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Table 264. Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by racial/ethnic group and sex of student: 1976-77 to 2000-01

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               |             Number of degrees conferred                       |Percentage distribution of degrees conferred
               |_______________________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________
               |          |        |        |       |        |        |        |      |      |      |      |        |        |
     Year      |  Total   | White, | Black, | His-  | Asian/ |American|  Non-  |      |White,|Black,| His- | Asian/ |American|  Non-
               |          |  non-  |  non-  | panic |Pacific |Indian/ |resident|Total | non- | non- |panic |Pacific |Indian/ |resident
               |          |  His-  |  His-  |       |Islander| Alaska | alien  |      | His- | His- |      |Islander| Alaska |  alien
               |          | panic  | panic  |       |        | Native |        |      |panic |panic |      |        | Native |
_______________|__________|________|________|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________|_________
       1       |    2     |   3    |   4    |   5   |   6    |   7    |   8    |  9   |  10  |  11  |  12  |   13   |   14   |   15
_______________|__________|________|________|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________|_________
               |                              Total                            |                     Total                   |
               |_______________________________________________________________|_____________________________________________|_________
1976-77\1\ ....|  917,900 |807,688 | 58,636 |18,743 | 13,793 |  3,326 | 15,714 |100.0 | 88.0 |  6.4 |  2.0 |    1.5 |    0.4 |     1.7
1978-79\2\ ....|  919,540 |802,542 | 60,246 |20,096 | 15,407 |  3,410 | 17,839 |100.0 | 87.3 |  6.6 |  2.2 |    1.7 |    0.4 |     1.9
1980-81\3\ ....|  934,800 |807,319 | 60,673 |21,832 | 18,794 |  3,593 | 22,589 |100.0 | 86.4 |  6.5 |  2.3 |    2.0 |    0.4 |     2.4
1984-85\4\ ....|  968,311 |826,106 | 57,473 |25,874 | 25,395 |  4,246 | 29,217 |100.0 | 85.3 |  5.9 |  2.7 |    2.6 |    0.4 |     3.0
1986-87 .......|  991,264 |841,818 | 56,560 |26,988 | 32,624 |  3,968 | 29,306 |100.0 | 84.9 |  5.7 |  2.7 |    3.3 |    0.4 |     3.0
1988-89\5\ ....|1,016,350 |859,703 | 58,078 |29,918 | 37,674 |  3,951 | 27,026 |100.0 | 84.6 |  5.7 |  2.9 |    3.7 |    0.4 |     2.7
1989-90 .......|1,051,344 |887,151 | 61,046 |32,829 | 39,230 |  4,390 | 26,698 |100.0 | 84.4 |  5.8 |  3.1 |    3.7 |    0.4 |     2.5
1990-91 .......|1,094,538 |914,093 | 66,375 |37,342 | 42,529 |  4,583 | 29,616 |100.0 | 83.5 |  6.1 |  3.4 |    3.9 |    0.4 |     2.7
1991-92 .......|1,136,553 |941,663 | 72,680 |41,087 | 47,428 |  5,228 | 28,467 |100.0 | 82.9 |  6.4 |  3.6 |    4.2 |    0.5 |     2.5
1992-93 .......|1,165,178 |952,194 | 78,099 |45,417 | 51,481 |  5,683 | 32,304 |100.0 | 81.7 |  6.7 |  3.9 |    4.4 |    0.5 |     2.8
1993-94 .......|1,169,275 |939,008 | 83,909 |50,299 | 55,689 |  6,192 | 34,178 |100.0 | 80.3 |  7.2 |  4.3 |    4.8 |    0.5 |     2.9
1994-95 .......|1,160,134 |914,610 | 87,236 |54,230 | 60,502 |  6,610 | 36,946 |100.0 | 78.8 |  7.5 |  4.7 |    5.2 |    0.6 |     3.2
1995-96 .......|1,164,792 |905,846 | 91,496 |58,351 | 64,433 |  6,976 | 37,690 |100.0 | 77.8 |  7.9 |  5.0 |    5.5 |    0.6 |     3.2
