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Table 253. Degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by control of institution: 1969-70 through 2003-04
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            |                Public institutions               |                 Private institutions
            |__________________________________________________|__________________________________________________
            |           |       |        |    First-|          |           |       |        |    First-|
            |           | Bache-|        |   profes-|          |           | Bache-|        |   profes-|
            |Associate's|  lor's|Master's|    sional|  Doctor's|Associate's|  lor's|Master's|    sional| Doctor's
Year        |    degrees|degrees| degrees|degrees\1\|degrees\2\|    degrees|degrees| degrees|degrees\1\|degrees\2\
____________|___________|_______|________|__________|__________|___________|_______|________|__________|__________
1           |          2|      3|       4|         5|         6|          7|      8|       9|        10|        11
____________|___________|_______|________|__________|__________|___________|_______|________|__________|__________
1969-70 ....|    170,966|519,550| 134,545|    14,542|    19,183|     35,057|272,766|  73,746|    20,376|    10,683
1970-71 ....|    215,645|557,996| 151,603|    16,139|    20,788|     36,666|281,734|  78,906|    21,807|    11,319
1971-72 ....|    255,218|599,615| 167,075|    18,521|    21,776|     36,796|287,658|  84,558|    24,890|    11,587
1972-73 ....|    278,132|630,899| 174,405|    21,872|    22,357|     38,042|291,463|  88,966|    28,146|    12,420
1973-74 ....|    303,188|651,544| 184,632|    23,208|    21,810|     40,736|294,232|  92,401|    30,608|    12,006
            |           |       |        |          |          |           |       |        |          |
1974-75 ....|    318,474|634,785| 193,804|    23,612|    22,176|     41,697|288,148|  98,646|    32,304|    11,907
1975-76 ....|    345,006|635,161| 206,298|    25,766|    21,751|     46,448|290,585| 105,473|    36,883|    12,313
1976-77 ....|    355,650|630,463| 208,901|    26,344|    21,229|     50,727|289,086| 108,263|    38,015|    12,003
1977-78 ....|    358,874|627,903| 202,099|    27,097|    20,456|     53,372|293,301| 109,521|    39,484|    11,675
1978-79 ....|    346,808|621,666| 192,016|    27,785|    20,817|     55,894|299,724| 109,063|    41,063|    11,913
            |           |       |        |          |          |           |       |        |          |
1979-80 ....|    344,536|624,084| 187,499|    27,942|    20,608|     56,374|305,333| 110,582|    42,189|    12,007
1980-81 ....|    352,391|626,452| 184,384|    29,128|    20,895|     63,986|308,688| 111,355|    42,828|    12,063
1981-82 ....|\3\ 366,732|636,475| 182,295|    29,611|    20,889|\3\  67,794|316,523| 113,251|    42,421|    11,818
1982-83 ....|    377,817|646,317| 176,246|    29,757|    21,186|     71,803|323,193| 113,675|    43,297|    11,589
1983-84 ....|\3\ 379,249|646,013| 170,693|    29,586|    21,141|\3\  72,991|328,296| 113,570|    44,882|    12,068
            |           |       |        |          |          |           |       |        |          |
1984-85 ....|    377,625|652,246| 170,000|    30,152|    21,337|     77,087|327,231| 116,251|    44,911|    11,606
1985-86 ....|    369,052|658,586| 169,903|    29,568|    21,433|     76,995|329,237| 118,664|    44,342|    12,220
1986-87 ....|    358,811|659,260| 167,797|    29,346|    21,870|     77,493|332,004| 121,552|    42,271|    12,171
1987-88 ....|    354,180|658,491| 173,778|    29,153|    22,488|     80,905|336,338| 125,539|    41,582|    12,382
1988-89 ....|    357,001|675,675| 179,109|    28,993|    22,970|     79,763|343,080| 131,512|    41,863|    12,750
            |           |       |        |          |          |           |       |        |          |
1989-90 ....|    375,635|700,015| 186,104|    28,810|    24,641|     79,467|351,329| 138,197|    42,178|    13,730
1990-91 ....|    398,055|724,062| 193,057|    29,554|    25,681|     83,665|370,476| 144,111|    42,394|    13,613
1991-92 ....|    420,265|759,475| 203,398|    29,366|    26,820|     83,966|377,078| 149,440|    44,780|    13,839
1992-93 ....|    430,321|785,112| 213,843|    29,628|    27,392|     84,435|380,066| 155,742|    45,759|    14,740
1993-94 ....|    444,373|789,148| 221,428|    29,842|    28,524|     86,259|380,127| 165,642|    45,576|    14,661
            |           |       |        |          |          |           |       |        |          |
1994-95 ....|    451,539|776,670| 224,152|    29,871|    28,917|     88,152|383,464| 173,477|    45,929|    15,529
1995-96 ....|    454,291|774,070| 227,179|    29,882|    29,516|    100,925|390,722| 179,122|    46,852|    15,136
1996-97 ....|    465,494|776,677| 233,237|    31,243|    29,838|    105,732|396,202| 186,164|    47,487|    16,038
1997-98 ....|    455,084|784,296| 235,922|    31,233|    29,715|    103,471|400,110| 194,242|    47,365|    16,295
1998-99\4\ .|    448,334|790,287| 238,501|    31,693|    28,134|    111,620|410,016| 201,485|    46,746|    15,943
            |           |       |        |          |          |           |       |        |          |
1999-2000 ..|    448,446|810,855| 243,157|    32,247|    28,408|    116,487|427,020| 213,899|    47,810|    16,400
2000-01 ....|    456,487|812,438| 246,054|    32,633|    28,187|    122,378|431,733| 222,422|    47,074|    16,717
2001-02 ....|    471,660|841,512| 249,828|    33,439|    27,622|    123,473|450,388| 232,290|    47,259|    16,538
2002-03 ....|    497,132|875,420| 265,695|    33,549|    28,069|    135,780|473,083| 246,950|    47,261|    17,955
2003-04 ....|    524,875|905,718| 285,138|    34,499|    29,706|    140,426|493,824| 273,802|    48,542|    18,672
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\1\Includes degrees which require at least 6 years of college work for completion (including at least 2 years of preprofessional training).
\2\Doctor's degrees include Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes first-professional degrees such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees.
\3\Data are approximations.
\4\Data 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, 1969-70 through 1985-86; and 1986-87 through 2003-04 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87-99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2004. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


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