Table 320.

Degrees in French, German, Italian, and Spanish conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree: Selected years, 1949-50 through 2008-09

Year	French			German			Italian			Spanish
	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
1949-50	1,471	299	53	540	121	40	—	—	—	2,122	373	34
1959-60	1,927	316	58	659	126	21	—	—	—	1,610	261	31
1967-68	7,068	1,301	152	2,368	771	117	—	—	—	6,381	1,188	123
1969-70	7,624	1,409	181	2,652	669	118	242	71	14	7,226	1,372	139
1970-71	7,306	1,437	192	2,601	690	144	201	87	10	7,068	1,456	168
1971-72	6,822	1,421	193	2,477	608	167	287	104	19	6,847	1,421	152
1972-73	6,705	1,277	203	2,520	598	176	313	78	27	7,209	1,298	206
1973-74	6,263	1,195	213	2,425	550	149	292	81	19	7,250	1,217	203
1974-75	5,745	1,077	200	2,289	480	147	329	100	13	6,719	1,228	202
1975-76	4,783	914	190	1,983	471	164	342	85	19	5,984	1,080	176
1976-77	4,228	875	177	1,820	394	126	325	89	16	5,359	930	153
1977-78	3,708	692	155	1,647	357	101	301	58	19	4,832	822	113
1978-79	3,558	576	143	1,524	344	106	236	60	14	4,563	720	118
1979-80	3,285	513	128	1,466	309	94	272	49	9	4,331	685	103
1980-81	3,178	460	115	1,286	294	79	205	65	13	3,870	592	131
1981-82	3,054	485	92	1,327	324	76	208	55	14	3,633	568	140
1982-83	2,871	360	106	1,367	281	68	224	45	18	3,349	506	129
1983-84	2,876	418	86	1,292	241	63	206	41	13	3,254	537	102
1984-85	2,991	385	74	1,411	240	58	190	44	9	3,415	505	115
1985-86	3,015	409	86	1,396	249	73	240	42	10	3,385	521	95
1986-87	3,062	421	85	1,366	234	70	219	53	17	3,450	504	104
1987-88	3,082	437	89	1,350	244	71	224	45	7	3,416	553	93
1988-89	3,297	444	83	1,428	263	59	239	45	17	3,748	552	101
1989-90	3,259	478	115	1,437	253	67	247	38	19	4,176	573	108
1990-91	3,355	480	98	1,543	242	58	253	36	21	4,480	609	125
1991-92	3,371	465	112	1,616	273	85	238	55	18	4,768	647	143
1992-93	3,280	513	98	1,572	317	86	274	50	13	5,233	667	145
1993-94	3,094	479	104	1,580	298	61	264	47	24	5,505	691	160
1994-95	2,764	470	118	1,352	278	83	271	69	31	5,602	709	161
1995-96	2,655	446	113	1,290	305	75	232	44	22	5,995	769	151
1996-97	2,468	414	119	1,214	281	80	234	49	18	6,161	677	175
1997-98	2,530	389	104	1,181	209	94	252	60	25	6,595	781	160
1998-99	2,555	357	116	1,246	238	77	260	41	12	6,964	694	152
1999-2000	2,514	343	129	1,125	184	76	237	48	13	7,031	718	175
2000-01	2,371	376	115	1,143	242	73	286	42	11	7,164	716	185
2001-02	2,396	356	89	1,092	208	64	263	46	15	7,243	792	193
2002-03	2,294	348	75	1,097	188	77	307	54	20	7,619	791	190
2003-04	2,362	361	85	1,031	153	30	279	49	31	7,991	833	199
2004-05	2,394	356	80	1,103	180	56	277	70	12	8,304	919	190
2005-06	2,410	395	84	1,106	172	48	321	94	17	8,690	981	192
2006-07	2,462	364	95	1,055	158	56	280	97	20	9,013	982	195
2007-08	2,432	359	102	1,085	173	51	359	88	25	9,278	990	193
2008-09	2,450	386	86	1,058	163	47	341	76	34	9,331	878	218
Percent change
1998-99 to     2003-04	-7.6	1.1	-26.7	-17.3	-35.7	-61.0	7.3	19.5	158.3	14.7	20.0	30.9
2003-04 to     2008-09	3.7	6.9	1.2	2.6	6.5	56.7	22.2	55.1	9.7	16.8	5.4	9.5

—Not available.

NOTE: Data through 1994-95 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. (See Appendix A: Guide to Sources for details.)

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 August 2010.)