State of New Jersey
Commission on Higher Education
Degrees and Awards Conferred by New Jersey Colleges & Universities, by Sector
NJ College Sector F.Y. PreBacc Certificate Associate Bachelor+ PB Certif Master + PM Certif Doctoral First-Prof Total
Public research 1980 176 3 6,749 2,065 351 652 9,996
universities 1981 94 5 7,025 2,122 420 783 10,449
1982 122 2 7,241 2,034 376 796 10,571
1983 132 0 7,410 2,127 417 760 10,846
1984 119 0 6,709 2,084 403 804 10,119
1985 78 2 6,927 2,068 383 877 10,335
1986 137 0 7,246 1,970 363 896 10,612
1987 111 0 7,445 2,195 345 831 10,927
1988 148 0 7,185 2,452 388 852 11,025
1989 148 0 7,563 2,846 357 855 11,769
1990 164 0 7,758 2,837 419 871 12,049
1991 127 0 7,313 3,020 408 925 11,793
1992 174 18 7,462 2,937 521 957 12,069
1993 224 54 7,648 2,960 552 964 12,402
1994 209 60 7,731 2,867 568 925 12,360
1995 237 72 7,520 2,794 584 919 12,126
1996 192 81 7,467 2,902 580 894 12,116
1997 123 82 7,599 3,071 566 1,012 12,453
1998 123 113 7,665 3,151 544 964 12,560
1999 78 81 7,696 3,403 534 990 12,782
2000 64 75 8,205 3,382 548 965 13,239
2001 62 79 8,176 3,478 580 1,053 13,428
2002 39 95 8,543 3,384 523 1,019 13,603
NJ College Sector F.Y. PreBacc Certificate Associate Bachelor+ PB Certif Master + PM Certif Doctoral First-Prof Total
State colleges/ 1980 0 240 10,052 2,666 0 0 12,958
universities 1981 0 208 9,654 2,287 0 0 12,149
1982 0 202 9,793 2,067 0 0 12,062
1983 0 179 10,199 1,870 0 0 12,248
1984 0 139 9,734 1,682 0 0 11,555
1985 0 105 9,314 1,497 0 0 10,916
1986 0 109 8,908 1,433 0 0 10,450
1987 0 123 8,750 1,400 0 0 10,273
1988 0 88 8,339 1,421 0 0 9,848
1989 0 86 8,697 1,483 0 0 10,266
1990 0 185 8,526 1,476 0 0 10,187
1991 1 242 9,193 1,696 0 0 11,132
1992 11 284 9,505 1,822 0 0 11,622
1993 6 276 10,527 1,968 0 0 12,777
1994 1 223 10,679 2,073 0 0 12,976
1995 2 235 10,645 2,065 0 0 12,947
1996 2 203 10,604 1,990 0 0 12,799
1997 2 214 10,597 2,075 0 0 12,888
1998 2 177 10,896 2,111 0 0 13,186
1999 1 159 11,102 2,201 0 0 13,463
2000 1 130 11,653 2,299 0 0 14,083
2001 0 128 11,730 2,417 3 0 14,278
2002 3 123 12,464 2,521 5 0 15,116
NJ College Sector F.Y. PreBacc Certificate Associate Bachelor+ PB Certif Master + PM Certif Doctoral First-Prof Total
Community 1980 475 8,941 0 0 0 0 9,416
colleges 1981 431 8,736 0 0 0 0 9,167
1982 532 8,926 0 0 0 0 9,458
1983 640 9,154 0 0 0 0 9,794
1984 673 9,349 0 0 0 0 10,022
1985 691 9,313 0 0 0 0 10,004
1986 713 9,009 0 0 0 0 9,722
1987 531 8,707 0 0 0 0 9,238
1988 511 8,459 0 0 0 0 8,970
1989 527 8,450 0 0 0 0 8,977
1990 573 9,000 0 0 0 0 9,573
1991 607 9,605 0 0 0 0 10,212
1992 683 10,906 0 0 0 0 11,589
1993 656 11,166 0 0 0 0 11,822
1994 710 11,381 0 0 0 0 12,091
1995 579 11,710 0 0 0 0 12,289
1996 557 11,715 0 0 0 0 12,272
1997 563 11,534 0 0 0 0 12,097
1998 658 11,521 0 0 0 0 12,179
1999 781 10,459 0 0 0 0 11,240
2000 722 10,193 0 0 0 0 10,915
2001 853 10,081 0 0 0 0 10,934
2002 852 10,719 0 0 0 0 11,571
NJ College Sector F.Y. PreBacc Certificate Associate Bachelor+ PB Certif Master + PM Certif Doctoral First-Prof Total
Independent 1980 0 699 7,504 3,167 276 508 12,154
institutions 1981 0 655 7,662 3,235 336 446 12,334
1982 0 652 7,736 3,301 270 579 12,538
1983 0 589 7,886 3,152 283 556 12,466
1984 22 590 7,542 2,899 294 532 11,879
1985 12 485 7,378 2,861 283 496 11,515
1986 15 494 7,164 2,814 294 526 11,307
1987 30 414 7,050 2,800 304 508 11,106
