Table 325.80.

Degrees in psychology conferred by postsecondary institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1949-50 through 2018-19

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
1949-50	9,569	†	6,055	3,514	36.7	1,316	948	368	283	241	42
1959-60	8,061	†	4,773	3,288	40.8	1,406	981	425	641	544	97
1960-61	8,460	4.9	5,069	3,391	40.1	1,719	1,176	543	703	567	136
1961-62	9,578	13.2	5,798	3,780	39.5	1,832	1,269	563	781	632	149
1962-63	10,993	14.8	6,479	4,514	41.1	1,918	1,345	573	844	700	144
1963-64	13,258	20.6	7,817	5,441	41.0	2,059	1,371	688	939	757	182
1964-65	14,676	10.7	8,703	5,973	40.7	2,708	1,747	961	1,004	807	197
1965-66	16,940	15.4	10,030	6,910	40.8	3,117	1,962	1,155	1,206	944	262
1966-67	19,410	14.6	11,679	7,731	39.8	3,772	2,430	1,342	1,393	1,115	278
1967-68	23,938	23.3	13,871	10,067	42.1	4,325	2,729	1,596	1,447	1,110	337
1968-69	29,458	23.1	16,816	12,642	42.9	4,998	3,163	1,835	1,768	1,365	403
1969-70	33,679	14.3	19,077	14,602	43.4	5,158	2,975	2,183	1,962	1,505	457
1970-71	38,187	13.4	21,227	16,960	44.4	5,717	3,395	2,322	2,144	1,629	515
1971-72	43,433	13.7	23,352	20,081	46.2	6,764	3,934	2,830	2,277	1,694	583
1972-73	47,940	10.4	25,117	22,823	47.6	7,619	4,325	3,294	2,550	1,797	753
1973-74	52,139	8.8	25,868	26,271	50.4	8,796	4,983	3,813	2,872	1,987	885
1974-75	51,245	-1.7	24,284	26,961	52.6	9,394	5,035	4,359	2,913	1,979	934
1975-76	50,278	-1.9	22,898	27,380	54.5	10,167	5,136	5,031	3,157	2,115	1,042
1976-77	47,861	-4.8	20,627	27,234	56.9	10,859	5,293	5,566	3,386	2,127	1,259
1977-78	44,879	-6.2	18,422	26,457	59.0	10,282	4,670	5,612	3,164	1,974	1,190
1978-79	42,697	-4.9	16,540	26,157	61.3	10,132	4,405	5,727	3,228	1,895	1,333
1979-80	42,093	-1.4	15,440	26,653	63.3	9,938	4,096	5,842	3,395	1,921	1,474
1980-81	41,068	-2.4	14,332	26,736	65.1	10,223	4,066	6,157	3,576	2,002	1,574
1981-82	41,212	0.4	13,645	27,567	66.9	9,947	3,823	6,124	3,461	1,856	1,605
1982-83	40,460	-1.8	13,131	27,329	67.5	9,981	3,647	6,334	3,602	1,838	1,764
1983-84	39,955	-1.2	12,812	27,143	67.9	9,525	3,400	6,125	3,535	1,774	1,761
1984-85	39,900	-0.1	12,706	27,194	68.2	9,891	3,452	6,439	3,447	1,739	1,708
1985-86	40,628	1.8	12,605	28,023	69.0	9,845	3,347	6,498	3,593	1,724	1,869
1986-87	43,152	6.2	13,395	29,757	69.0	11,000	3,516	7,484	4,062	1,801	2,261
1987-88	45,371	5.1	13,579	31,792	70.1	10,488	3,256	7,232	3,973	1,783	2,190
1988-89	49,083	8.2	14,265	34,818	70.9	11,329	3,465	7,864	4,143	1,773	2,370
1989-90	53,952	9.9	15,336	38,616	71.6	10,730	3,377	7,353	3,811	1,566	2,245
1990-91	58,655	8.7	16,067	42,588	72.6	11,349	3,329	8,020	3,932	1,520	2,412
