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Associate's degrees earned in the United States by gender 1970-2028

Number of associate's degrees earned in the United States by gender from 1970/71 to 2027/28 (in thousand)

The data displays the number of associate's degrees earned in the U.S. from 1970/71 to 2015/16 with forecast to 2027/28. In academic year 2015/16, about 392 thousand male and 616 thousand female students earned associate's degree in the U.S.

1970-71	144.14	108.17
1971-72	166.23	125.79
1972-73	175.41	140.76
1973-74	188.59	155.33
1974-75	191.02	169.15
1975-76	210	181.46
1976-77	210.84	195.54
1977-78	204.72	207.53
1978-79	192.09	210.61
1979-80	183.74	217.17
1980-81	188.64	227.74
1981-82	196.94	237.58
1982-83	203.99	245.63
1983-84	202.7	249.54
1984-85	202.93	251.78
1985-86	196.17	249.88
1986-87	190.84	245.47
1987-88	190.05	245.04
1988-89	186.32	250.45
1989-90	191.2	263.91
1990-91	198.63	283.09
1991-92	207.48	296.75
1992-93	211.96	302.79
1993-94	215.26	315.37
1994-95	218.35	321.34
1995-96	219.51	335.7
1996-97	223.95	347.28
1997-98	217.61	340.94
1998-99	220.51	344.48
1999-00	224.72	340.21
2000-01	231.65	347.22
2001-02	238.11	357.02
2002-03	253.45	380.57
2003-04	260.03	405.27
2004-05	267.54	429.12
2005-06	270.1	442.97
2006-07	275.19	452.93
2007-08	282.52	467.64
2008-09	298.07	489.18
2009-10	322.75	526.11
2010-11	361.41	582.1
2011-12	393.48	628.24
2012-13	389.2	618.23
2013-14	391.47	613.68
2014-15	396.78	617.56
2015-16	392.15	616.16
2016-17	367	578
2017-18	398	631
2018-19	400	634
2019-20	402	638
2020-21	402	639
2021-22	403	640
2022-23	404	642
2023-24	405	644
2024-25	406	647
2025-26	408	649
2026-27	410	652
2027-28	411	653

Associate's degrees earned in the United States by gender 1970-2028

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