Doctor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by racial/ethnic group and sex of student: 1976-77 to 1999-2000

Table 274.

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               |             Number of degrees conferred\1\                 |Percentage distribution of degrees conferred
               |____________________________________________________________|             to U.S. citizens
               |        |        |       |       |        |American|        |_____________________________________________
     Year      | Total  | White, |Black, | His-  | Asian/ |Indian/ |  Non-  |      |White,|Black,| His- | Asian/ |American
               |        |  non-  | non-  | panic |Pacific |Alaskan |resident|Total | non- | non- |panic |Pacific |Indian/
               |        |  His-  | His-  |       |Islander| Native | alien  |      | His- | His- |      |Islander|Alaskan
               |        | panic  | panic |       |        |        |        |      |panic |panic |      |        | Native
_______________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________
       1       |   2    |   3    |   4   |   5   |   6    |   7    |   8    |  9   |  10  |  11  |  12  |   13   |   14
_______________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________
               |                           Total                            |                     Total
               |____________________________________________________________|_____________________________________________
1976-77\2\ ....| 33,126 | 26,851 | 1,253 |   522 |    658 |     95 |  3,747 |100.0 | 91.4 |  4.3 |  1.8 |    2.2 |    0.3
1978-79\3\ ....| 32,675 | 26,138 | 1,268 |   439 |    811 |    104 |  3,915 |100.0 | 90.9 |  4.4 |  1.5 |    2.8 |    0.4
1980-81\4\ ....| 32,839 | 25,908 | 1,265 |   456 |    877 |    130 |  4,203 |100.0 | 90.5 |  4.4 |  1.6 |    3.1 |    0.5
1984-85\5\ ....| 32,307 | 23,934 | 1,154 |   677 |  1,106 |    119 |  5,317 |100.0 | 88.7 |  4.3 |  2.5 |    4.1 |    0.4
1986-87 .......| 34,041 | 24,434 | 1,057 |   751 |  1,098 |    105 |  6,596 |100.0 | 89.0 |  3.9 |  2.7 |    4.0 |    0.4
1988-89\6\ ....| 35,659 | 24,884 | 1,066 |   629 |  1,323 |     85 |  7,672 |100.0 | 88.9 |  3.8 |  2.2 |    4.7 |    0.3
1989-90\7\ ....| 38,113 | 25,880 | 1,153 |   788 |  1,235 |     99 |  8,958 |100.0 | 88.8 |  4.0 |  2.7 |    4.2 |    0.3
1990-91\8\ ....| 38,547 | 25,328 | 1,211 |   732 |  1,459 |    102 |  9,715 |100.0 | 87.8 |  4.2 |  2.5 |    5.1 |    0.4
1991-92\9\ ....| 40,090 | 25,813 | 1,223 |   811 |  1,559 |    118 | 10,566 |100.0 | 87.4 |  4.1 |  2.7 |    5.3 |    0.4
1992-93\10\ ...| 42,021 | 26,700 | 1,352 |   827 |  1,582 |    106 | 11,454 |100.0 | 87.3 |  4.4 |  2.7 |    5.2 |    0.3
1993-94\11\ ...| 43,149 | 27,156 | 1,393 |   903 |  2,025 |    134 | 11,538 |100.0 | 85.9 |  4.4 |  2.9 |    6.4 |    0.4
1994-95\12\ ...| 44,427 | 27,826 | 1,667 |   984 |  2,690 |    130 | 11,130 |100.0 | 83.6 |  5.0 |  3.0 |    8.1 |    0.4
1995-96\13\ ...| 44,645 | 27,756 | 1,636 |   999 |  2,646 |    158 | 11,450 |100.0 | 83.6 |  4.9 |  3.0 |    8.0 |    0.5
1996-97\14\ ...| 45,394 | 28,344 | 1,847 | 1,098 |  2,607 |    173 | 11,325 |100.0 | 83.2 |  5.4 |  3.2 |    7.7 |    0.5
1997-98\15\ ...| 45,925 | 28,747 | 2,066 | 1,270 |  2,334 |    187 | 11,321 |100.0 | 83.1 |  6.0 |  3.7 |    6.7 |    0.5
