Degrees in computer and information sciences conferred by postsecondary institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Academic years 1964-65 through 2021-22

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Table 325.35.Degrees in computer and information sciences conferred by postsecondary institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Academic years 1964-65 through 2021-22
Year	Bachelor's degrees					Master's degrees			Doctor's degrees
	Total		Male	Female	Percent female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
	Number	Annual percent change	Male	Female	Percent female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1964-65	87	†	83	4	4.6	146	140	6	6	5	1
1965-66	89	2.3	76	13	14.6	238	221	17	19	19	0
1966-67	222	149.4	198	24	10.8	449	423	26	38	37	1
1967-68	459	106.8	404	55	12.0	548	518	30	36	36	0
1968-69	933	103.3	812	121	13.0	1,012	939	73	64	62	2
1969-70	1,544	65.5	1,345	199	12.9	1,459	1,324	135	107	105	2

1970-71	2,388	54.7	2,064	324	13.6	1,588	1,424	164	128	125	3
1971-72	3,402	42.5	2,941	461	13.6	1,977	1,752	225	167	155	12
1972-73	4,304	26.5	3,664	640	14.9	2,113	1,888	225	196	181	15
1973-74	4,756	10.5	3,976	780	16.4	2,276	1,983	293	198	189	9
1974-75	5,033	5.8	4,080	953	18.9	2,299	1,961	338	213	199	14

1975-76	5,652	12.3	4,534	1,118	19.8	2,603	2,226	377	244	221	23
1976-77	6,407	13.4	4,876	1,531	23.9	2,798	2,332	466	216	197	19
1977-78	7,201	12.4	5,349	1,852	25.7	3,038	2,471	567	196	181	15
1978-79	8,719	21.1	6,272	2,447	28.1	3,055	2,480	575	236	206	30
1979-80	11,154	27.9	7,782	3,372	30.2	3,647	2,883	764	240	213	27

1980-81	15,121	35.6	10,202	4,919	32.5	4,218	3,247	971	252	227	25
1981-82	20,267	34.0	13,218	7,049	34.8	4,935	3,625	1,310	251	230	21
1982-83	24,565	21.2	15,641	8,924	36.3	5,321	3,813	1,508	262	228	34
1983-84	32,439	32.1	20,416	12,023	37.1	6,190	4,379	1,811	251	225	26
1984-85	39,121	20.6	24,737	14,384	36.8	7,101	5,064	2,037	248	223	25

1985-86	42,337	8.2	27,208	15,129	35.7	8,070	5,658	2,412	344	299	45
1986-87	39,767	-6.1	25,962	13,805	34.7	8,481	5,985	2,496	374	322	52
1987-88	34,651	-12.9	23,414	11,237	32.4	9,197	6,726	2,471	428	380	48
1988-89	30,560	-11.8	21,143	9,417	30.8	9,414	6,775	2,639	551	466	85
1989-90	27,347	-10.5	19,159	8,188	29.9	9,677	6,960	2,717	627	534	93

1990-91	25,159	-8.0	17,771	7,388	29.4	9,324	6,563	2,761	676	584	92
1991-92	24,821	-1.3	17,685	7,136	28.7	9,655	6,980	2,675	772	669	103
1992-93	24,519	-1.2	17,606	6,913	28.2	10,353	7,557	2,796	805	689	116
1993-94	24,527	#	17,528	6,999	28.5	10,568	7,836	2,732	810	685	125
1994-95	24,737	0.9	17,684	7,053	28.5	10,595	7,805	2,790	887	726	161

1995-96	24,506	-0.9	17,757	6,749	27.5	10,579	7,729	2,850	869	743	126
1996-97	25,422	3.7	18,527	6,895	27.1	10,513	7,526	2,987	857	721	136
1997-98	27,829	9.5	20,372	7,457	26.8	11,765	8,343	3,422	858	718	140
1998-99	30,552	9.8	22,289	8,263	27.0	12,843	8,866	3,977	806	656	150
1999-2000	37,788	23.7	27,185	10,603	28.1	14,990	9,978	5,012	779	648	131

2000-01	44,142	16.8	31,923	12,219	27.7	16,911	11,195	5,716	768	632	136
2001-02	50,365	14.1	36,462	13,903	27.6	17,173	11,447	5,726	752	581	171
2002-03	57,433	14.0	41,950	15,483	27.0	19,509	13,267	6,242	816	648	168
2003-04	59,488	3.6	44,585	14,903	25.1	20,143	13,868	6,275	909	709	200
2004-05	54,111	-9.0	42,125	11,986	22.2	18,416	13,136	5,280	1,119	905	214

2005-06	47,702	-11.8	37,905	9,797	20.5	17,195	12,579	4,616	1,416	1,109	307
2006-07	42,164	-11.6	34,338	7,826	18.6	16,232	11,985	4,247	1,595	1,267	328
2007-08	38,523	-8.6	31,731	6,792	17.6	17,096	12,516	4,580	1,697	1,322	375
2008-09	37,992	-1.4	31,213	6,779	17.8	17,907	13,063	4,844	1,580	1,226	354
2009-10	39,593	4.2	32,414	7,179	18.1	17,955	13,019	4,936	1,599	1,250	349

2010-11	43,066	8.8	35,477	7,589	17.6	19,516	14,010	5,506	1,588	1,267	321
2011-12	47,406	10.1	38,796	8,610	18.2	20,925	15,132	5,793	1,698	1,332	366
2012-13	50,961	7.5	41,874	9,087	17.8	22,782	16,539	6,243	1,834	1,480	354
2013-14	55,271	8.5	45,320	9,951	18.0	24,514	17,472	7,042	1,982	1,566	416
2014-15	59,586	7.8	48,844	10,742	18.0	31,475	21,893	9,582	1,998	1,548	450

2015-16	64,402	8.1	52,330	12,072	18.7	40,130	27,788	12,342	1,989	1,591	398
2016-17	71,416	10.9	57,763	13,653	19.1	46,553	32,172	14,381	1,982	1,538	444
2017-18	79,597	11.5	63,703	15,894	20.0	46,468	31,397	15,071	2,017	1,580	437
2018-19	88,638	11.4	70,322	18,316	20.7	45,671	30,673	14,998	2,224	1,716	508
2019-20	97,054	9.5	76,337	20,717	21.3	51,527	34,399	17,128	2,415	1,868	547

2020-21	104,883	8.1	81,926	22,957	21.9	54,174	35,888	18,286	2,573	1,923	650
2021-22	108,503	3.5	83,961	24,542	22.6	51,338	33,899	17,439	2,790	2,074	716

Percent change
2011-12 to 2016-17	50.6	†	48.9	58.6	†	122.5	112.6	148.2	16.7	15.5	21.3
2016-17 to 2021-22	51.9	†	45.4	79.8	†	10.3	5.4	21.3	40.8	34.9	61.3
†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data are for degree-granting institutions and U.S. service academies. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate 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, 1964-65 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); Completions component, IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2021 (final data) and Fall 2022 (provisional data). (This table was prepared November 2023.)

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