The graph shows the number of higher education degrees earned in the United States from 1949/50 to 2014/15. Projected numbers are displayed from 2015/16 to 2026/27. In 2014/15 academic year, about 3.8 million degrees were earned in the United States.
Number of higher education degrees earned in the United States from 1950 to 2026 (in 1,000)
The graph shows the number of higher education degrees earned in the United States from 1949/50 to 2014/15. Projected numbers are displayed from 2015/16 to 2026/27. In 2014/15 academic year, about 3.8 million degrees were earned in the United States.
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| Number of degrees (in thousands) | |
|---|---|
| 2026-27* | 4,493 |
| 2025-26* | 4,441 |
| 2024-25* | 4,384 |
| 2023-24* | 4,325 |
| 2022-23* | 4,253 |
| 2021-22* | 4,100 |
| 2020-21* | 4,177 |
| 2019-20* | 4,027 |
| 2018-19* | 3,956 |
| 2017-18* | 3,905 |
| 2016-17* | 3,860 |
| 2015-16* | 3,840 |
| 2014-15 | 3,846.16 |
| 2013-14 | 3,807.48 |
| 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 | 3,093.28 |
| 2006-07 | 3,007.49 |
| 2005-06 | 2,936.1 |
| 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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