Degrees in higher education in the U.S. 1950-2029
Number of higher education degrees earned in the United States from 1950 to 2029 (in 1,000s)
This statistic shows the number of higher education degrees earned in the United States from 1949/50 to 2016/17. Projected numbers are displayed from 2017/18 to 2028/29. In the 2016/17 academic year, about 3.94 million degrees were earned in the United States.
Number of higher education degrees earned in the United States from 1950 to 2029 (in 1,000s)
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| Number of degrees in thousands | |
|---|---|
| 2028-29* | 4,048 |
| 2027-28* | 4,046 |
| 2026-27* | 4,039 |
| 2025-26* | 4,022 |
| 2024-25* | 4,008 |
| 2023-24* | 3,996 |
| 2022-23* | 3,985 |
| 2021-22* | 3,979 |
| 2020-21* | 3,973 |
| 2019-20* | 3,968 |
| 2018-19* | 3,953 |
| 2017-18* | 3,941 |
| 2016-17 | 3,947.72 |
| 2015-16 | 3,892.87 |
| 2014-15 | 3,846.66 |
| 2013-14 | 3,807.47 |
| 2012-13 | 3,774.55 |
| 2011-12 | 3,740.07 |
| 2010-11 | 3,554.31 |
| 2009-10 | 3,350.68 |
| 2008-09 | 3,205.29 |
| 2007-08 | 3,093.93 |
| 2006-07 | 3,007.74 |
| 2005-06 | 2,936.34 |
| 2004-05 | 2,850.46 |
| 2003-04 | 2,755.2 |
| 2002-03 | 2,623.11 |
| 2001-02 | 2,494.01 |
| 2000-01 | 2,416.12 |
| 1999-00 | 2,384.73 |
| 1998-99 | 2,329.96 |
| 1997-98 | 2,297.73 |
| 1996-97 | 2,288.11 |
| 1995-96 | 2,247.7 |
| 1994-95 | 2,217.7 |
| 1993-94 | 2,205.58 |
| 1992-93 | 2,167.04 |
| 1991-92 | 2,108.43 |
| 1990-91 | 2,024.67 |
| 1989-90 | 1,940.11 |
| 1988-89 | 1,872.72 |
| 1987-88 | 1,834.84 |
| 1986-87 | 1,822.58 |
| 1985-86 | 1,830 |
| 1984-85 | 1,828.45 |
| 1983-84 | 1,818.49 |
| 1982-83 | 1,814.88 |
| 1981-82 | 1,787.81 |
| 1980-81 | 1,752.17 |
| 1979-80 | 1,731.15 |
| 1978-79 | 1,726.75 |
| 1977-78 | 1,743.78 |
| 1976-77 | 1,740.68 |
| 1975-76 | 1,725.68 |
| 1974-75 | 1,665.55 |
| 1973-74 | 1,654.37 |
| 1972-73 | 1,586.7 |
| 1971-72 | 1,507.69 |
| 1970-71 | 1,392.6 |
| 1969-70 | 1,271.41 |
| 1959-60** | 476.7 |
| 1949-50** | 496.66 |
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