Table 29.

Civil engineering degrees awarded, by degree level and sex of recipient: 1966-96

Bachelor's

Master's

Doctoral

Year
Total

Men

Women

Total

Men

Women

Total

1966

5,611

5,588

23

2,218

2,209

293

1967

5,439

5,411

28

2,225

2,204

21

307

1968

5,796

5,765

31

2,435

2,418

17

368

1969

6,282

6,235

47

2,426

2,406

20

364

1970

6,800

6,747

53

2,503

2,473

30

366

1971

6,939

6,879

60

2,700

2,656

44

427

1972

7,258

7,181

77

2,869

2,821

48

437

1973

8,013

7,924

89

3,195

3,135

60

435

1974

8,633

8,488

145

3,247

3,164

83

390

1975

8,289

8,116

173

3,268

3,161

107

361

1976

8,493

8,214

279

3,605

3,454

151

388

1977

8,898

8,413

485

3,606

3,421

185

336

1978

9,900

9,141

759

3,226

3,030

196

303

1979

10,583

9,534

1,049

3,165

2,951

214

302

1980

11,046

9,959

1,087

3,198

2,933

265

306

1981

11,331

10,100

1,231

3,428

3,112

316

358

1982

11,280

9,962

1,318

3,456

3,104

352

368

1983

10,747

9,263

1,484

3,504

3,122

382

397

1984

10,351

8,928

1,423

3,551

3,136

415

408

1985

9,730

8,388

1,342

3,542

3,128

414

391

1986

9,223

7,994

1,229

3,281

2,908

373

429

1987

8,746

7,550

1,196

3,267

2,792

475

477

1988

8,131

6,960

1,171

3,134

2,721

413

531

1989

8,015

6,841

1,174

3,296

2,851

445

538

1990

7,992

6,730

1,262

3,213

2,693

520

553

1991

8,083

6,803

1,280

3,404

2,864

540

575

1992

8,920

7,395

1,525

3,755

3,120

635

594

1993

9,788

8,009

1,779

4,438

3,607

831

624

1994

10,603

8,619

1,984

4,918

3,965

953

684

1995

11,329

9,031

2,298

5,168

4,123

1,045

656

1996

12,053

9,629

2,424

5,002

3,938

1,064

697

NOTE:

See section A, "Technical Notes," for specific fields that are included in this field of
study.

SOURCES: Tabulations by National Science Foundation/Science Resource Studies; data from

Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics: Integrated
Postsecondary Education Data System Completions Survey; and NSF SRS, Survey of
Earned Doctorates

pient: 1966-96

Doctoral

Men

Women

293

306

368

363

365

426

435

426

387

356

382

328

295

298

295

11

348

10

351

17

384

13

383

25

371

20

408

21

459

18

501

30

484

54

504

49

534

41

544

50

570

54

604

80

580

76

618

79