Table 318.40.

Degrees/certificates conferred by postsecondary institutions, by control of institution and level of degree/certificate: 1970-71 through 2017-18

Year	Public institutions					Private institutions
						Total						Nonprofit					For-profit
	Certifi- cates below the asso- ciate's	Asso-ciate's degrees	Bache- lor's degrees	Mas- ter's degrees	Doctor's degrees1	Certifi- cates below the asso- ciate's	Asso-ciate's degrees		Bache- lor's degrees	Mas- ter's degrees	Doctor's degrees1	Certifi- cates below the asso- ciate's	Asso-ciate's degrees	Bache- lor's degrees	Mas- ter's degrees	Doctor's degrees1	Certifi- cates below the asso- ciate's	Asso-ciate's degrees	Bache- lor's degrees	Mas- ter's degrees	Doctor's degrees1
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8		9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
1970-71	---	215,645	557,996	151,603	36,927	---	36,666		281,734	83,961	28,071	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1971-72	---	255,218	599,615	167,075	40,297	---	36,796		287,658	90,126	30,909	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1972-73	---	278,132	630,899	174,405	44,229	---	38,042		291,463	94,249	35,283	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1973-74	---	303,188	651,544	184,632	45,018	---	40,736		294,232	97,442	37,573	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1974-75	---	318,474	634,785	193,804	45,788	---	41,697		288,148	103,741	39,116	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1975-76	---	345,006	635,161	206,298	47,517	---	46,448		290,585	111,179	43,490	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1976-77	---	355,650	630,463	208,901	47,573	---	50,727		289,086	114,124	44,157	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1977-78	---	358,874	627,903	202,099	47,553	---	53,372		293,301	115,888	44,792	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1978-79	---	346,808	621,666	192,016	48,602	---	55,894		299,724	115,670	46,369	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1979-80	---	344,536	624,084	187,499	48,550	---	56,374		305,333	117,697	47,081	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1980-81	---	352,391	626,452	184,384	50,023	---	63,986	2	308,688	118,253	47,993	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1981-82	---	366,732	636,475	182,295	50,500	---	67,794	2	316,523	120,152	47,338	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1982-83	---	377,817	646,317	176,246	50,943	---	71,803	2	323,193	120,169	48,392	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1983-84	---	379,249	646,013	170,693	50,727	---	72,991		328,296	120,448	50,072	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1984-85	---	377,625	652,246	170,000	51,489	---	77,087		327,231	123,472	49,296	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1985-86	---	369,052	658,586	169,903	51,001	---	76,995		329,237	125,947	49,279	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1986-87	---	358,811	659,260	167,797	51,216	---	77,493		332,004	128,733	47,261	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1987-88	---	354,180	658,491	173,778	51,641	---	80,905		336,338	132,005	47,498	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1988-89	---	357,001	675,675	179,109	51,963	---	79,763		343,080	137,517	48,608	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1989-90	---	375,635	700,015	186,104	53,451	---	79,467		351,329	144,048	50,057	---	42,497	344,569	142,681	49,655	---	36,970	6,760	1,367	402
1990-91	---	398,055	724,062	193,057	55,235	---	83,665		370,476	149,806	50,312	---	45,821	360,634	146,161	49,841	---	37,844	9,842	3,645	471
1991-92	---	420,265	759,475	203,398	56,186	---	83,966		377,078	154,691	53,368	---	45,700	370,718	153,291	52,830	---	38,266	6,360	1,400	538
1992-93	---	430,321	785,112	213,843	57,020	---	84,435		380,066	161,189	55,052	---	47,713	373,346	159,562	54,399	---	36,722	6,720	1,627	653
1993-94	---	444,373	789,148	221,428	58,366	---	86,259		380,127	171,609	54,270	---	48,493	371,561	168,718	53,502	---	37,766	8,566	2,891	768
1994-95	---	451,539	776,670	224,152	58,788	---	88,152		383,464	179,457	55,478	---	48,643	373,454	176,485	54,675	---	39,509	10,010	2,972	803
