Table 317.

Degrees in chemical, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree: 1970-71 through 2008-09

Year	Chemical engineering			Civil engineering			Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering			Mechanical engineering
	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctor's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctor's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctor's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctor's
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
1970-71	3,579	1,100	406	6,526	2,425	446	12,198	4,282	879	8,858	2,237	438
1971-72	3,625	1,154	394	6,803	2,487	415	12,101	4,206	824	8,530	2,282	411
1972-73	3,578	1,051	397	7,390	2,627	397	12,313	3,895	791	8,523	2,141	370
1973-74	3,399	1,044	400	8,017	2,652	368	11,316	3,499	705	7,677	1,843	385
1974-75	3,070	990	346	7,651	2,769	356	10,161	3,469	701	6,890	1,858	340
1975-76	3,140	1,031	308	7,923	2,999	370	9,791	3,774	649	6,800	1,907	305
1976-77	3,524	1,086	291	8,228	2,964	309	9,936	3,788	566	7,703	1,952	283
1977-78	4,569	1,235	259	9,135	2,685	277	11,133	3,740	503	8,875	1,942	279
1978-79	5,568	1,149	304	9,809	2,646	253	12,338	3,591	586	10,107	1,877	271
1979-80	6,320	1,270	284	10,326	2,683	270	13,821	3,836	525	11,808	2,060	281
1980-81	6,527	1,267	300	10,678	2,891	325	14,938	3,901	535	13,329	2,291	276
1981-82	6,740	1,285	311	10,524	2,995	329	16,455	4,462	526	13,922	2,399	333
1982-83	7,185	1,368	319	9,989	3,074	340	18,049	4,531	550	15,675	2,511	299
1983-84	7,475	1,514	330	9,693	3,146	369	19,943	5,078	585	16,629	2,797	319
1984-85	7,146	1,544	418	9,162	3,172	377	21,691	5,153	660	16,794	3,053	409
1985-86	5,877	1,361	446	8,679	2,926	395	23,742	5,534	722	16,194	3,075	426
1986-87	4,991	1,184	497	8,147	2,901	451	24,547	6,183	724	15,450	3,198	528
1987-88	3,917	1,088	579	7,488	2,836	481	23,597	6,688	860	14,900	3,329	596
1988-89	3,663	1,093	602	7,312	2,903	505	21,908	7,028	998	14,843	3,498	633
1989-90	3,430	1,035	562	7,252	2,812	516	20,711	7,225	1,162	14,336	3,424	742
1990-91	3,444	903	611	7,314	2,927	536	19,320	7,095	1,220	13,977	3,516	757
1991-92	3,754	956	590	8,034	3,113	540	17,958	7,360	1,282	14,067	3,653	851
1992-93	4,459	990	595	8,868	3,610	577	17,281	7,870	1,413	14,464	3,982	871
1993-94	5,163	1,032	604	9,479	3,873	651	15,823	7,791	1,470	15,030	4,099	887
1994-95	5,901	1,085	571	9,927	4,077	625	14,929	7,693	1,543	14,794	4,213	890
1995-96	6,319	1,176	670	10,607	3,905	616	13,900	7,103	1,591	14,177	3,881	940
1996-97	6,564	1,131	650	10,437	3,833	640	13,336	6,393	1,512	13,493	3,608	913
1997-98	6,319	1,128	652	9,926	3,795	610	12,995	6,737	1,458	13,071	3,441	933
1998-99	6,033	1,130	572	9,121	3,648	543	12,531	6,690	1,303	12,705	3,258	774
1999-2000	5,807	1,078	590	8,136	3,433	543	12,930	6,926	1,392	12,807	3,273	776
2000-01	5,611	1,083	610	7,588	3,310	571	13,091	6,815	1,417	12,817	3,371	849
2001-02	5,462	973	605	7,665	3,295	574	13,056	6,587	1,235	13,058	3,391	772
2002-03	5,109	1,065	542	7,836	3,596	599	13,627	7,621	1,256	13,693	3,695	747
2003-04	4,742	1,165	623	7,827	3,790	636	14,123	9,511	1,440	14,050	4,420	787
2004-05	4,397	1,183	773	8,186	3,834	713	14,171	9,054	1,566	14,609	4,637	915
2005-06	4,326	1,116	819	9,090	3,768	750	13,966	8,123	1,860	15,850	4,443	1,096
2006-07	4,492	957	835	9,671	3,482	805	13,089	7,777	2,042	16,601	4,294	1,106
2007-08	4,795	933	853	10,455	3,595	752	12,375	8,631	1,996	17,367	4,497	1,109
2008-09	5,036	994	789	10,785	3,794	762	11,619	9,178	1,811	17,352	4,620	1,142
Percent change
1998-98 to     2003-04	-21.4	3.1	8.9	-14.2	3.9	17.1	12.7	42.2	10.5	10.6	35.7	1.7
2003-04 to     2008-09	6.2	-14.7	26.6	37.8	0.1	19.8	-17.7	-3.5	25.8	23.5	4.5	45.1

NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. From 1970-71 through 1981-82, civil engineering includes construction and transportation engineering. From 1991-92, civil engineering includes geotechnical, structural, transportation, and water resources engineering. Degrees in engineering technologies are not included in this table.

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.)