1998-99 .......| 44,077 | 27,492 | 2,116 | 1,284 |  2,262 |    192 | 10,731 |100.0 | 82.4 |  6.3 |  3.9 |    6.8 |    0.6
1999-2000 .....| 44,808 | 27,520 | 2,220 | 1,291 |  2,380 |    159 | 11,238 |100.0 | 82.0 |  6.6 |  3.8 |    7.1 |    0.5
               |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________
               |                             Men                            |                      Men
               |____________________________________________________________|_____________________________________________
1976-77\2\ ....| 25,036 | 20,032 |   766 |   383 |    540 |     67 |  3,248 |100.0 | 91.9 |  3.5 |  1.8 |    2.5 |    0.3
1978-79\3\ ....| 23,488 | 18,433 |   734 |   294 |    646 |     69 |  3,312 |100.0 | 91.4 |  3.6 |  1.5 |    3.2 |    0.3
1980-81\4\ ....| 22,595 | 17,310 |   694 |   277 |    655 |     95 |  3,564 |100.0 | 91.0 |  3.6 |  1.5 |    3.4 |    0.5
1984-85\5\ ....| 21,296 | 15,017 |   561 |   431 |    802 |     64 |  4,421 |100.0 | 89.0 |  3.3 |  2.6 |    4.8 |    0.4
1986-87 .......| 22,061 | 14,812 |   485 |   441 |    794 |     57 |  5,472 |100.0 | 89.3 |  2.9 |  2.7 |    4.8 |    0.3
1988-89\6\ ....| 22,597 | 14,541 |   491 |   350 |    945 |     50 |  6,220 |100.0 | 88.8 |  3.0 |  2.1 |    5.8 |    0.3
1989-90\7\ ....| 24,248 | 15,105 |   533 |   423 |    871 |     49 |  7,267 |100.0 | 89.0 |  3.1 |  2.5 |    5.1 |    0.3
1990-91\8\ ....| 24,333 | 14,565 |   581 |   387 |    987 |     58 |  7,755 |100.0 | 87.9 |  3.5 |  2.3 |    6.0 |    0.3
1991-92\9\ ....| 25,168 | 14,674 |   576 |   458 |  1,062 |     65 |  8,333 |100.0 | 87.2 |  3.4 |  2.7 |    6.3 |    0.4
1992-93\10\ ...| 25,980 | 14,902 |   615 |   439 |  1,041 |     51 |  8,932 |100.0 | 87.4 |  3.6 |  2.6 |    6.1 |    0.3
1993-94\11\ ...| 26,531 | 15,126 |   631 |   465 |  1,373 |     66 |  8,870 |100.0 | 85.6 |  3.6 |  2.6 |    7.8 |    0.4
1994-95\12\ ...| 26,898 | 15,354 |   731 |   488 |  1,758 |     58 |  8,509 |100.0 | 83.5 |  4.0 |  2.7 |    9.6 |    0.3
1995-96\13\ ...| 26,836 | 15,101 |   730 |   516 |  1,693 |     80 |  8,716 |100.0 | 83.3 |  4.0 |  2.8 |    9.3 |    0.4
1996-97\14\ ...| 26,826 | 15,339 |   786 |   572 |  1,606 |     86 |  8,437 |100.0 | 83.4 |  4.3 |  3.1 |    8.7 |    0.5
1997-98\15\ ...| 26,614 | 15,368 |   824 |   649 |  1,390 |     83 |  8,300 |100.0 | 83.9 |  4.5 |  3.5 |    7.6 |    0.5
1998-99 .......| 25,146 | 14,480 |   862 |   612 |  1,312 |     91 |  7,789 |100.0 | 83.4 |  5.0 |  3.5 |    7.6 |    0.5
1999-2000 .....| 25,028 | 14,241 |   863 |   603 |  1,329 |     56 |  7,936 |100.0 | 83.3 |  5.0 |  3.5 |    7.8 |    0.3
               |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________
               |                           Women                            |                     Women
               |____________________________________________________________|_____________________________________________
1976-77\2\ ....|  8,090 |  6,819 |   487 |   139 |    118 |     28 |    499 |100.0 | 89.8 |  6.4 |  1.8 |    1.6 |    0.4
1978-79\3\ ....|  9,187 |  7,705 |   534 |   145 |    165 |     35 |    603 |100.0 | 89.8 |  6.2 |  1.7 |    1.9 |    0.4
1980-81\4\ ....| 10,244 |  8,598 |   571 |   179 |    222 |     35 |    639 |100.0 | 89.5 |  5.9 |  1.9 |    2.3 |    0.4
1984-85\5\ ....| 11,011 |  8,917 |   593 |   246 |    304 |     55 |    896 |100.0 | 88.2 |  5.9 |  2.4 |    3.0 |    0.5
