NUMBER OF POST-SECONDARY DEGREES EARNED BY LEVEL
Nebraska - Selected Years
				First
Year	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Professional	Doctorate
1960-61	NA	3,992	572	304	77
1965-66	NA	6,553	817	315	135
1969-70	558	9,417	1,247	407	213
1970-71	723	9,876	1,374	402	223
1971-72	1,038	9,564	1,548	517	210
1972-73	1,190	9,496	1,547	583	230
1973-74	1,212	9,146	1,521	657	237
1974-75	1,598	8,227	1,499	716	216
1975-76	1,805	7,743	1,552	736	178
1976-77	1,952	7,500	1,761	716	218
1977-78	2,123	7,672	1,816	680	206
1978-79	2,148	7,418	1,721	809	200
1979-80	2,244	7,557	1,689	776	221
1980-81	2,331	7,435	1,677	721	238
1981-82	2,531	7,767	1,549	808	214
1982-83	2,813	8,083	1,671	770	220
1983-84	2,986	8,159	1,567	772	229
1984-85	2,883	8,337	1,668	742	196
1985-86	2,805	8,344	1,641	755	210
1986-87	2,918	8,416	1,664	752	215
1987-88	2,546	8,306	1,722	706	248
1988-89	2,734	8,415	1,776	727	248
1989-90	2,678	8,681	1,713	658	230
1990-91	2,965	8,960	1,691	736	219
1991-92	3,730	9,451	1,909	728	236
1992-93	2,494	9,608	2,007	806	238
1993-94	3,189	10,121	2,201	812	244
1994-95	3,365	10,151	2,252	825	255
1995-96	3,055	9,896	2,368	826	285
1996-97	3,162	9,875	2,389	789	315
1997-98	3,601	10,086	2,901	764	429
1998-99	3,215	10,050	2,981	775	354
1999-00	5,100	10,770	2,898	794	363
2000-01	4,627	10,846	3,187	793	340
2001-02	4,604	10,687	3,211	795	333
2002-03	6,793	11,072	3,614	434	826
2003-04	7,029	11,503	3,704	382	828
2004-05	7,886	12,091	3,999	492	878
Sources: Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, A Factual Look at
Higher Education in Nebraska, 2007
Last Updated:	2/26/2008
by Nebraska Databook
email:	michael.lundeen@ded.ne.gov