Earned degrees in engineering conferred by institutions of higher education, by level of degree and sex of student: 1949-50 to 1993-94

Table 279.

Earned degrees in engineering\1\ conferred by institutions of higher education, by level of degree and sex of student: 1949-50 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
---------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------
1949-50 .......|  52,246 |  52,071 |     175 |   4,496 |   4,481 |      15 |     417 |     416 |       1
1959-60 .......|  37,679 |  37,537 |     142 |   7,159 |   7,133 |      26 |     786 |     783 |       3
1963-64 .......|  35,226 |  35,067 |     159 |  10,827 |  10,793 |      34 |   1,693 |   1,686 |       7
1965-66 .......|  35,615 |  35,472 |     143 |  13,675 |  13,599 |      76 |   2,304 |   2,295 |       9
1967-68 .......|  37,368 |  37,159 |     209 |  15,182 |  15,083 |      99 |   2,932 |   2,920 |      12
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1969-70 .......|  44,479 |  44,149 |     330 |  15,593 |  15,421 |     172 |   3,681 |   3,657 |      24
1970-71 .......|  50,046 |  49,646 |     400 |  16,443 |  16,258 |     185 |   3,638 |   3,615 |      23
1971-72 .......|  51,164 |  50,638 |     526 |  16,960 |  16,688 |     272 |   3,671 |   3,649 |      22
1972-73 .......|  51,265 |  50,652 |     613 |  16,619 |  16,341 |     278 |   3,492 |   3,438 |      54
1973-74 .......|  50,286 |  49,490 |     796 |  15,379 |  15,023 |     356 |   3,312 |   3,257 |      55
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1974-75 .......|  46,852 |  45,838 |   1,014 |  15,348 |  14,973 |     375 |   3,108 |   3,042 |      66
1975-76 .......|  46,331 |  44,871 |   1,460 |  16,342 |  15,760 |     582 |   2,821 |   2,755 |      66
1976-77 .......|  49,283 |  47,065 |   2,218 |  16,245 |  15,525 |     720 |   2,586 |   2,513 |      73
1977-78 .......|  55,654 |  51,945 |   3,709 |  16,398 |  15,533 |     865 |   2,440 |   2,383 |      57
1978-79 .......|  62,375 |  57,201 |   5,174 |  15,495 |  14,544 |     951 |   2,506 |   2,423 |      83
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1979-80 .......|  68,893 |  62,488 |   6,405 |  16,243 |  15,101 |   1,142 |   2,507 |   2,412 |      95
1980-81 .......|  75,000 |  67,301 |   7,699 |  16,709 |  15,347 |   1,362 |   2,561 |   2,457 |     104
1981-82 .......|  80,005 |  70,899 |   9,106 |  17,939 |  16,311 |   1,628 |   2,636 |   2,496 |     140
1982-83 .......|  89,018 |  78,096 |  10,922 |  19,344 |  17,548 |   1,796 |   2,831 |   2,706 |     125
1983-84 .......|  94,185 |  82,092 |  12,093 |  20,655 |  18,500 |   2,155 |   2,981 |   2,816 |     165
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1984-85 .......|  95,828 |  83,232 |  12,596 |  21,555 |  19,247 |   2,308 |   3,230 |   3,022 |     208
1985-86 .......|  95,660 |  83,117 |  12,543 |  21,657 |  19,165 |   2,492 |   3,410 |   3,181 |     229
1986-87 .......|  92,816 |  80,104 |  12,712 |  22,654 |  19,804 |   2,850 |   3,818 |   3,555 |     263
1987-88 .......|  88,506 |  76,372 |  12,134 |  23,385 |  20,476 |   2,909 |   4,191 |   3,898 |     293
1988-89 .......|  85,002 |  73,436 |  11,566 |  24,568 |  21,374 |   3,194 |   4,523 |   4,123 |     400
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1989-90 .......|  81,322 |  70,071 |  11,251 |  24,772 |  21,357 |   3,415 |   4,981 |   4,536 |     445
1990-91 .......|  78,650 |  67,738 |  10,912 |  24,958 |  21,430 |   3,528 |   5,272 |   4,787 |     485
1991-92 .......|  77,541 |  66,716 |  10,825 |  25,977 |  22,143 |   3,834 |   5,499 |   4,972 |     527
1992-93 .......|  78,051 |  66,836 |  11,215 |  28,726 |  24,454 |   4,272 |   5,843 |   5,283 |     560
1993-94 .......|  78,225 |  66,597 |  11,628 |  29,754 |  25,154 |   4,600 |   5,979 |   5,315 |     664
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\1\Includes degrees in engineering and engineering-related technologies from 1969-70 through 1993-94.

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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