All Degrees, 1942-1976
Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral Degrees, 1942-1976
Column B indicates the number of bachelors’ degrees; column M indicates the number of masters’ degrees; column P indicates the number of Ph.Ds; and column E indicates the number of doctor of education degrees (Ed.Ds), first awarded in 1973.
| Year | B | M | P | E |
| 1942 | 467 | 46 | 1 | |
| 1943 | 523 | 34 | 3 | |
| 1944 | 184 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1945 | 102 | 8 | 1 | |
| 1946 | 97 | 18 | 1 | |
| 1947 | 535 | 58 | 0 | |
| 1948 | 673 | 87 | 1 | |
| 1949 | 1042 | 80 | 4 | |
| 1950 | 1341 | 97 | 5 | |
| 1951 | 1004 | 113 | 5 | |
| 1952 | 727 | 98 | 5 | |
| 1953 | 620 | 120 | 7 | |
| 1954 | 504 | 90 | 5 | |
| 1955 | 470 | 113 | 7 | |
| 1956 | 549 | 90 | 13 | |
| 1957 | 710 | 99 | 10 | |
| 1958 | 911 | 127 | 16 | |
| 1959 | 858 | 131 | 12 | |
| 1960 | 896 | 122 | 18 | |
| 1961 | 881 | 162 | 20 | |
| 1962 | 954 | 186 | 25 | |
| 1963 | 1032 | 205 | 22 | |
| 1964 | 1008 | 194 | 24 | |
| 1965 | 1087 | 173 | 52 | |
| 1966 | 1064 | 208 | 64 | |
| 1967 | 1170 | 247 | 128 | |
| 1968 | 1348 | 250 | 86 | |
| 1969 | 1766 | 241 | 90 | |
| 1970 | 2068 | 234 | 107 | |
| 1971 | 2117 | 295 | 128 | |
| 1972 | 2118 | 380 | 114 | |
| 1973 | 2177 | 638 | 97 | 5 |
| 1974 | 2606 | 749 | 104 | 30 |
| 1975 | 2976 | 815 | 107 | 46 |
| 1976 | 3034 | 861 | 111 | 75 |