Table 325.92.

Degrees in economics, history, political science and government, and sociology conferred by postsecondary institutions, by level of degree: Selected years, 1949-50 through 2014-15

Year	Economics			History			Political science and government			Sociology
	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctor's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctor's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctor's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctor's
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
1949-50	14,568	921	200	13,542	1,801	275	6,336	710	127	7,870	552	98
1951-52	8,593	695	239	10,187	1,445	317	4,911	525	147	6,648	517	141
1953-54	6,719	609	245	9,363	1,220	355	5,314	534	153	5,692	440	184
1955-56	6,555	581	232	10,510	1,114	259	5,633	509	203	5,878	402	170
1957-58	7,457	669	239	12,840	1,397	297	6,116	665	170	6,568	397	150
1959-60	7,453	708	237	14,737	1,794	342	6,596	722	201	7,147	440	161
1961-62	8,366	853	268	17,340	2,163	343	8,326	839	214	8,120	578	173
1963-64	10,583	1,104	385	23,668	2,705	507	12,126	1,163	263	10,943	646	198
1965-66	11,555	1,522	458	28,612	3,883	599	15,242	1,429	336	15,038	981	244
1967-68	15,193	1,916	600	35,291	4,845	688	20,387	1,937	457	21,710	1,193	367
1969-70	17,197	1,988	794	43,386	5,049	1,038	25,713	2,105	525	30,436	1,813	534
1970-71	15,758	1,995	721	44,663	5,157	991	27,482	2,318	700	33,263	1,808	574
1971-72	15,231	2,224	794	43,695	5,217	1,133	28,135	2,451	758	35,216	1,944	636
1972-73	14,770	2,225	845	40,943	5,030	1,140	30,100	2,398	747	35,436	1,923	583
1973-74	14,285	2,141	788	37,049	4,533	1,114	30,744	2,448	766	35,491	2,196	632
1974-75	14,046	2,127	815	31,470	4,226	1,117	29,126	2,333	680	31,488	2,112	693
1975-76	14,741	2,087	763	28,400	3,658	1,014	28,302	2,191	723	27,634	2,009	729
1976-77	15,296	2,158	758	25,433	3,393	921	26,411	2,222	641	24,713	1,830	714
1977-78	15,661	1,995	706	23,004	3,033	813	26,069	2,069	636	22,750	1,611	599
1978-79	16,409	1,955	712	21,019	2,536	756	25,628	2,037	563	20,285	1,415	612
1979-80	17,863	1,821	677	19,301	2,367	712	25,457	1,938	535	18,881	1,341	583
1980-81	18,753	1,911	727	18,301	2,237	643	24,977	1,875	484	17,272	1,240	610
1981-82	19,876	1,964	677	17,146	2,210	636	25,658	1,954	513	16,042	1,145	558
1982-83	20,517	1,972	734	16,467	2,041	575	25,791	1,829	435	14,105	1,112	522
1983-84	20,719	1,891	729	16,643	1,940	561	25,719	1,769	457	13,145	1,008	520
1984-85	20,711	1,992	749	16,049	1,921	468	25,834	1,500	441	11,968	1,022	480
1985-86	21,602	1,937	789	16,415	1,961	497	26,439	1,704	439	12,271	965	504
1986-87	22,378	1,855	750	16,997	2,021	534	26,817	1,618	435	12,239	950	451
1987-88	22,911	1,847	770	18,207	2,093	517	27,207	1,579	391	13,024	984	452
1988-89	23,454	1,886	827	20,159	2,121	487	30,450	1,598	452	14,435	1,135	451
1989-90	23,923	1,950	806	22,476	2,369	570	33,560	1,580	480	16,035	1,198	432
1990-91	23,488	1,951	802	24,541	2,591	606	35,737	1,772	468	17,550	1,260	465
1991-92	23,423	2,106	866	26,966	2,754	644	37,805	1,908	535	19,568	1,347	501
1992-93	21,321	2,292	879	27,774	2,952	690	37,931	1,943	529	20,896	1,521	536
1993-94	19,496	2,521	869	27,503	3,009	752	36,097	2,147	616	22,368	1,639	530
1994-95	17,673	2,400	910	26,598	3,091	816	33,013	2,019	637	22,886	1,748	546
1995-96	16,674	2,533	916	26,005	2,898	805	30,775	2,024	634	24,071	1,772	527
1996-97	16,539	2,433	968	25,214	2,901	873	28,969	1,909	686	24,672	1,731	591
1997-98	17,074	2,435	928	25,726	2,895	937	28,044	1,957	705	24,806	1,737	596
1998-99	17,577	2,332	819	24,742	2,618	931	27,476	1,667	694	24,979	1,940	521
1999-2000	18,441	2,168	851	25,247	2,573	984	27,635	1,627	693	25,598	1,996	595
2000-01	19,437	2,139	851	25,090	2,365	931	27,792	1,596	688	25,268	1,845	546
2001-02	20,927	2,330	826	26,001	2,420	924	29,354	1,641	625	25,202	1,928	534
2002-03	23,007	2,582	836	27,757	2,521	861	33,205	1,664	671	26,095	1,897	591
2003-04	24,069	2,824	849	29,808	2,522	855	35,581	1,869	618	26,939	2,009	558
2004-05	24,217	3,092	973	31,398	2,893	819	38,107	1,983	636	28,473	1,499	527
2005-06	23,807	2,941	930	33,153	2,992	852	39,409	2,054	649	28,467	1,547	562
2006-07	23,916	2,962	941	34,446	3,144	807	39,899	2,102	614	28,960	1,545	569
2007-08	25,278	3,187	1,025	34,441	3,403	860	40,259	2,156	639	28,815	1,560	585
2008-09	26,301	3,233	1,015	34,713	3,543	918	39,202	2,171	709	28,735	1,580	628
2009-10	27,623	3,358	983	35,191	3,858	888	39,462	2,252	745	28,650	1,428	603
2010-11	28,517	3,731	1,018	35,008	4,003	908	40,133	2,488	722	29,281	1,559	656
2011-12	27,994	3,890	1,130	35,122	4,155	969	39,792	2,510	746	30,136	1,696	626
2012-13	28,449	3,872	1,076	34,188	4,083	1,003	38,466	2,332	821	30,531	1,603	615
2013-14	29,999	4,115	1,059	31,122	3,955	1,040	37,360	2,294	792	30,070	1,611	674
2014-15	32,681	3,993	1,128	28,038	3,703	986	35,440	2,082	844	28,980	1,447	722
Percent change
2004-05 to 2009-10	14.1	8.6	1.0	12.1	33.4	8.4	3.6	13.6	17.1	0.6	-4.7	14.4
2009-10 to 2014-15	18.3	18.9	14.8	-20.3	-4.0	11.0	-10.2	-7.5	13.3	1.2	1.3	19.7

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, Earned Degrees Conferred, 1949-50 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 2015, Completions component. (This table was prepared January 2017.)