Digest of Education Statistics
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Table 282.Earned degrees in communications\1\ conferred by institutions of higher education, by level of degree and sex of student: 1970-71 to 1994-95

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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
__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
1970-71 ..|  10,802 |   6,989 |   3,813 |   1,856 |   1,214 |     642 |     145 |     126 |      19
1971-72 ..|  12,340 |   7,964 |   4,376 |   2,200 |   1,443 |     757 |     111 |      96 |      15
1972-73 ..|  14,317 |   9,074 |   5,243 |   2,406 |   1,546 |     860 |     139 |     114 |      25
1973-74 ..|  17,096 |  10,536 |   6,560 |   2,640 |   1,668 |     972 |     175 |     146 |      29
1974-75 ..|  19,248 |  11,455 |   7,793 |   2,794 |   1,618 |   1,176 |     165 |     119 |      46
          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1975-76 ..|  21,282 |  12,458 |   8,824 |   3,126 |   1,818 |   1,308 |     204 |     154 |      50
1976-77 ..|  23,214 |  12,932 |  10,282 |   3,091 |   1,719 |   1,372 |     171 |     130 |      41
1977-78 ..|  25,400 |  13,480 |  11,920 |   3,296 |   1,673 |   1,623 |     191 |     138 |      53
1978-79 ..|  26,457 |  13,266 |  13,191 |   2,882 |   1,483 |   1,399 |     192 |     138 |      54
1979-80 ..|  28,616 |  13,656 |  14,960 |   3,082 |   1,527 |   1,555 |     193 |     121 |      72
          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1980-81 ..|  31,282 |  14,179 |  17,103 |   3,105 |   1,448 |   1,657 |     182 |     107 |      75
1981-82 ..|  34,222 |  14,917 |  19,305 |   3,327 |   1,578 |   1,749 |     200 |     136 |      64
1982-83...|  38,567 |  16,161 |  22,406 |   3,604 |   1,661 |   1,943 |     214 |     126 |      88
1983-84...|  40,113 |  16,604 |  23,509 |   3,656 |   1,600 |   2,056 |     219 |     131 |      88
1984-85...|  42,002 |  17,175 |  24,827 |   3,669 |   1,576 |   2,093 |     234 |     143 |      91
          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1985-86 ..|  43,076 |  17,639 |  25,437 |   3,823 |   1,610 |   2,213 |     223 |     116 |     107
1986-87 ..|  45,337 |  18,110 |  27,227 |   3,893 |   1,590 |   2,303 |     275 |     158 |     117
1987-88 ..|  46,649 |  18,527 |  28,122 |   3,925 |   1,568 |   2,357 |     234 |     134 |     100
1988-89 ..|  48,609 |  19,215 |  29,394 |   4,257 |   1,737 |   2,520 |     253 |     138 |     115
1989-90 ..|  51,308 |  20,218 |  31,090 |   4,362 |   1,707 |   2,655 |     273 |     145 |     128
          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1990-91 ..|  52,773 |  20,645 |  32,128 |   4,336 |   1,711 |   2,625 |     274 |     151 |     123
1991-92 ..|  54,977 |  21,497 |  33,480 |   4,464 |   1,692 |   2,772 |     255 |     132 |     123
1992-93 ..|  54,706 |  22,028 |  32,678 |   5,209 |   1,980 |   3,229 |     301 |     146 |     155
1993-94 ..|  51,827 |  21,359 |  30,468 |   5,419 |   2,098 |   3,321 |     345 |     174 |     171
1994-95 ..|  48,803 |  20,404 |  28,399 |   5,609 |   2,108 |   3,501 |     321 |     162 |     159
__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________

\1\Includes degrees in communications, general; advertising; journalism; broadcast journalism; public relations and organizational communications; radio and television technology; communications, other; and communications technologies.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared March 1997.)



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