From 1994 to 2003, the total number of degrees increased 16 percent. The greatest increase in degrees awarded from 1994 to 2003 took place at the Bachelor's level (20%), while the greatest decline took place at the Doctorate level (-9%). Over the past ten years the greatest increases at the college level took place in the Colleges of Business and Economics (45%), Design (44%), Education (41%), and Agriculture (36%), while the greatest decreases took place in Social Work (-31%) and Pharmacy (-30%).

UNIVERSITY TOTAL DEGREE YEAR 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 COLLEGE TOTALS (click here) Bachelor's 2,781 2,836 3,003 3,134 3,247 3,285 3,187 3,239 3,488 3,338 Master's 958 1,065 1,028 1,025 1,129 1,127 1,060 1,042 906 1,041 Specialist 3 6 5 7 4 7 7 13 18 20 Doctorate 229 223 236 240 232 204 249 219 216 208 Professional 326 290 353 352 363 365 369 375 343 363 UK Total 4,297 4,420 4,625 4,758 4,975 4,988 4,872 4,888 4,971 4,970