1991-92	63,683	8.6	17,062	46,621	73.2	11,659	3,335	8,324	3,814	1,490	2,324
1992-93	66,931	5.1	17,942	48,989	73.2	12,518	3,380	9,138	4,100	1,570	2,530
1993-94	69,419	3.7	18,668	50,751	73.1	13,723	3,763	9,960	4,021	1,497	2,524
1994-95	72,233	4.1	19,570	52,663	72.9	15,378	4,210	11,168	4,252	1,562	2,690
1995-96	73,416	1.6	19,836	53,580	73.0	15,152	4,090	11,062	4,141	1,380	2,761
1996-97	74,308	1.2	19,408	54,900	73.9	15,769	4,155	11,614	4,507	1,495	3,012
1997-98	74,107	-0.3	18,976	55,131	74.4	15,142	3,978	11,164	4,541	1,470	3,071
1998-99	73,747	-0.5	18,376	55,371	75.1	15,560	3,959	11,601	4,678	1,528	3,150
1999-2000	74,194	0.6	17,451	56,743	76.5	15,740	3,821	11,919	4,731	1,529	3,202
2000-01	73,645	-0.7	16,585	57,060	77.5	16,539	3,892	12,647	5,091	1,598	3,493
2001-02	76,775	4.3	17,284	59,491	77.5	16,357	3,814	12,543	4,759	1,503	3,256
2002-03	78,650	2.4	17,514	61,136	77.7	17,161	3,839	13,322	4,835	1,483	3,352
2003-04	82,098	4.4	18,193	63,905	77.8	17,898	3,789	14,109	4,827	1,496	3,331
2004-05	85,614	4.3	19,000	66,614	77.8	18,830	3,900	14,930	5,106	1,466	3,640
2005-06	88,132	2.9	19,865	68,267	77.5	19,775	4,079	15,696	4,921	1,347	3,574
2006-07	90,073	2.2	20,336	69,737	77.4	21,096	4,273	16,823	5,156	1,383	3,773
2007-08	92,562	2.8	21,191	71,371	77.1	21,420	4,354	17,066	5,296	1,440	3,856
2008-09	94,273	1.8	21,490	72,783	77.2	23,415	4,789	18,626	5,477	1,478	3,999
2009-10	97,215	3.1	22,262	74,953	77.1	23,763	4,799	18,964	5,540	1,478	4,062
2010-11	100,906	3.8	23,230	77,676	77.0	25,062	5,127	19,935	5,851	1,481	4,370
2011-12	109,099	8.1	25,420	83,679	76.7	27,052	5,482	21,570	5,936	1,525	4,411
2012-13	114,446	4.9	26,814	87,632	76.6	27,787	5,715	22,072	6,326	1,628	4,698
2013-14	117,312	2.5	27,306	90,006	76.7	27,926	5,729	22,197	6,634	1,680	4,954
2014-15	117,573	0.2	26,803	90,770	77.2	26,772	5,538	21,234	6,583	1,624	4,959
2015-16	117,447	-0.1	26,277	91,170	77.6	27,645	5,571	22,074	6,540	1,658	4,882
2016-17	116,859	-0.5	25,520	91,339	78.2	27,539	5,586	21,953	6,702	1,691	5,011
2017-18	116,436	-0.4	24,579	91,857	78.9	27,918	5,531	22,387	6,275	1,649	4,626
2018-19	116,536	0.1	24,313	92,223	79.1	29,135	5,600	23,535	6,214	1,596	4,618
Percent change
2008-09 to 2013-14	24.4	†	27.1	23.7	†	19.3	19.6	19.2	21.1	13.7	23.9
2013-14 to 2018-19	-0.7	†	-11.0	2.5	†	4.3	-2.3	6.0	-6.3	-5.0	-6.8

†Not applicable.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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 and 1959-60 through 1969-70; 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 2019, Completions component. (This table was prepared May 2021.)