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Master's degrees earned in the United States by gender 1949/50-2027/28

Number of master's degrees earned in the United States from 1949/50 to 2027/28, by gender (in thousand)

The data displays the number of master's degrees earned in the U.S. from 1949/50 to 2015/16 with forecast up to 2027/28. In 2015/16, about 320 thousand male and 465 thousand female students earned a master's degree in the U.S.

1949-50 41.22 16.96
1959-60 50.9 23.54
1969-70 130.8 82.79
1970-71 143.08 92.48
1971-72 155.01 102.19
1972-73 159.57 109.09
1973-74 162.61 119.47
1974-75 166.32 131.23
1975-76 172.52 144.96
1976-77 173.09 149.94
1977-78 166.86 151.13
1978-79 159.11 148.58
1979-80 156.88 148.31
1980-81 152.98 149.66
1981-82 151.35 151.1
1982-83 150.09 146.32
1983-84 149.27 141.87
1984-85 149.28 144.2
1985-86 149.37 146.48
1986-87 147.06 149.47
1987-88 150.24 155.54
1988-89 153.99 162.63
1989-90 158.05 172.1
1990-91 160.84 182.02
1991-92 165.87 192.22
1992-93 173.35 201.68
1993-94 180.57 212.47
1994-95 183.04 220.57
1995-96 183.48 228.7
1996-97 185.27 239.99
1997-98 188.72 247.32
1998-99 190.23 255.81
1999-00 196.13 267.06
2000-01 197.77 275.73
2001-02 202.6 284.71
2002-03 215.17 303.53
2003-04 233.06 331.22
2004-05 237.16 343
2005-06 241.66 358.08
2006-07 242.19 368.41
2007-08 250.17 380.5
2008-09 263.52 398.57
2009-10 275.32 418
2010-11 291.68 439.24
2011-12 302.48 453.48
2012-13 301.55 450.17
2013-14 302.85 451.74
2014-15 306.62 452.19
2015-16 320.44 465.15
2016-17 320 473
2017-18 322 453
2018-19 325 456
2019-20 327 459
2020-21 329 460
2021-22 331 463
2022-23 333 465
2023-24 335 467
2024-25 336 469
2025-26 337 470
2026-27 339 472
2027-28 340 473

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