Table 315.

Degrees in psychology conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1949-50 through 2007-08

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
1949-50	9,569	†	6,055	3,514	1,316	948	368	283	241	42
1959-60	8,061	†	4,773	3,288	1,406	981	425	641	544	97
1967-68	23,819	†	13,792	10,027	3,479	2,321	1,158	1,268	982	286
1969-70	33,679	†	19,077	14,602	5,158	2,975	2,183	1,962	1,505	457
1970-71	38,187	13.4	21,227	16,960	5,717	3,395	2,322	2,144	1,629	515
1971-72	43,433	13.7	23,352	20,081	6,764	3,934	2,830	2,277	1,694	583
1972-73	47,940	10.4	25,117	22,823	7,619	4,325	3,294	2,550	1,797	753
1973-74	52,139	8.8	25,868	26,271	8,796	4,983	3,813	2,872	1,987	885
1974-75	51,245	-1.7	24,284	26,961	9,394	5,035	4,359	2,913	1,979	934
1975-76	50,278	-1.9	22,898	27,380	10,167	5,136	5,031	3,157	2,115	1,042
1976-77	47,861	-4.8	20,627	27,234	10,859	5,293	5,566	3,386	2,127	1,259
1977-78	44,879	-6.2	18,422	26,457	10,282	4,670	5,612	3,164	1,974	1,190
1978-79	42,697	-4.9	16,540	26,157	10,132	4,405	5,727	3,228	1,895	1,333
1979-80	42,093	-1.4	15,440	26,653	9,938	4,096	5,842	3,395	1,921	1,474
1980-81	41,068	-2.4	14,332	26,736	10,223	4,066	6,157	3,576	2,002	1,574
1981-82	41,212	0.4	13,645	27,567	9,947	3,823	6,124	3,461	1,856	1,605
1982-83	40,460	-1.8	13,131	27,329	9,981	3,647	6,334	3,602	1,838	1,764
1983-84	39,955	-1.2	12,812	27,143	9,525	3,400	6,125	3,535	1,774	1,761
1984-85	39,900	-0.1	12,706	27,194	9,891	3,452	6,439	3,447	1,739	1,708
1985-86	40,628	1.8	12,605	28,023	9,845	3,347	6,498	3,593	1,724	1,869
1986-87	43,152	6.2	13,395	29,757	11,000	3,516	7,484	4,062	1,801	2,261
1987-88	45,371	5.1	13,579	31,792	10,488	3,256	7,232	3,973	1,783	2,190
1988-89	49,083	8.2	14,265	34,818	11,329	3,465	7,864	4,143	1,773	2,370
1989-90	53,952	9.9	15,336	38,616	10,730	3,377	7,353	3,811	1,566	2,245
1990-91	58,655	8.7	16,067	42,588	11,349	3,329	8,020	3,932	1,520	2,412
1991-92	63,683	8.6	17,062	46,621	11,659	3,335	8,324	3,814	1,490	2,324
1992-93	66,931	5.1	17,942	48,989	12,518	3,380	9,138	4,100	1,570	2,530
1993-94	69,419	3.7	18,668	50,751	13,723	3,763	9,960	4,021	1,497	2,524
1994-95	72,233	4.1	19,570	52,663	15,378	4,210	11,168	4,252	1,562	2,690
1995-96	73,416	1.6	19,836	53,580	15,152	4,090	11,062	4,141	1,380	2,761
1996-97	74,308	1.2	19,408	54,900	15,769	4,155	11,614	4,507	1,495	3,012
1997-98	74,107	-0.3	18,976	55,131	15,142	3,978	11,164	4,541	1,470	3,071
1998-99	73,636	-0.6	18,304	55,332	15,688	3,990	11,698	4,695	1,510	3,185
1999-2000	74,194	0.8	17,451	56,743	15,740	3,821	11,919	4,731	1,529	3,202
2000-01	73,645	-0.7	16,585	57,060	16,539	3,892	12,647	5,091	1,598	3,493
2001-02	76,775	4.3	17,284	59,491	16,357	3,814	12,543	4,759	1,503	3,256
2002-03	78,650	2.4	17,514	61,136	17,161	3,839	13,322	4,835	1,483	3,352
2003-04	82,098	4.4	18,193	63,905	17,898	3,789	14,109	4,827	1,496	3,331
2004-05	85,614	4.3	19,000	66,614	18,830	3,900	14,930	5,106	1,466	3,640
2005-06	88,134	2.9	19,865	68,269	19,770	4,079	15,691	4,921	1,347	3,574
2006-07	90,039	2.2	20,343	69,696	21,037	4,265	16,772	5,153	1,382	3,771
2007-08	92,587	2.8	21,202	71,385	21,431	4,356	17,075	5,296	1,440	3,856
Percent change   1997-98 to      2002-03	6.1	†	-7.7	10.9	13.3	-3.5	19.3	6.5	0.9	9.2
2002-03 to      2007-08	17.7	†	21.1	16.8	24.9	13.5	28.2	9.5	-2.9	15.0

†Not applicable.

NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.

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 2007-08 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87-99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2008. (This table was prepared July 2009.)