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Table 267. Master'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\ ....|316,602 |266,061 |21,037 | 6,071 |  5,122 |    967 | 17,344 |100.0 | 84.0 |  6.6 |  1.9 |    1.6 |    0.3 |     5.5
1978-79\2\ ....|300,255 |249,360 |19,418 | 5,555 |  5,496 |    999 | 19,427 |100.0 | 83.0 |  6.5 |  1.9 |    1.8 |    0.3 |     6.5
1980-81\3\ ....|294,183 |241,216 |17,133 | 6,461 |  6,282 |  1,034 | 22,057 |100.0 | 82.0 |  5.8 |  2.2 |    2.1 |    0.4 |     7.5
1984-85\4\ ....|280,421 |223,628 |13,939 | 6,864 |  7,782 |  1,256 | 26,952 |100.0 | 79.7 |  5.0 |  2.4 |    2.8 |    0.4 |     9.6
1986-87 .......|289,349 |228,874 |13,873 | 7,044 |  8,559 |  1,103 | 29,896 |100.0 | 79.1 |  4.8 |  2.4 |    3.0 |    0.4 |    10.3
1988-89\5\ ....|309,770 |242,764 |14,095 | 7,277 | 10,335 |  1,086 | 34,213 |100.0 | 78.4 |  4.6 |  2.3 |    3.3 |    0.4 |    11.0
1989-90 .......|324,301 |254,299 |15,336 | 7,892 | 10,439 |  1,090 | 35,245 |100.0 | 78.4 |  4.7 |  2.4 |    3.2 |    0.3 |    10.9
1990-91 .......|337,168 |261,232 |16,616 | 8,887 | 11,650 |  1,178 | 37,605 |100.0 | 77.5 |  4.9 |  2.6 |    3.5 |    0.3 |    11.2
1991-92 .......|352,838 |271,177 |18,256 | 9,521 | 12,960 |  1,280 | 39,644 |100.0 | 76.9 |  5.2 |  2.7 |    3.7 |    0.4 |    11.2
1992-93 .......|369,585 |279,827 |19,744 |10,638 | 13,863 |  1,405 | 44,108 |100.0 | 75.7 |  5.3 |  2.9 |    3.8 |    0.4 |    11.9
1993-94 .......|387,070 |289,536 |21,986 |11,933 | 15,411 |  1,699 | 46,505 |100.0 | 74.8 |  5.7 |  3.1 |    4.0 |    0.4 |    12.0
1994-95 .......|397,629 |293,345 |24,166 |12,905 | 16,847 |  1,621 | 48,745 |100.0 | 73.8 |  6.1 |  3.2 |    4.2 |    0.4 |    12.3
1995-96 .......|406,301 |298,133 |25,822 |14,442 | 18,216 |  1,778 | 47,910 |100.0 | 73.4 |  6.4 |  3.6 |    4.5 |    0.4 |    11.8
1996-97 .......|419,401 |305,005 |28,403 |15,440 | 19,061 |  1,940 | 49,552 |100.0 | 72.7 |  6.8 |  3.7 |    4.5 |    0.5 |    11.8
1997-98 .......|430,164 |308,196 |30,155 |16,248 | 21,133 |  2,053 | 52,379 |100.0 | 71.6 |  7.0 |  3.8 |    4.9 |    0.5 |    12.2
1998-99 .......|439,986 |313,487 |32,541 |17,838 | 22,072 |  2,016 | 52,032 |100.0 | 71.2 |  7.4 |  4.1 |    5.0 |    0.5 |    11.8
1999-2000 .....|457,056 |320,485 |35,874 |19,253 | 23,218 |  2,246 | 55,980 |100.0 | 70.1 |  7.8 |  4.2 |    5.1 |    0.5 |    12.2
2000-01 .......|468,476 |320,480 |38,265 |21,543 | 24,283 |  2,481 | 61,424 |100.0 | 68.4 |  8.2 |  4.6 |    5.2 |    0.5 |    13.1
               |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________|_________
               |                             Men                            |                      Men
               |____________________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________
