Degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by control of institution: 1969-70 to 1993-94

Table 249.

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            |                     Public institutions                 |                   Private institutions
    Year    |---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------
            |   Associate|Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's|    First-     |   Associate|Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's|    First-
            |            |          |        |        |professional\1\|            |          |        |        |professional\1\
------------|------------|----------|--------|--------|---------------|------------|----------|--------|--------|---------------
     1      |       2    |    3     |   4    |   5    |       6       |       7    |    8     |   9    |   10   |      11
------------|------------|----------|--------|--------|---------------|------------|----------|--------|--------|---------------
1969-70 ....|    170,966 |  519,550 |134,545 | 19,183 |        14,542 |     35,057 |  272,766 | 73,746 | 10,683 |        20,376
1970-71 ....|    215,645 |  557,996 |151,603 | 20,788 |        16,139 |     36,666 |  281,734 | 78,906 | 11,319 |        21,807
1971-72 ....|    255,218 |  599,615 |167,075 | 21,776 |        18,521 |     36,796 |  287,658 | 84,558 | 11,587 |        24,890
1972-73 ....|    278,132 |  630,899 |174,405 | 22,357 |        21,872 |     38,042 |  291,463 | 88,966 | 12,420 |        28,146
1973-74 ....|    303,188 |  651,544 |184,632 | 21,810 |        23,208 |     40,736 |  294,232 | 92,401 | 12,006 |        30,608
1974-75 ....|    318,474 |  634,785 |193,804 | 22,176 |        23,612 |     41,697 |  288,148 | 98,646 | 11,907 |        32,304
            |            |          |        |        |               |            |          |        |        |
1975-76 ....|    345,006 |  635,161 |206,298 | 21,751 |        25,766 |     46,448 |  290,585 |105,473 | 12,313 |        36,883
1976-77 ....|    355,650 |  630,463 |208,901 | 21,229 |        26,344 |     50,727 |  289,086 |108,263 | 12,003 |        38,015
1977-78 ....|    358,874 |  627,903 |202,099 | 20,456 |        27,097 |     53,372 |  293,301 |109,521 | 11,675 |        39,484
1978-79 ....|    346,808 |  621,666 |192,016 | 20,817 |        27,785 |     55,894 |  299,724 |109,063 | 11,913 |        41,063
1979-80 ....|    344,536 |  624,084 |187,499 | 20,608 |        27,942 |     56,374 |  305,333 |110,582 | 12,007 |        42,189
1980-81 ....|    352,391 |  626,452 |184,384 | 20,895 |        29,128 |     63,986 |  308,688 |111,355 | 12,063 |        42,828
            |            |          |        |        |               |            |          |        |        |
1981-82 ....|\2\ 366,732 |  636,475 |182,295 | 20,889 |        29,611 |\2\  67,794 |  316,523 |113,251 | 11,818 |        42,421
1982-83 ....|    377,817 |  646,317 |176,246 | 21,186 |        29,757 |     71,803 |  323,193 |113,675 | 11,589 |        43,297
1983-84 ....|\2\ 379,249 |  646,013 |170,693 | 21,141 |        29,586 |\2\  72,991 |  328,296 |113,570 | 12,068 |        44,882
1984-85 ....|    377,625 |  652,246 |170,000 | 21,337 |        30,152 |     77,087 |  327,231 |116,251 | 11,606 |        44,911
1985-86 ....|    369,052 |  658,586 |169,903 | 21,433 |        29,568 |     76,995 |  329,237 |118,664 | 12,220 |        44,342
1986-87 ....|    358,811 |  659,260 |167,797 | 21,870 |        29,346 |     77,493 |  332,004 |121,552 | 12,171 |        42,271
            |            |          |        |        |               |            |          |        |        |
1987-88 ....|    354,180 |  658,491 |173,778 | 22,488 |        29,153 |     80,905 |  336,338 |125,539 | 12,382 |        41,582
1988-89 ....|    357,001 |  675,675 |179,109 | 22,970 |        28,993 |     79,763 |  343,080 |131,512 | 12,750 |        41,863
1989-90 ....|    375,635 |  700,015 |186,104 | 24,641 |        28,810 |     79,467 |  351,329 |138,197 | 13,730 |        42,178
1990-91 ....|    398,055 |  724,062 |193,057 | 25,681 |        29,554 |     83,665 |  370,476 |144,111 | 13,613 |        42,394
1991-92 ....|    420,265 |  759,475 |203,398 | 26,820 |        29,366 |     83,966 |  377,078 |149,440 | 13,839 |        44,780
            |            |          |        |        |               |            |          |        |        |
1992-93 ....|    430,321 |  785,112 |213,843 | 27,392 |        29,628 |     84,435 |  380,066 |155,742 | 14,740 |        45,759
1993-94 ....|    456,190 |  789,148 |221,428 | 28,524 |        29,842 |     86,259 |  380,127 |165,642 | 14,661 |        45,576
------------|------------|----------|--------|--------|---------------|------------|----------|--------|--------|---------------

\1\Includes degrees which require at least 6 years of college work for completion (including at least 2 years of preprofessional training).

\2\Data are approximations.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared May 1996.)

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