Table 325.47.

Degrees in chemical, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering conferred by postsecondary institutions, by level of degree: Academic years 1959-60 through 2020-21

Year	Chemical engineering			Civil engineering			Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering			Mechanical engineering
	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctor's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctor's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctor's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctor's
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
1959-60	2,959	617	170	5,229	1,024	73	10,617	1,993	203	9,566	1,179	107
1960-61	2,857	650	171	5,272	1,220	117	10,153	2,414	250	8,618	1,401	106
1961-62	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1962-63	2,714	711	238	4,734	1,392	142	10,358	2,816	386	7,649	1,664	164
1963-64	2,973	762	262	4,995	1,567	217	11,225	3,163	460	7,653	1,886	200
1964-65	3,059	806	364	5,114	1,686	252	11,697	3,505	511	7,984	2,036	265
1965-66	2,830	994	354	5,260	2,007	283	10,963	3,872	569	7,773	2,154	289
1966-67	2,858	949	305	5,050	2,019	296	10,786	3,953	668	7,843	2,176	354
1967-68	3,196	1,156	367	5,408	2,136	376	10,674	4,226	723	7,882	2,136	395
1968-69	3,542	1,136	409	5,888	2,201	381	11,610	4,032	862	8,464	2,299	425
1969-70	3,694	1,045	438	6,410	2,241	411	12,225	4,138	882	9,247	2,297	435
1970-71	3,579	1,100	406	6,526	2,425	446	12,198	4,282	879	8,858	2,237	438
1971-72	3,625	1,154	394	6,803	2,487	415	12,101	4,206	824	8,530	2,282	411
1972-73	3,578	1,051	397	7,390	2,627	397	12,313	3,895	791	8,523	2,141	370
1973-74	3,399	1,044	400	8,017	2,652	368	11,316	3,499	705	7,677	1,843	385
1974-75	3,070	990	346	7,651	2,769	356	10,161	3,469	701	6,890	1,858	340
1975-76	3,140	1,031	308	7,923	2,999	370	9,791	3,774	649	6,800	1,907	305
1976-77	3,524	1,086	291	8,228	2,964	309	9,936	3,788	566	7,703	1,952	283
1977-78	4,569	1,235	259	9,135	2,685	277	11,133	3,740	503	8,875	1,942	279
1978-79	5,568	1,149	304	9,809	2,646	253	12,338	3,591	586	10,107	1,877	271
1979-80	6,320	1,270	284	10,326	2,683	270	13,821	3,836	525	11,808	2,060	281
1980-81	6,527	1,267	300	10,678	2,891	325	14,938	3,901	535	13,329	2,291	276
1981-82	6,740	1,285	311	10,524	2,995	329	16,455	4,462	526	13,922	2,399	333
1982-83	7,185	1,368	319	9,989	3,074	340	18,049	4,531	550	15,675	2,511	299
1983-84	7,475	1,514	330	9,693	3,146	369	19,943	5,078	585	16,629	2,797	319
1984-85	7,146	1,544	418	9,162	3,172	377	21,691	5,153	660	16,794	3,053	409
1985-86	5,877	1,361	446	8,679	2,926	395	23,742	5,534	722	16,194	3,075	426
1986-87	4,991	1,184	497	8,147	2,901	451	24,547	6,183	724	15,450	3,198	528
1987-88	3,917	1,088	579	7,488	2,836	481	23,597	6,688	860	14,900	3,329	596
1988-89	3,663	1,093	602	7,312	2,903	505	21,908	7,028	998	14,843	3,498	633
1989-90	3,430	1,035	562	7,252	2,812	516	20,711	7,225	1,162	14,336	3,424	742
1990-91	3,444	903	611	7,314	2,927	536	19,320	7,095	1,220	13,977	3,516	757
1991-92	3,754	956	590	8,034	3,113	540	17,958	7,360	1,282	14,067	3,653	851
