Earned degrees in psychology conferred by institutions of higher education, by level of degree and by sex of student: 1949-50 to 1992-93

Table 285.

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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 .......|   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 |  21,227 |  16,960 |   5,717 |   3,395 |   2,322 |   2,144 |   1,629 |     515
1971-72 .......|  43,433 |  23,352 |  20,081 |   6,764 |   3,934 |   2,830 |   2,277 |   1,694 |     583
1972-73 .......|  47,940 |  25,117 |  22,823 |   7,619 |   4,325 |   3,294 |   2,550 |   1,797 |     753
1973-74 .......|  52,139 |  25,868 |  26,271 |   8,796 |   4,983 |   3,813 |   2,872 |   1,987 |     885
1974-75 .......|  51,245 |  24,284 |  26,961 |   9,394 |   5,035 |   4,359 |   2,913 |   1,979 |     934
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1975-76 .......|  50,278 |  22,898 |  27,380 |  10,167 |   5,136 |   5,031 |   3,157 |   2,115 |   1,042
1976-77 .......|  47,861 |  20,627 |  27,234 |  10,859 |   5,293 |   5,566 |   3,386 |   2,127 |   1,259
1977-78 .......|  44,879 |  18,422 |  26,457 |  10,282 |   4,670 |   5,612 |   3,164 |   1,974 |   1,190
1978-79 .......|  42,697 |  16,540 |  26,157 |  10,132 |   4,405 |   5,727 |   3,228 |   1,895 |   1,333
1979-80 .......|  42,093 |  15,440 |  26,653 |   9,938 |   4,096 |   5,842 |   3,395 |   1,921 |   1,474
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1980-81 .......|  41,068 |  14,332 |  26,736 |  10,223 |   4,066 |   6,157 |   3,576 |   2,002 |   1,574
1981-82 .......|  41,212 |  13,645 |  27,567 |   9,947 |   3,823 |   6,124 |   3,461 |   1,856 |   1,605
1982-83 .......|  40,460 |  13,131 |  27,329 |   9,981 |   3,647 |   6,334 |   3,602 |   1,838 |   1,764
1983-84 .......|  39,955 |  12,812 |  27,143 |   9,525 |   3,400 |   6,125 |   3,535 |   1,774 |   1,761
1984-85 .......|  39,900 |  12,706 |  27,194 |   9,891 |   3,452 |   6,439 |   3,447 |   1,739 |   1,708
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1985-86 .......|  40,628 |  12,605 |  28,023 |   9,845 |   3,347 |   6,498 |   3,593 |   1,724 |   1,869
1986-87 .......|  42,994 |  13,362 |  29,632 |   9,562 |   3,172 |   6,390 |   3,560 |   1,615 |   1,945
1987-88 .......|  45,187 |  13,538 |  31,649 |   9,180 |   2,923 |   6,257 |   3,480 |   1,573 |   1,907
1988-89 .......|  48,910 |  14,246 |  34,664 |   9,940 |   3,122 |   6,818 |   3,685 |   1,590 |   2,095
1989-90 .......|  53,952 |  15,336 |  38,616 |  10,730 |   3,377 |   7,353 |   3,811 |   1,566 |   2,245
               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
1990-91 .......|  58,655 |  16,067 |  42,588 |  11,349 |   3,329 |   8,020 |   3,932 |   1,520 |   2,412
1991-92 .......|  63,513 |  17,031 |  46,482 |  10,215 |   2,988 |   7,227 |   3,373 |   1,359 |   2,014
1992-93 .......|  66,728 |  17,908 |  48,820 |  10,957 |   3,029 |   7,928 |   3,651 |   1,415 |   2,236
_______________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________

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 January 1995.)

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