Degrees/certificates conferred by postsecondary institutions, by control of institution and level of degree/certificate: Academic years 1970-71 through 2021-22

Table 318.40.Degrees/certificates conferred by postsecondary institutions, by control of institution and level of degree/certificate: Academic years 1970-71 through 2021-22
Year	Public institutions	Private institutions
1970-71	---	215,645	557,996	151,603	36,927	---	36,666		281,734	83,961	28,071	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1971-72	---	255,218	599,615	167,075	40,297	---	36,796		287,658	90,126	30,909	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1972-73	---	278,132	630,899	174,405	44,229	---	38,042		291,463	94,249	35,283	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1973-74	---	303,188	651,544	184,632	45,018	---	40,736		294,232	97,442	37,573	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1974-75	---	318,474	634,785	193,804	45,788	---	41,697		288,148	103,741	39,116	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---

1975-76	---	345,006	635,161	206,298	47,517	---	46,448		290,585	111,179	43,490	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1976-77	---	355,650	630,463	208,901	47,573	---	50,727		289,086	114,124	44,157	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1977-78	---	358,874	627,903	202,099	47,553	---	53,372		293,301	115,888	44,792	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1978-79	---	346,808	621,666	192,016	48,602	---	55,894		299,724	115,670	46,369	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1979-80	---	344,536	624,084	187,499	48,550	---	56,374		305,333	117,697	47,081	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---

1980-81	---	352,391	626,452	184,384	50,023	---	63,986	³	308,688	118,253	47,993	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1981-82	---	366,732	636,475	182,295	50,500	---	67,794	³	316,523	120,152	47,338	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1982-83	---	377,817	646,317	176,246	50,943	---	71,803	³	323,193	120,169	48,392	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1983-84	---	379,249	646,013	170,693	50,727	---	72,991		328,296	120,448	50,072	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1984-85	---	377,625	652,246	170,000	51,489	---	77,087		327,231	123,472	49,296	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---

1985-86	---	369,052	658,586	169,903	51,001	---	76,995		329,237	125,947	49,279	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1986-87	---	358,811	659,260	167,797	51,216	---	77,493		332,004	128,733	47,261	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1987-88	---	354,180	658,491	173,778	51,641	---	80,905		336,338	132,005	47,498	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1988-89	---	357,001	675,675	179,109	51,963	---	79,763		343,080	137,517	48,608	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1989-90	---	375,635	700,015	186,104	53,451	---	79,467		351,329	144,048	50,057	---	42,497	344,569	142,681	49,655	---	36,970	6,760	1,367	402

1990-91	---	398,055	724,062	193,057	55,235	---	83,665		370,476	149,806	50,312	---	45,821	360,634	146,161	49,841	---	37,844	9,842	3,645	471
1991-92	---	420,265	759,475	203,398	56,186	---	83,966		377,078	154,691	53,368	---	45,700	370,718	153,291	52,830	---	38,266	6,360	1,400	538
1992-93	---	430,321	785,112	213,843	57,020	---	84,435		380,066	161,189	55,052	---	47,713	373,346	159,562	54,399	---	36,722	6,720	1,627	653
1993-94	---	444,373	789,148	221,428	58,366	---	86,259		380,127	171,609	54,270	---	48,493	371,561	168,718	53,502	---	37,766	8,566	2,891	768
1994-95	---	451,539	776,670	224,152	58,788	---	88,152		383,464	179,457	55,478	---	48,643	373,454	176,485	54,675	---	39,509	10,010	2,972	803

1995-96	307,358	454,291	774,070	227,179	59,398	313,311	100,925		390,722	185,001	56,109	34,259	50,678	379,916	181,142	55,506	279,052	50,247	10,806	3,859	603
1996-97	326,687	465,494	776,677	233,237	61,081	272,237	105,732		396,202	192,023	57,666	35,560	49,168	384,086	186,963	56,864	236,677	56,564	12,116	5,060	802
1997-98	305,910	455,084	784,296	235,922	60,948	246,571	103,471		400,110	200,115	57,787	32,166	47,625	386,455	194,048	57,089	214,405	55,846	13,655	6,067	698
1998-99	304,294	452,616	792,392	238,954	60,028	251,589	112,368		409,847	207,084	56,672	29,402	47,757	394,749	198,481	55,663	222,187	64,611	15,098	8,603	1,009
1999-2000	294,912	448,446	810,855	243,157	60,655	263,217	116,487		427,020	220,028	58,081	28,580	46,337	406,958	209,720	56,972	234,637	70,150	20,062	10,308	1,109

