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This statistic shows the number of higher education degrees earned in the United States from 1949/50 to 2018/19. Projected numbers are displayed from 2019/20 to 2029/30. In the 2018/19 academic year, about 4070.79 degrees were earned in the United States.

Number of higher education degrees earned in the United States from 1950 to 2030 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of degrees in thousands
2029-30*	4,075
2028-29*	4,075
2027-28*	4,074
2026-27*	4,066
2025-26*	4,051
2024-25*	4,037
2023-24*	4,025
2022-23*	4,014
2021-22*	4,008
2020-21*	4,001
2019-20*	3,995
2018-19	4,070.79
2017-18	3,996.34
2016-17	3,947.7
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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July 2020

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United States

Survey time period

1950 to 2019

Supplementary notes

The numbers presented here are total Associate's degrees granted + total Bachelor's degrees granted + total Master's degrees granted + total Doctor's degrees granted.
*Projection
**Does not include Associate's degrees.

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