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Indicator 30. Degrees Conferred

Degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by level of degree and sex of student: 1949-50 to 1990-91

____________________________________________________________________            |    Associate    |    Bachelor's     |    Master's     |            |     degrees     |     degrees       |     degrees     |    Year    |_________________|___________________|_________________|            | Total  |Percent |  Total   |Percent | Total  |Percent |            |        |to women|          |to women|        |to women| ___________|________|________|__________|________|________|________| 1949-50 2/.     ---      ---    432,058     23.9   58,183     29.2   1959-60 2/.     ---      ---    392,440     35.3   74,435     31.6   1969-70 ... 206,023     43.0    792,317     43.1  208,291     39.7   1979-80 ... 400,910     54.2    929,417     49.0  298,081     49.4    1980-81 ... 416,377     54.7    935,140     49.8  295,739     50.3   1981-82 ... 434,515     54.7    952,998     50.3  295,546     50.8   1982-83 ... 456,441     54.6    969,510     50.6  289,921     50.1   1983-84 ... 452,416     55.2    974,309     50.5  284,263     49.5   1984-85 ... 454,712     55.4    979,477     50.7  286,251     49.9   1985-86 ... 446,047     56.0    987,823     50.8  288,567     50.3   1986-87 ... 437,137     56.2    991,339     51.5  289,557     51.2   1987-88 ... 435,085     56.3    994,829     52.0  299,317     51.5   1988-89 ... 436,764     57.3  1,018,755     52.6  310,621     51.9   1989-90 ... 455,102     58.0  1,051,344     53.2  324,301     52.6   1990-91 3/. 481,720     58.8  1,094,538     53.9  337,168     53.6   ____________________________________________________________________  

 _______________________________________________            |First-professional|Doctor's degrees            |      degrees1/   |    Year    |__________________|________________            |  Total  |Percent | Total |Percent            |         |to women|       |to women ___________|_________|________|_______|________ 1949-50 2/.      ---      ---   6,420      9.6 1959-60 2/.      ---      ---   9,829     10.5 1969-70 ...   34,578      5.2  29,912     13.4 1979-80 ...   70,131     24.8  32,615     29.7  1980-81 ...   71,956     26.6  32,958     31.1 1981-82 ...   72,032     27.5  32,707     32.1 1982-83 ...   73,136     29.8  32,775     33.2 1983-84 ...   74,407     31.0  33,209     33.6 1984-85 ...   75,063     32.8  32,943     34.1 1985-86 ...   73,910     33.4  33,653     35.2 1986-87 ...   72,750     34.8  34,120     35.2 1987-88 ...   70,735     35.7  34,870     35.1 1988-89 ...   70,856     36.4  35,720     36.6 1989-90 ...   70,988     38.1  38,371     36.4 1990-91 3/.   71,948     39.1  39,294     37.0 _______________________________________________  

1/Includes degrees in medicine, dentistry, optometry, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, podiatry, veterinary medicine, chiropractic, law, and theological professions.
2/Data for first-professional degrees are included with the bachelor's degrees.
3/Preliminary data.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Earned Degrees Conferred; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" survey.