Degrees Granted History

Ohio University

History of Degrees Granted

1815 to Present 

(See notes at end of table)

Year 2-yr Diplomas 3-yr Diplomas 4-yr Diplomas Bachelor's Degrees Master's Degrees PhD Degrees Medical Degrees Total
1815

2

1816

3

1819

1

1820

1

1822

3

1823

3

1824

7

1825

4

1826

4

1827

3

1828

10

1829

11

1830

8

1831

13

1832

4

1833

8

1834

6

1835

0

1836

4

1837

5

1838

1

1839

4

1840

8

1841

1

1842

4

1843

10

1844

5

1845

6

1850

2

1851

2

1852

2

1853

8

1854

3

1855

4

1856

4

1857

7

1858

7

1859

7

1860

5

1861

11

1862

9

1863

8

1864

6

1865

3

1866

7

1867

5

1868

6

1869

12

1870

13

1871

6

1872

5

1873

7

1874

5

1875

8

1876

7

1877

6

1878

8

1879

6

1880

4

1881

9

1

10

1882

5

1883

4

1884

6

1885

2

2

4

1886

5

2

7

1887

2

2

4

1888

11

4

15

1889

5

3

8

1890

6

1

7

1891

12

5

17

1892

21

1

22

1893

17

5

22

1894

15

9

24

1895

16

5

21

1896

19

1897

19

1898

13

1899

11

1901

11

1902

12

1903

16

3

19

1904

9

16

25

1905

19

2

10

5

36

1906

21

3

22

2

48

1907

24

1

12

1

38

1908

47

16

1

64

1909

47

33

1

81

1910

64

30

5

99

1911

69

53

6

128

1912

109

53

9

171

1913

106

83

10

199

1914

130

74

6

210

1915

159

103

6

268

1916

163

135

1917

257

7

145

1918

131

7

108

1919

109

7

91

1920

140

3

136

1921

134

116

250

1922

157

6

159

322

1923

186

2

6

164

358

1924

218

2

4

176

400

1925

251

2

3

226

482

1926

202

3

7

266

478

1927

233

6

8

275

522

1928

179

5

10

280

474

1929

217

9

9

324

3

562

1930

223

5

14

322

7

571

1931

231

11

413

22

677

1932

213

10

424

27

674

1933

237

11

467

38

753

1934

173

11

463

17

664

1935

157

7

499

21

684

1936

143

476

44

663

1937

129

453

34

616

1938

148

534

57

739

1939

108

1

610

54

773

1940

8

568

53

629

1941

38

598

60

696

1942

49

688

41

778

1943

15

497

39

542

1944

5

9

304

24

342

1945

4

7

242

24

280

1946

4

3

414

26

447

1947

15

2

608

52

667

1948

14

3

928

60

1,005

1949

19

3

1,274

83

1,379

1950

34

13

1,351

112

1,510

1951

46

7

1,086

155

1,294

1952

51

5

841

100

997

1953

33

3

812

107

955

1954

34

763

116

913

1955

39

648

122

809

1956

57

851

106

1,014

1957

49

950

113

1,112

1958

39

1,191

140

1,370

1959

29

1,272

149

1

1,451

1960

21

1,260

159

1

1,441

1961

24

1,226

158

10

1,418

1962

23

1,378

206

6

1,613

1963

22

1,577

243

5

1,847

1964

19

1,681

255

23

1,978

1965

21

1,862

307

19

2,209

1966

17

2,038

333

37

2,425

1967

24

2,100

531

38

2,693

1968

24

2,464

567

61

3,116

1969

30

3,354

567

79

4,030

1970

72

3,316

561

112

4,061

1971

89

3,709

795

87

4,680

1972

105

3,980

705

97

4,887

1973

186

3,791

666

99

4,742

1974

175

3,662

562

80

4,479

1975

155

3,064

579

100

3,898

1976

158

2,642

575

93

3,468

1977

149

2,373

653

69

3,244

1978

154

2,057

625

77

2,913

1979

174

1,982

742

81

2,982

1980

188

2,248

716

54

21

3,227

1981

189

2,280

708

77

31

3,285

1982

196

2,434

791

90

48

3,559

1983

222

2,560

803

66

44

3,695

1984

233

2,499

860

69

70

3,731

1985

257

2,422

746

75

69

3,569

1986

210

2,437

751

73

81

3,552

1987

219

2,495

795

92

93

3,694

1988

260

2,488

739

74

93

3,654

1989

285

2,833

847

95

102

4,162

1990

351

3,130

779

104

75

4,439

1991

375

3,243

896

103

90

4,707

1992

377

3,447

871

116

79

4,890

1993

408

3,497

880

89

80

4,954

1994

429

3,465

935

103

99

5,031

1995

562

3,602

911

116

85

5,276

1996

476

3,707

980

132

96

5,391

1997

435

3,736

911

114

96

5,292

1998

368

3,806

997

133

106

5,410

1999

407

3,898

924

132

90

5,451

2000

367

3,901

967

120

102

5,457

2001

394

3,754

1,006

106

99

5,359

2002

402

3,969

950

113

94

5,528

2003

461

3,991

987

111

104

5,654

2004

456

4,148

1,050

111

102

5,867

2005

509

4,222

980

147

97

5,955

2006

635

4,243

924

124

104

6,030

2007

552

3,970

894

162

104

5,682

2008

606

4,025

956

147

106

5,840

2009

620

3,918

886

166

103

5,693

2010

620

4,046

1,202

166

110

6,144

2011

688

4,630

1,023

158

109

6,608

2012

747

5,465

1,187

133

113

7,645

2013

774

6,070

1,252

160

113

8,369

2014

779

6,341

1,329

182

116

8,747

2015

632

6,338

1,599

185

125

8,879

2016

608

6,402

1,769

178

136

9,093

2017

561

6,720

1,708

193

128

9,310

2018

530

7,030

1,868

191

184

9,803

2019

636

7,011

1,905

193

228

9,973

2020

848

6,727

1,988

182

228

9,973

2021

498

6,340

2,032

181

230

9,281

2022

373

5,471

2,153

129

311

8,437

2023

396

4,933

2,150

192

242

7,913

2024

364

4,525

1,925

189

231

7,234

(Total degrees awarded by 1875 were 215.)

(Total degrees awarded 1804-85 were 489.)

(Information for 1896-1902 is probably incomplete.)

(Information for 1903-1920 is for June degrees only.)

(Information for 1926-40 is for degrees awarded during entire calendar year.)

(Information for 1941-49 is from May/June of year listed to Jan/Feb of following year.)

(Information for 1950-67 is for calendar year.)

(Information for 1968-76 is for degrees awarded Nov/Dec of previous year and March, June, and summer of listed year.)

(Information for 1977 on is for degrees awarded by June 30 of listed year for preceding 12-month period.)

Source: OBOR Annual Report of Degrees Awarded. Catalogs in Archives for older data.

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