Table 325.25.

Degrees in business conferred by postsecondary institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected academic years, 1955-56 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
1955-56	42,813	†	38,706	4,107	9.6	3,280	3,118	162	129	127	2
1957-58	51,991	†	48,063	3,928	7.6	4,223	4,072	151	110	105	5
1959-60	52,110	†	48,265	3,845	7.4	4,814	4,645	169	138	136	2
1960-61	48,934	-6.1	45,198	3,736	7.6	6,874	6,684	190	180	178	2
1961-62	49,702	1.6	45,832	3,870	7.8	7,838	7,625	213	232	227	5
1962-63	51,495	3.6	47,405	4,090	7.9	8,479	8,227	252	258	251	7
1963-64	56,242	9.2	51,785	4,457	7.9	9,469	9,217	252	281	274	7
1964-65	59,983	6.7	55,066	4,917	8.2	10,765	10,478	287	329	323	6
1965-66	63,639	6.1	58,376	5,263	8.3	13,142	12,806	336	402	385	17
1966-67	70,011	10.0	64,183	5,828	8.3	15,108	14,696	412	454	436	18
1967-68	80,138	14.5	73,147	6,991	8.7	18,048	17,431	617	456	442	14
1968-69	94,066	17.4	85,734	8,332	8.9	19,568	18,891	677	543	529	14
1969-70	105,580	12.2	96,346	9,234	8.7	21,561	20,792	769	620	610	10
1970-71	114,729	8.7	104,275	10,454	9.1	25,977	24,967	1,010	757	736	21
1971-72	121,266	5.7	109,688	11,578	9.5	30,028	28,845	1,183	859	840	19
1972-73	126,144	4.0	112,783	13,361	10.6	30,638	29,128	1,510	902	850	52
1973-74	131,640	4.4	114,729	16,911	12.8	32,172	30,044	2,128	919	870	49
1974-75	132,731	0.8	111,144	21,587	16.3	35,758	32,732	3,026	936	897	39
1975-76	142,034	7.0	113,954	28,080	19.8	42,054	37,145	4,909	900	851	49
1976-77	150,765	6.1	115,353	35,412	23.5	46,006	39,400	6,606	827	775	52
1977-78	159,691	5.9	116,171	43,520	27.3	47,837	39,743	8,094	823	753	70
1978-79	171,241	7.2	118,825	52,416	30.6	49,855	40,274	9,581	821	724	97
1979-80	184,867	8.0	122,508	62,359	33.7	54,484	42,288	12,196	753	642	111
1980-81	198,983	7.6	125,523	73,460	36.9	57,391	42,980	14,411	795	675	120
1981-82	213,374	7.2	129,262	84,112	39.4	60,763	43,807	16,956	815	668	147
1982-83	226,442	6.1	131,451	94,991	41.9	64,741	45,987	18,754	770	638	132
1983-84	229,013	1.1	129,296	99,717	43.5	66,129	46,167	19,962	926	727	199
1984-85	232,282	1.4	127,467	104,815	45.1	66,981	46,199	20,782	827	685	142
1985-86	236,700	1.9	128,415	108,285	45.7	66,676	45,927	20,749	923	720	203
1986-87	240,346	1.5	128,506	111,840	46.5	67,093	44,913	22,180	1,062	808	254
1987-88	242,859	1.0	129,467	113,392	46.7	69,230	45,980	23,250	1,063	810	253
1988-89	246,262	1.4	131,098	115,164	46.8	73,065	48,540	24,525	1,100	800	300
1989-90	248,568	0.9	132,284	116,284	46.8	76,676	50,585	26,091	1,093	818	275
1990-91	249,165	0.2	131,557	117,608	47.2	78,255	50,883	27,372	1,185	876	309
1991-92	256,298	2.9	135,263	121,035	47.2	84,517	54,609	29,908	1,242	953	289
1992-93	256,473	0.1	135,368	121,105	47.2	89,425	57,504	31,921	1,346	969	377
1993-94	246,265	-4.0	128,946	117,319	47.6	93,285	59,223	34,062	1,364	980	384
1994-95	233,895	-5.0	121,663	112,232	48.0	93,540	58,931	34,609	1,391	1,011	380
1995-96	226,623	-3.1	116,545	110,078	48.6	93,554	58,400	35,154	1,366	972	394
1996-97	225,934	-0.3	116,023	109,911	48.6	97,204	59,333	37,871	1,336	947	389
1997-98	232,079	2.7	119,379	112,700	48.6	101,652	62,357	39,295	1,290	885	405
1998-99	239,924	3.4	121,741	118,183	49.3	106,830	64,271	42,559	1,216	848	368
1999-2000	256,070	6.7	128,521	127,549	49.8	111,532	67,078	44,454	1,194	812	382
2000-01	263,515	2.9	132,275	131,240	49.8	115,602	68,471	47,131	1,180	783	397
2001-02	278,217	5.6	138,343	139,874	50.3	119,725	70,463	49,262	1,156	746	410
2002-03	293,391	5.5	145,075	148,316	50.6	127,685	75,239	52,446	1,252	820	432
2003-04	307,149	4.7	152,513	154,636	50.3	139,347	80,858	58,489	1,481	960	521
2004-05	311,574	1.4	155,940	155,634	50.0	142,617	82,151	60,466	1,498	901	597
2005-06	318,043	2.1	159,684	158,359	49.8	146,396	83,547	62,849	1,711	1,049	662
2006-07	327,850	3.1	166,544	161,306	49.2	150,213	84,116	66,097	2,029	1,188	841
2007-08	335,495	2.3	171,061	164,434	49.0	155,804	86,281	69,523	2,084	1,250	834
2008-09	348,056	3.7	177,924	170,132	48.9	168,404	91,991	76,413	2,123	1,302	821
2009-10	358,119	2.9	183,272	174,847	48.8	177,748	96,742	81,006	2,249	1,338	911
2010-11	365,133	2.0	187,116	178,017	48.8	187,178	101,440	85,738	2,286	1,357	929
2011-12	367,235	0.6	190,180	177,055	48.2	191,606	103,250	88,356	2,538	1,461	1,077
2012-13	360,887	-1.7	187,843	173,044	47.9	188,617	101,599	87,018	2,828	1,605	1,223
2013-14	358,132	-0.8	188,468	169,664	47.4	189,364	101,061	88,303	3,039	1,722	1,317
2014-15	363,741	1.6	191,288	172,453	47.4	185,236	98,593	86,643	3,116	1,716	1,400
2015-16	371,690	2.2	196,309	175,381	47.2	186,835	99,488	87,347	3,325	1,933	1,392
2016-17	381,109	2.5	201,724	179,385	47.1	187,412	98,775	88,637	3,328	1,853	1,475
2017-18	386,240	1.3	204,865	181,375	47.0	192,191	99,869	92,322	3,338	1,926	1,412
2018-19	390,490	1.1	208,044	182,446	46.7	197,074	101,508	95,566	3,640	1,988	1,652
2019-20	387,881	-0.7	207,522	180,359	46.5	197,443	100,207	97,236	3,443	1,872	1,571
2020-21	391,375	0.9	208,541	182,834	46.7	202,334	102,931	99,403	3,711	1,924	1,787
Percent change
2010-11 to 2015-16	1.8	†	4.9	-1.5	†	-0.2	-1.9	1.9	45.5	42.4	49.8
2015-16 to 2020-21	5.3	†	6.2	4.2	†	8.3	3.5	13.8	11.6	-0.5	28.4

†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. Includes degrees in business, management, marketing, and related support services and in personal and culinary services. 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, 1955-56 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.)