Table 325.20.

Degrees in the biological and biomedical sciences conferred by postsecondary institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1951-52 through 2015-16

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
1951-52	11,094	†	8,212	2,882	26.0	2,307	1,908	399	764	680	84
1953-54	9,279	†	6,710	2,569	27.7	1,610	1,287	323	1,077	977	100
1955-56	12,423	†	9,515	2,908	23.4	1,759	1,379	380	1,025	908	117
1957-58	14,308	†	11,159	3,149	22.0	1,852	1,448	404	1,125	987	138
1959-60	15,576	†	11,654	3,922	25.2	2,154	1,668	486	1,205	1,086	119
1961-62	16,915	†	12,136	4,779	28.3	2,642	1,982	660	1,338	1,179	159
1963-64	22,723	†	16,321	6,402	28.2	3,296	2,348	948	1,625	1,432	193
1965-66	26,916	†	19,368	7,548	28.0	4,232	3,085	1,147	2,097	1,792	305
1967-68	31,826	†	22,986	8,840	27.8	5,506	3,959	1,547	2,784	2,345	439
1969-70	34,034	†	23,919	10,115	29.7	5,800	3,975	1,825	3,289	2,820	469
1970-71	35,705	4.9	25,319	10,386	29.1	5,625	3,782	1,843	3,603	3,018	585
1971-72	37,269	4.4	26,314	10,955	29.4	5,989	4,056	1,933	3,587	2,981	606
1972-73	42,207	13.2	29,625	12,582	29.8	6,156	4,317	1,839	3,583	2,892	691
1973-74	48,244	14.3	33,217	15,027	31.1	6,408	4,512	1,896	3,358	2,684	674
1974-75	51,609	7.0	34,580	17,029	33.0	6,429	4,554	1,875	3,334	2,612	722
1975-76	54,154	4.9	35,498	18,656	34.4	6,457	4,466	1,991	3,347	2,631	716
1976-77	53,464	-1.3	34,178	19,286	36.1	6,953	4,670	2,283	3,335	2,627	708
1977-78	51,360	-3.9	31,673	19,687	38.3	6,651	4,353	2,298	3,255	2,481	774
1978-79	48,713	-5.2	29,173	19,540	40.1	6,638	4,198	2,440	3,459	2,593	866
1979-80	46,254	-5.0	26,797	19,457	42.1	6,339	4,042	2,297	3,568	2,651	917
1980-81	43,078	-6.9	24,124	18,954	44.0	5,766	3,602	2,164	3,640	2,620	1,020
1981-82	41,501	-3.7	22,722	18,779	45.2	5,679	3,384	2,295	3,662	2,611	1,051
1982-83	39,924	-3.8	21,572	18,352	46.0	5,711	3,298	2,413	3,386	2,306	1,080
1983-84	38,593	-3.3	20,565	18,028	46.7	5,489	3,123	2,366	3,496	2,416	1,080
1984-85	38,354	-0.6	20,071	18,283	47.7	5,109	2,775	2,334	3,465	2,335	1,130
1985-86	38,395	0.1	20,000	18,395	47.9	5,064	2,733	2,331	3,405	2,273	1,132
1986-87	38,074	-0.8	19,684	18,390	48.3	4,995	2,646	2,349	3,469	2,268	1,201
1987-88	36,688	-3.6	18,267	18,421	50.2	4,871	2,530	2,341	3,688	2,389	1,299
1988-89	36,068	-1.7	17,998	18,070	50.1	5,034	2,598	2,436	3,617	2,299	1,318
1989-90	37,304	3.4	18,363	18,941	50.8	4,941	2,509	2,432	3,922	2,478	1,444
1990-91	39,482	5.8	19,418	20,064	50.8	4,834	2,417	2,417	4,152	2,618	1,534
1991-92	42,892	8.6	20,816	22,076	51.5	4,862	2,437	2,425	4,442	2,749	1,693
1992-93	47,009	9.6	22,870	24,139	51.3	5,026	2,540	2,486	4,749	2,866	1,883
1993-94	51,296	9.1	25,071	26,225	51.1	5,462	2,681	2,781	4,891	2,910	1,981
1994-95	55,983	9.1	26,734	29,249	52.2	5,873	2,920	2,953	5,069	3,012	2,057
1995-96	61,014	9.0	28,921	32,093	52.6	6,593	3,212	3,381	5,250	3,062	2,188
1996-97	63,973	4.8	29,562	34,411	53.8	6,986	3,419	3,567	5,313	3,014	2,299
1997-98	65,917	3.0	29,663	36,254	55.0	6,848	3,336	3,512	5,474	3,123	2,351
1998-99	65,310	-0.9	28,507	36,803	56.4	6,966	3,279	3,687	5,250	3,010	2,240
1999-2000	63,630	-2.6	26,579	37,051	58.2	6,850	3,171	3,679	5,463	3,068	2,395
2000-01	60,576	-4.8	24,600	35,976	59.4	7,017	3,075	3,942	5,225	2,923	2,302
2001-02	60,309	-0.4	23,694	36,615	60.7	7,011	3,033	3,978	5,104	2,836	2,268
2002-03	61,294	1.6	23,356	37,938	61.9	7,050	3,015	4,035	5,268	2,866	2,402
2003-04	62,624	2.2	23,691	38,933	62.2	7,732	3,271	4,461	5,538	2,975	2,563
2004-05	65,915	5.3	25,104	40,811	61.9	8,284	3,361	4,923	5,935	3,025	2,910
2005-06	70,607	7.1	27,183	43,424	61.5	8,781	3,709	5,072	6,162	3,138	3,024
2006-07	76,832	8.8	30,600	46,232	60.2	8,898	3,639	5,259	6,764	3,440	3,324
2007-08	79,829	3.9	32,401	47,428	59.4	9,689	4,094	5,595	7,400	3,645	3,755
2008-09	82,828	3.8	33,707	49,121	59.3	10,018	4,250	5,768	7,499	3,549	3,950
2009-10	86,391	4.3	35,866	50,525	58.5	10,730	4,612	6,118	7,672	3,603	4,069
2010-11	89,984	4.2	36,888	53,096	59.0	11,324	4,869	6,455	7,693	3,648	4,045
2011-12	95,850	6.5	39,542	56,308	58.7	12,419	5,378	7,041	7,935	3,708	4,227
2012-13	100,397	4.7	41,556	58,841	58.6	13,300	5,783	7,517	7,939	3,689	4,250
2013-14	104,657	4.2	43,440	61,217	58.5	13,964	6,073	7,891	8,302	3,884	4,418
2014-15	109,904	5.0	45,104	64,800	59.0	14,655	6,252	8,403	8,053	3,763	4,290
2015-16	113,749	3.5	45,579	68,170	59.9	15,714	6,705	9,009	7,914	3,723	4,191
Percent change
2005-06 to 2010-11	27.4	†	35.7	22.3	†	29.0	31.3	27.3	24.8	16.3	33.8
2010-11 to 2015-16	26.4	†	23.6	28.4	†	38.8	37.7	39.6	2.9	2.1	3.6

†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, Earned Degrees Conferred, 1951-52 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 2016, Completions component. (This table was prepared November 2017.)