	73,411	6,975	4,856	2,119
1975–76	154,437	42,004	112,433	126,061	44,831	81,230	7,202	4,826	2,376
1976–77	143,234	39,867	103,367	124,267	42,308	81,959	7,338	4,832	2,506
1977–78	135,821	37,410	98,411	116,916	37,662	79,254	7,018	4,281	2,737
1978–79	125,873	33,743	92,130	109,866	34,410	75,456	7,170	4,174	2,996
1979–80	118,038	30,901	87,137	101,819	30,300	71,519	7,314	4,100	3,214
1980–81	108,074	27,039	81,035	96,713	27,548	69,165	7,279	3,843	3,436
1981–82	100,932	24,380	76,552	91,601	25,339	66,262	6,999	3,612	3,387
1982–83	97,908	23,651	74,257	83,254	22,824	60,430	7,063	3,550	3,513
1983–84	92,310	22,200	70,110	75,700	21,164	54,536	6,914	3,448	3,466
1984–85	88,078	21,254	66,824	74,667	20,539	54,128	6,614	3,174	3,440
1985–86	87,147	20,982	66,165	74,816	20,302	54,514	6,610	3,088	3,522
1986–87	86,788	20,705	66,083	72,619	18,955	53,664	5,905	2,745	3,160
1987–88	90,928	20,947	69,981	75,270	18,777	56,493	5,568	2,530	3,038
1988–89	96,740	21,643	75,097	79,793	19,616	60,177	5,884	2,522	3,362
1989–90	105,112	23,007	82,105	84,890	20,469	64,421	6,503	2,776	3,727
1990–91	110,807	23,417	87,390	87,352	20,448	66,904	6,189	2,614	3,575
1991–92	107,836	22,655	85,181	91,225	20,897	70,328	6,423	2,652	3,771
1992–93	107,578	23,199	84,379	94,497	21,857	72,640	6,581	2,712	3,869
1993–94	107,440	24,424	83,016	97,427	22,656	74,771	6,450	2,555	3,895
1994–95	105,929	25,619	80,310	99,835	23,511	76,324	6,475	2,490	3,985
1995–96	105,384	26,214	79,170	104,936	24,955	79,981	6,246	2,404	3,842
1996–97	105,116	26,242	78,874	108,720	25,518	83,202	6,297	2,367	3,930
1997–98	105,833	26,285	79,548	113,374	26,814	86,560	6,261	2,334	3,927
1998–99	107,086	26,224	80,862	118,048	27,997	90,051	6,394	2,298	4,096
1999–2000	108,034	26,103	81,931	123,045	29,081	93,964	6,409	2,295	4,114
2000–01	105,458	24,580	80,878	127,829	29,997	97,832	6,284	2,237	4,047
2001–02	106,295	24,049	82,246	135,189	31,907	103,282	6,549	2,211	4,338
2002–03	105,790	22,602	83,188	147,448	33,871	113,577	6,835	2,315	4,520
2003–04	106,278	22,802	83,476	162,345	37,843	124,502	7,088	2,403	4,685
2004–05	105,451	22,513	82,938	167,490	38,863	128,627	7,681	2,557	5,124

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 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.)