Table 313.

Degrees in communication, journalism, and related programs and in communications technologies conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970-71 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
1970-71	10,802	†	6,989	3,813	1,856	1,214	642	145	126	19
1971-72	12,340	14.2	7,964	4,376	2,200	1,443	757	111	96	15
1972-73	14,317	16.0	9,074	5,243	2,406	1,546	860	139	114	25
1973-74	17,096	19.4	10,536	6,560	2,640	1,668	972	175	146	29
1974-75	19,248	12.6	11,455	7,793	2,794	1,618	1,176	165	119	46
1975-76	21,282	10.6	12,458	8,824	3,126	1,818	1,308	204	154	50
1976-77	23,214	9.1	12,932	10,282	3,091	1,719	1,372	171	130	41
1977-78	25,400	9.4	13,480	11,920	3,296	1,673	1,623	191	138	53
1978-79	26,457	4.2	13,266	13,191	2,882	1,483	1,399	192	138	54
1979-80	28,616	8.2	13,656	14,960	3,082	1,527	1,555	193	121	72
1980-81	31,282	9.3	14,179	17,103	3,105	1,448	1,657	182	107	75
1981-82	34,222	9.4	14,917	19,305	3,327	1,578	1,749	200	136	64
1982-83	38,647	12.9	16,213	22,434	3,600	1,660	1,940	208	123	85
1983-84	40,203	4.0	16,662	23,541	3,620	1,578	2,042	216	129	87
1984-85	42,102	4.7	17,233	24,869	3,657	1,574	2,083	232	141	91
1985-86	43,145	2.5	17,681	25,464	3,808	1,603	2,205	218	116	102
1986-87	45,521	5.5	18,201	27,320	3,881	1,584	2,297	275	158	117
1987-88	46,916	3.1	18,672	28,244	3,916	1,568	2,348	233	133	100
1988-89	48,889	4.2	19,357	29,532	4,249	1,734	2,515	248	137	111
1989-90	51,572	5.5	20,374	31,198	4,353	1,705	2,648	272	145	127
1990-91	53,047	2.9	20,806	32,241	4,327	1,711	2,616	272	150	122
1991-92	55,144	4.0	21,601	33,543	4,463	1,692	2,771	255	132	123
1992-93	54,907	-0.4	22,154	32,753	5,179	1,969	3,210	301	146	155
1993-94	52,033	-5.2	21,484	30,549	5,388	2,088	3,300	345	174	171
1994-95	48,969	-5.9	20,501	28,468	5,559	2,086	3,473	321	162	159
1995-96	48,173	-1.6	19,868	28,305	5,561	2,153	3,408	345	190	155
1996-97	47,894	-0.6	19,771	28,123	5,552	1,989	3,563	300	155	145
1997-98	50,263	4.9	20,103	30,160	6,097	2,369	3,728	359	171	188
1998-99	52,460	4.4	20,950	31,510	5,556	2,001	3,555	352	183	169
1999-2000	57,058	8.8	22,152	34,906	5,525	2,030	3,495	357	168	189
2000-01	59,191	3.7	22,542	36,649	5,645	1,964	3,681	370	190	180
2001-02	64,036	8.2	23,692	40,344	5,980	2,169	3,811	383	168	215
2002-03	69,828	9.0	25,338	44,490	6,495	2,301	4,194	398	179	219
2003-04	73,002	4.5	25,813	47,189	6,900	2,329	4,571	426	186	240
2004-05	75,238	3.1	26,926	48,312	7,195	2,535	4,660	468	195	273
2005-06	76,936	2.3	28,142	48,794	7,745	2,611	5,134	464	207	257
2006-07	78,420	1.9	29,009	49,411	7,272	2,485	4,787	480	188	292
2007-08	81,048	3.4	30,384	50,664	7,546	2,580	4,966	496	209	287
2008-09	83,109	2.5	31,218	51,891	7,567	2,459	5,108	535	225	310
Percent change
1998-99 to     2003-04	39.2	†	23.2	49.8	24.2	16.4	28.6	21.0	1.6	42.0
2003-04 to     2008-09	13.8	†	20.9	10.0	9.7	5.6	11.7	25.6	21.0	29.2

†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, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1970-71 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.)