Earned degrees in French, German, and Spanish conferred by institutions of higher education, by level of degree: 1949-50 to 1993-94

Table 283.

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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
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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 November 1995.)

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