Table 325.90.

Degrees in the social sciences and history 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	155,324	†	98,173	57,151	36.8	16,539	11,833	4,706	3,660	3,153	507
1971-72	158,060	1.8	100,895	57,165	36.2	17,445	12,540	4,905	4,081	3,483	598
1972-73	155,970	-1.3	99,735	56,235	36.1	17,477	12,605	4,872	4,234	3,573	661
1973-74	150,320	-3.6	95,650	54,670	36.4	17,293	12,321	4,972	4,124	3,383	741
1974-75	135,190	-10.1	84,826	50,364	37.3	16,977	11,875	5,102	4,212	3,334	878
1975-76	126,396	-6.5	78,691	47,705	37.7	15,953	10,918	5,035	4,157	3,262	895
1976-77	117,040	-7.4	71,128	45,912	39.2	15,533	10,413	5,120	3,802	2,957	845
1977-78	112,952	-3.5	67,217	45,735	40.5	14,718	9,845	4,873	3,594	2,722	872
1978-79	108,059	-4.3	62,852	45,207	41.8	12,963	8,395	4,568	3,371	2,501	870
1979-80	103,662	-4.1	58,511	45,151	43.6	12,176	7,794	4,382	3,230	2,357	873
1980-81	100,513	-3.0	56,131	44,382	44.2	11,945	7,457	4,488	3,122	2,274	848
1981-82	99,705	-0.8	55,196	44,509	44.6	12,002	7,468	4,534	3,061	2,237	824
1982-83	95,228	-4.5	52,771	42,457	44.6	11,205	6,974	4,231	2,931	2,042	889
1983-84	93,323	-2.0	52,154	41,169	44.1	10,577	6,551	4,026	2,911	2,030	881
1984-85	91,570	-1.9	51,226	40,344	44.1	10,503	6,475	4,028	2,851	1,933	918
1985-86	93,840	2.5	52,724	41,116	43.8	10,564	6,419	4,145	2,955	1,970	985
1986-87	96,342	2.7	53,949	42,393	44.0	10,506	6,373	4,133	2,916	2,026	890
1987-88	100,460	4.3	56,377	44,083	43.9	10,412	6,310	4,102	2,781	1,849	932
1988-89	108,151	7.7	60,121	48,030	44.4	11,023	6,599	4,424	2,885	1,949	936
1989-90	118,083	9.2	65,887	52,196	44.2	11,634	6,898	4,736	3,010	2,019	991
1990-91	125,107	5.9	68,701	56,406	45.1	12,233	7,016	5,217	3,012	1,956	1,056
1991-92	133,974	7.1	73,001	60,973	45.5	12,702	7,237	5,465	3,218	2,126	1,092
1992-93	135,703	1.3	73,589	62,114	45.8	13,471	7,671	5,800	3,460	2,203	1,257
1993-94	133,680	-1.5	72,006	61,674	46.1	14,561	8,152	6,409	3,627	2,317	1,310
1994-95	128,154	-4.1	68,139	60,015	46.8	14,845	8,207	6,638	3,725	2,319	1,406
1995-96	126,479	-1.3	65,872	60,607	47.9	15,012	8,093	6,919	3,760	2,339	1,421
1996-97	124,891	-1.3	64,115	60,776	48.7	14,787	7,830	6,957	3,989	2,479	1,510
1997-98	125,040	0.1	63,537	61,503	49.2	14,938	7,960	6,978	4,127	2,445	1,682
1998-99	124,815	-0.2	61,843	62,972	50.5	14,396	7,440	6,956	3,873	2,290	1,583
1999-2000	127,101	1.8	62,062	65,039	51.2	14,066	7,024	7,042	4,095	2,407	1,688
2000-01	128,036	0.7	61,749	66,287	51.8	13,791	6,816	6,975	3,930	2,302	1,628
2001-02	132,874	3.8	64,170	68,704	51.7	14,112	6,941	7,171	3,902	2,219	1,683
2002-03	143,256	7.8	69,517	73,739	51.5	14,630	7,202	7,428	3,850	2,196	1,654
2003-04	150,357	5.0	73,834	76,523	50.9	16,110	7,810	8,300	3,811	2,188	1,623
2004-05	156,892	4.3	77,702	79,190	50.5	16,952	8,256	8,696	3,819	2,184	1,635
2005-06	161,485	2.9	80,799	80,686	50.0	17,369	8,415	8,954	3,914	2,218	1,696
2006-07	164,183	1.7	82,417	81,766	49.8	17,665	8,577	9,088	3,844	2,110	1,734
2007-08	167,363	1.9	84,868	82,495	49.3	18,495	9,349	9,146	4,059	2,194	1,865
2008-09	168,517	0.7	85,202	83,315	49.4	19,241	9,605	9,636	4,234	2,353	1,881
2009-10	172,782	2.5	87,404	85,378	49.4	20,234	9,967	10,267	4,238	2,292	1,946
2010-11	177,169	2.5	89,809	87,360	49.3	21,085	10,578	10,507	4,390	2,331	2,059
2011-12	178,534	0.8	90,628	87,906	49.2	21,891	10,987	10,904	4,597	2,464	2,133
2012-13	177,767	-0.4	90,143	87,624	49.3	21,591	10,811	10,780	4,610	2,461	2,149
2013-14	173,132	-2.6	88,254	84,878	49.0	21,497	10,764	10,733	4,724	2,494	2,230
2014-15	166,944	-3.6	85,478	81,466	48.8	20,533	10,318	10,215	4,828	2,589	2,239
Percent change
2004-05 to 2009-10	10.1	†	12.5	7.8	†	19.4	20.7	18.1	11.0	4.9	19.0
2009-10 to 2014-15	-3.4	†	-2.2	-4.6	†	1.5	3.5	-0.5	13.9	13.0	15.1

†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.)