2000-01	309,624	456,487	812,438	246,054	60,820	242,879	122,378		431,733	227,448	58,765	29,336	45,711	408,701	215,815	57,722	213,543	76,667	23,032	11,633	1,043
2001-02	319,291	471,660	841,180	249,820	61,061	264,957	123,473		450,720	237,493	58,602	32,904	45,761	424,322	223,229	57,707	232,053	77,712	26,398	14,264	895
2002-03	355,727	498,279	875,596	265,643	61,611	290,698	135,737		473,215	253,056	59,968	36,926	46,183	442,060	238,069	58,894	253,772	89,554	31,155	14,987	1,074
2003-04	363,563	525,656	905,818	285,180	64,208	323,566	140,289		493,942	279,426	62,117	35,316	45,724	451,721	251,186	60,682	288,250	94,565	42,221	28,240	1,435
2004-05	370,770	547,576	932,951	291,683	67,517	339,577	149,510		506,897	288,879	66,754	36,075	45,346	458,039	253,797	65,156	303,502	104,164	48,858	35,082	1,598

2005-06	370,570	557,366	955,370	293,535	70,036	344,220	155,949		529,734	306,327	68,020	35,909	46,459	467,697	261,203	66,066	308,311	109,490	62,037	45,124	1,954
2006-07	389,244	566,219	975,903	292,073	73,087	339,071	161,397		548,826	318,630	71,607	34,195	43,790	478,053	267,694	69,241	304,876	117,607	70,773	50,936	2,366
2007-08	399,741	578,661	996,769	300,019	75,551	348,613	171,505		566,965	330,825	73,639	33,915	45,014	491,016	275,971	70,473	314,698	126,491	75,949	54,854	3,166
2008-09	428,849	596,391	1,020,521	308,215	77,270	375,771	190,852		580,878	353,867	77,294	31,939	46,930	496,353	290,401	73,583	343,832	143,922	84,525	63,466	3,711
2009-10	472,428	640,265	1,049,179	322,389	78,805	463,291	208,591		600,740	370,924	79,785	35,652	46,673	503,264	300,053	75,172	427,639	161,918	97,476	70,871	4,613

2010-11	519,711	696,884	1,088,722	339,420	82,013	510,766	246,622		627,331	391,502	81,814	36,534	51,967	512,821	313,317	76,595	474,232	194,655	114,510	78,185	5,219
2011-12	525,264	756,484	1,131,885	349,349	84,730	463,797	265,234		660,278	406,618	85,487	32,856	54,347	526,022	325,175	79,498	430,941	210,887	134,256	81,443	5,989
2012-13	545,446	772,978	1,163,616	346,751	86,411	421,768	234,449		676,765	404,967	88,615	30,913	55,651	535,958	327,013	81,543	390,855	178,798	140,807	77,954	7,072
2013-14	576,468	794,925	1,186,742	346,238	88,911	392,810	210,230		683,408	408,344	88,676	30,738	53,127	544,253	333,539	80,894	362,072	157,103	139,155	74,805	7,782
2014-15	602,904	822,218	1,209,464	351,216	90,252	358,242	192,123		685,505	407,588	88,296	46,090	58,613	553,543	336,181	80,093	312,152	133,510	131,962	71,407	8,203

