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Table 294. Earned degrees in public administration and services conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1970-71 to 2001-02

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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
____________|________|________|________|_________|________|________|________|________|_________
1970-71 ....|   5,466|   1,726|   3,740|    7,785|   3,893|   3,892|     174|     132|       42
1971-72 ....|   7,508|   2,588|   4,920|    8,756|   4,537|   4,219|     193|     150|       43
1972-73 ....|  10,690|   3,998|   6,692|   10,068|   5,271|   4,797|     198|     160|       38
1973-74 ....|  11,966|   4,266|   7,700|   11,415|   6,028|   5,387|     201|     154|       47
1974-75 ....|  13,661|   4,630|   9,031|   13,617|   7,200|   6,417|     257|     192|       65
            |        |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
1975-76 ....|  15,440|   5,706|   9,734|   15,209|   7,969|   7,240|     292|     192|      100
1976-77 ....|  16,136|   5,544|  10,592|   17,026|   8,810|   8,216|     292|     197|       95
1977-78 ....|  16,607|   5,096|  11,511|   17,337|   8,513|   8,824|     357|     237|      120
1978-79 ....|  17,328|   4,938|  12,390|   17,306|   8,051|   9,255|     315|     215|      100
1979-80 ....|  16,644|   4,451|  12,193|   17,560|   7,866|   9,694|     342|     216|      126
            |        |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
1980-81 ....|  16,707|   4,248|  12,459|   17,803|   7,460|  10,343|     362|     212|      150
1981-82 ....|  16,495|   4,176|  12,319|   17,416|   6,975|  10,441|     372|     205|      167
1982-83 ....|  14,414|   3,343|  11,071|   16,046|   5,961|  10,085|     347|     184|      163
1983-84 ....|  12,570|   2,998|   9,572|   15,060|   5,634|   9,426|     420|     230|      190
1984-85 ....|  11,754|   2,829|   8,925|   15,575|   5,573|  10,002|     431|     213|      218
            |        |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
1985-86 ....|  11,887|   2,966|   8,921|   15,692|   5,594|  10,098|     382|     171|      211
1986-87 ....|  12,328|   2,993|   9,335|   16,432|   5,673|  10,759|     398|     216|      182
1987-88 ....|  12,385|   2,923|   9,462|   16,424|   5,631|  10,793|     470|     238|      232
1988-89 ....|  13,162|   3,214|   9,948|   17,020|   5,615|  11,405|     428|     210|      218
1989-90 ....|  13,908|   3,334|  10,574|   17,399|   5,634|  11,765|     508|     235|      273
            |        |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
1990-91 ....|  14,350|   3,215|  11,135|   17,905|   5,679|  12,226|     430|     190|      240
1991-92 ....|  15,987|   3,479|  12,508|   19,243|   5,769|  13,474|     432|     204|      228
1992-93 ....|  16,775|   3,801|  12,974|   20,634|   6,105|  14,529|     459|     215|      244
1993-94 ....|  17,815|   3,919|  13,896|   21,833|   6,406|  15,427|     519|     238|      281
1994-95 ....|  18,586|   3,935|  14,651|   23,501|   6,870|  16,631|     556|     274|      282
            |        |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
1995-96 ....|  19,849|   4,205|  15,644|   24,229|   6,927|  17,302|     499|     220|      279
1996-97 ....|  20,649|   4,177|  16,472|   24,781|   6,957|  17,824|     518|     243|      275
1997-98 ....|  20,408|   3,881|  16,527|   25,144|   7,025|  18,119|     499|     223|      276
1998-99 ....|  20,287|   3,791|  16,496|   24,925|   6,556|  18,369|     532|     239|      293
1999-2000 ..|  20,185|   3,816|  16,369|   25,594|   6,808|  18,786|     537|     227|      310
            |        |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
2000-01 ....|  19,447|   3,670|  15,777|   25,268|   6,544|  18,724|     574|     263|      311
2001-02 ....|  19,392|   3,706|  15,686|   25,448|   6,505|  18,943|     571|     250|      321
____________|________|________|________|_________|________|________|________|________|_________

NOTE: Includes degrees in public administration; community organization, resources and services; public policy analysis; social work; and other public affairs. 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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