Changes in Gender Characteristics of the Sociology Profession and Discipline
Enrollment, degree, and faculty trends by gender are presented below. Tabulations based on Integrated Post-secondary Educational Data System (IPEDS) Completions survey data collected by both the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Center for Education Statistics are included here. IPEDS Completions data are available to the public via NSF’s Caspar data table tool.
Gender Trends in Sociology and the Social Sciences
- Percentage of Sociology Degrees Awarded to Women by Level of Degree, 1966-2009
- Number of Bachelors Degrees Awarded in Sociology by Gender, 1966-2009
- Number of Masters Degrees Awarded in Sociology by Gender, 1966-2009
- Number of Doctoral Degrees Awarded in Sociology by Gender, 1966-2009
- Percentage of All Doctorates Awarded to Women in Selected Disciplines, Entire Series (1966 to 2009)
- Annual Sociology Graduate Enrollments by Gender, 1990 - 2009
- Annual Sociology Graduate Enrollments by Full- and Part-time Status and Gender, 1990 - 2008
- Percentage of All Doctorates Awarded to Women in Selected Disciplines, Recent Years (since 2000)
- Annual Sociology Faculty Salaries by Rank, Gender and Type of Institution (Current Dollars), AY 2000/01 and AY 2006/07
- Full-Time Faculty Hires by Gender, Rank, and Tenure Status, AY 2000/01 and AY 2006/07