1986-87 .......| 11,980 |  9,622 |   572 |   310 |    304 |     48 |  1,124 |100.0 | 88.6 |  5.3 |  2.9 |    2.8 |    0.4
1988-89\6\ ....| 13,062 | 10,343 |   575 |   279 |    378 |     35 |  1,452 |100.0 | 89.1 |  5.0 |  2.4 |    3.3 |    0.3
1989-90\7\ ....| 13,865 | 10,775 |   620 |   365 |    364 |     50 |  1,691 |100.0 | 88.5 |  5.1 |  3.0 |    3.0 |    0.4
1990-91\8\ ....| 14,214 | 10,763 |   630 |   345 |    472 |     44 |  1,960 |100.0 | 87.8 |  5.1 |  2.8 |    3.9 |    0.4
1991-92\9\ ....| 14,922 | 11,139 |   647 |   353 |    497 |     53 |  2,233 |100.0 | 87.8 |  5.1 |  2.8 |    3.9 |    0.4
1992-93\10\ ...| 16,041 | 11,798 |   737 |   388 |    541 |     55 |  2,522 |100.0 | 87.3 |  5.5 |  2.9 |    4.0 |    0.4
1993-94\11\ ...| 16,618 | 12,030 |   762 |   438 |    652 |     68 |  2,668 |100.0 | 86.2 |  5.5 |  3.1 |    4.7 |    0.5
1994-95\12\ ...| 17,529 | 12,472 |   936 |   496 |    932 |     72 |  2,621 |100.0 | 83.7 |  6.3 |  3.3 |    6.3 |    0.5
1995-96\13\ ...| 17,809 | 12,655 |   906 |   483 |    953 |     78 |  2,734 |100.0 | 83.9 |  6.0 |  3.2 |    6.3 |    0.5
1996-97\14\ ...| 18,568 | 13,005 | 1,061 |   526 |  1,001 |     87 |  2,888 |100.0 | 82.9 |  6.8 |  3.4 |    6.4 |    0.6
1997-98\15\ ...| 19,311 | 13,379 | 1,242 |   621 |    944 |    104 |  3,021 |100.0 | 82.1 |  7.6 |  3.8 |    5.8 |    0.6
1998-99 .......| 18,931 | 13,012 | 1,254 |   672 |    950 |    101 |  2,942 |100.0 | 81.4 |  7.8 |  4.2 |    5.9 |    0.6
1999-2000 .....| 19,780 | 13,279 | 1,357 |   688 |  1,051 |    103 |  3,302 |100.0 | 80.6 |  8.2 |  4.2 |    6.4 |    0.6
_______________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________

\1\Includes Ph.D., Ed.D, and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes first-professional degrees, such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees.
\2\Excludes 106 men whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\3\Excludes 53 men and 2 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\4\Excludes 116 men and 3 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\5\Excludes 404 men and 232 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\6\Excludes 51 men and 10 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\7\Excludes 153 men and 105 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\8\Excludes 423 men and 324 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\9\Excludes 389 men and 180 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\10\Excludes 93 men and 18 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\11\Excludes 21 men and 15 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\12\Excludes 18 men and 1 woman whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\13\Excludes 5 men and 2 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\14\Excludes 320 men and 162 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\15\Excludes 50 men and 35 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

NOTE: For years 1984-85 to 1999-2000, reported racial/ethnic distributions of students by level of degree, field of degree, and sex were used to estimate race/ethnicity for students whose race/ethnicity was not reported. Data for 1998-99 imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared August 2001.)

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