Table 287. | Earned degrees in education conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: 1949-50 to 1999-2000 |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 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 __________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ 1949-50 ..| 61,472 | 31,398 | 30,074 | 20,069 | 12,025 | 8,044 | 953 | 797 | 156 1959-60 ..| 89,002 | 25,556 | 63,446 | 33,433 | 18,057 | 15,376 | 1,591 | 1,279 | 312 1967-68 ..| 133,965 | 31,926 | 102,039 | 63,399 | 30,672 | 32,727 | 4,078 | 3,250 | 828 1969-70 ..| 163,964 | 40,420 | 123,544 | 78,020 | 34,832 | 43,188 | 5,588 | 4,479 | 1,109 | | | | | | | | | 1970-71 ..| 176,307 | 44,896 | 131,411 | 87,666 | 38,365 | 49,301 | 6,041 | 4,771 | 1,270 1971-72 ..| 190,880 | 49,344 | 141,536 | 96,668 | 41,141 | 55,527 | 6,648 | 5,104 | 1,544 1972-73 ..| 193,984 | 51,300 | 142,684 | 103,777 | 43,298 | 60,479 | 6,857 | 5,191 | 1,666 1973-74 ..| 184,907 | 48,997 | 135,910 | 110,402 | 44,112 | 66,290 | 6,757 | 4,974 | 1,783 1974-75 ..| 166,758 | 44,463 | 122,295 | 117,841 | 44,430 | 73,411 | 6,975 | 4,856 | 2,119 | | | | | | | | | 1975-76 ..| 154,437 | 42,004 | 112,433 | 126,061 | 44,831 | 81,230 | 7,202 | 4,826 | 2,376 1976-77 ..| 143,234 | 39,867 | 103,367 | 124,267 | 42,308 | 81,959 | 7,338 | 4,832 | 2,506 1977-78 ..| 135,821 | 37,410 | 98,411 | 116,916 | 37,662 | 79,254 | 7,018 | 4,281 | 2,737 1978-79 ..| 125,873 | 33,743 | 92,130 | 109,866 | 34,410 | 75,456 | 7,170 | 4,174 | 2,996 1979-80 ..| 118,038 | 30,901 | 87,137 | 101,819 | 30,300 | 71,519 | 7,314 | 4,100 | 3,214 | | | | | | | | | 1980-81 ..| 108,074 | 27,039 | 81,035 | 96,713 | 27,548 | 69,165 | 7,279 | 3,843 | 3,436 1981-82 ..| 100,932 | 24,380 | 76,552 | 91,601 | 25,339 | 66,262 | 6,999 | 3,612 | 3,387 1982-83 ..| 97,895 | 23,644 | 74,251 | 83,250 | 22,823 | 60,427 | 7,057 | 3,547 | 3,510 1983-84 ..| 92,299 | 22,195 | 70,104 | 75,664 | 21,142 | 54,522 | 6,911 | 3,446 | 3,465 1984-85 ..| 88,072 | 21,252 | 66,820 | 74,654 | 20,537 | 54,117 | 6,612 | 3,172 | 3,440 | | | | | | | | | 1985-86 ..| 87,114 | 20,959 | 66,155 | 74,801 | 20,295 | 54,506 | 6,605 | 3,088 | 3,517 1986-87 ..| 86,936 | 20,729 | 66,207 | 74,045 | 19,293 | 54,752 | 6,407 | 2,931 | 3,476 1987-88 ..| 91,112 | 20,988 | 70,124 | 76,566 | 19,108 | 57,458 | 6,060 | 2,739 | 3,321 1988-89 ..| 96,913 | 21,662 | 75,251 | 81,174 | 19,956 | 61,218 | 6,337 | 2,704 | 3,633 1989-90 ..| 105,112 | 23,007 | 82,105 | 84,881 | 20,467 | 64,414 | 6,502 | 2,776 | 3,726 | | | | | | | | | 1990-91 ..| 110,807 | 23,417 | 87,390 | 87,343 | 20,448 | 66,895 | 6,187 | 2,613 | 3,574 1991-92 ..| 108,006 | 22,686 | 85,320 | 92,668 | 21,244 | 71,424 | 6,864 | 2,783 | 4,081 1992-93 ..| 107,781 | 23,233 | 84,548 | 96,028 | 22,197 | 73,831 | 7,030 | 2,867 | 4,163 1993-94 ..| 107,600 | 24,450 | 83,150 | 98,938 | 23,008 | 75,930 | 6,908 | 2,706 | 4,202 1994-95 ..| 106,079 | 25,641 | 80,438 | 101,242 | 23,806 | 77,436 | 6,905 | 2,621 | 4,284 | | | | | | | | | 1995-96 ..| 105,509 | 26,233 | 79,276 | 106,253 | 25,214 | 81,039 | 6,676 | 2,525 | 4,151 1996-97 ..| 105,233 | 26,271 | 78,962 | 110,087 | 25,806 | 84,281 | 6,751 | 2,512 | 4,239 1997-98 ..| 105,968 | 26,302 | 79,666 | 114,691 | 27,070 | 87,621 | 6,729 | 2,479 | 4,250 1998-99 ..| 107,172 | 26,226 | 80,946 | 119,427 | 28,263 | 91,164 | 6,841 | 2,423 | 4,418 1999-2000 | 108,168 | 26,124 | 82,044 | 124,240 | 29,321 | 94,919 | 6,830 | 2,419 | 4,411 __________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ |
NOTE: Data for 1998-99 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. (This table was prepared August 2001.)
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