Digest of Education Statistics: 2008
Digest of Education Statistics: 2008

NCES 2009-020
March 2009


Table 309. Degrees in Arabic, Chinese, Korean, and Russian conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree: 1969–70 through 2006–07
Year Arabic Chinese Korean Russian
Bachelor's Master's Doctor's Bachelor's Master's Doctor's Bachelor's Master's Doctor's Bachelor's Master's Doctor's
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1969–70 81 34 0 768 172 24
1970–71 15 6 4 89 22 8 715 110 14
1971–72 10 4 0 103 20 11 658 150 15
1972–73 12 3 1 98 29 13 622 120 27
1973–74 20 5 1 121 37 5 624 100 27
1974–75 13 11 2 141 26 12 598 106 20
                         
1975–76 10 7 2 150 23 6 531 81 13
1976–77 7 15 1 112 32 6 528 66 19
1977–78 8 3 1 116 23 4 442 50 12
1978–79 4 4 5 91 22 12 465 51 9
1979–80 13 2 5 79 33 7 402 60 6
                         
1980–81 6 7 0 73 20 6 409 68 8
1981–82 15 4 4 68 14 10 324 49 7
1982–83 12 4 1 92 15 7 342 33 5
1983–84 6 2 0 115 14 10 340 39 3
1984–85 9 4 0 97 21 3 432 47 6
                         
1985–86 5 4 0 87 23 11 493 33 3
1986–87 8 1 1 110 16 10 502 54 8
1987–88 9 4 0 103 31 9 472 54 8
1988–89 6 2 1 138 27 8 469 55 6
1989–90 4 0 1 144 33 8 549 52 5
                         
1990–91 9 0 1 150 24 9 593 70 6
1991–92 13 0 0 183 36 14 629 68 7
1992–93 8 3 2 129 54 8 612 68 4
1993–94 8 2 0 112 48 18 611 71 3
1994–95 10 1 1 107 63 16 572 66 3
                         
1995–96 8 3 2 136 42 19 494 58 7
1996–97 9 3 0 152 31 15 455 46 9
1997–98 16 2 1 161 21 13 383 49 9
1998–99 13 3 1 178 20 14 394 29 4
1999–2000 6 4 5 183 18 15 340 33 10
                         
2000–01 7 2 3 183 13 7 335 24 7
2001–02 13 2 2 189 16 12 277 34 5
2002–03 13 3 0 190 12 9 5 0 0 271 16 6
2003–04 13 3 1 186 15 5 9 2 1 301 21 3
2004–05 21 5 0 208 21 8 8 0 0 298 18 0
                         
2005–06 26 4 2 241 20 10 17 4 3 279 28 7
2006–07 68 2 0 261 30 2 13 0 0 311 18 4
— Not available.
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 2006-07 Integrated Post­secondary Education Data System, Completions Survey"" (IPEDS-C:87-99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2007. (This table was prepared June 2008.)