Table 325.95.

Degrees in visual and performing arts conferred by postsecondary institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: 1959-60 through 2019-20

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
1959-60	13,163	†	6,141	7,022	53.3	2,892	1,763	1,129	292	238	54
1960-61	12,942	-1.7	5,877	7,065	54.6	2,910	1,817	1,093	303	260	43
1961-62	13,609	5.2	6,043	7,566	55.6	3,151	1,858	1,293	311	257	54
1962-63	14,515	6.7	6,267	8,248	56.8	3,363	2,027	1,336	379	322	57
1963-64	16,159	11.3	6,757	9,402	58.2	3,673	2,117	1,556	422	358	64
1964-65	17,391	7.6	7,179	10,212	58.7	4,244	2,473	1,771	428	360	68
1965-66	18,679	7.4	7,933	10,746	57.5	5,019	2,760	2,259	476	396	80
1966-67	21,548	15.4	8,985	12,563	58.3	5,812	3,336	2,476	504	411	93
1967-68	25,521	18.4	10,390	15,131	59.3	6,563	3,704	2,859	528	428	100
1968-69	31,588	23.8	12,933	18,655	59.1	7,413	4,093	3,320	684	565	119
1969-70	35,901	13.7	15,347	20,554	57.3	7,849	4,158	3,691	734	592	142
1970-71	30,394	-15.3	12,256	18,138	59.7	6,675	3,510	3,165	621	483	138
1971-72	33,831	11.3	13,580	20,251	59.9	7,537	4,049	3,488	572	428	144
1972-73	36,017	6.5	14,267	21,750	60.4	7,254	4,005	3,249	616	449	167
1973-74	39,730	10.3	15,821	23,909	60.2	8,001	4,325	3,676	585	440	145
1974-75	40,782	2.6	15,532	25,250	61.9	8,362	4,448	3,914	649	446	203
1975-76	42,138	3.3	16,491	25,647	60.9	8,817	4,507	4,310	620	447	173
1976-77	41,793	-0.8	16,166	25,627	61.3	8,636	4,211	4,425	662	447	215
1977-78	40,951	-2.0	15,572	25,379	62.0	9,036	4,327	4,709	708	448	260
1978-79	40,969	#	15,380	25,589	62.5	8,524	3,933	4,591	700	454	246
1979-80	40,892	-0.2	15,065	25,827	63.2	8,708	4,067	4,641	655	413	242
1980-81	40,479	-1.0	14,798	25,681	63.4	8,629	4,056	4,573	654	396	258
1981-82	40,422	-0.1	14,819	25,603	63.3	8,746	3,866	4,880	670	380	290
1982-83	39,804	-1.5	14,695	25,109	63.1	8,763	4,013	4,750	692	404	288
1983-84	40,131	0.8	15,089	25,042	62.4	8,526	3,897	4,629	730	406	324
1984-85	38,285	-4.6	14,518	23,767	62.1	8,720	3,896	4,824	696	407	289
1985-86	37,241	-2.7	14,236	23,005	61.8	8,420	3,775	4,645	722	396	326
1986-87	36,873	-1.0	13,980	22,893	62.1	8,508	3,756	4,752	793	447	346
1987-88	37,150	0.8	14,225	22,925	61.7	7,939	3,442	4,497	727	424	303
1988-89	38,420	3.4	14,698	23,722	61.7	8,267	3,611	4,656	753	446	307
1989-90	39,934	3.9	15,189	24,745	62.0	8,481	3,706	4,775	849	472	377
1990-91	42,186	5.6	15,761	26,425	62.6	8,657	3,830	4,827	838	466	372
1991-92	46,522	10.3	17,616	28,906	62.1	9,353	4,078	5,275	906	504	402
1992-93	47,761	2.7	18,610	29,151	61.0	9,440	4,099	5,341	882	478	404
1993-94	49,053	2.7	19,538	29,515	60.2	9,925	4,229	5,696	1,054	585	469
1994-95	48,690	-0.7	19,781	28,909	59.4	10,277	4,374	5,903	1,080	545	535
1995-96	49,296	1.2	20,126	29,170	59.2	10,280	4,361	5,919	1,067	524	543
1996-97	50,083	1.6	20,729	29,354	58.6	10,627	4,470	6,157	1,060	525	535
1997-98	52,077	4.0	21,483	30,594	58.7	11,145	4,596	6,549	1,163	566	597
1998-99	54,446	4.5	22,270	32,176	59.1	10,762	4,544	6,218	1,117	567	550
1999-2000	58,791	8.0	24,003	34,788	59.2	10,918	4,672	6,246	1,127	537	590
2000-01	61,148	4.0	24,967	36,181	59.2	11,404	4,788	6,616	1,167	568	599
2001-02	66,773	9.2	27,130	39,643	59.4	11,595	4,912	6,683	1,114	490	624
2002-03	71,482	7.1	27,922	43,560	60.9	11,982	4,975	7,007	1,293	613	680
2003-04	77,181	8.0	30,037	47,144	61.1	12,906	5,531	7,375	1,282	572	710
2004-05	80,955	4.9	31,355	49,600	61.3	13,183	5,646	7,537	1,278	594	684
2005-06	83,292	2.9	32,115	51,177	61.4	13,531	5,802	7,729	1,383	639	744
2006-07	85,210	2.3	32,738	52,472	61.6	13,768	5,910	7,858	1,364	625	739
2007-08	87,731	3.0	33,863	53,868	61.4	14,170	6,001	8,169	1,453	675	778
2008-09	89,143	1.6	35,055	54,088	60.7	14,918	6,325	8,593	1,569	726	843
2009-10	91,798	3.0	35,768	56,030	61.0	15,562	6,531	9,031	1,599	700	899
2010-11	93,939	2.3	36,342	57,597	61.3	16,277	6,881	9,396	1,646	770	876
2011-12	95,806	2.0	37,164	58,642	61.2	17,307	7,320	9,987	1,728	790	938
2012-13	97,799	2.1	38,063	59,736	61.1	17,869	7,610	10,259	1,814	850	964
2013-14	97,414	-0.4	38,177	59,237	60.8	17,869	7,712	10,157	1,778	869	909
2014-15	95,840	-1.6	38,024	57,816	60.3	17,756	7,643	10,113	1,793	837	956
2015-16	92,979	-3.0	36,712	56,267	60.5	18,052	7,679	10,373	1,809	853	956
2016-17	91,291	-1.8	35,304	55,987	61.3	17,516	7,561	9,955	1,774	812	962
2017-18	88,507	-3.0	34,170	54,337	61.4	17,668	7,391	10,277	1,759	852	907
2018-19	89,741	1.4	33,927	55,814	62.2	17,119	7,088	10,031	1,845	911	934
2019-20	92,332	2.9	34,053	58,279	63.1	16,517	6,892	9,625	1,716	816	900
Percent change
2009-10 to 2014-15	4.4	†	6.3	3.2	†	14.1	17.0	12.0	12.1	19.6	6.3
2014-15 to 2019-20	-3.7	†	-10.4	0.8	†	-7.0	-9.8	-4.8	-4.3	-2.5	-5.9

†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
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. Data in this table are based on the 2020 Classification of Instructional Programs. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Earned Degrees Conferred, 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 2020, Completions component. (This table was prepared April 2022.)