Degrees Granted History | Ohio University

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History of Degrees Granted

1815 to Present

(See notes at end of table)

Year	2-yr Diplomas	3-yr Diplomas	4-yr Diplomas	Bachelor's Degrees	Master's Degrees	PhD Degrees	Medical Degrees	Total
1815				2
1816				3
1819				1
1820				1
1822				3
1823				3
1824				7
1825				4
1826				4
1827				3
1828				10
1829				11
1830				8
1831				13
1832				4
1833				8
1834				6
1835				0
1836				4
1837				5
1838				1
1839				4
1840				8
1841				1
1842				4
1843				10
1844				5
1845				6
1850				2
1851				2
1852				2
1853				8
1854				3
1855				4
1856				4
1857				7
1858				7
1859				7
1860				5
1861				11
1862				9
1863				8
1864				6
1865				3
1866				7
1867				5
1868				6
1869				12
1870				13
1871				6
1872				5
1873				7
1874				5
1875				8
1876				7
1877				6
1878				8
1879				6
1880				4
1881				9	1			10
1882				5
1883				4
1884				6
1885				2	2			4
1886				5	2			7
1887				2	2			4
1888				11	4			15
1889				5	3			8
1890				6	1			7
1891				12	5			17
1892				21	1			22
1893				17	5			22
1894				15	9			24
1895				16	5			21
1896				19
1897				19
1898				13
1899				11
1901				11
1902				12
1903				16	3			19
1904	9			16				25
1905	19		2	10	5			36
1906	21		3	22	2			48
1907	24		1	12	1			38
1908	47			16	1			64
1909	47			33	1			81
1910	64			30	5			99
1911	69			53	6			128
1912	109			53	9			171
1913	106			83	10			199
1914	130			74	6			210
1915	159			103	6			268
1916	163			135
1917	257	7		145
1918	131	7		108
1919	109	7		91
1920	140	3		136
1921	134			116				250
1922	157	6		159				322
1923	186	2	6	164				358
1924	218	2	4	176				400
1925	251	2	3	226				482
1926	202	3	7	266				478
1927	233	6	8	275				522
1928	179	5	10	280				474
1929	217	9	9	324	3			562
1930	223	5	14	322	7			571
1931	231		11	413	22			677
1932	213		10	424	27			674
1933	237		11	467	38			753
1934	173		11	463	17			664
1935	157		7	499	21			684
1936	143			476	44			663
1937	129			453	34			616
1938	148			534	57			739
1939	108	1		610	54			773
1940	8			568	53			629
1941		38		598	60			696
1942		49		688	41			778
1943		15		497	39			542
1944	5	9		304	24			342
1945	4	7		242	24			280
1946	4	3		414	26			447
1947	15	2		608	52			667
1948	14	3		928	60			1,005
1949	19	3		1,274	83			1,379
1950	34	13		1,351	112			1,510
1951	46	7		1,086	155			1,294
1952	51	5		841	100			997
1953	33	3		812	107			955
1954	34			763	116			913
1955	39			648	122			809
1956	57			851	106			1,014
1957	49			950	113			1,112
1958	39			1,191	140			1,370
1959	29			1,272	149	1		1,451
1960	21			1,260	159	1		1,441
1961	24			1,226	158	10		1,418
1962	23			1,378	206	6		1,613
1963	22			1,577	243	5		1,847
1964	19			1,681	255	23		1,978
1965	21			1,862	307	19		2,209
1966	17			2,038	333	37		2,425
1967	24			2,100	531	38		2,693
1968	24			2,464	567	61		3,116
1969	30			3,354	567	79		4,030
1970	72			3,316	561	112		4,061
1971	89			3,709	795	87		4,680
1972	105			3,980	705	97		4,887
1973	186			3,791	666	99		4,742
1974	175			3,662	562	80		4,479
1975	155			3,064	579	100		3,898
1976	158			2,642	575	93		3,468
1977	149			2,373	653	69		3,244
1978	154			2,057	625	77		2,913
1979	174			1,982	742	81		2,982
1980	188			2,248	716	54	21	3,227
1981	189			2,280	708	77	31	3,285
1982	196			2,434	791	90	48	3,559
1983	222			2,560	803	66	44	3,695
1984	233			2,499	860	69	70	3,731
1985	257			2,422	746	75	69	3,569
1986	210			2,437	751	73	81	3,552
1987	219			2,495	795	92	93	3,694
1988	260			2,488	739	74	93	3,654
1989	285			2,833	847	95	102	4,162
1990	351			3,130	779	104	75	4,439
1991	375			3,243	896	103	90	4,707
1992	377			3,447	871	116	79	4,890
1993	408			3,497	880	89	80	4,954
1994	429			3,465	935	103	99	5,031
1995	562			3,602	911	116	85	5,276
1996	476			3,707	980	132	96	5,391
1997	435			3,736	911	114	96	5,292
1998	368			3,806	997	133	106	5,410
1999	407			3,898	924	132	90	5,451
2000	367			3,901	967	120	102	5,457
2001	394			3,754	1,006	106	99	5,359
2002	402			3,969	950	113	94	5,528
2003	461			3,991	987	111	104	5,654
2004	456			4,148	1,050	111	102	5,867
2005	509			4,222	980	147	97	5,955
2006	635			4,243	924	124	104	6,030
2007	552			3,970	894	162	104	5,682
2008	606			4,025	956	147	106	5,840
2009	620			3,918	886	166	103	5,693
2010	620			4,046	1,202	166	110	6,144
2011	688			4,630	1,023	158	109	6,608
2012	747			5,465	1,187	133	113	7,645
2013	774			6,070	1,252	160	113	8,369
2014	779			6,341	1,329	182	116	8,747
2015	632			6,338	1,599	185	125	8,879
2016	608			6,402	1,769	178	136	9,093
2017	561			6,720	1,708	193	128	9,310
2018	530			7,030	1,868	191	184	9,803
2019	636			7,011	1,905	193	228	9,973
2020	848			6,727	1,988	182	228	9,973
2021	498			6,340	2,032	181	230	9,281

(Total degrees awarded by 1875 were 215.)

(Total degrees awarded 1804-85 were 489.)

(Information for 1896-1902 is probably incomplete.)

(Information for 1903-1920 is for June degrees only.)

(Information for 1926-40 is for degrees awarded during entire calendar year.)

(Information for 1941-49 is from May/June of year listed to Jan/Feb of following year.)

(Information for 1950-67 is for calendar year.)

(Information for 1968-76 is for degrees awarded Nov/Dec of previous year and March, June, and summer of listed year.)

(Information for 1977 on is for degrees awarded by June 30 of listed year for preceding 12-month period.)

Source: OBOR Annual Report of Degrees Awarded. Catalogs in Archives for older data.