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Table 1
DEGREES CONFERRED IN
COMMUNICATION
1974-75 THROUGH 1991-95
Academic Year |
Bachelor |
Master |
Ph.D. |
1973-74 |
17,096 |
2,640 |
175 |
1974-75 |
19,248 |
2,794 |
165 |
1975-76 |
21,282 |
3,126 |
204 |
1976-77 |
23,214 |
3,091 |
171 |
1977-78 |
25,400 |
3,296 |
191 |
1978-79 |
26,457 |
2,882 |
192 |
1979-80 |
28,616 |
3,082 |
193 |
1980-81 |
31,282 |
3,105 |
182 |
1981-82 |
34,222 |
3,327 |
200 |
1982-83 |
38,602 |
3,604 |
214 |
1983-84 |
40,165 |
3,656 |
219 |
1984-85 |
42,083 |
3,669 |
234 |
1985-86 |
43,091 |
3,823 |
223 |
1986-87 |
45,408 |
3,937 |
275 |
1987-88 |
46,705 |
3,932 |
236 |
1988-89 |
48,645 |
4,257 |
253 |
1989-90 |
51,345 |
4,362 |
273 |
1990-91 |
52,799 |
4,336 |
274 |
1991-92 |
54,257 |
4,180 |
252 |
1992-93 |
53,874 |
4,754 |
293 |
1993-94 * |
60,464 |
6,144 |
473 |
1994-95 * |
56,149 |
5,873 |
452 |
Source: National Center
for Education Statistics of the U.S. Department of Education, Digest of Education
Statistics (Washington DC: U.S. Department of Education, 1996).
* Some of the unusual
trends in number of degrees awarded in 1993-1995 are explained by variations in how the
Department of Education configured academic disciplines for levels of degrees from one
year to the next.
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