Table 325.30.

Degrees in communication, journalism, and related programs and in communications technologies conferred by postsecondary institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970-71 through 2014-15

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
1970-71	10,802	†	6,989	3,813	35.3	1,856	1,214	642	145	126	19
1971-72	12,340	14.2	7,964	4,376	35.5	2,200	1,443	757	111	96	15
1972-73	14,317	16.0	9,074	5,243	36.6	2,406	1,546	860	139	114	25
1973-74	17,096	19.4	10,536	6,560	38.4	2,640	1,668	972	175	146	29
1974-75	19,248	12.6	11,455	7,793	40.5	2,794	1,618	1,176	165	119	46
1975-76	21,282	10.6	12,458	8,824	41.5	3,126	1,818	1,308	204	154	50
1976-77	23,214	9.1	12,932	10,282	44.3	3,091	1,719	1,372	171	130	41
1977-78	25,400	9.4	13,480	11,920	46.9	3,296	1,673	1,623	191	138	53
1978-79	26,457	4.2	13,266	13,191	49.9	2,882	1,483	1,399	192	138	54
1979-80	28,616	8.2	13,656	14,960	52.3	3,082	1,527	1,555	193	121	72
1980-81	31,282	9.3	14,179	17,103	54.7	3,105	1,448	1,657	182	107	75
1981-82	34,222	9.4	14,917	19,305	56.4	3,327	1,578	1,749	200	136	64
1982-83	38,647	12.9	16,213	22,434	58.0	3,600	1,660	1,940	208	123	85
1983-84	40,203	4.0	16,662	23,541	58.6	3,620	1,578	2,042	216	129	87
1984-85	42,102	4.7	17,233	24,869	59.1	3,657	1,574	2,083	232	141	91
1985-86	43,145	2.5	17,681	25,464	59.0	3,808	1,603	2,205	218	116	102
1986-87	45,521	5.5	18,201	27,320	60.0	3,881	1,584	2,297	275	158	117
1987-88	46,916	3.1	18,672	28,244	60.2	3,916	1,568	2,348	233	133	100
1988-89	48,889	4.2	19,357	29,532	60.4	4,249	1,734	2,515	248	137	111
1989-90	51,572	5.5	20,374	31,198	60.5	4,353	1,705	2,648	272	145	127
1990-91	53,047	2.9	20,806	32,241	60.8	4,327	1,711	2,616	272	150	122
1991-92	55,144	4.0	21,601	33,543	60.8	4,463	1,692	2,771	255	132	123
1992-93	54,907	-0.4	22,154	32,753	59.7	5,179	1,969	3,210	301	146	155
1993-94	52,033	-5.2	21,484	30,549	58.7	5,388	2,088	3,300	345	174	171
1994-95	48,969	-5.9	20,501	28,468	58.1	5,559	2,086	3,473	321	162	159
1995-96	48,173	-1.6	19,868	28,305	58.8	5,561	2,153	3,408	345	190	155
1996-97	47,894	-0.6	19,771	28,123	58.7	5,552	1,989	3,563	300	155	145
1997-98	50,263	4.9	20,103	30,160	60.0	6,097	2,369	3,728	359	171	188
1998-99	52,397	4.2	20,943	31,454	60.0	5,582	2,001	3,581	348	182	166
1999-2000	57,058	8.9	22,152	34,906	61.2	5,525	2,030	3,495	357	168	189
2000-01	59,191	3.7	22,542	36,649	61.9	5,645	1,964	3,681	370	190	180
2001-02	64,036	8.2	23,692	40,344	63.0	5,980	2,169	3,811	383	168	215
2002-03	69,828	9.0	25,338	44,490	63.7	6,495	2,301	4,194	398	179	219
2003-04	73,002	4.5	25,813	47,189	64.6	6,900	2,329	4,571	426	186	240
2004-05	75,238	3.1	26,926	48,312	64.2	7,195	2,535	4,660	468	195	273
2005-06	76,936	2.3	28,142	48,794	63.4	7,745	2,611	5,134	464	207	257
2006-07	78,420	1.9	29,009	49,411	63.0	7,272	2,485	4,787	480	188	292
2007-08	81,048	3.4	30,384	50,664	62.5	7,546	2,580	4,966	496	209	287
2008-09	83,084	2.5	31,207	51,877	62.4	7,517	2,446	5,071	535	225	310
2009-10	86,062	3.6	32,048	54,014	62.8	8,093	2,656	5,437	573	225	348
2010-11	88,089	2.4	33,018	55,071	62.5	8,804	2,819	5,985	578	207	371
2011-12	88,754	0.8	33,525	55,229	62.2	9,502	3,068	6,434	567	242	325
2012-13	89,805	1.2	33,670	56,135	62.5	9,337	3,021	6,316	612	246	366
2013-14	92,603	3.1	34,393	58,210	62.9	9,930	3,131	6,799	614	267	347
2014-15	95,785	3.4	35,218	60,567	63.2	10,135	3,111	7,024	644	259	385
Percent change
2004-05 to 2009-10	14.4	†	19.0	11.8	†	12.5	4.8	16.7	22.4	15.4	27.5
2009-10 to 2014-15	11.3	†	9.9	12.1	†	25.2	17.1	29.2	12.4	15.1	10.6

†Not applicable.

NOTE: Data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

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; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87-99); and IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2015, Completions component. (This table was prepared January 2017.)