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The following charts provide statistics of the communication discipline according to degree and area of study and gender:
Earned Degrees in Communication by Level of Degree and Gender (1970-2000)
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Bachelor’s Degrees |
Master’s Degrees |
Doctor’s Degrees |
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YEAR |
Total |
Men |
Women |
Total |
Men |
Women |
Total |
Men |
Women |
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1970-1971 |
10,802 |
6,989 |
3,813 |
1,856 |
1,214 |
642 |
145 |
126 |
19 |
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1975-1976 |
21,282 |
12,458 |
8,824 |
3,126 |
1,818 |
1,308 |
204 |
154 |
50 |
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1980-1981 |
31,282 |
14,179 |
17,103 |
3,105 |
1,448 |
1,657 |
182 |
107 |
75 |
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1985-1986 |
43,076 |
17,639 |
25,437 |
3,823 |
1,610 |
2,213 |
223 |
116 |
107 |
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1990-1991 |
52,773 |
20,645 |
32,128 |
4,336 |
1,711 |
2,625 |
274 |
151 |
123 |
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1995-1996 |
48,003 |
19,760 |
28,243 |
5,604 |
2,171 |
3,433 |
345 |
190 |
155 |
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1999-2000 |
56,910 |
22,063 |
34,847 |
5,605 |
2,059 |
3,456 |
357 |
168 |
189 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System This count only includes colleges that awarded degrees in that academic year. The list would be short some small colleges that had programs but conferred no communication degrees in 1999-2000.
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Degrees in Communication by Area of Study in the Discipline (1998-1999)
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Area of Study |
Bachelor’s degrees (Requiring 4 or 5 years) |
Master’s degrees |
Doctor’s Degrees (Ph.D.,Ed.D.,etc) |
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Total |
Men |
Women |
Total |
Men |
Women |
Total |
Men |
Women |
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Communications,
Total |
51,384 |
20,298 |
31,086 |
5,293 |
1,847 |
3,446 |
347 |
181 |
166 |
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Communications,
General |
24,743 |
9,474 |
15,269 |
2,168 |
724 |
1,444 |
220 |
117 |
103 |
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Advertising |
2,847 |
1,058 |
1,789 |
208 |
78 |
130 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
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Journalism |
9,141 |
3,284 |
5,857 |
1,256 |
407 |
849 |
32 |
17 |
15 |
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Broadcast journalism |
622 |
250 |
372 |
22 |
5 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Public Relations and Organizational communication |
2,714 |
722 |
1,942 |
225 |
46 |
179 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Radio and Television Broadcast |
5,413 |
2,933 |
2,480 |
308 |
136 |
172 |
11 |
3 |
8 |
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Communication,
Other |
5,904 |
2,527 |
3,377 |
1,106 |
451 |
655 |
79 |
41 |
38 |
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education
General Information Survey and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.
This count only includes colleges that awarded degrees in that academic year. The list would be short some small colleges that had programs but conferred no communication degrees in 1999-2000.
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