1996-97 .......|1,172,879 |900,809 | 94,349 |62,509 | 68,859 |  7,425 | 38,928 |100.0 | 76.8 |  8.0 |  5.3 |    5.9 |    0.6 |     3.3
1997-98 .......|1,184,406 |901,344 | 98,251 |66,005 | 71,678 |  7,903 | 39,225 |100.0 | 76.1 |  8.3 |  5.6 |    6.1 |    0.7 |     3.3
1998-99 .......|1,200,303 |907,245 |102,214 |70,085 | 74,197 |  8,423 | 38,139 |100.0 | 75.6 |  8.5 |  5.8 |    6.2 |    0.7 |     3.2
1999-2000 .....|1,237,875 |929,106 |108,013 |75,059 | 77,912 |  8,719 | 39,066 |100.0 | 75.1 |  8.7 |  6.1 |    6.3 |    0.7 |     3.2
2000-01 .......|1,244,171 |927,357 |111,307 |77,745 | 78,902 |  9,049 | 39,811 |100.0 | 74.5 |  8.9 |  6.2 |    6.3 |    0.7 |     3.2
               |__________|________|________|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________|_________
               |                               Men                             |                      Men                    |
               |_______________________________________________________________|_____________________________________________|_________
1976-77\1\ ....|  494,424 |438,161 | 25,147 |10,318 |  7,638 |  1,804 | 11,356 |100.0 | 88.6 |  5.1 |  2.1 |    1.5 |    0.4 |     2.3
1978-79\2\ ....|  476,065 |418,215 | 24,659 |10,418 |  8,261 |  1,736 | 12,776 |100.0 | 87.8 |  5.2 |  2.2 |    1.7 |    0.4 |     2.7
1980-81\3\ ....|  469,625 |406,173 | 24,511 |10,810 | 10,107 |  1,700 | 16,324 |100.0 | 86.5 |  5.2 |  2.3 |    2.2 |    0.4 |     3.5
1984-85\4\ ....|  476,148 |405,085 | 23,018 |12,402 | 13,554 |  1,998 | 20,091 |100.0 | 85.1 |  4.8 |  2.6 |    2.8 |    0.4 |     4.2
1986-87 .......|  480,782 |406,749 | 22,501 |12,865 | 17,253 |  1,817 | 19,597 |100.0 | 84.6 |  4.7 |  2.7 |    3.6 |    0.4 |     4.1
1988-89\5\ ....|  481,946 |407,154 | 22,370 |13,950 | 19,260 |  1,730 | 17,482 |100.0 | 84.5 |  4.6 |  2.9 |    4.0 |    0.4 |     3.6
1989-90 .......|  491,696 |414,982 | 23,257 |14,932 | 19,711 |  1,860 | 16,954 |100.0 | 84.4 |  4.7 |  3.0 |    4.0 |    0.4 |     3.4
1990-91 .......|  504,045 |421,290 | 24,800 |16,598 | 21,203 |  1,938 | 18,216 |100.0 | 83.6 |  4.9 |  3.3 |    4.2 |    0.4 |     3.6
1991-92 .......|  520,811 |432,635 | 27,092 |18,167 | 23,652 |  2,195 | 17,070 |100.0 | 83.1 |  5.2 |  3.5 |    4.5 |    0.4 |     3.3
1992-93 .......|  532,881 |437,262 | 28,962 |19,883 | 25,303 |  2,450 | 19,021 |100.0 | 82.1 |  5.4 |  3.7 |    4.7 |    0.5 |     3.6
1993-94 .......|  532,422 |430,526 | 30,766 |21,834 | 26,952 |  2,620 | 19,724 |100.0 | 80.9 |  5.8 |  4.1 |    5.1 |    0.5 |     3.7
1994-95 .......|  526,131 |417,878 | 31,793 |23,626 | 28,992 |  2,739 | 21,103 |100.0 | 79.4 |  6.0 |  4.5 |    5.5 |    0.5 |     4.0
1995-96 .......|  522,454 |409,565 | 32,974 |25,029 | 30,669 |  2,885 | 21,332 |100.0 | 78.4 |  6.3 |  4.8 |    5.9 |    0.6 |     4.1
1996-97 .......|  520,515 |403,366 | 33,616 |26,318 | 32,521 |  2,996 | 21,698 |100.0 | 77.5 |  6.5 |  5.1 |    6.2 |    0.6 |     4.2
1997-98 .......|  519,956 |399,553 | 34,510 |27,677 | 33,445 |  3,151 | 21,620 |100.0 | 76.8 |  6.6 |  5.3 |    6.4 |    0.6 |     4.2
1998-99 .......|  518,746 |396,996 | 34,876 |28,662 | 34,225 |  3,323 | 20,664 |100.0 | 76.5 |  6.7 |  5.5 |    6.6 |    0.6 |     4.0
1999-2000 .....|  530,367 |402,961 | 37,024 |30,301 | 35,853 |  3,464 | 20,764 |100.0 | 76.0 |  7.0 |  5.7 |    6.8 |    0.7 |     3.9
2000-01 .......|  531,840 |401,780 | 38,103 |31,368 | 35,865 |  3,700 | 21,024 |100.0 | 75.5 |  7.2 |  5.9 |    6.7 |    0.7 |     4.0
               |__________|________|________|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________|_________
