Table 1

Change in number of people awarded education degrees and enrolled in or completing teacher preparation programs, by degree and program type, 2008–2009 to 2015–2016

2008–2009 2015–2016 Change 2008–2009 to 2015–2016
Degrees awarded in education
Total degrees awarded 289,282 244,851 -15.4%
Bachelor’s 101,716 87,221 -14.3%
Master’s 178,538 145,792 -18.3%
Ph.D. 9,028 11,838 31.1%
Education degrees as a share of all degrees awarded
Total share 12.0% 8.5% -3.5 pp (-29.0%)
Bachelor’s 6.4% 4.5% -1.8 pp (-28.5%)
Master’s 27.0% 18.6% -8.4 pp (-31.2%)
Ph.D. 5.8% 6.6% 0.8 pp (13.8%)
Enrollment in teacher preparation programs
Total enrollment 690,552 429,541 -37.8%
Traditional program 609,106 337,690 -44.6%
Alternative–IHE 42,851 25,678 -40.1%
Alternative–not IHE 38,595 66,173* 71.5%
Completers of teacher preparation programs
Total completers 217,400 157,901 -27.4%
Traditional program 174,858 126,300 -27.8%
Alternative–IHE 17,750 12,494 -29.6%
Alternative–not IHE 24,792 19,107 -22.9%

* Almost the entire change is driven by the increase in the number of enrollees in these programs in Texas.

Note: Data include totals for 50 states and the District of Columbia. IHE stands for institution of higher education. IHEs  offer traditional and alternative teacher preparation programs. Alternative–not IHE refers to an alternative teacher preparation program provided by an entity other than an IHE. Data for other years are available in Appendix Tables 1 and 2 at the end of this report.

Source: Digest of Education Statistics 2018 Table 322.10, Table 323.10, and Table 324.10 (NCES 2018) and Higher Education Act Title II State Report Card System (U.S. Department of Education 2017a and 2017b) .

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