Table 283.

Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1869-70 through 2020-21

Year	Associate's degrees				Bachelor's degrees							Master's degrees				Doctor's degrees1
	Total	Males	Females	Percent female	Total		Males		Females		Percent female	Total	Males	Females	Percent female	Total	Males	Females	Percent female
1	2	3	4	5	6		7		8		9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
1869-70	—	—	—	—	9,371	2	7,993	2	1,378	2	14.7	0	0	0	—	1	1	0	0.0
1879-80	—	—	—	—	12,896	2	10,411	2	2,485	2	19.3	879	868	11	1.3	54	51	3	5.6
1889-90	—	—	—	—	15,539	2	12,857	2	2,682	2	17.3	1,015	821	194	19.1	149	147	2	1.3
1899-1900	—	—	—	—	27,410	2	22,173	2	5,237	2	19.1	1,583	1,280	303	19.1	382	359	23	6.0
1909-10	—	—	—	—	37,199	2	28,762	2	8,437	2	22.7	2,113	1,555	558	26.4	443	399	44	9.9
1919-20	—	—	—	—	48,622	2	31,980	2	16,642	2	34.2	4,279	2,985	1,294	30.2	615	522	93	15.1
1929-30	—	—	—	—	122,484	2	73,615	2	48,869	2	39.9	14,969	8,925	6,044	40.4	2,299	1,946	353	15.4
1939-40	—	—	—	—	186,500	2	109,546	2	76,954	2	41.3	26,731	16,508	10,223	38.2	3,290	2,861	429	13.0
1949-50	—	—	—	—	432,058	2	328,841	2	103,217	2	23.9	58,183	41,220	16,963	29.2	6,420	5,804	616	9.6
1959-60	—	—	—	—	392,440	2	254,063	2	138,377	2	35.3	74,435	50,898	23,537	31.6	9,829	8,801	1,028	10.5
1969-70	206,023	117,432	88,591	43.0	792,316		451,097		341,219		43.1	213,589	130,799	82,790	38.8	59,486	53,792	5,694	9.6
1970-71	252,311	144,144	108,167	42.9	839,730		475,594		364,136		43.4	235,564	143,083	92,481	39.3	64,998	58,137	6,861	10.6
1971-72	292,014	166,227	125,787	43.1	887,273		500,590		386,683		43.6	257,201	155,010	102,191	39.7	71,206	63,353	7,853	11.0
1972-73	316,174	175,413	140,761	44.5	922,362		518,191		404,171		43.8	268,654	159,569	109,085	40.6	79,512	69,959	9,553	12.0
1973-74	343,924	188,591	155,333	45.2	945,776		527,313		418,463		44.2	282,074	162,606	119,468	42.4	82,591	71,131	11,460	13.9
1974-75	360,171	191,017	169,154	47.0	922,933		504,841		418,092		45.3	297,545	166,318	131,227	44.1	84,904	71,025	13,879	16.3
1975-76	391,454	209,996	181,458	46.4	925,746		504,925		420,821		45.5	317,477	172,519	144,958	45.7	91,007	73,888	17,119	18.8
1976-77	406,377	210,842	195,535	48.1	919,549		495,545		424,004		46.1	323,025	173,090	149,935	46.4	91,730	72,209	19,521	21.3
1977-78	412,246	204,718	207,528	50.3	921,204		487,347		433,857		47.1	317,987	166,857	151,130	47.5	92,345	70,283	22,062	23.9
1978-79	402,702	192,091	210,611	52.3	921,390		477,344		444,046		48.2	307,686	159,111	148,575	48.3	94,971	70,452	24,519	25.8
1979-80	400,910	183,737	217,173	54.2	929,417		473,611		455,806		49.0	305,196	156,882	148,314	48.6	95,631	69,526	26,105	27.3
1980-81	416,377	188,638	227,739	54.7	935,140		469,883		465,257		49.8	302,637	152,979	149,658	49.5	98,016	69,567	28,449	29.0
1981-82	434,526	196,944	237,582	54.7	952,998		473,364		479,634		50.3	302,447	151,349	151,098	50.0	97,838	68,630	29,208	29.9
1982-83	449,620	203,991	245,629	54.6	969,510		479,140		490,370		50.6	296,415	150,092	146,323	49.4	99,335	67,757	31,578	31.8
1983-84	452,240	202,704	249,536	55.2	974,309		482,319		491,990		50.5	291,141	149,268	141,873	48.7	100,799	67,769	33,030	32.8
1984-85	454,712	202,932	251,780	55.4	979,477		482,528		496,949		50.7	293,472	149,276	144,196	49.1	100,785	66,269	34,516	34.2
1985-86	446,047	196,166	249,881	56.0	987,823		485,923		501,900		50.8	295,850	149,373	146,477	49.5	100,280	65,215	35,065	35.0
1986-87	436,304	190,839	245,465	56.3	991,264		480,782		510,482		51.5	296,530	147,063	149,467	50.4	98,477	62,790	35,687	36.2
1987-88	435,085	190,047	245,038	56.3	994,829		477,203		517,626		52.0	305,783	150,243	155,540	50.9	99,139	63,019	36,120	36.4
1988-89	436,764	186,316	250,448	57.3	1,018,755		483,346		535,409		52.6	316,626	153,993	162,633	51.4	100,571	63,055	37,516	37.3
1989-90	455,102	191,195	263,907	58.0	1,051,344		491,696		559,648		53.2	330,152	158,052	172,100	52.1	103,508	63,963	39,545	38.2
1990-91	481,720	198,634	283,086	58.8	1,094,538		504,045		590,493		53.9	342,863	160,842	182,021	53.1	105,547	64,242	41,305	39.1
1991-92	504,231	207,481	296,750	58.9	1,136,553		520,811		615,742		54.2	358,089	165,867	192,222	53.7	109,554	66,603	42,951	39.2
1992-93	514,756	211,964	302,792	58.8	1,165,178		532,881		632,297		54.3	375,032	173,354	201,678	53.8	112,072	67,130	44,942	40.1
1993-94	530,632	215,261	315,371	59.4	1,169,275		532,422		636,853		54.5	393,037	180,571	212,466	54.1	112,636	66,773	45,863	40.7
