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Table 288. Earned degrees in French, German, and Spanish conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree: Selected years, 1949-50 to 2001-02

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            |            French           |            German          |           Spanish
    Year    |_____________________________|____________________________|______________________________
            |Bachelor's|Master's |Doctor's|Bachelor's|Master's|Doctor's|Bachelor's|Master's |Doctor's
____________|__________|_________|________|__________|________|________|__________|_________|_________
     1      |    2     |    3    |   4    |    5     |   6    |   7    |    8     |    9    |   10
____________|__________|_________|________|__________|________|________|__________|_________|_________
1949-50 ....|     1,471|      299|      53|       540|     121|      40|     2,122|      373|       34
1959-60 ....|     1,927|      316|      58|       659|     126|      21|     1,610|      261|       31
1967-68 ....|     7,068|    1,301|     152|     2,368|     771|     117|     6,381|    1,188|      123
1969-70 ....|     7,624|    1,409|     181|     2,652|     669|     118|     7,226|    1,372|      139
            |          |         |        |          |        |        |          |         |
1970-71 ....|     7,306|    1,437|     192|     2,601|     690|     144|     7,068|    1,456|      168
1971-72 ....|     6,822|    1,421|     193|     2,477|     608|     167|     6,847|    1,421|      152
1972-73 ....|     6,705|    1,277|     203|     2,520|     598|     176|     7,209|    1,298|      206
1973-74 ....|     6,263|    1,195|     213|     2,425|     550|     149|     7,250|    1,217|      203
1974-75 ....|     5,745|    1,077|     200|     2,289|     480|     147|     6,719|    1,228|      202
            |          |         |        |          |        |        |          |         |
1975-76 ....|     4,783|      914|     190|     1,983|     471|     164|     5,984|    1,080|      176
1976-77 ....|     4,228|      875|     177|     1,820|     394|     126|     5,359|      930|      153
1977-78 ....|     3,708|      692|     155|     1,647|     357|     101|     4,832|      822|      113
1978-79 ....|     3,558|      576|     143|     1,524|     344|     106|     4,563|      720|      118
1979-80 ....|     3,285|      513|     128|     1,466|     309|      94|     4,331|      685|      103
            |          |         |        |          |        |        |          |         |
1980-81 ....|     3,178|      460|     115|     1,286|     294|      79|     3,870|      592|      131
1981-82 ....|     3,054|      485|      92|     1,327|     324|      76|     3,633|      568|      140
1982-83 ....|     2,871|      360|     106|     1,367|     281|      68|     3,349|      506|      129
1983-84 ....|     2,876|      418|      86|     1,292|     241|      63|     3,254|      537|      102
1984-85 ....|     2,991|      385|      74|     1,411|     240|      58|     3,415|      505|      115
            |          |         |        |          |        |        |          |         |
1985-86 ....|     3,015|      409|      86|     1,396|     249|      73|     3,385|      521|       95
1986-87 ....|     3,062|      421|      85|     1,366|     234|      70|     3,450|      504|      104
1987-88 ....|     3,082|      437|      89|     1,350|     244|      71|     3,416|      553|       93
1988-89 ....|     3,297|      444|      83|     1,428|     263|      59|     3,748|      552|      101
1989-90 ....|     3,259|      478|     115|     1,437|     253|      67|     4,176|      573|      108
            |          |         |        |          |        |        |          |         |
1990-91 ....|     3,355|      480|      98|     1,543|     242|      58|     4,480|      609|      125
1991-92 ....|     3,371|      465|     112|     1,616|     273|      85|     4,768|      647|      143
1992-93 ....|     3,280|      513|      98|     1,572|     317|      86|     5,233|      667|      145
1993-94 ....|     3,094|      479|     104|     1,580|     298|      61|     5,505|      691|      160
1994-95 ....|     2,764|      470|     118|     1,352|     278|      83|     5,602|      709|      161
            |          |         |        |          |        |        |          |         |
1995-96 ....|     2,655|      446|     113|     1,290|     305|      75|     5,995|      769|      151
1996-97 ....|     2,468|      414|     119|     1,214|     281|      80|     6,161|      677|      175
1997-98 ....|     2,530|      389|     104|     1,181|     209|      94|     6,595|      781|      160
1998-99 ....|     2,555|      357|     116|     1,246|     238|      77|     6,964|      694|      152
1999-2000 ..|     2,514|      343|     129|     1,125|     184|      76|     7,031|      718|      175
            |          |         |        |          |        |        |          |         |
2000-01 ....|     2,371|      376|     115|     1,143|     242|      73|     7,164|      716|      185
2001-02 ....|     2,396|      356|      89|     1,092|     208|      64|     7,243|      792|      193
____________|__________|_________|________|__________|________|________|__________|_________|_________

NOTE: Data for 1998-99 were 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, 1986-87 through 1998-99, and Fall 2000 through Fall 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared August 2003.)


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