Earned degrees in business management and administrative services conferred by institutions of higher education, by level of degree and sex of student: 1955-56 to 1993-94

Table 275.

Earned degrees in business management and administrative services\1\ conferred by institutions of higher education, by level of degree and sex of student: 1955-56 to 1993-94

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               |     Bachelor's degrees      |       Master's degrees      |      Doctor's degrees
     Year      |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------
               |  Total  |   Men   |  Women  |  Total  |   Men   |  Women  |  Total  |   Men   |  Women
---------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------
       1       |    2    |    3    |    4    |    5    |    6    |    7    |    8    |    9    |   10
---------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------
1955-56 .......|  42,813 |  38,706 |   4,107 |   3,280 |   3,118 |     162 |     129 |     127 |       2
1957-58 .......|  51,991 |  48,063 |   3,928 |   4,223 |   4,072 |     151 |     110 |     105 |       5
1959-60 .......|  51,076 |  47,262 |   3,814 |   4,643 |   4,476 |     167 |     135 |     133 |       2
1961-62 .......|  49,017 |  45,184 |   3,833 |   7,691 |   7,484 |     207 |     226 |     221 |       5
1963-64 .......|  55,474 |  51,056 |   4,418 |   9,251 |   9,008 |     243 |     275 |     268 |       7
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1965-66 .......|  62,721 |  57,516 |   5,205 |  12,959 |  12,628 |     331 |     387 |     370 |      17
1967-68 .......|  79,074 |  72,126 |   6,948 |  17,795 |  17,186 |     609 |     441 |     427 |      14
1969-70 .......| 105,580 |  96,346 |   9,234 |  21,561 |  20,792 |     769 |     620 |     610 |      10
1970-71 .......| 114,729 | 104,275 |  10,454 |  25,977 |  24,967 |   1,010 |     757 |     736 |      21
1971-72 .......| 121,266 | 109,688 |  11,578 |  30,028 |  28,845 |   1,183 |     859 |     840 |      19
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1972-73........| 126,144 | 112,783 |  13,361 |  30,638 |  29,128 |   1,510 |     902 |     850 |      52
1973-74........| 131,640 | 114,729 |  16,911 |  32,172 |  30,044 |   2,128 |     919 |     870 |      49
1974-75........| 132,731 | 111,144 |  21,587 |  35,758 |  32,732 |   3,026 |     936 |     897 |      39
1975-76........| 142,034 | 113,954 |  28,080 |  42,054 |  37,145 |   4,909 |     900 |     851 |      49
1976-77 .......| 150,765 | 115,353 |  35,412 |  46,006 |  39,400 |   6,606 |     827 |     775 |      52
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1977-78 .......| 159,691 | 116,171 |  43,520 |  47,837 |  39,743 |   8,094 |     823 |     753 |      70
1978-79........| 171,241 | 118,825 |  52,416 |  49,855 |  40,274 |   9,581 |     821 |     724 |      97
1979-80........| 184,867 | 122,508 |  62,359 |  54,484 |  42,288 |  12,196 |     753 |     642 |     111
1980-81 .......| 198,983 | 125,523 |  73,460 |  57,391 |  42,980 |  14,411 |     795 |     675 |     120
1981-82........| 213,374 | 129,262 |  84,112 |  60,763 |  43,807 |  16,956 |     815 |     668 |     147
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1982-83........| 226,627 | 131,538 |  95,089 |  64,758 |  45,999 |  18,759 |     776 |     644 |     132
1983-84........| 229,478 | 129,559 |  99,919 |  66,150 |  46,178 |  19,972 |     929 |     730 |     199
1984-85........| 232,636 | 127,659 | 104,977 |  66,996 |  46,209 |  20,787 |     831 |     688 |     143
1985-86........| 237,319 | 128,780 | 108,539 |  66,689 |  45,938 |  20,751 |     934 |     729 |     205
1986-87........| 240,546 | 128,603 | 111,943 |  67,093 |  44,913 |  22,180 |   1,062 |     808 |     254
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1987-88........| 243,021 | 129,552 | 113,469 |  69,230 |  45,980 |  23,250 |   1,063 |     810 |     253
1988-89........| 246,399 | 131,157 | 115,242 |  73,065 |  48,540 |  24,525 |   1,100 |     800 |     300
1989-90 .......| 248,698 | 132,329 | 116,369 |  76,676 |  50,585 |  26,091 |   1,093 |     818 |     275
1990-91 .......| 249,311 | 131,624 | 117,687 |  78,255 |  50,883 |  27,372 |   1,185 |     876 |     309
1991-92 .......| 256,603 | 135,440 | 121,163 |  84,642 |  54,705 |  29,937 |   1,242 |     953 |     289
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1992-93 .......| 256,842 | 135,573 | 121,269 |  89,615 |  57,651 |  31,964 |   1,346 |     969 |     377
1993-94 .......| 246,654 | 129,161 | 117,493 |  93,437 |  59,335 |  34,102 |   1,364 |     980 |     384
---------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------

\1\Includes degrees in business management/administrative services; marketing operations/marketing distribution; and consumer and personal services.

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 November 1995.)

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