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

Table 282.

Earned degrees in modern foreign languages and literatures\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 .......|   4,477 |   1,746 |   2,731 |     919 |     456 |     463 |     168 |     135 |      33
1959-60 .......|   4,527 |   1,548 |   2,979 |     832 |     392 |     440 |     150 |     100 |      50
1967-68 .......|  17,499 |   4,450 |  13,049 |   3,911 |   1,555 |   2,356 |     491 |     336 |     155
1969-70 .......|  19,457 |   4,921 |  14,536 |   4,154 |   1,476 |   2,678 |     590 |     369 |     221
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1970-71 .......|  19,055 |   4,734 |  14,321 |   4,407 |   1,492 |   2,915 |     703 |     425 |     278
1971-72 .......|  18,137 |   4,445 |  13,692 |   4,277 |   1,449 |   2,828 |     753 |     466 |     287
1972-73 .......|  18,232 |   4,347 |  13,885 |   3,992 |   1,407 |   2,585 |     889 |     519 |     370
1973-74 .......|  18,252 |   4,276 |  13,976 |   3,793 |   1,252 |   2,541 |     875 |     487 |     388
1974-75 .......|  17,115 |   3,912 |  13,203 |   3,672 |   1,179 |   2,493 |     829 |     442 |     387
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1975-76 .......|  15,079 |   3,495 |  11,584 |   3,359 |   1,095 |   2,264 |     830 |     429 |     401
1976-77 .......|  13,626 |   3,225 |  10,401 |   2,986 |     886 |   2,100 |     728 |     347 |     381
1977-78 .......|  12,448 |   2,938 |   9,510 |   2,653 |     768 |   1,885 |     626 |     282 |     344
1978-79 .......|  11,531 |   2,705 |   8,826 |   2,338 |     685 |   1,653 |     625 |     287 |     338
1979-80 .......|  10,816 |   2,583 |   8,233 |   2,152 |     628 |   1,524 |     522 |     217 |     305
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1980-81 .......|  10,050 |   2,402 |   7,648 |   2,018 |     657 |   1,361 |     556 |     259 |     297
1981-82 .......|   9,576 |   2,278 |   7,298 |   1,913 |     571 |   1,342 |     495 |     220 |     275
1982-83 .......|   9,334 |   2,343 |   6,991 |   1,597 |     528 |   1,069 |     451 |     183 |     268
1983-84 .......|   9,152 |   2,399 |   6,753 |   1,640 |     512 |   1,128 |     424 |     191 |     233
1984-85 .......|   9,675 |   2,529 |   7,146 |   1,611 |     503 |   1,108 |     387 |     156 |     231
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1985-86 .......|   9,808 |   2,685 |   7,123 |   1,655 |     482 |   1,173 |     426 |     173 |     253
1986-87 .......|   9,858 |   2,655 |   7,203 |   1,692 |     491 |   1,201 |     403 |     162 |     241
1987-88 .......|   9,790 |   2,628 |   7,162 |   1,795 |     564 |   1,231 |     380 |     159 |     221
1988-89 .......|  10,498 |   2,767 |   7,731 |   1,821 |     552 |   1,269 |     389 |     145 |     244
1989-90 .......|  11,092 |   2,902 |   8,190 |   1,931 |     584 |   1,347 |     475 |     183 |     292
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1990-91 .......|  11,724 |   3,207 |   8,517 |   1,973 |     595 |   1,378 |     477 |     200 |     277
1991-92 .......|  12,367 |   3,390 |   8,977 |   2,119 |     652 |   1,467 |     537 |     222 |     315
1992-93 .......|  12,819 |   3,537 |   9,282 |   2,353 |     744 |   1,609 |     535 |     210 |     325
1993-94 .......|  12,785 |   3,672 |   9,113 |   2,343 |     712 |   1,631 |     578 |     208 |     370
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\1\Includes degrees conferred in a single language or a combination of modern foreign languages. Excludes degrees in linguistics, Latin, classical Greek, and "other" foreign languages.

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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