Bachelor's Gender Stats, by decade, from 1949 to 2006

Bachelor degrees awarded in the U.S. by gender, according to the NCES:

BACHELOR DEGREES
1939-40:
M: 109,546
F: 76,954

1949-50:
M:328,841
F:103,217

1959-60:
M:254,063
F:138,377

1969-70:
M:451,097
F: 341,219

1979-80:
M:473,611
F: 455,806

1989-90:
M:491,696
F: 559,648

1999-2000:
M:530,367
F:707,508

2005-6
M:630,600
F: 854,642