Higher Education Degrees Awarded
Public and Independent Institutions
Source: Higher Education Coordinating Board
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| HIGHER EDUCATION DEGREES AWARDED PUBLIC AND INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | |
| Associate Degrees2 | ||||||
| Agriculture & Natural Resources | 397 | 360 | 215 | 290 | 285 | 226 |
| Architecture & Environmental Design | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Arts and Letters | 11,429 | 12,838 | 13,791 | 14,235 | 13,360 | 13,134 |
| Business | 1,149 | 1,090 | 1,030 | 1,462 | 1,649 | 1,700 |
| Computer Science | 863 | 1,094 | 1,502 | 1,386 | 935 | 675 |
| Education | 23 | 28 | 195 | 267 | 274 | 272 |
| Engineering & Related Technology | 761 | 513 | 635 | 735 | 642 | 513 |
| Health | 1,516 | 1,511 | 1,851 | 2,109 | 2,317 | 2,570 |
| Law | 125 | 141 | 197 | 236 | 224 | 209 |
| Sciences | 9 | 4 | 3 | 410 | 357 | 385 |
| Social Sciences | 267 | 261 | 264 | 316 | 339 | 326 |
| Trades/Other | 1,036 | 823 | 720 | 880 | 737 | 708 |
| Total | 17,575 | 18,663 | 20,403 | 22,326 | 21,119 | 20,718 |
| Percent Male | 42.4 | 41.6 | 42.4 | 43.3 | 41.8 | 41.5 |
| Percent Female | 57.6 | 58.4 | 57.6 | 56.7 | 58.2 | 58.5 |
| Baccalaureate Degrees | ||||||
| Agriculture & Natural Resources | 1,113 | 1,216 | 1,210 | 1,259 | 1,341 | 1,429 |
| Architecture & Environmental Design | 276 | 296 | 297 | 187 | 170 | 194 |
| Arts and Letters | 6,700 | 6,797 | 7,381 | 7,702 | 8,011 | 8,086 |
| Business | 4,295 | 4,401 | 4,594 | 4,663 | 5,048 | 5,119 |
| Computer Science | 621 | 676 | 789 | 877 | 943 | 772 |
| Education | 1,542 | 1,445 | 1,469 | 1,946 | 1,613 | 1,504 |
| Engineering & Related Technology | 1,242 | 1,297 | 1,304 | 1,405 | 1,347 | 1,407 |
| Health | 1,178 | 1,071 | 1,144 | 1,226 | 1,305 | 1,393 |
| Law | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Sciences | 1,859 | 1,908 | 2,099 | 1,982 | 2,151 | 2,229 |
| Social Sciences | 5,019 | 5,303 | 5,614 | 5,942 | 6,289 | 6,403 |
| Trades/Other | 28 | 38 | 41 | 43 | 47 | 34 |
| Total | 23,874 | 24,457 | 25,942 | 27,240 | 28,265 | 28,570 |
| Percent Male | 42.1 | 42.9 | 42.9 | 41.9 | 44.1 | 43.4 |
| Percent Female | 57.9 | 57.1 | 57.1 | 58.1 | 55.9 | 56.6 |
| Master's Degrees | ||||||
| Agriculture & Natural Resources | 244 | 265 | 246 | 244 | 240 | 199 |
| Architecture & Environmental Design | 130 | 126 | 131 | 143 | 125 | 162 |
| Arts and Letters | 587 | 565 | 741 | 696 | 750 | 799 |
| Business | 1,767 | 1,683 | 1,695 | 1,963 | 1,878 | 1,972 |
| Computer Science | 130 | 155 | 216 | 189 | 180 | 189 |
| Education | 2,520 | 2,260 | 2,642 | 2,677 | 2,770 | 2,666 |
| Engineering & Related Technology | 373 | 367 | 366 | 327 | 356 | 326 |
| Health | 734 | 652 | 714 | 680 | 726 | 804 |
| Law | 14 | 81 | 77 | 112 | 77 | 93 |
| Sciences | 255 | 296 | 291 | 266 | 289 | 305 |
| Social Sciences | 1,058 | 1,101 | 1,194 | 1,185 | 1,383 | 1,416 |
| Total | 7,812 | 7,551 | 8,313 | 8,482 | 8,774 | 8,931 |
| Percent Male | 40.3 | 40.6 | 40.0 | 40.7 | 39.6 | 39.7 |
| Percent Female | 59.7 | 59.4 | 60.0 | 59.3 | 60.4 | 60.3 |
| Doctoral Degrees | ||||||
| Agriculture & Natural Resources | 34 | 55 | 27 | 34 | 44 | 34 |
| Architecture & Environmental Design | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Arts and Letters | 82 | 79 | 91 | 112 | 102 | 115 |
| Business | 18 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 16 |
| Computer Science | 14 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 27 |
| Education | 64 | 56 | 80 | 64 | 82 | 93 |
| Engineering & Related Technology | 88 | 104 | 89 | 108 | 106 | 112 |
| Health | 68 | 65 | 71 | 37 | 93 | 131 |
| Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sciences | 182 | 158 | 162 | 208 | 213 | 248 |
| Social Sciences | 117 | 105 | 103 | 127 | 117 | 113 |
| Total | 673 | 654 | 663 | 729 | 793 | 891 |
| Percent Male | 60.0 | 56.1 | 51.1 | 57.8 | 51.2 | 53.5 |
| Percent Female | 40.0 | 43.9 | 48.9 | 42.2 | 48.8 | 46.5 |
| Professional Degrees | ||||||
| Health | 584 | 596 | 600 | 472 | 600 | 589 |
| Law | 568 | 582 | 572 | 667 | 715 | 702 |
| Arts and Letters | 41 | 25 | 62 | 39 | 58 | 42 |
| Total | 1,193 | 1,203 | 1,234 | 1,178 | 1,373 | 1,333 |
| Percent Male | 42.5 | 44.9 | 46.0 | 47.4 | 43.5 | 41.3 |
| Percent Female | 57.5 | 55.1 | 54.0 | 52.6 | 56.5 | 58.7 |
1For list of contributing independent colleges and universities,
see Table ET13.
2Associate degree data in this table reflect public community and technical colleges only. Independent two- and four-year institutions also award associate degrees.
Data Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).
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