Table 325.25.

Degrees in business conferred by postsecondary institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1955-56 through 2011-12

Year	Bachelor's degrees					Master's degrees			Doctor's degrees
	Total		Males	Females	Females as a percent of total	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
	Number	Annual percent change
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1955-56	42,813	†	38,706	4,107	9.6	3,280	3,118	162	129	127	2
1957-58	51,991	†	48,063	3,928	7.6	4,223	4,072	151	110	105	5
1959-60	51,076	†	47,262	3,814	7.5	4,643	4,476	167	135	133	2
1961-62	49,017	†	45,184	3,833	7.8	7,691	7,484	207	226	221	5
1963-64	55,474	†	51,056	4,418	8.0	9,251	9,008	243	275	268	7
1965-66	62,721	†	57,516	5,205	8.3	12,959	12,628	331	387	370	17
1967-68	79,074	†	72,126	6,948	8.8	17,795	17,186	609	441	427	14
1969-70	105,580	†	96,346	9,234	8.7	21,561	20,792	769	620	610	10
1970-71	115,396	9.3	104,936	10,460	9.1	26,490	25,458	1,032	774	753	21
1971-72	121,917	5.7	110,331	11,586	9.5	30,509	29,317	1,192	876	857	19
1972-73	126,717	3.9	113,337	13,380	10.6	31,208	29,689	1,519	917	864	53
1973-74	132,304	4.4	115,363	16,941	12.8	32,691	30,557	2,134	922	873	49
1974-75	133,639	1.0	111,983	21,656	16.2	36,315	33,274	3,041	939	900	39
1975-76	143,171	7.1	114,986	28,185	19.7	42,592	37,654	4,938	906	856	50
1976-77	152,010	6.2	116,394	35,616	23.4	46,505	39,852	6,653	839	785	54
1977-78	160,775	5.8	117,103	43,672	27.2	48,347	40,224	8,123	834	760	74
1978-79	172,392	7.2	119,765	52,627	30.5	50,397	40,766	9,631	852	752	100
1979-80	186,264	8.0	123,639	62,625	33.6	55,008	42,744	12,264	767	650	117
1980-81	200,521	7.7	126,798	73,723	36.8	57,888	43,411	14,477	808	686	122
1981-82.	215,190	7.3	130,693	84,497	39.3	61,251	44,230	17,021	826	676	150
1982-83	226,442	5.2	131,451	94,991	41.9	64,741	45,987	18,754	770	638	132
1983-84	229,013	1.1	129,296	99,717	43.5	66,129	46,167	19,962	926	727	199
1984-85	232,282	1.4	127,467	104,815	45.1	66,981	46,199	20,782	827	685	142
1985-86	236,700	1.9	128,415	108,285	45.7	66,676	45,927	20,749	923	720	203
1986-87	240,346	1.5	128,506	111,840	46.5	67,093	44,913	22,180	1,062	808	254
1987-88.	242,859	1.0	129,467	113,392	46.7	69,230	45,980	23,250	1,063	810	253
1988-89.	246,262	1.4	131,098	115,164	46.8	73,065	48,540	24,525	1,100	800	300
1989-90	248,568	0.9	132,284	116,284	46.8	76,676	50,585	26,091	1,093	818	275
1990-91	249,165	0.2	131,557	117,608	47.2	78,255	50,883	27,372	1,185	876	309
1991-92	256,298	2.9	135,263	121,035	47.2	84,517	54,609	29,908	1,242	953	289
1992-93	256,473	0.1	135,368	121,105	47.2	89,425	57,504	31,921	1,346	969	377
1993-94	246,265	-4.0	128,946	117,319	47.6	93,285	59,223	34,062	1,364	980	384
1994-95	233,895	-5.0	121,663	112,232	48.0	93,540	58,931	34,609	1,391	1,011	380
1995-96	226,623	-3.1	116,545	110,078	48.6	93,554	58,400	35,154	1,366	972	394
1996-97	225,934	-0.3	116,023	109,911	48.6	97,204	59,333	37,871	1,336	947	389
1997-98	232,079	2.7	119,379	112,700	48.6	101,652	62,357	39,295	1,290	885	405
1998-99	239,924	3.4	121,741	118,183	49.3	106,830	64,271	42,559	1,216	848	368
1999-2000	256,070	6.7	128,521	127,549	49.8	111,532	67,078	44,454	1,194	812	382
2000-01	263,515	2.9	132,275	131,240	49.8	115,602	68,471	47,131	1,180	783	397
2001-02	278,217	5.6	138,343	139,874	50.3	119,725	70,463	49,262	1,156	746	410
2002-03	293,391	5.5	145,075	148,316	50.6	127,685	75,239	52,446	1,252	820	432
2003-04	307,149	4.7	152,513	154,636	50.3	139,347	80,858	58,489	1,481	960	521
2004-05	311,574	1.4	155,940	155,634	50.0	142,617	82,151	60,466	1,498	901	597
2005-06	318,042	2.1	159,683	158,359	49.8	146,406	83,550	62,856	1,711	1,049	662
2006-07	327,531	3.0	166,350	161,181	49.2	150,211	84,115	66,096	2,029	1,188	841
2007-08	335,254	2.4	170,978	164,276	49.0	155,637	86,258	69,379	2,084	1,250	834
2008-09	347,985	3.8	177,862	170,123	48.9	168,375	91,981	76,394	2,123	1,302	821
2009-10	358,293	3.0	183,301	174,992	48.8	177,684	96,709	80,975	2,245	1,335	910
2010-11	365,093	1.9	187,081	178,012	48.8	187,213	101,450	85,763	2,286	1,357	929
2011-12	366,815	0.5	190,082	176,733	48.2	191,571	103,253	88,318	2,531	1,460	1,071
Percent change
2001-02 to 2006-07	17.7	†	20.2	15.2	†	25.5	19.4	34.2	75.5	59.2	105.1
2006-07 to 2011-12	12.0	†	14.3	9.6	†	27.5	22.8	33.6	24.7	22.9	27.3

†Not applicable.

NOTE: Data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Includes degrees in business, management, marketing, and related support services and in personal and culinary services.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Earned Degrees Conferred, 1955-56 through 1963-64; 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 2012, Completions component. (This table was prepared July 2013.)