1976-77\1\ ....|167,396 |139,210 | 7,781 | 3,268 |  3,123 |    521 | 13,493 |100.0 | 83.2 |  4.6 |  2.0 |    1.9 |    0.3 |     8.1
1978-79\2\ ....|152,637 |124,058 | 7,070 | 2,786 |  3,325 |    495 | 14,903 |100.0 | 81.3 |  4.6 |  1.8 |    2.2 |    0.3 |     9.8
1980-81\3\ ....|145,666 |115,562 | 6,158 | 3,085 |  3,773 |    501 | 16,587 |100.0 | 79.3 |  4.2 |  2.1 |    2.6 |    0.3 |    11.4
1984-85\4\ ....|139,417 |106,059 | 5,200 | 3,059 |  4,842 |    583 | 19,674 |100.0 | 76.1 |  3.7 |  2.2 |    3.5 |    0.4 |    14.1
1986-87 .......|141,269 |105,572 | 5,153 | 3,331 |  5,239 |    518 | 21,456 |100.0 | 74.7 |  3.6 |  2.4 |    3.7 |    0.4 |    15.2
1988-89\5\ ....|148,872 |109,715 | 5,175 | 3,325 |  6,048 |    476 | 24,133 |100.0 | 73.7 |  3.5 |  2.2 |    4.1 |    0.3 |    16.2
1989-90 .......|153,653 |114,203 | 5,474 | 3,548 |  5,896 |    455 | 24,077 |100.0 | 74.3 |  3.6 |  2.3 |    3.8 |    0.3 |    15.7
1990-91 .......|156,482 |114,419 | 5,916 | 3,936 |  6,575 |    488 | 25,148 |100.0 | 73.1 |  3.8 |  2.5 |    4.2 |    0.3 |    16.1
1991-92 .......|161,842 |117,512 | 6,112 | 4,220 |  7,234 |    529 | 26,235 |100.0 | 72.6 |  3.8 |  2.6 |    4.5 |    0.3 |    16.2
1992-93 .......|169,258 |120,783 | 6,803 | 4,722 |  7,545 |    584 | 28,821 |100.0 | 71.4 |  4.0 |  2.8 |    4.5 |    0.3 |    17.0
1993-94 .......|176,085 |124,409 | 7,424 | 5,122 |  8,298 |    692 | 30,140 |100.0 | 70.7 |  4.2 |  2.9 |    4.7 |    0.4 |    17.1
1994-95 .......|178,598 |124,277 | 8,097 | 5,487 |  8,923 |    659 | 31,155 |100.0 | 69.6 |  4.5 |  3.1 |    5.0 |    0.4 |    17.4
1995-96 .......|179,081 |124,847 | 8,445 | 5,843 |  9,400 |    705 | 29,841 |100.0 | 69.7 |  4.7 |  3.3 |    5.2 |    0.4 |    16.7
1996-97 .......|180,947 |125,552 | 8,960 | 6,246 |  9,218 |    734 | 30,237 |100.0 | 69.4 |  5.0 |  3.5 |    5.1 |    0.4 |    16.7
1997-98 .......|184,375 |125,605 | 9,652 | 6,512 | 10,262 |    782 | 31,562 |100.0 | 68.1 |  5.2 |  3.5 |    5.6 |    0.4 |    17.1
1998-99 .......|186,148 |126,674 |10,058 | 7,032 | 10,491 |    771 | 31,122 |100.0 | 68.1 |  5.4 |  3.8 |    5.6 |    0.4 |    16.7
1999-2000 .....|191,792 |128,046 |11,212 | 7,635 | 11,047 |    836 | 33,016 |100.0 | 66.8 |  5.8 |  4.0 |    5.8 |    0.4 |    17.2
2000-01 .......|194,351 |125,993 |11,568 | 8,271 | 11,349 |    917 | 36,253 |100.0 | 64.8 |  6.0 |  4.3 |    5.8 |    0.5 |    18.7
               |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________|_________
               |                           Women                            |                     Women
               |____________________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________
1976-77\1\ ....|149,206 |126,851 |13,256 | 2,803 |  1,999 |    446 |  3,851 |100.0 | 85.0 |  8.9 |  1.9 |    1.3 |    0.3 |     2.6