1992-93	4,459	990	595	8,868	3,610	577	17,281	7,870	1,413	14,464	3,982	871
1993-94	5,163	1,032	604	9,479	3,873	651	15,823	7,791	1,470	15,030	4,099	887
1994-95	5,901	1,085	571	9,927	4,077	625	14,929	7,693	1,543	14,794	4,213	890
1995-96	6,319	1,176	670	10,607	3,905	616	13,900	7,103	1,591	14,177	3,881	940
1996-97	6,564	1,131	650	10,437	3,833	640	13,336	6,393	1,512	13,493	3,608	913
1997-98	6,319	1,128	652	9,926	3,795	610	12,995	6,737	1,458	13,071	3,441	933
1998-99	6,038	1,130	575	9,178	3,656	534	12,606	6,708	1,309	12,753	3,268	788
1999-2000	5,807	1,078	590	8,136	3,433	543	12,930	6,926	1,392	12,807	3,273	776
2000-01	5,611	1,083	610	7,588	3,310	571	13,091	6,815	1,417	12,817	3,371	849
2001-02	5,462	973	605	7,665	3,295	574	13,056	6,587	1,235	13,058	3,391	772
2002-03	5,109	1,065	542	7,836	3,596	599	13,627	7,621	1,256	13,693	3,695	747
2003-04	4,742	1,165	623	7,827	3,790	636	14,123	9,511	1,440	14,050	4,420	787
2004-05	4,397	1,183	773	8,186	3,834	713	14,171	9,054	1,566	14,609	4,637	915
2005-06	4,326	1,116	819	9,090	3,768	750	13,966	8,123	1,860	15,850	4,443	1,096
2006-07	4,492	957	835	9,671	3,482	805	13,089	7,777	2,042	16,601	4,294	1,106
2007-08	4,794	936	853	10,455	3,597	754	12,374	8,632	1,997	17,366	4,492	1,111
2008-09	5,036	994	789	10,785	3,794	763	11,620	9,178	1,812	17,352	4,620	1,142
2009-10	5,740	1,043	830	11,335	4,079	717	11,450	9,052	1,869	18,498	4,818	996
2010-11	6,311	1,283	831	12,557	4,860	751	11,575	9,691	2,037	19,171	5,802	1,106
2011-12	7,027	1,389	823	12,808	5,359	787	12,110	9,696	2,119	20,541	5,840	1,213
2012-13	7,529	1,450	835	13,262	5,353	868	12,835	9,485	2,118	21,990	5,872	1,321
2013-14	8,104	1,518	992	12,995	5,501	972	13,856	9,829	2,301	24,301	6,182	1,387
2014-15	8,980	1,626	1,015	12,673	5,365	1,031	14,599	11,917	2,320	26,394	6,841	1,526
2015-16	9,917	1,699	1,009	13,244	5,626	1,015	15,680	13,782	2,258	29,216	7,558	1,470
2016-17	10,915	1,797	989	13,596	5,677	1,077	16,921	12,792	2,290	32,308	8,278	1,450
2017-18	11,542	1,920	1,010	14,039	5,791	1,056	16,900	11,515	2,327	35,181	8,151	1,586
2018-19	11,267	1,816	1,066	14,672	5,580	1,224	17,585	10,385	2,296	36,817	7,824	1,633
2019-20	10,715	1,641	1,026	15,041	5,006	1,152	17,493	9,644	2,364	37,353	7,399	1,698
2020-21	9,986	1,554	1,083	15,051	4,839	1,083	16,914	8,554	2,163	36,224	7,158	1,632
Percent change
2010-11 to 2015-16	57.1	32.4	21.4	5.5	15.8	35.2	35.5	42.2	10.8	52.4	30.3	32.9
2015-16 to 2020-21	0.7	-8.5	7.3	13.6	-14.0	6.7	7.9	-37.9	-4.2	24.0	-5.3	11.0

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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. From 1970-71 through 1981-82, civil engineering includes construction and transportation engineering. For 1991-92 and later years, civil engineering includes geotechnical, structural, transportation, and water resources engineering. Degrees in engineering technologies are not included in this table. 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 2021, Completions component. (This table was prepared September 2022.)