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Home : Research and Stats : Profession Trend Data : Sociology Degrees Awarded by Level and Gender
   
 

Sociology Degrees Awarded by Level and Gender

Soc Degrees to Women by Level, 1966 - 2006
This series of four charts on sociology degrees awarded by gender illustrates the percentage of sociology degrees awarded to women between 1966 and 2006 and compares the number of sociology degrees earned by males and females during this period. Since 1966, women represented the majority of Bachelor degrees in sociology while earning the largest number of Masters by the early 1980s and PhDs by the 1990s onward. The increasing percent of sociology degrees by women is most pronounced for PhDs. In 1966, women earned 15 percent of sociology PhDs. By 2006, it was 64 percent.

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