Table 287.

Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by control of institution and level of degree: 1969-70 through 2008-09

Year	Public institutions					Private institutions
	Associate's degrees	Bachelor's degrees	Master's degrees	First- professional degrees1	Doctor's degrees2	Associate's degrees		Bachelor's degrees	Master's degrees	First- professional degrees1	Doctor's degrees2
1	2	3	4	5	6	7		8	9	10	11
1969-70	170,966	519,550	134,545	14,542	19,183	35,057		272,766	73,746	20,376	10,683
1970-71	215,645	557,996	151,603	16,139	20,788	36,666		281,734	78,906	21,807	11,319
1971-72	255,218	599,615	167,075	18,521	21,776	36,796		287,658	84,558	24,890	11,587
1972-73	278,132	630,899	174,405	21,872	22,357	38,042		291,463	88,966	28,146	12,420
1973-74	303,188	651,544	184,632	23,208	21,810	40,736		294,232	92,401	30,608	12,006
1974-75	318,474	634,785	193,804	23,612	22,176	41,697		288,148	98,646	32,304	11,907
1975-76	345,006	635,161	206,298	25,766	21,751	46,448		290,585	105,473	36,883	12,313
1976-77	355,650	630,463	208,901	26,344	21,229	50,727		289,086	108,263	38,015	12,003
1977-78	358,874	627,903	202,099	27,097	20,456	53,372		293,301	109,521	39,484	11,675
1978-79	346,808	621,666	192,016	27,785	20,817	55,894		299,724	109,063	41,063	11,913
1979-80	344,536	624,084	187,499	27,942	20,608	56,374		305,333	110,582	42,189	12,007
1980-81	352,391	626,452	184,384	29,128	20,895	63,986	3	308,688	111,355	42,828	12,063
1981-82	366,732	636,475	182,295	29,611	20,889	67,794	3	316,523	113,251	42,421	11,818
1982-83	377,817	646,317	176,246	29,757	21,186	71,803	3	323,193	113,675	43,297	11,589
1983-84	379,249	646,013	170,693	29,586	21,141	72,991		328,296	113,570	44,882	12,068
1984-85	377,625	652,246	170,000	30,152	21,337	77,087		327,231	116,251	44,911	11,606
1985-86	369,052	658,586	169,903	29,568	21,433	76,995		329,237	118,664	44,342	12,220
1986-87	358,811	659,260	167,797	29,346	21,870	77,493		332,004	121,552	42,271	12,171
1987-88	354,180	658,491	173,778	29,153	22,488	80,905		336,338	125,539	41,582	12,382
1988-89	357,001	675,675	179,109	28,993	22,970	79,763		343,080	131,512	41,863	12,750
1989-90	375,635	700,015	186,104	28,810	24,641	79,467		351,329	138,197	42,178	13,730
1990-91	398,055	724,062	193,057	29,554	25,681	83,665		370,476	144,111	42,394	13,613
1991-92	420,265	759,475	203,398	29,366	26,820	83,966		377,078	149,440	44,780	13,839
1992-93	430,321	785,112	213,843	29,628	27,392	84,435		380,066	155,742	45,759	14,740
1993-94	444,373	789,148	221,428	29,842	28,524	86,259		380,127	165,642	45,576	14,661
1994-95	451,539	776,670	224,152	29,871	28,917	88,152		383,464	173,477	45,929	15,529
1995-96	454,291	774,070	227,179	29,882	29,516	100,925		390,722	179,122	46,852	15,136
1996-97	465,494	776,677	233,237	31,243	29,838	105,732		396,202	186,164	47,487	16,038
1997-98	455,084	784,296	235,922	31,233	29,715	103,471		400,110	194,242	47,365	16,295
1998-99	448,334	790,287	238,501	31,693	28,134	111,620		410,016	201,485	46,746	15,943
1999-2000	448,446	810,855	243,157	32,247	28,408	116,487		427,020	213,899	47,810	16,400
2000-01	456,487	812,438	246,054	32,633	28,187	122,378		431,733	222,422	47,074	16,717
2001-02	471,660	841,180	249,820	33,439	27,622	123,473		450,720	232,298	47,259	16,538
2002-03	498,279	875,596	265,643	33,549	28,062	135,737		473,215	247,696	47,348	17,980
2003-04	524,875	905,718	285,138	34,499	29,706	140,426		493,824	273,802	48,542	18,672
2004-05	547,519	932,443	291,505	35,768	31,743	149,141		506,821	283,113	51,521	20,888
2005-06	557,134	955,369	293,517	36,269	33,767	155,932		529,873	300,548	51,386	22,300
2006-07	566,535	975,513	291,971	36,855	36,230	161,579		548,579	312,636	53,209	24,386
2007-08	578,520	996,435	299,923	37,278	38,315	171,644		566,634	325,100	54,031	25,397
2008-09	596,098	1,020,435	308,206	37,357	39,911	191,227		580,933	348,578	54,647	27,805

1 Includes degrees that require at least 6 years of college work for completion (including at least 2 years of preprofessional training).

2 Doctor's degrees include Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes first-professional degrees such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees.

3 Part of the increase is due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.

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, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1969-70 through 1985-86; and 1986-87 through 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87-99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2009. (This table was prepared September 2010.)