2015-16	615,137	848,081	1,240,423	364,619	90,030	324,154	160,147		680,327	421,138	88,104	40,010	56,595	560,834	350,790	80,067	284,144	103,552	119,493	70,348	8,037
2016-17	631,076	861,970	1,275,610	374,160	91,532	314,947	143,717		680,504	430,382	89,825	35,281	56,487	566,607	360,437	81,550	279,666	87,230	113,897	69,945	8,275
2017-18	671,851	885,962	1,310,980	383,964	92,689	283,662	125,734		669,685	436,278	91,045	25,844	56,236	571,105	372,178	83,714	257,818	69,498	98,580	64,100	7,331
2018-19	716,357	915,013	1,340,302	386,202	94,565	286,170	121,627		672,784	447,590	93,012	25,858	54,432	575,776	380,962	85,713	260,312	67,195	97,008	66,628	7,299
2019-20	701,164	903,578	1,362,941	392,810	95,498	265,467	115,460		675,741	450,721	94,635	24,893	51,695	578,984	383,941	86,178	240,574	63,765	96,757	66,780	8,457

2020-21	696,692	919,568	1,385,326	405,255	95,832	295,137	117,763		681,137	461,677	98,220	27,187	50,869	579,096	391,227	89,110	267,950	66,894	102,041	70,450	9,110
2021-22	724,916	892,545	1,345,590	420,846	100,802	317,446	115,740		669,445	459,403	103,082	28,862	49,606	568,582	392,456	94,171	288,584	66,134	100,863	66,947	8,911
---Not available.
¹Includes certificates of less than 2 years as well as those of at least 2 years but less than 4 years. This was previously reported as “Certificates below the associate's degree level"; however, the data are comparable over time.
²Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Includes most degrees that were classified as first-professional prior to 2010-11, such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees.
³Part of the increase is due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.
NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs and U.S. service academies. Degree counts are limited to degree-granting institutions as classified in the fall following the reported data year. A small number of current non-degree-granting institutions could have awarded associate’s degrees to students in the prior year, but these counts are excluded from this table. Certificate counts include both degree- and non-degree-granting institutions. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1970-71 through 1985-86; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87-99); and IPEDS, Completions component, Fall 2000 through Fall 2021 (final data) and Fall 2022 (provisional data). (This table was prepared October 2023.)

Table 318.40.Degrees/certificates conferred by postsecondary institutions, by control of institution and level of degree/certificate: Academic years 1970-71 through 2021-22

