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317. Earned Degrees Conferred, by Level and Sex,

[In thousands (497 represents 497,000), except percent. Beginning 1960, includes Alaskaand Hawaii]
 
ALL DEGREES ASSOCIATES BACHELOR'S MASTER'S FIRST DOCTOR'S
PROFESSIONAL
YEAR ENDING Per-
Total cent Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
male
 
1950 1 497 75.7 (NA) (NA) 329 103 41 17 (NA) (NA) 6 1
1960 1 477 65.8 (NA) (NA) 254 138 51 24 (NA) (NA) 9 1
1965 660 61.5 (NA) (NA) 282 212 81 40 27 1 15 2
1970 1,271 59.2 117 89 451 341 126 83 33 2 26 4
1971 1,393 59.0 144 108 476 364 138 92 36 2 28 5
1972 1,508 58.7 166 126 501 387 150 102 41 3 28 5
1973 1,587 58.2 175 141 518 404 154 109 46 4 29 6
1974 1,654 57.4 189 155 527 418 158 119 49 5 27 6
1975 1,666 56.0 191 169 505 418 162 131 49 7 27 7
1976 1,726 55.7 210 181 505 421 167 145 53 10 26 8
1977 1,741 54.7 211 196 496 424 168 149 52 12 25 8
1978 1,744 53.3 205 208 487 434 161 150 52 14 24 8
1979 1,727 52.1 192 211 477 444 153 148 53 16 24 9
1980 1,731 51.1 184 217 474 456 151 147 53 17 23 10
1981 1,752 50.3 189 228 470 465 147 149 53 19 23 10
1982 1,788 49.8 197 238 473 480 146 150 52 20 22 10
1983 1,815 49.6 204 246 479 490 145 145 51 22 22 11
1984 1,819 49.6 203 250 482 492 144 141 51 23 22 11
1985 1,828 49.3 203 252 483 497 143 143 50 25 22 11
1986 1,830 49.0 196 250 486 502 144 145 49 25 22 12
1987 1,823 48.4 191 245 481 510 141 148 47 25 22 12
1988 1,835 48.0 190 245 477 518 145 154 45 25 23 12
1989 1,873 47.3 186 250 483 535 149 161 45 26 23 13
1990 1,940 46.6 191 264 492 560 154 171 44 27 24 14
1991 2,025 45.8 199 283 504 590 156 181 44 28 25 15
1992 2,108 45.6 207 297 521 616 162 191 45 29 26 15
1993 2,167 45.5 212 303 533 632 169 200 45 30 26 16
1994 2,206 45.1 215 315 532 637 176 211 45 31 27 17
1995 2,218 44.9 218 321 526 634 179 219 45 31 27 18
1996 2,248 44.2 220 336 522 642 179 227 45 32 27 18
1997 2,288 43.6 224 347 521 652 181 238 46 33 27 19



NA Not available. 1 First-professional degreesare included with bachelor's degrees.

Source: U.S. National Center for Education Statistics,Digest of Education Statistics, annual.

http://nces.ed.gov/

https://allcountries.org/uscensus/317_earned_degrees_conferred_by_level_and.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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