Table 315.

Degrees in education conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1949-50 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
1949-50	61,472	†	31,398	30,074	20,069	12,025	8,044	953	797	156
1959-60	89,002	†	25,556	63,446	33,433	18,057	15,376	1,591	1,279	312
1967-68	133,965	†	31,926	102,039	63,399	30,672	32,727	4,078	3,250	828
1969-70	163,964	†	40,420	123,544	78,020	34,832	43,188	5,588	4,479	1,109
1970-71	176,307	7.5	44,896	131,411	87,666	38,365	49,301	6,041	4,771	1,270
1971-72	190,880	8.3	49,344	141,536	96,668	41,141	55,527	6,648	5,104	1,544
1972-73	193,984	1.6	51,300	142,684	103,777	43,298	60,479	6,857	5,191	1,666
1973-74	184,907	-4.7	48,997	135,910	110,402	44,112	66,290	6,757	4,974	1,783
1974-75	166,758	-9.8	44,463	122,295	117,841	44,430	73,411	6,975	4,856	2,119
1975-76	154,437	-7.4	42,004	112,433	126,061	44,831	81,230	7,202	4,826	2,376
1976-77	143,234	-7.3	39,867	103,367	124,267	42,308	81,959	7,338	4,832	2,506
1977-78	135,821	-5.2	37,410	98,411	116,916	37,662	79,254	7,018	4,281	2,737
1978-79	125,873	-7.3	33,743	92,130	109,866	34,410	75,456	7,170	4,174	2,996
1979-80	118,038	-6.2	30,901	87,137	101,819	30,300	71,519	7,314	4,100	3,214
1980-81	108,074	-8.4	27,039	81,035	96,713	27,548	69,165	7,279	3,843	3,436
1981-82	100,932	-6.6	24,380	76,552	91,601	25,339	66,262	6,999	3,612	3,387
1982-83	97,908	-3.0	23,651	74,257	83,254	22,824	60,430	7,063	3,550	3,513
1983-84	92,310	-5.7	22,200	70,110	75,700	21,164	54,536	6,914	3,448	3,466
1984-85	88,078	-4.6	21,254	66,824	74,667	20,539	54,128	6,614	3,174	3,440
1985-86	87,147	-1.1	20,982	66,165	74,816	20,302	54,514	6,610	3,088	3,522
1986-87	86,788	-0.4	20,705	66,083	72,619	18,955	53,664	5,905	2,745	3,160
1987-88	90,928	4.8	20,947	69,981	75,270	18,777	56,493	5,568	2,530	3,038
1988-89	96,740	6.4	21,643	75,097	79,793	19,616	60,177	5,884	2,522	3,362
1989-90	105,112	8.7	23,007	82,105	84,890	20,469	64,421	6,503	2,776	3,727
1990-91	110,807	5.4	23,417	87,390	87,352	20,448	66,904	6,189	2,614	3,575
1991-92	107,836	-2.7	22,655	85,181	91,225	20,897	70,328	6,423	2,652	3,771
1992-93	107,578	-0.2	23,199	84,379	94,497	21,857	72,640	6,581	2,712	3,869
1993-94	107,440	-0.1	24,424	83,016	97,427	22,656	74,771	6,450	2,555	3,895
1994-95	105,929	-1.4	25,619	80,310	99,835	23,511	76,324	6,475	2,490	3,985
1995-96	105,384	-0.5	26,214	79,170	104,936	24,955	79,981	6,246	2,404	3,842
1996-97	105,116	-0.3	26,242	78,874	108,720	25,518	83,202	6,297	2,367	3,930
1997-98	105,833	0.7	26,285	79,548	113,374	26,814	86,560	6,261	2,334	3,927
1998-99	107,086	1.2	26,224	80,862	118,048	27,997	90,051	6,394	2,298	4,096
1999-2000	108,034	0.9	26,103	81,931	123,045	29,081	93,964	6,409	2,295	4,114
2000-01	105,458	-2.4	24,580	80,878	127,829	29,997	97,832	6,284	2,237	4,047
2001-02	106,295	0.8	24,049	82,246	135,189	31,907	103,282	6,549	2,211	4,338
2002-03	105,845	-0.4	22,604	83,241	147,883	34,033	113,850	6,832	2,314	4,518
2003-04	106,278	0.4	22,802	83,476	162,345	37,843	124,502	7,088	2,403	4,685
2004-05	105,451	-0.8	22,513	82,938	167,490	38,863	128,627	7,681	2,557	5,124
2005-06	107,238	1.7	22,448	84,790	174,620	40,700	133,920	7,584	2,664	4,920
2006-07	105,641	-1.5	22,516	83,125	176,572	40,164	136,408	8,261	2,681	5,580
2007-08	102,582	-2.9	21,828	80,754	175,880	40,055	135,825	8,491	2,773	5,718
2008-09	101,708	-0.9	21,159	80,549	178,564	40,324	138,240	9,028	2,956	6,072
Percent change
1998-99 to     2003-04	-0.8	†	-13.0	3.2	37.5	35.2	38.3	10.9	4.6	14.4
2003-04 to     2008-09	-4.3	†	-7.2	-3.5	10.0	6.6	11.0	27.4	23.0	29.6

†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 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.)