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College Degrees

Table 28. Associate’s and bachelor’s degrees conferred and percentage of bachelor’s degrees awarded to females by degree-granting institutions: Selected years, 1979–80 through 2015–16

Year	Associate’s degrees	Bachelor’s degrees	Percent of bachelor’s degrees awarded to females
1979–80	400,910	929,417	49.0
1984–85	454,712	979,477	50.7
1989–90	455,102	1,051,344	53.2
1994–95	539,691	1,160,134	54.6
1999–2000	564,933	1,237,875	57.2
2000–01	578,865	1,244,171	57.3
2001–02	595,133	1,291,900	57.4
2002–03	634,016	1,348,811	57.5
2003–04	665,301	1,399,542	57.5
2004–05	696,660	1,439,264	57.4
2005–06	713,066	1,485,242	57.5
2006–07	728,114	1,524,092	57.4
2007–08	750,164	1,563,069	57.3
2008–09	787,243	1,601,399	57.2
2009–10	848,856	1,649,919	57.2
2010–11	943,506	1,716,053	57.2
2011–12	1,021,718	1,792,163	57.3
2012–13	1,007,427	1,840,381	57.2
2013–14	1,005,155	1,870,150	57.1
2014–15	1,014,341	1,894,969	57.1
2015–16	1,008,314	1,920,718	57.2

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