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Table 1. Doctorate recipients from U.S. colleges and universities: 1957–2015

Year Doctorate recipients % change from previous year
1957 8,611 1.1
1958 8,773 1.9
1959 9,213 5.0
1960 9,733 5.6
1961 10,413 7.0
1962 11,500 10.4
1963 12,728 10.7
1964 14,325 12.5
1965 16,340 14.1
1966 17,949 9.8
1967 20,403 13.7
1968 22,937 12.4
1969 25,743 12.2
1970 29,498 14.6
1971 31,867 8.0
1972 33,041 3.7
1973 33,755 2.2
1974 33,047 -2.1
1975 32,952 -0.3
1976 32,946 *
1977 31,716 -3.7
1978 30,875 -2.7
1979 31,238 1.2
1980 31,019 -0.7
1981 31,355 1.1
1982 31,108 -0.8
1983 31,280 0.6
1984 31,334 0.2
1985 31,295 -0.1
1986 31,897 1.9
1987 32,365 1.5
1988 33,497 3.5
1989 34,325 2.5
1990 36,065 5.1
1991 37,530 4.1
1992 38,886 3.6
1993 39,800 2.4
1994 41,034 3.1
1995 41,747 1.7
1996 42,437 1.7
1997 42,539 0.2
1998 42,637 0.2
1999 41,100 -3.6
2000 41,369 0.7
2001 40,744 -1.5
2002 40,031 -1.7
2003 40,763 1.8
2004 42,122 3.3
2005 43,385 3.0
2006 45,621 5.2
2007 48,132 5.5
2008 48,777 1.3
2009 49,553 1.6
2010 48,031 -3.1
2011 48,914 1.8
2012 50,951 4.2
2013 52,707 3.4
2014 54,003 2.5
2015 55,006 1.9