               |                              Women                            |                     Women                   |
               |_______________________________________________________________|_____________________________________________|_________
1976-77\1\ ....|  423,476 |369,527 | 33,489 | 8,425 |  6,155 |  1,522 |  4,358 |100.0 | 87.3 |  7.9 |  2.0 |    1.5 |    0.4 |     1.0
1978-79\2\ ....|  443,475 |384,327 | 35,587 | 9,678 |  7,146 |  1,674 |  5,063 |100.0 | 86.7 |  8.0 |  2.2 |    1.6 |    0.4 |     1.1
1980-81\3\ ....|  465,175 |401,146 | 36,162 |11,022 |  8,687 |  1,893 |  6,265 |100.0 | 86.2 |  7.8 |  2.4 |    1.9 |    0.4 |     1.3
1984-85\4\ ....|  492,163 |421,021 | 34,455 |13,472 | 11,841 |  2,248 |  9,126 |100.0 | 85.5 |  7.0 |  2.7 |    2.4 |    0.5 |     1.9
1986-87 .......|  510,482 |435,069 | 34,059 |14,123 | 15,371 |  2,151 |  9,709 |100.0 | 85.2 |  6.7 |  2.8 |    3.0 |    0.4 |     1.9
1988-89\5\ ....|  534,404 |452,549 | 35,708 |15,968 | 18,414 |  2,221 |  9,544 |100.0 | 84.7 |  6.7 |  3.0 |    3.4 |    0.4 |     1.8
1989-90 .......|  559,648 |472,169 | 37,789 |17,897 | 19,519 |  2,530 |  9,744 |100.0 | 84.4 |  6.8 |  3.2 |    3.5 |    0.5 |     1.7
1990-91 .......|  590,493 |492,803 | 41,575 |20,744 | 21,326 |  2,645 | 11,400 |100.0 | 83.5 |  7.0 |  3.5 |    3.6 |    0.4 |     1.9
1991-92 .......|  615,742 |509,028 | 45,588 |22,920 | 23,776 |  3,033 | 11,397 |100.0 | 82.7 |  7.4 |  3.7 |    3.9 |    0.5 |     1.9
1992-93 .......|  632,297 |514,932 | 49,137 |25,534 | 26,178 |  3,233 | 13,283 |100.0 | 81.4 |  7.8 |  4.0 |    4.1 |    0.5 |     2.1
1993-94 .......|  636,853 |508,482 | 53,143 |28,465 | 28,737 |  3,572 | 14,454 |100.0 | 79.8 |  8.3 |  4.5 |    4.5 |    0.6 |     2.3
1994-95 .......|  634,003 |496,732 | 55,443 |30,604 | 31,510 |  3,871 | 15,843 |100.0 | 78.3 |  8.7 |  4.8 |    5.0 |    0.6 |     2.5
1995-96 .......|  642,338 |496,281 | 58,522 |33,322 | 33,764 |  4,091 | 16,358 |100.0 | 77.3 |  9.1 |  5.2 |    5.3 |    0.6 |     2.5
1996-97 .......|  652,364 |497,443 | 60,733 |36,191 | 36,338 |  4,429 | 17,230 |100.0 | 76.3 |  9.3 |  5.5 |    5.6 |    0.7 |     2.6
1997-98 .......|  664,450 |501,791 | 63,741 |38,328 | 38,233 |  4,752 | 17,605 |100.0 | 75.5 |  9.6 |  5.8 |    5.8 |    0.7 |     2.6
1998-99 .......|  681,557 |510,249 | 67,338 |41,423 | 39,972 |  5,100 | 17,475 |100.0 | 74.9 |  9.9 |  6.1 |    5.9 |    0.7 |     2.6
1999-2000 .....|  707,508 |526,145 | 70,989 |44,758 | 42,059 |  5,255 | 18,302 |100.0 | 74.4 | 10.0 |  6.3 |    5.9 |    0.7 |     2.6
2000-01 .......|  712,331 |525,577 | 73,204 |46,377 | 43,037 |  5,349 | 18,787 |100.0 | 73.8 | 10.3 |  6.5 |    6.0 |    0.8 |     2.6
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\1\Excludes 1,121 men and 528 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\2\Excludes 1,279 men and 571 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\3\Excludes 258 men and 82 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\4\Excludes 6,380 men and 4,786 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\5\Excludes 1,400 men and 1,005 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

NOTE: For years 1984-85 to 2000-01, 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 were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Some data have been revised from previously published figures. 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 November 2002.)


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