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 |
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1815
|
2 |
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1816
|
3 |
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1819
|
1 |
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1820
|
1 |
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1822
|
3 |
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1823
|
3 |
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1824
|
7 |
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1825
|
4 |
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1826
|
4 |
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1827
|
3 |
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1828
|
10 |
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1829
|
11 |
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1830
|
8 |
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1831
|
13 |
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1832
|
4 |
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1833
|
8 |
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1834
|
6 |
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1835
|
0 |
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1836
|
4 |
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1837
|
5 |
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1838
|
1 |
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1839
|
4 |
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1840
|
8 |
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1841
|
1 |
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1842
|
4 |
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1843
|
10 |
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1844
|
5 |
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1845
|
6 |
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1850
|
2 |
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1851
|
2 |
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1852
|
2 |
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1853
|
8 |
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1854
|
3 |
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1855
|
4 |
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1856
|
4 |
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1857
|
7 |
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1858
|
7 |
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1859
|
7 |
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1860
|
5 |
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1861
|
11 |
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1862
|
9 |
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1863
|
8 |
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1864
|
6 |
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1865
|
3 |
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1866
|
7 |
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1867
|
5 |
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1868
|
6 |
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1869
|
12 |
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1870
|
13 |
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1871
|
6 |
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1872
|
5 |
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1873
|
7 |
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1874
|
5 |
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1875
|
8 |
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1876
|
7 |
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1877
|
6 |
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1878
|
8 |
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1879
|
6 |
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1880
|
4 |
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1881
|
9 |
1 |
10 |
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1882
|
5 |
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1883
|
4 |
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1884
|
6 |
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1885
|
2 |
2 |
4 |
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1886
|
5 |
2 |
7 |
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1887
|
2 |
2 |
4 |
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1888
|
11 |
4 |
15 |
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1889
|
5 |
3 |
8 |
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1890
|
6 |
1 |
7 |
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1891
|
12 |
5 |
17 |
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1892
|
21 |
1 |
22 |
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1893
|
17 |
5 |
22 |
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1894
|
15 |
9 |
24 |
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1895
|
16 |
5 |
21 |
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1896
|
19 |
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1897
|
19 |
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1898
|
13 |
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1899
|
11 |
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1901
|
11 |
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1902
|
12 |
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1903
|
16 |
3 |
19 |
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1904
|
9 |
16 |
25 |
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1905
|
19 |
2 |
10 |
5 |
36 |
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1906
|
21 |
3 |
22 |
2 |
48 |
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1907
|
24 |
1 |
12 |
1 |
38 |
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1908
|
47 |
16 |
1 |
64 |
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1909
|
47 |
33 |
1 |
81 |
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1910
|
64 |
30 |
5 |
99 |
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1911
|
69 |
53 |
6 |
128 |
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1912
|
109 |
53 |
9 |
171 |
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1913
|
106 |
83 |
10 |
199 |
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1914
|
130 |
74 |
6 |
210 |
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1915
|
159 |
103 |
6 |
268 |
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1916
|
163 |
135 |
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1917
|
257 |
7 |
145 |
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1918
|
131 |
7 |
108 |
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1919
|
109 |
7 |
91 |
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1920
|
140 |
3 |
136 |
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1921
|
134 |
116 |
250 |
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1922
|
157 |
6 |
159 |
322 |
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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 |
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1937
|
129 |
453 |
34 |
616 |
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1938
|
148 |
534 |
57 |
739 |
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1939
|
108 |
1 |
610 |
54 |
773 |
|||
1940
|
8 |
568 |
53 |
629 |
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1941
|
38 |
598 |
60 |
696 |
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1942
|
49 |
688 |
41 |
778 |
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1943
|
15 |
497 |
39 |
542 |
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1944
|
5 |
9 |
304 |
24 |
342 |
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1945
|
4 |
7 |
242 |
24 |
280 |
|||
1946
|
4 |
3 |
414 |
26 |
447 |
|||
1947
|
15 |
2 |
608 |
52 |
667 |
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1948
|
14 |
3 |
928 |
60 |
1,005 |
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1949
|
19 |
3 |
1,274 |
83 |
1,379 |
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1950
|
34 |
13 |
1,351 |
112 |
1,510 |
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1951
|
46 |
7 |
1,086 |
155 |
1,294 |
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1952
|
51 |
5 |
841 |
100 |
997 |
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1953
|
33 |
3 |
812 |
107 |
955 |
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1954
|
34 |
763 |
116 |
913 |
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1955
|
39 |
648 |
122 |
809 |
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1956
|
57 |
851 |
106 |
1,014 |
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1957
|
49 |
950 |
113 |
1,112 |
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1958
|
39 |
1,191 |
140 |
1,370 |
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1959
|
29 |
1,272 |
149 |
1 |
1,451 |
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1960
|
21 |
1,260 |
159 |
1 |
1,441 |
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1961
|
24 |
1,226 |
158 |
10 |
1,418 |
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1962
|
23 |
1,378 |
206 |
6 |
1,613 |
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1963
|
22 |
1,577 |
243 |
5 |
1,847 |
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1964
|
19 |
1,681 |
255 |
23 |
1,978 |
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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.