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Bachelor's and Master's Degree Data In the Completions Survey, data are collected on all degrees conferred between July 1 and June 30 from the universe of accredited institutions of higher education in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Territories and Outlying Areas. The survey forms are filled out by institution administrative personnel. The data are collected according to sex of recipient and field of study. In 1997, the final universe of institutions granting bachelor's or higher level edgrees was 2,342. Each year between 1966 and 1997, institutional responses to these surveys exceeded 85 percent. Imputations for non-response were based on the previous year's response were based on the previous year's response for an institution, if available. For bachelor's degree data, 0.7 percent were imputed and for master's degree data, 1.7 percent were imputed. Doctoral Degree Data In the Survey of Earned Doctorates, information is collected during the period of July 1 of one year to June 30 of the next from all persons who have fulfilled the requirements for a research doctorate. The survey is funded jointly by NSF and four other agencies; the U.S. Department of Education, the National Institutes of Health, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The survey forms were sent to all accredited doctorate-granting institutions for distribution by the graduate deans to all research doctorate recipients as they complete degree requirements. Imformation collected in the survey comprises demographic data, such as the student's sex, citizenship, and racial/ethnic group; education history, including field of degrees; sources of graduate student support; employment status during the year preceding receipt of the doctorate; postgraduation plans; and background on parents' education. Population data Published reports of the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, provided estimates of population in the various age classifications, based on sample household surveys. All documents used were from Current Population Reports estimates for the total population as of July 1 of each year. Data for years 1970-1979 were obtained from Current Population Surveys, "Preliminary Estimates of the Population of the United States, by Age, Sex, and Race: 1970 to 1981,"No.917, 1982. Data for 1980-89 were obtained from "United States Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1980 to 1991,"Series P-25, No. 1095. Field Classification Schemes It is difficult to establish a completely consistent series of degree data over a long period of time, given changes in field classifications and evolving fields of study. Data for the earlier years are presented as consistently as possible with the current classification schemes of fields of study, which show the Completions and the Survey of Earned Doctorates field codes used in this report.