Table 310.

Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1869-70 through 2021-22

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
1998-99	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
2010-11	942,327	361,309	581,018	61.7	1,715,913		734,133		981,780		57.2	730,635	291,551	439,084	60.1	163,765	79,654	84,111	51.4
2011-123	979,000	375,000	604,000	61.7	1,776,000		766,000		1,010,000		56.9	738,000	298,000	440,000	59.6	170,300	81,500	88,700	52.1
2012-133	993,000	381,000	612,000	61.6	1,812,000		784,000		1,028,000		56.7	756,000	303,000	453,000	59.9	174,700	84,700	90,100	51.6
2013-143	1,000,000	383,000	616,000	61.6	1,836,000		795,000		1,040,000		56.6	778,000	311,000	466,000	59.9	176,600	85,700	90,900	51.5
2014-153	1,008,000	386,000	622,000	61.7	1,855,000		800,000		1,054,000		56.8	798,000	317,000	481,000	60.3	179,000	86,100	92,900	51.9
2015-163	1,015,000	389,000	627,000	61.8	1,870,000		803,000		1,066,000		57.0	817,000	322,000	494,000	60.5	182,400	87,400	95,000	52.1
2016-173	1,025,000	392,000	633,000	61.8	1,886,000		806,000		1,080,000		57.3	836,000	328,000	508,000	60.8	185,200	88,100	97,000	52.4
2017-183	1,036,000	396,000	639,000	61.7	1,902,000		809,000		1,093,000		57.5	857,000	335,000	523,000	61.0	187,500	88,600	98,900	52.7
2018-193	1,048,000	400,000	648,000	61.8	1,922,000		815,000		1,107,000		57.6	879,000	342,000	538,000	61.2	190,000	89,200	100,800	53.1
2019-203	1,063,000	406,000	657,000	61.8	1,948,000		823,000		1,124,000		57.7	898,000	347,000	551,000	61.4	192,800	90,000	102,800	53.3
2020-213	1,077,000	411,000	666,000	61.8	1,976,000		833,000		1,142,000		57.8	915,000	351,000	564,000	61.6	195,500	90,900	104,500	53.5
2021-223	1,091,000	417,000	674,000	61.8	2,004,000		844,000		1,160,000		57.9	930,000	354,000	576,000	61.9	197,400	91,500	105,800	53.6

—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 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. 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 2021, and unpublished projections; 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 2011, Completions component. (This table was prepared June 2012.)