1995-96	307,358	454,291	774,070	227,179	59,398	313,311	100,925		390,722	185,001	56,109	34,259	50,678	379,916	181,142	55,506	279,052	50,247	10,806	3,859	603
1996-97	326,687	465,494	776,677	233,237	61,081	272,237	105,732		396,202	192,023	57,666	35,560	49,168	384,086	186,963	56,864	236,677	56,564	12,116	5,060	802
1997-98	305,910	455,084	784,296	235,922	60,948	246,571	103,471		400,110	200,115	57,787	32,166	47,625	386,455	194,048	57,089	214,405	55,846	13,655	6,067	698
1998-99	304,294	452,616	792,392	238,954	60,028	251,589	112,368		409,847	207,084	56,672	29,402	47,757	394,749	198,481	55,663	222,187	64,611	15,098	8,603	1,009
1999-2000	294,912	448,446	810,855	243,157	60,655	263,217	116,487		427,020	220,028	58,081	28,580	46,337	406,958	209,720	56,972	234,637	70,150	20,062	10,308	1,109
2000-01	309,624	456,487	812,438	246,054	60,820	242,879	122,378		431,733	227,448	58,765	29,336	45,711	408,701	215,815	57,722	213,543	76,667	23,032	11,633	1,043
2001-02	319,291	471,660	841,180	249,820	61,061	264,957	123,473		450,720	237,493	58,602	32,904	45,761	424,322	223,229	57,707	232,053	77,712	26,398	14,264	895
2002-03	355,727	498,279	875,596	265,643	61,611	290,698	135,737		473,215	253,056	59,968	36,926	46,183	442,060	238,069	58,894	253,772	89,554	31,155	14,987	1,074
2003-04	364,053	524,875	905,718	285,138	64,205	323,734	140,426		493,824	279,134	61,882	35,316	45,759	451,518	250,894	60,447	288,418	94,667	42,306	28,240	1,435
2004-05	370,683	547,519	932,443	291,505	67,511	340,190	149,141		506,821	288,646	66,876	35,968	45,344	457,963	253,564	65,278	304,222	103,797	48,858	35,082	1,598
2005-06	370,570	557,366	955,370	293,535	70,036	344,220	155,949		529,734	306,327	68,020	35,909	46,459	467,697	261,203	66,066	308,311	109,490	62,037	45,124	1,954
2006-07	389,244	566,219	975,903	292,073	73,087	339,071	161,397		548,826	318,630	71,607	34,195	43,790	478,053	267,694	69,241	304,876	117,607	70,773	50,936	2,366
2007-08	399,741	578,661	996,769	300,019	75,551	348,613	171,505		566,965	330,825	73,639	33,915	45,014	491,016	275,971	70,473	314,698	126,491	75,949	54,854	3,166
2008-09	428,849	596,391	1,020,521	308,215	77,270	375,771	190,852		580,878	353,867	77,294	31,939	46,930	496,353	290,401	73,583	343,832	143,922	84,525	63,466	3,711
2009-10	472,428	640,265	1,049,179	322,389	78,805	463,291	208,591		600,740	370,924	79,785	35,652	46,673	503,264	300,053	75,172	427,639	161,918	97,476	70,871	4,613
2010-11	519,711	696,884	1,088,722	339,420	82,013	510,766	246,622		627,331	391,502	81,814	36,534	51,967	512,821	313,317	76,595	474,232	194,655	114,510	78,185	5,219
2011-12	525,264	756,484	1,131,885	349,349	84,730	463,797	265,234		660,278	406,618	85,487	32,856	54,347	526,022	325,175	79,498	430,941	210,887	134,256	81,443	5,989
2012-13	545,446	772,978	1,163,616	346,751	86,411	421,768	234,449		676,765	404,967	88,615	30,913	55,651	535,958	327,013	81,543	390,855	178,798	140,807	77,954	7,072
2013-14	576,468	794,925	1,186,742	346,238	88,911	392,810	210,230		683,408	408,344	88,676	30,738	53,127	544,253	333,539	80,894	362,072	157,103	139,155	74,805	7,782
2014-15	602,904	822,218	1,209,464	351,216	90,252	358,242	192,123		685,505	407,588	88,296	46,090	58,613	553,543	336,181	80,093	312,152	133,510	131,962	71,407	8,203
2015-16	615,137	848,081	1,240,423	364,619	90,030	324,154	160,147		680,327	421,138	88,104	40,010	56,595	560,834	350,790	80,067	284,144	103,552	119,493	70,348	8,037
2016-17	631,076	861,970	1,275,610	374,160	91,532	314,947	143,717		680,504	430,382	89,825	35,281	56,487	566,607	360,437	81,550	279,666	87,230	113,897	69,945	8,275
2017-18	671,880	885,870	1,310,988	383,929	92,855	282,858	125,617		669,656	436,173	91,219	25,789	56,187	571,155	372,086	83,888	257,069	69,430	98,501	64,087	7,331

---Not available.

1 Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Includes most degrees that were classified as first-professional prior to 2010-11, such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees.

2 Part of the increase is due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.

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 2018, Completions component. (This table was prepared November 2019.)