Table 318.10.

Degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1869-70 through 2027-28

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
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	787,243	298,066	489,177	62.1	1,601,399		685,422		915,977		57.2	662,082	263,515	398,567	60.2	154,564	75,674	78,890	51.0
2009-10	848,856	322,747	526,109	62.0	1,649,919		706,660		943,259		57.2	693,313	275,317	417,996	60.3	158,590	76,610	81,980	51.7
2010-11	943,506	361,408	582,098	61.7	1,716,053		734,159		981,894		57.2	730,922	291,680	439,242	60.1	163,827	79,672	84,155	51.4
2011-12	1,021,718	393,479	628,239	61.5	1,792,163		765,772		1,026,391		57.3	755,967	302,484	453,483	60.0	170,217	82,670	87,547	51.4
2012-13	1,007,427	389,195	618,232	61.4	1,840,381		787,408		1,052,973		57.2	751,718	301,552	450,166	59.9	175,026	85,080	89,946	51.4
2013-14	1,005,155	391,474	613,681	61.1	1,870,150		801,905		1,068,245		57.1	754,582	302,846	451,736	59.9	177,587	85,585	92,002	51.8
2014-15	1,014,341	396,782	617,559	60.9	1,894,969		812,693		1,082,276		57.1	758,804	306,615	452,189	59.6	178,548	84,922	93,626	52.4
2015-16	1,008,314	392,152	616,162	61.1	1,920,718		821,779		1,098,939		57.2	785,595	320,444	465,151	59.2	177,867	84,089	93,778	52.7
2016-173	945,000	367,000	578,000	61.2	1,963,000		838,000		1,125,000		57.3	793,000	320,000	473,000	59.6	180,000	85,000	95,000	52.7
2017-183	1,029,000	398,000	631,000	61.3	1,875,000		798,000		1,077,000		57.4	775,000	322,000	453,000	58.5	181,000	85,000	95,000	52.7
2018-193	1,034,000	400,000	634,000	61.3	1,882,000		800,000		1,081,000		57.5	780,000	325,000	456,000	58.4	182,000	86,000	96,000	52.7
2019-203	1,040,000	402,000	638,000	61.3	1,889,000		803,000		1,086,000		57.5	786,000	327,000	459,000	58.4	183,000	87,000	97,000	52.7
2020-213	1,041,000	402,000	639,000	61.4	1,891,000		804,000		1,087,000		57.5	789,000	329,000	460,000	58.3	184,000	87,000	97,000	52.7
2021-223	1,043,000	403,000	640,000	61.4	1,893,000		804,000		1,089,000		57.5	794,000	331,000	463,000	58.3	186,000	88,000	98,000	52.7
2022-233	1,045,000	404,000	642,000	61.4	1,895,000		805,000		1,090,000		57.5	798,000	333,000	465,000	58.3	187,000	88,000	98,000	52.7
2023-243	1,049,000	405,000	644,000	61.4	1,898,000		806,000		1,092,000		57.5	802,000	335,000	467,000	58.3	188,000	89,000	99,000	52.7
2024-253	1,053,000	406,000	647,000	61.4	1,905,000		808,000		1,096,000		57.6	805,000	336,000	469,000	58.2	188,000	89,000	99,000	52.7
2025-263	1,057,000	408,000	649,000	61.4	1,912,000		811,000		1,101,000		57.6	807,000	337,000	470,000	58.2	189,000	89,000	100,000	52.7
2026-273	1,062,000	410,000	652,000	61.4	1,919,000		814,000		1,105,000		57.6	810,000	339,000	472,000	58.2	190,000	90,000	100,000	52.7
2027-283	1,063,000	411,000	653,000	61.4	1,922,000		816,000		1,106,000		57.6	814,000	340,000	473,000	58.2	191,000	90,000	101,000	52.7

—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; 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); IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2016, Completions component; and Degrees Conferred Projection Model, 1980-81 through 2027-28. (This table was prepared April 2018.)