Table 298.

Degrees in the biological and biomedical sciences conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1951–52 through 2006–07

Year	Bachelor's degrees				Master's degrees			Doctor's degrees
	Total		Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
	Number	Annual percent change
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1951–52	11,094	†	8,212	2,882	2,307	1,908	399	764	680	84
1953–54	9,279	†	6,710	2,569	1,610	1,287	323	1,077	977	100
1955–56	12,423	†	9,515	2,908	1,759	1,379	380	1,025	908	117
1957–58	14,308	†	11,159	3,149	1,852	1,448	404	1,125	987	138
1959–60	15,576	†	11,654	3,922	2,154	1,668	486	1,205	1,086	119
1961–62	16,915	†	12,136	4,779	2,642	1,982	660	1,338	1,179	159
1963–64	22,723	†	16,321	6,402	3,296	2,348	948	1,625	1,432	193
1965–66	26,916	†	19,368	7,548	4,232	3,085	1,147	2,097	1,792	305
1967–68	31,826	†	22,986	8,840	5,506	3,959	1,547	2,784	2,345	439
1969–70	34,034	†	23,919	10,115	5,800	3,975	1,825	3,289	2,820	469
1970–71	35,683	4.8	25,303	10,380	5,623	3,780	1,843	3,595	3,011	584
1971–72	37,269	4.4	26,314	10,955	5,983	4,050	1,933	3,566	2,963	603
1972–73	42,205	13.2	29,624	12,581	6,153	4,314	1,839	3,569	2,880	689
1973–74	48,224	14.3	33,205	15,019	6,405	4,510	1,895	3,342	2,670	672
1974–75	51,576	7.0	34,559	17,017	6,422	4,551	1,871	3,315	2,598	717
1975–76	54,085	4.9	35,449	18,636	6,453	4,463	1,990	3,313	2,606	707
1976–77	53,420	-1.2	34,150	19,270	6,948	4,666	2,282	3,299	2,601	698
1977–78	51,326	-3.9	31,654	19,672	6,644	4,351	2,293	3,218	2,447	771
1978–79	48,668	-5.2	29,146	19,522	6,631	4,194	2,437	3,410	2,560	850
1979–80	46,190	-5.1	26,757	19,433	6,322	4,032	2,290	3,527	2,626	901
1980–81	43,003	-6.9	24,069	18,934	5,759	3,597	2,162	3,591	2,581	1,010
1981–82	41,425	-3.7	22,687	18,738	5,667	3,375	2,292	3,611	2,579	1,032
1982–83	39,767	-4.0	21,483	18,284	5,693	3,284	2,409	3,331	2,268	1,063
1983–84	38,445	-3.3	20,499	17,946	5,468	3,108	2,360	3,435	2,367	1,068
1984–85	38,229	-0.6	20,017	18,212	5,100	2,770	2,330	3,408	2,302	1,106
1985–86	38,320	0.2	19,950	18,370	5,043	2,719	2,324	3,352	2,236	1,116
1986–87	37,977	-0.9	19,626	18,351	4,980	2,637	2,343	3,397	2,216	1,181
1987–88	36,576	-3.7	18,202	18,374	4,857	2,520	2,337	3,606	2,338	1,268
1988–89	35,957	-1.7	17,935	18,022	5,009	2,583	2,426	3,535	2,245	1,290
1989–90	37,204	3.5	18,305	18,899	4,906	2,492	2,414	3,837	2,425	1,412
1990–91	39,377	5.8	19,358	20,019	4,796	2,396	2,400	4,034	2,547	1,487
1991–92	42,781	8.6	20,748	22,033	4,816	2,411	2,405	4,323	2,676	1,647
1992–93	46,868	9.6	22,795	24,073	4,974	2,505	2,469	4,595	2,767	1,828
1993–94	51,157	9.2	25,002	26,155	5,390	2,644	2,746	4,724	2,809	1,915
1994–95	55,790	9.1	26,628	29,162	5,824	2,885	2,939	4,881	2,901	1,980
1995–96	60,750	8.9	28,782	31,968	6,544	3,180	3,364	5,035	2,929	2,106
1996–97	63,679	4.8	29,432	34,247	6,925	3,389	3,536	5,094	2,890	2,204
1997–98	65,583	3.0	29,511	36,072	6,788	3,301	3,487	5,236	2,970	2,266
1998–99	64,608	-1.5	28,175	36,433	6,913	3,247	3,666	5,024	2,875	2,149
1999–2000	63,005	-2.5	26,310	36,695	6,781	3,131	3,650	5,180	2,887	2,293
2000–01	59,865	-5.0	24,293	35,572	6,955	3,043	3,912	4,953	2,757	2,196
2001–02	59,415	-0.8	23,346	36,069	6,937	2,996	3,941	4,823	2,667	2,156
2002–03	60,104	1.2	22,918	37,186	6,990	2,981	4,009	5,003	2,714	2,289
2003–04	61,509	2.3	23,248	38,261	7,657	3,227	4,430	5,242	2,804	2,438
2004–05	64,611	5.0	24,617	39,994	8,199	3,318	4,881	5,578	2,845	2,733
2005–06	69,178	7.1	26,651	42,527	8,681	3,654	5,027	5,775	2,933	2,842
2006–07	75,151	8.6	29,951	45,200	8,747	3,568	5,179	6,354	3,221	3,133
Percent change
1996–97 to 2001–02	-6.7	†	-20.7	5.3	0.2	-11.6	11.5	-5.3	-7.7	-2.2
2001–02 to 2006–07	26.5	†	28.3	25.3	26.1	19.1	31.4	31.7	20.8	45.3

† Not applicable. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Earned Degrees Conferred, 1951–52 through 1963–64; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1965–66 through 1985–86; and 1986–87 through 2006–07 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87–99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2007. (This table was prepared September 2008.)