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The share of bachelor's degrees conferred in education is low and falling: Bachelor’s degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by selected field of study, academic years beginning 1970–2010 (five-year intervals) and 2010–2018

Year Education Business Health professions and related Social sciences and history
1970 176,307 115,396 25,223 155,324
1975 154,437 143,171 53,885 126,396
1980 108,074 200,521 63,665 100,513
1985 87,147 236,700 65,309 93,840
1990 110,807 249,165 59,875 125,107
1995 105,384 226,623 86,087 126,479
2000 105,458 263,515 75,933 128,036
2005 107,235 318,043 91,973 161,468
2010 104,008 365,133 143,463 177,169
2011 105,656 367,235 163,675 178,534
2012 104,698 360,887 181,149 177,767
2013 98,838 358,132 198,777 173,132
2014 91,596 363,741 216,228 166,971
2015 87,221 371,690 228,907 161,211
2016 85,130 381,109 237,979 159,097
2017 82,599 386,240 244,893 159,962
2018 83,946 390,564 251,355 160,628
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Source: Authors’ analysis of U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) data (National Center for Education Statistics, “DES Table 322.10: Bachelor’s Degrees Conferred by Postsecondary Institutions, by Field of Study,” Digest of Education Statistics, November 2019). 

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