Earned degrees in business conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: 1955-56 to 1999-2000

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Table 284.

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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
1994-95 ..| 234,323 | 121,898 | 112,425 |  93,809 |  59,109 |  34,700 |   1,394 |   1,014 |     380
1995-96 ..| 227,102 | 116,842 | 110,260 |  93,982 |  58,685 |  35,297 |   1,368 |     974 |     394
1996-97 ..| 226,633 | 116,519 | 110,114 |  97,619 |  59,611 |  38,008 |   1,336 |     947 |     389
1997-98 ..| 233,119 | 120,069 | 113,050 | 102,171 |  62,713 |  39,458 |   1,290 |     885 |     405
1998-99 ..| 242,236 | 123,158 | 119,078 | 108,085 |  65,113 |  42,972 |   1,202 |     844 |     358
1999-2000 | 257,709 | 129,664 | 128,045 | 112,258 |  67,544 |  44,714 |   1,196 |     814 |     382
__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________

NOTE: Includes degrees in business management/administrative services; marketing operations/marketing distribution; and consumer and personal services. Data for 1998-99 imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

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 August 2001.)

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