Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) III, Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred Between July 1, 1967 and June 30, 1968

The Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS)
series was designed to provide comprehensive information on various
aspects of postsecondary education in the United States and its
territories (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands,
and the Marshall Islands) and Department of Defense schools outside
the United States. This survey collects data on institutions of higher
education and is designed to obtain a count, by field of study, of
earned degree and other formal awards conferred. The data are required
by agencies of the legislative and executive branches of government at
the state and federal levels as well as accrediting agencies,
professional organizations and a number of individual institutions
interested in conducting comparative studies. Data are available for
both public and private two-year and four-year institutions. The HEGIS
Earned Degrees component for 1967-1968 offers data on the type and
control of institution, and the total count, by field of study, of
earned degrees and other formal awards conferred by each institution
surveyed. Key data elements include sex of student, level of degree or
award, Institution Name and Range code.