Table 303.

Degrees in psychology conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1949-50 through 2005-06

Year	Bachelor's degrees				Master's degrees			Doctor's degrees
	Total		Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
	Number	Annual percent change
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1949–50	9,569	†	6,055	3,514	1,316	948	368	283	241	42
1959–60	8,061	†	4,773	3,288	1,406	981	425	641	544	97
1967–68	23,819	†	13,792	10,027	3,479	2,321	1,158	1,268	982	286
1969–70	33,679	†	19,077	14,602	5,158	2,975	2,183	1,962	1,505	457
1970–71	38,187	13.4	21,227	16,960	5,717	3,395	2,322	2,144	1,629	515
1971–72	43,433	13.7	23,352	20,081	6,764	3,934	2,830	2,277	1,694	583
1972–73	47,940	10.4	25,117	22,823	7,619	4,325	3,294	2,550	1,797	753
1973–74	52,139	8.8	25,868	26,271	8,796	4,983	3,813	2,872	1,987	885
1974–75	51,245	-1.7	24,284	26,961	9,394	5,035	4,359	2,913	1,979	934
1975–76	50,278	-1.9	22,898	27,380	10,167	5,136	5,031	3,157	2,115	1,042
1976–77	47,861	-4.8	20,627	27,234	10,859	5,293	5,566	3,386	2,127	1,259
1977–78	44,879	-6.2	18,422	26,457	10,282	4,670	5,612	3,164	1,974	1,190
1978–79	42,697	-4.9	16,540	26,157	10,132	4,405	5,727	3,228	1,895	1,333
1979–80	42,093	-1.4	15,440	26,653	9,938	4,096	5,842	3,395	1,921	1,474
1980–81	41,068	-2.4	14,332	26,736	10,223	4,066	6,157	3,576	2,002	1,574
1981–82	41,212	0.4	13,645	27,567	9,947	3,823	6,124	3,461	1,856	1,605
1982–83	40,460	-1.8	13,131	27,329	9,981	3,647	6,334	3,602	1,838	1,764
1983–84	39,955	-1.2	12,812	27,143	9,525	3,400	6,125	3,535	1,774	1,761
1984–85	39,900	-0.1	12,706	27,194	9,891	3,452	6,439	3,447	1,739	1,708
1985–86	40,628	1.8	12,605	28,023	9,845	3,347	6,498	3,593	1,724	1,869
1986–87	43,152	6.2	13,395	29,757	11,000	3,516	7,484	4,062	1,801	2,261
1987–88	45,371	5.1	13,579	31,792	10,488	3,256	7,232	3,973	1,783	2,190
1988–89	49,083	8.2	14,265	34,818	11,329	3,465	7,864	4,143	1,773	2,370
1989–90	53,952	9.9	15,336	38,616	10,730	3,377	7,353	3,811	1,566	2,245
1990–91	58,655	8.7	16,067	42,588	11,349	3,329	8,020	3,932	1,520	2,412
1991–92	63,683	8.6	17,062	46,621	11,659	3,335	8,324	3,814	1,490	2,324
1992–93	66,931	5.1	17,942	48,989	12,518	3,380	9,138	4,100	1,570	2,530
1993–94	69,419	3.7	18,668	50,751	13,723	3,763	9,960	4,021	1,497	2,524
1994–95	72,233	4.1	19,570	52,663	15,378	4,210	11,168	4,252	1,562	2,690
1995–96	73,416	1.6	19,836	53,580	15,152	4,090	11,062	4,141	1,380	2,761
1996–97	74,308	1.2	19,408	54,900	15,769	4,155	11,614	4,507	1,495	3,012
1997–98	74,107	-0.3	18,976	55,131	15,142	3,978	11,164	4,541	1,470	3,071
1998–99	73,636	-0.6	18,304	55,332	15,688	3,990	11,698	4,695	1,510	3,185
1999–2000	74,194	0.8	17,451	56,743	15,740	3,821	11,919	4,731	1,529	3,202
2000–01	73,645	-0.7	16,585	57,060	16,539	3,892	12,647	5,091	1,598	3,493
2001–02	76,775	4.3	17,284	59,491	16,357	3,814	12,543	4,759	1,503	3,256
2002–031	78,650	2.4	17,514	61,136	17,161	3,839	13,322	4,835	1,483	3,352
2003–04	82,098	4.4	18,193	63,905	17,898	3,789	14,109	4,827	1,496	3,331
2004–05	85,614	4.3	19,000	66,614	18,830	3,900	14,930	5,106	1,466	3,640
2005–06	88,134	2.9	19,865	68,269	19,770	4,079	15,691	4,921	1,347	3,574
Percent change
1995–96 to 2000–01	0.3	†	-16.4	6.5	9.2	-4.8	14.3	22.9	15.8	26.5
2000–01 to 2005–06	19.7	†	19.8	19.6	19.5	4.8	24.1	-3.3	-15.7	2.3

† Not applicable. 1 Data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Earned Degrees Conferred, 1949–50 and 1959–60; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1967–68 through 1985–86; and 1986–87 through 2005–06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87–99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2006. (This table was prepared June 2007.)