Year

Public institutions

Private institutions

Certificates below the baccalaureate level¹

Associate's degrees

Bachelor's degrees

Master's degrees

Doctor's degrees²

Total

Nonprofit

For-profit

Certificates below the baccalaureate level¹

Associate's degrees

Bachelor's degrees

Master's degrees

Doctor's degrees²

Certificates below the baccalaureate level¹

Associate's degrees

Bachelor's degrees

Master's degrees

Doctor's degrees²

Certificates below the baccalaureate level¹

Associate's degrees

Bachelor's degrees

Master's degrees

Doctor's degrees²

1970-71

---

215,645

557,996

151,603

36,927

---

36,666

281,734

83,961

28,071

---

1971-72

---

255,218

599,615

167,075

40,297

---

36,796

287,658

90,126

30,909

---

1972-73

---

278,132

630,899

174,405

44,229

---

38,042

291,463

94,249

35,283

---

1973-74

---

303,188

651,544

184,632

45,018

---

40,736

294,232

97,442

37,573

---

1974-75

---

318,474

634,785

193,804

45,788

---

41,697

288,148

103,741

39,116

---

1975-76

---

345,006

635,161

206,298

47,517

---

46,448

290,585

111,179

43,490

---

1976-77

---

355,650

630,463

208,901

47,573

---

50,727

289,086

114,124

44,157

---

1977-78

---

358,874

627,903

202,099

47,553

---

53,372

293,301

115,888

44,792

---

1978-79

---

346,808

621,666

192,016

48,602

---

55,894

299,724

115,670

46,369

---

1979-80

---

344,536

624,084

187,499

48,550

---

56,374

305,333

117,697

47,081

---

1980-81

---

352,391

626,452

184,384

50,023

---

63,986

308,688

118,253

47,993

---

1981-82

---

366,732

636,475

182,295

50,500

---

67,794

316,523

120,152

47,338

---

1982-83

---

377,817

646,317

176,246

50,943

---

71,803

323,193

120,169

48,392

---

1983-84

---

379,249

646,013

170,693

50,727

---

72,991

328,296

120,448

50,072

---

1984-85

---

377,625

652,246

170,000

51,489

---

77,087

327,231

123,472

49,296

---

1985-86

---

369,052

658,586

169,903

51,001

---

76,995

329,237

125,947

49,279

---

1986-87

---

358,811

659,260

167,797

51,216

---

77,493

332,004

128,733

47,261

---

1987-88

---

354,180

658,491

173,778

51,641

---

80,905

336,338

132,005

47,498

---

1988-89

---

357,001

675,675

179,109

51,963

---

79,763

343,080

137,517

48,608

---

1989-90

---

375,635

700,015

186,104

53,451

---

79,467

351,329

144,048

50,057

---

42,497

344,569

142,681

49,655

---

36,970

6,760

1,367

402

1990-91

---

398,055

724,062

193,057

55,235

---

83,665

370,476

149,806

50,312

---

45,821

360,634

146,161

49,841

---

37,844

9,842

3,645

471

1991-92

---

420,265

759,475

203,398

56,186

---

83,966

377,078

154,691

53,368

---

45,700

370,718

153,291

52,830

---

38,266

6,360

1,400

538

1992-93

---

430,321

785,112

213,843

57,020

---

84,435

380,066

161,189

55,052

---

47,713

373,346

159,562

54,399

---

36,722

6,720

1,627

653

1993-94

---

444,373

789,148

221,428

58,366

---

86,259

380,127

171,609

54,270

---

48,493

371,561

168,718

53,502

---

37,766

8,566

2,891

768

1994-95

---

451,539

776,670

224,152

58,788

---

88,152

383,464

179,457

55,478

---

48,643

373,454

176,485

54,675

---

39,509

10,010

2,972

803

1995-96

307,358

454,291

774,070

227,179

59,398

313,311

100,925

390,722

185,001

56,109

34,259

50,678

379,916

181,142

55,506

279,052

50,247

10,806

3,859

603

1996-97

326,687

465,494

776,677

233,237

61,081

272,237

105,732

396,202

192,023

57,666

35,560

49,168

384,086

186,963

56,864

236,677

56,564

12,116

5,060

802

1997-98

305,910

455,084

784,296

235,922

60,948

246,571

103,471

400,110

200,115

57,787

32,166

47,625

386,455

194,048

57,089

214,405

55,846

13,655

6,067

698

1998-99

304,294

452,616

792,392

238,954

60,028

251,589

112,368

409,847

207,084

56,672

29,402

47,757

394,749

198,481

55,663

222,187

64,611

15,098

8,603

1,009

1999-2000

294,912

448,446

810,855

243,157

60,655

263,217

116,487

427,020

220,028

58,081

28,580

46,337

406,958

209,720

56,972

234,637

70,150

20,062

10,308

1,109

2000-01

309,624

456,487

812,438

246,054

60,820

242,879

122,378

431,733

227,448

58,765

29,336

45,711

408,701

215,815

57,722

213,543

76,667

23,032

11,633

1,043

2001-02

319,291

471,660

841,180

249,820

61,061

264,957

123,473

450,720

237,493

58,602

32,904

45,761

424,322

223,229

57,707

232,053

77,712

26,398

14,264

895

2002-03

355,727

498,279

875,596

265,643

61,611

290,698

135,737

473,215

253,056

59,968

36,926

46,183

442,060

238,069

58,894

253,772

89,554

31,155

14,987