1994-95	539,691	218,352	321,339	59.5	1,160,134		526,131		634,003		54.6	403,609	183,043	220,566	54.6	114,266	67,324	46,942	41.1
1995-96	555,216	219,514	335,702	60.5	1,164,792		522,454		642,338		55.1	412,180	183,481	228,699	55.5	115,507	67,189	48,318	41.8
1996-97	571,226	223,948	347,278	60.8	1,172,879		520,515		652,364		55.6	425,260	185,270	239,990	56.4	118,747	68,387	50,360	42.4
1997-98	558,555	217,613	340,942	61.0	1,184,406		519,956		664,450		56.1	436,037	188,718	247,319	56.7	118,735	67,232	51,503	43.4
1998-993	564,984	220,508	344,476	61.0	1,202,239		519,961		682,278		56.8	446,038	190,230	255,808	57.4	116,700	65,340	51,360	44.0
1999-2000	564,933	224,721	340,212	60.2	1,237,875		530,367		707,508		57.2	463,185	196,129	267,056	57.7	118,736	64,930	53,806	45.3
2000-01	578,865	231,645	347,220	60.0	1,244,171		531,840		712,331		57.3	473,502	197,770	275,732	58.2	119,585	64,171	55,414	46.3
2001-02	595,133	238,109	357,024	60.0	1,291,900		549,816		742,084		57.4	487,313	202,604	284,709	58.4	119,663	62,731	56,932	47.6
2002-03	634,016	253,451	380,565	60.0	1,348,811		573,258		775,553		57.5	518,699	215,172	303,527	58.5	121,579	62,730	58,849	48.4
2003-04	665,301	260,033	405,268	60.9	1,399,542		595,425		804,117		57.5	564,272	233,056	331,216	58.7	126,087	63,981	62,106	49.3
2004-05	696,660	267,536	429,124	61.6	1,439,264		613,000		826,264		57.4	580,151	237,155	342,996	59.1	134,387	67,257	67,130	50.0
2005-06	713,066	270,095	442,971	62.1	1,485,242		630,600		854,642		57.5	599,731	241,656	358,075	59.7	138,056	68,912	69,144	50.1
2006-07	728,114	275,187	452,927	62.2	1,524,092		649,570		874,522		57.4	610,597	242,189	368,408	60.3	144,690	71,308	73,382	50.7
2007-08	750,164	282,521	467,643	62.3	1,563,069		667,928		895,141		57.3	630,666	250,169	380,497	60.3	149,378	73,453	75,925	50.8
2008-09	787,325	298,141	489,184	62.1	1,601,368		685,382		915,986		57.2	662,079	263,538	398,541	60.2	154,425	75,639	78,786	51.0
2009-10	849,452	322,916	526,536	62.0	1,650,014		706,633		943,381		57.2	693,025	275,197	417,828	60.3	158,558	76,605	81,953	51.7
2010-114	863,000	324,000	539,000	62.5	1,715,000		735,000		980,000		57.1	718,000	295,000	423,000	58.9	168,200	81,600	86,600	51.5
2011-124	895,000	337,000	558,000	62.3	1,725,000		749,000		976,000		56.6	735,000	303,000	432,000	58.8	174,700	84,600	90,100	51.6
2012-134	899,000	338,000	561,000	62.4	1,744,000		755,000		989,000		56.7	747,000	306,000	441,000	59.0	178,700	86,600	92,100	51.5
2013-144	906,000	341,000	565,000	62.4	1,762,000		759,000		1,003,000		56.9	762,000	310,000	452,000	59.3	183,100	88,300	94,800	51.8
2014-154	915,000	343,000	571,000	62.4	1,786,000		765,000		1,021,000		57.2	781,000	316,000	465,000	59.5	188,000	90,100	97,900	52.1
2015-164	927,000	347,000	580,000	62.6	1,812,000		773,000		1,039,000		57.3	801,000	323,000	478,000	59.7	193,600	92,100	101,500	52.4
2016-174	940,000	350,000	590,000	62.8	1,844,000		784,000		1,060,000		57.5	819,000	329,000	490,000	59.8	199,600	94,300	105,300	52.8
2017-184	953,000	354,000	599,000	62.9	1,871,000		792,000		1,079,000		57.7	835,000	334,000	501,000	60.0	205,300	96,400	108,900	53.0
2018-194	967,000	358,000	609,000	63.0	1,899,000		800,000		1,099,000		57.9	851,000	339,000	512,000	60.2	210,500	98,200	112,300	53.3
2019-204	981,000	362,000	619,000	63.1	1,926,000		809,000		1,117,000		58.0	862,000	341,000	521,000	60.4	215,400	100,000	115,400	53.6
2020-214	994,000	366,000	628,000	63.2	1,926,000		809,000		1,117,000		58.0	871,000	342,000	529,000	60.7	219,900	101,600	118,300	53.8

—Not available.

1 Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Includes most degrees formerly classified as first-professional, such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees.

2 Includes some degrees classified as master's or doctor's degrees in later years.

3 Revised from previously published figures.

4 Projected.

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.) Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Earned Degrees Conferred, 1869-70 through 1964-65; Projections of Education Statistics to 2020; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1965-66 through 1985-86; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87-99); and IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2010, Completions component. (This table was prepared July 2011.)