Table 325.20.

Degrees in the biological and biomedical sciences conferred by postsecondary institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected academic years, 1951-52 through 2020-21

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	12,165	†	8,460	3,705	30.5	2,128	1,645	483	1,201	1,082	119
1960-61	12,770	5.0	8,712	4,058	31.8	2,351	1,798	553	1,183	1,044	139
1961-62	13,849	8.4	9,250	4,599	33.2	2,607	1,966	641	1,328	1,170	158
1962-63	15,760	13.8	10,638	5,122	32.5	2,883	2,138	745	1,445	1,271	174
1963-64	19,006	20.6	12,884	6,122	32.2	3,248	2,332	916	1,611	1,422	189
1964-65	21,552	13.4	14,536	7,016	32.6	3,523	2,596	927	1,907	1,682	225
1965-66	23,325	8.2	16,082	7,243	31.1	4,105	3,027	1,078	2,070	1,776	294
1966-67	25,304	8.5	17,625	7,679	30.3	4,877	3,673	1,204	2,220	1,891	329
1967-68	28,471	12.5	19,870	8,601	30.2	5,399	3,935	1,464	2,748	2,320	428
1968-69	32,128	12.8	22,556	9,572	29.8	5,635	4,048	1,587	3,012	2,547	465
1969-70	34,034	5.9	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	70,602	7.1	27,178	43,424	61.5	8,783	3,710	5,073	6,162	3,138	3,024
2006-07	76,809	8.8	30,581	46,228	60.2	8,898	3,639	5,259	6,764	3,440	3,324
2007-08	79,869	4.0	32,402	47,467	59.4	9,691	4,096	5,595	7,398	3,644	3,754
2008-09	82,828	3.7	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	113,794	3.5	45,613	68,181	59.9	15,717	6,707	9,010	7,939	3,733	4,206
2016-17	116,768	2.6	45,514	71,254	61.0	16,282	6,839	9,443	8,087	3,852	4,235
2017-18	118,661	1.6	44,851	73,810	62.2	17,180	7,028	10,152	8,218	3,828	4,390
2018-19	121,233	2.2	44,642	76,591	63.2	18,092	7,338	10,754	7,978	3,829	4,149
2019-20	126,616	4.4	44,977	81,639	64.5	18,779	7,237	11,542	7,899	3,673	4,226
2020-21	131,499	3.9	44,994	86,505	65.8	19,433	7,288	12,145	7,486	3,510	3,976
Percent change
2010-11 to 2015-16	26.5	†	23.7	28.4	†	38.8	37.7	39.6	3.2	2.3	4.0
2015-16 to 2020-21	15.6	†	-1.4	26.9	†	23.6	8.7	34.8	-5.7	-6.0	-5.5

†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. 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, 1951-52 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 2021, Completions component. (This table was prepared September 2022.)