Table 310.

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 2008-09

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
2007-08	77,854	3.6	31,637	46,217	9,565	4,041	5,524	6,918	3,403	3,515
2008-09	80,756	3.7	32,925	47,831	9,898	4,200	5,698	6,957	3,292	3,665
Percent change
1998-99 to     2003-04	-4.8	†	-17.5	5.0	10.8	-0.6	20.8	4.3	-2.5	13.4
2003-04 to     2008-09	31.3	†	41.6	25.0	29.3	30.2	28.6	32.7	17.4	50.3

†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, 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 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87-99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2009. (This table was prepared July 2010.)