Table 312.

Degrees in business conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1955-56 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
1955-56	42,813	†	38,706	4,107	3,280	3,118	162	129	127	2
1957-58	51,991	†	48,063	3,928	4,223	4,072	151	110	105	5
1959-60	51,076	†	47,262	3,814	4,643	4,476	167	135	133	2
1961-62	49,017	†	45,184	3,833	7,691	7,484	207	226	221	5
1963-64	55,474	†	51,056	4,418	9,251	9,008	243	275	268	7
1965-66	62,721	†	57,516	5,205	12,959	12,628	331	387	370	17
1967-68	79,074	†	72,126	6,948	17,795	17,186	609	441	427	14
1969-70	105,580	†	96,346	9,234	21,561	20,792	769	620	610	10
1970-71	115,396	9.3	104,936	10,460	26,490	25,458	1,032	774	753	21
1971-72	121,917	5.7	110,331	11,586	30,509	29,317	1,192	876	857	19
1972-73	126,717	3.9	113,337	13,380	31,208	29,689	1,519	917	864	53
1973-74	132,304	4.4	115,363	16,941	32,691	30,557	2,134	922	873	49
1974-75	133,639	1.0	111,983	21,656	36,315	33,274	3,041	939	900	39
1975-76	143,171	7.1	114,986	28,185	42,592	37,654	4,938	906	856	50
1976-77	152,010	6.2	116,394	35,616	46,505	39,852	6,653	839	785	54
1977-78	160,775	5.8	117,103	43,672	48,347	40,224	8,123	834	760	74
1978-79	172,392	7.2	119,765	52,627	50,397	40,766	9,631	852	752	100
1979-80	186,264	8.0	123,639	62,625	55,008	42,744	12,264	767	650	117
1980-81	200,521	7.7	126,798	73,723	57,888	43,411	14,477	808	686	122
1981-82	215,190	7.3	130,693	84,497	61,251	44,230	17,021	826	676	150
1982-83	226,442	5.2	131,451	94,991	64,741	45,987	18,754	770	638	132
1983-84	229,013	1.1	129,296	99,717	66,129	46,167	19,962	926	727	199
1984-85	232,282	1.4	127,467	104,815	66,981	46,199	20,782	827	685	142
1985-86	236,700	1.9	128,415	108,285	66,676	45,927	20,749	923	720	203
1986-87	240,346	1.5	128,506	111,840	67,093	44,913	22,180	1,062	808	254
1987-88	242,859	1.0	129,467	113,392	69,230	45,980	23,250	1,063	810	253
1988-89	246,262	1.4	131,098	115,164	73,065	48,540	24,525	1,100	800	300
1989-90	248,568	0.9	132,284	116,284	76,676	50,585	26,091	1,093	818	275
1990-91	249,165	0.2	131,557	117,608	78,255	50,883	27,372	1,185	876	309
1991-92	256,298	2.9	135,263	121,035	84,517	54,609	29,908	1,242	953	289
1992-93	256,473	0.1	135,368	121,105	89,425	57,504	31,921	1,346	969	377
1993-94	246,265	-4.0	128,946	117,319	93,285	59,223	34,062	1,364	980	384
1994-95	233,895	-5.0	121,663	112,232	93,540	58,931	34,609	1,391	1,011	380
1995-96	226,623	-3.1	116,545	110,078	93,554	58,400	35,154	1,366	972	394
1996-97	225,934	-0.3	116,023	109,911	97,204	59,333	37,871	1,336	947	389
1997-98	232,079	2.7	119,379	112,700	101,652	62,357	39,295	1,290	885	405
1998-99	240,947	3.8	122,250	118,697	107,477	64,700	42,777	1,201	843	358
1999-2000	256,070	6.3	128,521	127,549	111,532	67,078	44,454	1,194	812	382
2000-01	263,515	2.9	132,275	131,240	115,602	68,471	47,131	1,180	783	397
2001-02	278,217	5.6	138,343	139,874	119,725	70,463	49,262	1,156	746	410
2002-03	293,391	5.5	145,075	148,316	127,685	75,239	52,446	1,252	820	432
2003-04	307,149	4.7	152,513	154,636	139,347	80,858	58,489	1,481	960	521
2004-05	311,574	1.4	155,940	155,634	142,617	82,151	60,466	1,498	901	597
2005-06	318,042	2.1	159,683	158,359	146,406	83,550	62,856	1,711	1,049	662
2006-07	327,531	3.0	166,350	161,181	150,211	84,115	66,096	2,029	1,188	841
2007-08	335,254	2.4	170,978	164,276	155,637	86,258	69,379	2,084	1,250	834
2008-09	347,985	3.8	177,862	170,123	168,375	91,981	76,394	2,123	1,302	821
Percent change
1998-99 to     2003-04	27.5	†	24.8	30.3	29.7	25.0	36.7	23.3	13.9	45.5
2003-04 to     2008-09	13.3	†	16.6	10.0	20.8	13.8	30.6	43.3	35.6	57.6

†Not applicable.

NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Includes degrees in business, management, marketing, and related support services and in personal and culinary services.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Earned Degrees Conferred, 1955-56 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.)