Table 327.

Degrees in public administration and social services 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	5,466	†	1,726	3,740	7,785	3,893	3,892	174	132	42
1971-72	7,508	37.4	2,588	4,920	8,756	4,537	4,219	193	150	43
1972-73	10,690	42.4	3,998	6,692	10,068	5,271	4,797	198	160	38
1973-74	11,966	11.9	4,266	7,700	11,415	6,028	5,387	201	154	47
1974-75	13,661	14.2	4,630	9,031	13,617	7,200	6,417	257	192	65
1975-76	15,440	13.0	5,706	9,734	15,209	7,969	7,240	292	192	100
1976-77	16,136	4.5	5,544	10,592	17,026	8,810	8,216	292	197	95
1977-78	16,607	2.9	5,096	11,511	17,337	8,513	8,824	357	237	120
1978-79	17,328	4.3	4,938	12,390	17,306	8,051	9,255	315	215	100
1979-80	16,644	-3.9	4,451	12,193	17,560	7,866	9,694	342	216	126
1980-81	16,707	0.4	4,248	12,459	17,803	7,460	10,343	362	212	150
1981-82	16,495	-1.3	4,176	12,319	17,416	6,975	10,441	372	205	167
1982-83	14,414	-12.6	3,343	11,071	16,046	5,961	10,085	347	184	163
1983-84	12,570	-12.8	2,998	9,572	15,060	5,634	9,426	420	230	190
1984-85	11,754	-6.5	2,829	8,925	15,575	5,573	10,002	431	213	218
1985-86	11,887	1.1	2,966	8,921	15,692	5,594	10,098	382	171	211
1986-87	12,328	3.7	2,993	9,335	16,432	5,673	10,759	398	216	182
1987-88	12,385	0.5	2,923	9,462	16,424	5,631	10,793	470	238	232
1988-89	13,162	6.3	3,214	9,948	17,020	5,615	11,405	428	210	218
1989-90	13,908	5.7	3,334	10,574	17,399	5,634	11,765	508	235	273
1990-91	14,350	3.2	3,215	11,135	17,905	5,679	12,226	430	190	240
1991-92	15,987	11.4	3,479	12,508	19,243	5,769	13,474	432	204	228
1992-93	16,775	4.9	3,801	12,974	20,634	6,105	14,529	459	215	244
1993-94	17,815	6.2	3,919	13,896	21,833	6,406	15,427	519	238	281
1994-95	18,586	4.3	3,935	14,651	23,501	6,870	16,631	556	274	282
1995-96	19,849	6.8	4,205	15,644	24,229	6,927	17,302	499	220	279
1996-97	20,649	4.0	4,177	16,472	24,781	6,957	17,824	518	243	275
1997-98	20,408	-1.2	3,881	16,527	25,144	7,025	18,119	499	223	276
1998-99	20,287	-0.6	3,791	16,496	24,925	6,556	18,369	532	239	293
1999-2000	20,185	-0.5	3,816	16,369	25,594	6,808	18,786	537	227	310
2000-01	19,447	-3.7	3,670	15,777	25,268	6,544	18,724	574	263	311
2001-02	19,392	-0.3	3,706	15,686	25,448	6,505	18,943	571	250	321
2002-03	19,900	2.6	3,726	16,174	25,903	6,391	19,512	599	265	334
2003-04	20,552	3.3	3,793	16,759	28,250	7,001	21,249	649	275	374
2004-05	21,769	5.9	4,209	17,560	29,552	7,370	22,182	673	272	401
2005-06	21,986	1.0	4,126	17,860	30,510	7,572	22,938	704	285	419
2006-07	23,147	5.3	4,354	18,793	31,131	7,758	23,373	726	253	473
2007-08	23,493	1.5	4,202	19,291	33,029	8,140	24,889	760	269	491
2008-09	23,851	1.5	4,374	19,477	33,933	8,346	25,587	812	306	506
Percent change
1998-99 to     2003-04	1.3	†	0.1	1.6	13.3	6.8	15.7	22.0	15.1	27.6
2003-04 to     2008-09	16.1	†	15.3	16.2	20.1	19.2	20.4	25.1	11.3	35.3

†Not applicable.

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, 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 August 2010.)