Table 254. - | Degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by control of institution: 1969-70 to 1995-96 |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Public institutions | Private institutions Year |___________________________________________________|___________________________________________________ | Associate|Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's| First- | Associate|Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's| First- | | | | | profes- | | | | | profes- | | | | |sional\1\| | | | |sional\1\ ____________|____________|__________|________|________|_________|____________|__________|________|________|_________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 ____________|____________|__________|________|________|_________|____________|__________|________|________|_________ 1969-70 ....| 170,966 | 519,550 |134,545 | 19,183 | 14,542 | 35,057 | 272,766 | 73,746 | 10,683 | 20,376 1970-71 ....| 215,645 | 557,996 |151,603 | 20,788 | 16,139 | 36,666 | 281,734 | 78,906 | 11,319 | 21,807 1971-72 ....| 255,218 | 599,615 |167,075 | 21,776 | 18,521 | 36,796 | 287,658 | 84,558 | 11,587 | 24,890 1972-73 ....| 278,132 | 630,899 |174,405 | 22,357 | 21,872 | 38,042 | 291,463 | 88,966 | 12,420 | 28,146 1973-74 ....| 303,188 | 651,544 |184,632 | 21,810 | 23,208 | 40,736 | 294,232 | 92,401 | 12,006 | 30,608 1974-75 ....| 318,474 | 634,785 |193,804 | 22,176 | 23,612 | 41,697 | 288,148 | 98,646 | 11,907 | 32,304 | | | | | | | | | | 1975-76 ....| 345,006 | 635,161 |206,298 | 21,751 | 25,766 | 46,448 | 290,585 |105,473 | 12,313 | 36,883 1976-77 ....| 355,650 | 630,463 |208,901 | 21,229 | 26,344 | 50,727 | 289,086 |108,263 | 12,003 | 38,015 1977-78 ....| 358,874 | 627,903 |202,099 | 20,456 | 27,097 | 53,372 | 293,301 |109,521 | 11,675 | 39,484 1978-79 ....| 346,808 | 621,666 |192,016 | 20,817 | 27,785 | 55,894 | 299,724 |109,063 | 11,913 | 41,063 1979-80 ....| 344,536 | 624,084 |187,499 | 20,608 | 27,942 | 56,374 | 305,333 |110,582 | 12,007 | 42,189 1980-81 ....| 352,391 | 626,452 |184,384 | 20,895 | 29,128 | 63,986 | 308,688 |111,355 | 12,063 | 42,828 | | | | | | | | | | 1981-82 ....|\2\ 366,732 | 636,475 |182,295 | 20,889 | 29,611 |\2\ 67,794 | 316,523 |113,251 | 11,818 | 42,421 1982-83 ....| 377,817 | 646,317 |176,246 | 21,186 | 29,757 | 71,803 | 323,193 |113,675 | 11,589 | 43,297 1983-84 ....|\2\ 379,249 | 646,013 |170,693 | 21,141 | 29,586 |\2\ 72,991 | 328,296 |113,570 | 12,068 | 44,882 1984-85 ....| 377,625 | 652,246 |170,000 | 21,337 | 30,152 | 77,087 | 327,231 |116,251 | 11,606 | 44,911 1985-86 ....| 369,052 | 658,586 |169,903 | 21,433 | 29,568 | 76,995 | 329,237 |118,664 | 12,220 | 44,342 1986-87 ....| 358,811 | 659,260 |167,797 | 21,870 | 29,346 | 77,493 | 332,004 |121,552 | 12,171 | 42,271 | | | | | | | | | | 1987-88 ....| 354,180 | 658,491 |173,778 | 22,488 | 29,153 | 80,905 | 336,338 |125,539 | 12,382 | 41,582 1988-89 ....| 357,001 | 675,675 |179,109 | 22,970 | 28,993 | 79,763 | 343,080 |131,512 | 12,750 | 41,863 1989-90 ....| 375,635 | 700,015 |186,104 | 24,641 | 28,810 | 79,467 | 351,329 |138,197 | 13,730 | 42,178 1990-91 ....| 398,055 | 724,062 |193,057 | 25,681 | 29,554 | 83,665 | 370,476 |144,111 | 13,613 | 42,394 1991-92 ....| 420,265 | 759,475 |203,398 | 26,820 | 29,366 | 83,966 | 377,078 |149,440 | 13,839 | 44,780 | | | | | | | | | | 1992-93 ....| 430,321 | 785,112 |213,843 | 27,392 | 29,628 | 84,435 | 380,066 |155,742 | 14,740 | 45,759 1993-94 ....|\3\ 444,373 | 789,148 |221,428 | 28,524 | 29,842 | 86,259 | 380,127 |165,642 | 14,661 | 45,576 1994-95 ....| 451,539 | 776,670 |224,152 | 28,917 | 29,871 | 88,152 | 383,464 |173,477 | 15,529 | 45,929 1995-96 ....| 454,291 | 774,070 |227,179 | 29,516 | 29,882 | 100,925 | 390,722 |179,122 | 15,136 | 46,852 ____________|____________|__________|________|________|_________|____________|__________|________|________|_________ |
\1\Includes degrees which require at least 6 years of college work for completion (including at least 2 years of
preprofessional training).
\2\Data are approximations. \3\Revised from previously published data. 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 July 1998.) |