1,074

2003-04

363,563

525,656

905,818

285,180

64,208

323,566

140,289

493,942

279,426

62,117

35,316

45,724

451,721

251,186

60,682

288,250

94,565

42,221

28,240

1,435

2004-05

370,770

547,576

932,951

291,683

67,517

339,577

149,510

506,897

288,879

66,754

36,075

45,346

458,039

253,797

65,156

303,502

104,164

48,858

35,082

1,598

2005-06

370,570

557,366

955,370

293,535

70,036

344,220

155,949

529,734

306,327

68,020

35,909

46,459

467,697

261,203

66,066

308,311

109,490

62,037

45,124

1,954

2006-07

389,244

566,219

975,903

292,073

73,087

339,071

161,397

548,826

318,630

71,607

34,195

43,790

478,053

267,694

69,241

304,876

117,607

70,773

50,936

2,366

2007-08

399,741

578,661

996,769

300,019

75,551

348,613

171,505

566,965

330,825

73,639

33,915

45,014

491,016

275,971

70,473

314,698

126,491

75,949

54,854

3,166

2008-09

428,849

596,391

1,020,521

308,215

77,270

375,771

190,852

580,878

353,867

77,294

31,939

46,930

496,353

290,401

73,583

343,832

143,922

84,525

63,466

3,711

2009-10

472,428

640,265

1,049,179

322,389

78,805

463,291

208,591

600,740

370,924

79,785

35,652

46,673

503,264

300,053

75,172

427,639

161,918

97,476

70,871

4,613

2010-11

519,711

696,884

1,088,722

339,420

82,013

510,766

246,622

627,331

391,502

81,814

36,534

51,967

512,821

313,317

76,595

474,232

194,655

114,510

78,185

5,219

2011-12

525,264

756,484

1,131,885

349,349

84,730

463,797

265,234

660,278

406,618

85,487

32,856

54,347

526,022

325,175

79,498

430,941

210,887

134,256

81,443

5,989

2012-13

545,446

772,978

1,163,616

346,751

86,411

421,768

234,449

676,765

404,967

88,615

30,913

55,651

535,958

327,013

81,543

390,855

178,798

140,807

77,954

7,072

2013-14

576,468

794,925

1,186,742

346,238

88,911

392,810

210,230

683,408

408,344

88,676

30,738

53,127

544,253

333,539

80,894

362,072

157,103

139,155

74,805

7,782

2014-15

602,904

822,218

1,209,464

351,216

90,252

358,242

192,123

685,505

407,588

88,296

46,090

58,613

553,543

336,181

80,093

312,152

133,510

131,962

71,407

8,203

2015-16

615,137

848,081

1,240,423

364,619

90,030

324,154

160,147

680,327

421,138

88,104

40,010

56,595

560,834

350,790

80,067

284,144

103,552

119,493

70,348

8,037

2016-17

631,076

861,970

1,275,610

374,160

91,532

314,947

143,717

680,504

430,382

89,825

35,281

56,487

566,607

360,437

81,550

279,666

87,230

113,897

69,945

8,275

2017-18

671,851

885,962

1,310,980

383,964

92,689

283,662

125,734

669,685

436,278

91,045

25,844

56,236

571,105

372,178

83,714

257,818

69,498

98,580

64,100

7,331

2018-19

716,357

915,013

1,340,302

386,202

94,565

286,170

121,627

672,784

447,590

93,012

25,858

54,432

575,776

380,962

85,713

260,312

67,195

97,008

66,628

7,299

2019-20

701,164

903,578

1,362,941

392,810

95,498

265,467

115,460

675,741

450,721

94,635

24,893

51,695

578,984

383,941

86,178

240,574

63,765

96,757

66,780

8,457

2020-21

696,692

919,568

1,385,326

405,255

95,832

295,137

117,763

681,137

461,677

98,220

27,187

50,869

579,096

391,227

89,110

267,950

66,894

102,041

70,450

9,110

2021-22

724,916

892,545

1,345,590

420,846

100,802

317,446

115,740

669,445

459,403

103,082

28,862

49,606

568,582

392,456

94,171

288,584

66,134

100,863

66,947

8,911

---Not available.

¹Includes certificates of less than 2 years as well as those of at least 2 years but less than 4 years. This was previously reported as “Certificates below the associate's degree level"; however, the data are comparable over time.

²Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Includes most degrees that were classified as first-professional prior to 2010-11, such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees.

³Part of the increase is due to the addition of schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs and U.S. service academies. Degree counts are limited to degree-granting institutions as classified in the fall following the reported data year. A small number of current non-degree-granting institutions could have awarded associate’s degrees to students in the prior year, but these counts are excluded from this table. Certificate counts include both degree- and non-degree-granting institutions. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1970-71 through 1985-86; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87-99); and IPEDS, Completions component, Fall 2000 through Fall 2021 (final data) and Fall 2022 (provisional data). (This table was prepared October 2023.)