1988 43 524 6,786 2,555 416 498 10,822
1989 62 457 6,590 2,728 371 470 10,678
1990 60 418 6,485 2,792 415 532 10,702
1991 44 401 6,651 2,769 382 398 10,645
1992 66 381 6,643 3,100 443 382 11,015
1993 37 362 6,943 3,162 397 411 11,312
1994 66 339 6,779 3,298 441 485 11,408
1995 41 259 6,247 3,329 439 432 10,747
1996 71 273 6,563 3,548 455 465 11,375
1997 59 278 6,725 3,227 433 415 11,137
1998 47 266 6,615 3,438 383 446 11,195
1999 26 247 6,897 3,426 389 421 11,406
2000 23 190 7,090 3,597 416 416 11,732
2001 106 151 7,071 3,772 436 385 11,921
2002 83 157 7,366 4,289 422 369 12,686
NJ College Sector F.Y. PreBacc Certificate Associate Bachelor+ PB Certif Master + PM Certif Doctoral First-Prof Total
Proprietary 1980 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
institutions 1981 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 0 237 0 0 0 0 237
1984 0 205 0 0 0 0 205
1985 0 215 0 0 0 0 215
1986 0 288 0 0 0 0 288
1987 82 261 0 0 0 0 343
1988 202 296 0 0 0 0 498
1989 556 309 0 0 0 0 865
1990 386 329 0 0 0 0 715
1991 335 415 0 0 0 0 750
1992 236 411 0 0 0 0 647
1993 171 460 0 0 0 0 631
1994 696 596 0 0 0 0 1,292
1995 450 575 0 0 0 0 1,025
1996 795 729 0 0 0 0 1,524
1997 664 856 0 0 0 0 1,520
1998 673 1,062 0 0 0 0 1,735
1999 518 1,224 0 0 0 0 1,742
2000 372 1,504 8 0 0 0 1,884
2001 388 1,319 86 0 0 0 1,793
2002 366 1,542 107 0 0 0 2,015
NJ College Sector F.Y. PreBacc Certificate Associate Bachelor+ PB Certif Master + PM Certif Doctoral First-Prof Total
Religious 1980 6 9 173 111 18 283 600
institutions 1981 4 16 135 95 25 361 636
1982 6 18 120 108 37 448 737
1983 12 23 127 132 25 345 664
1984 2 14 117 159 29 367 688
1985 2 6 146 121 24 370 669
1986 3 11 136 103 20 350 623
1987 3 7 112 98 21 414 655
1988 6 6 90 98 20 426 646
1989 0 7 85 99 15 340 546
1990 0 3 66 79 21 455 624
1991 0 3 127 91 26 353 600
1992 0 0 170 103 30 380 683
1993 1 4 160 86 16 377 644
1994 0 5 181 110 23 373 692
1995 0 9 195 108 30 401 743
1996 0 8 232 140 33 439 852
1997 0 17 187 196 39 353 792
1998 0 20 82 254 32 222 610
1999 5 15 131 316 29 148 644
2000 1 11 294 199 37 184 726
2001 0 16 277 355 36 167 851
2002 2 10 296 385 30 152 875
NJ College Sector F.Y. PreBacc Certificate Associate Bachelor+ PB Certif Master + PM Certif Doctoral First-Prof Total
ALL NJ COLLEGES 1980 657 9,892 24,478 8,009 645 1,443 45,124
1981 529 9,620 24,476 7,739 781 1,590 44,735
1982 660 9,927 24,890 7,510 683 1,823 45,493
1983 784 10,182 25,622 7,281 725 1,661 46,255
1984 816 10,297 24,102 6,824 726 1,703 44,468
1985 783 10,126 23,765 6,547 690 1,743 43,654
1986 868 9,911 23,454 6,320 677 1,772 43,002
1987 757 9,512 23,357 6,493 670 1,753 42,542
1988 910 9,373 22,400 6,526 824 1,776 41,809
1989 1,293 9,309 22,935 7,156 743 1,665 43,101
1990 1,183 9,935 22,835 7,184 855 1,858 43,850
1991 1,114 10,666 23,284 7,576 816 1,676 45,132
1992 1,170 12,000 23,780 7,962 994 1,719 47,625
1993 1,095 12,322 25,278 8,176 965 1,752 49,588
1994 1,682 12,604 25,370 8,348 1,032 1,783 50,819
1995 1,309 12,860 24,607 8,296 1,053 1,752 49,877
1996 1,617 13,009 24,866 8,580 1,068 1,798 50,938
1997 1,411 12,981 25,108 8,569 1,038 1,780 50,887
1998 1,503 13,159 25,258 8,954 959 1,632 51,465
1999 1,409 12,185 25,826 9,346 952 1,559 51,277
2000 1,183 12,103 27,250 9,477 1,001 1,565 52,579
2001 1,409 11,774 27,340 10,022 1,055 1,605 53,205
2002 1,345 12,646 28,776 10,579 980 1,540 55,866