Society » Education & Science » Higher education graduation in the U.S. | U.S. higher education - number of doctoral degrees 1950-2028

Doctoral degrees earned in the United States by gender 1950-2028

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

The data displays the number of doctoral degrees earned in the U.S. from 1949/50 to 2015/16 with forecast to 2027/28. In academic year 2015/16, about 84,089 male and 93,778 female students earned a doctoral degree in the U.S.

1949-50	5.8	0.62
1959-60	8.8	1.03
1969-70	53.79	5.69
1970-71	58.14	6.86
1971-72	63.35	7.85
1972-73	69.96	9.55
1973-74	71.13	11.46
1974-75	71.03	13.88
1975-76	73.89	17.12
1976-77	72.21	19.52
1977-78	70.28	22.06
1978-79	70.45	24.52
1979-80	69.53	26.11
1980-81	69.57	28.45
1981-82	68.63	29.21
1982-83	67.76	31.58
1983-84	67.77	33.03
1984-85	66.27	34.52
1985-86	65.22	35.07
1986-87	62.79	35.69
1987-88	63.02	36.12
1988-89	63.06	37.52
1989-90	63.96	39.55
1990-91	64.24	41.31
1991-92	66.6	42.95
1992-93	67.13	44.94
1993-94	66.77	45.86
1994-95	67.32	46.94
1995-96	67.19	48.32
1996-97	68.39	50.36
1997-98	67.23	51.5
1998-99	65.34	51.36
1999-00	64.93	53.81
2000-01	64.17	55.41
2001-02	62.73	56.93
2002-03	62.73	58.85
2003-04	63.98	62.11
2004-05	67.26	67.13
2005-06	68.91	69.14
2006-07	71.31	73.38
2007-08	73.45	75.93
2008-09	75.67	78.89
2009-10	76.61	81.98
2010-11	79.67	84.16
2011-12	82.67	87.55
2012-13	85.08	89.95
2013-14	85.59	92
2014-15	84.92	93.63
2015-16	84.09	93.78
2016-17	85	95
2017-18	85	95
2018-19	86	96
2019-20	87	97
2020-21	87	97
2021-22	88	98
2022-23	88	98
2023-24	89	99
2024-25	89	99
2025-26	89	100
2026-27	90	100
2027-28	90	101

Doctoral degrees earned in the United States by gender 1950-2028

StatInvestor