1978-79\2\ ....|147,618 |125,302 |12,348 | 2,769 |  2,171 |    504 |  4,524 |100.0 | 84.9 |  8.4 |  1.9 |    1.5 |    0.3 |     3.1
1980-81\3\ ....|148,517 |125,654 |10,975 | 3,376 |  2,509 |    533 |  5,470 |100.0 | 84.6 |  7.4 |  2.3 |    1.7 |    0.4 |     3.7
1984-85\4\ ....|141,004 |117,569 | 8,739 | 3,805 |  2,940 |    673 |  7,278 |100.0 | 83.4 |  6.2 |  2.7 |    2.1 |    0.5 |     5.2
1986-87 .......|148,080 |123,302 | 8,720 | 3,713 |  3,320 |    585 |  8,440 |100.0 | 83.3 |  5.9 |  2.5 |    2.2 |    0.4 |     5.7
1988-89\5\ ....|160,898 |133,049 | 8,920 | 3,952 |  4,287 |    610 | 10,080 |100.0 | 82.7 |  5.5 |  2.5 |    2.7 |    0.4 |     6.3
1989-90 .......|170,648 |140,096 | 9,862 | 4,344 |  4,543 |    635 | 11,168 |100.0 | 82.1 |  5.8 |  2.5 |    2.7 |    0.4 |     6.5
1990-91 .......|180,686 |146,813 |10,700 | 4,951 |  5,075 |    690 | 12,457 |100.0 | 81.3 |  5.9 |  2.7 |    2.8 |    0.4 |     6.9
1991-92 .......|190,996 |153,665 |12,144 | 5,301 |  5,726 |    751 | 13,409 |100.0 | 80.5 |  6.4 |  2.8 |    3.0 |    0.4 |     7.0
1992-93 .......|200,327 |159,044 |12,941 | 5,916 |  6,318 |    821 | 15,287 |100.0 | 79.4 |  6.5 |  3.0 |    3.2 |    0.4 |     7.6
1993-94 .......|210,985 |165,127 |14,562 | 6,811 |  7,113 |  1,007 | 16,365 |100.0 | 78.3 |  6.9 |  3.2 |    3.4 |    0.5 |     7.8
1994-95 .......|219,031 |169,068 |16,069 | 7,418 |  7,924 |    962 | 17,590 |100.0 | 77.2 |  7.3 |  3.4 |    3.6 |    0.4 |     8.0
1995-96 .......|227,220 |173,286 |17,377 | 8,599 |  8,816 |  1,073 | 18,069 |100.0 | 76.3 |  7.6 |  3.8 |    3.9 |    0.5 |     8.0
1996-97 .......|238,454 |179,453 |19,443 | 9,194 |  9,843 |  1,206 | 19,315 |100.0 | 75.3 |  8.2 |  3.9 |    4.1 |    0.5 |     8.1
1997-98 .......|245,789 |182,591 |20,503 | 9,736 | 10,871 |  1,271 | 20,817 |100.0 | 74.3 |  8.3 |  4.0 |    4.4 |    0.5 |     8.5
1998-99 .......|253,838 |186,813 |22,483 |10,806 | 11,581 |  1,245 | 20,910 |100.0 | 73.6 |  8.9 |  4.3 |    4.6 |    0.5 |     8.2
1999-2000 .....|265,264 |192,439 |24,662 |11,618 | 12,171 |  1,410 | 22,964 |100.0 | 72.5 |  9.3 |  4.4 |    4.6 |    0.5 |     8.7
2000-01 .......|274,125 |194,487 |26,697 |13,272 | 12,934 |  1,564 | 25,171 |100.0 | 70.9 |  9.7 |  4.8 |    4.7 |    0.6 |     9.2
_______________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________|_________

\1\Excludes 387 men and 175 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\2\Excludes 733 men and 91 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\3\Excludes 1,377 men and 179 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\4\Excludes 3,973 men and 1,857 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\5\Excludes 482 men and 369 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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