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Table 270. Doctor'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\1\                 |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\2\ ....| 33,126 | 26,851 | 1,253 |   522 |    658 |     95 |  3,747 |100.0 | 81.1 |  3.8 |  1.6 |    2.0 |    0.3 |    11.3
1978-79\3\ ....| 32,675 | 26,138 | 1,268 |   439 |    811 |    104 |  3,915 |100.0 | 80.0 |  3.9 |  1.3 |    2.5 |    0.3 |    12.0
1980-81\4\ ....| 32,839 | 25,908 | 1,265 |   456 |    877 |    130 |  4,203 |100.0 | 78.9 |  3.9 |  1.4 |    2.7 |    0.4 |    12.8
1984-85\5\ ....| 32,307 | 23,934 | 1,154 |   677 |  1,106 |    119 |  5,317 |100.0 | 74.1 |  3.6 |  2.1 |    3.4 |    0.4 |    16.5
1986-87 .......| 34,041 | 24,434 | 1,057 |   751 |  1,098 |    105 |  6,596 |100.0 | 71.8 |  3.1 |  2.2 |    3.2 |    0.3 |    19.4
1988-89\6\ ....| 35,659 | 24,884 | 1,066 |   629 |  1,323 |     85 |  7,672 |100.0 | 69.8 |  3.0 |  1.8 |    3.7 |    0.2 |    21.5
1989-90 .......| 38,371 | 26,221 | 1,149 |   780 |  1,225 |     98 |  8,898 |100.0 | 68.3 |  3.0 |  2.0 |    3.2 |    0.3 |    23.2
1990-91 .......| 39,294 | 25,855 | 1,248 |   757 |  1,504 |    106 |  9,824 |100.0 | 65.8 |  3.2 |  1.9 |    3.8 |    0.3 |    25.0
1991-92 .......| 40,659 | 26,229 | 1,239 |   824 |  1,598 |    120 | 10,649 |100.0 | 64.5 |  3.0 |  2.0 |    3.9 |    0.3 |    26.2
1992-93 .......| 42,132 | 26,816 | 1,350 |   824 |  1,578 |    107 | 11,457 |100.0 | 63.6 |  3.2 |  2.0 |    3.7 |    0.3 |    27.2
1993-94 .......| 43,185 | 27,212 | 1,385 |   900 |  2,024 |    134 | 11,530 |100.0 | 63.0 |  3.2 |  2.1 |    4.7 |    0.3 |    26.7
1994-95 .......| 44,446 | 27,846 | 1,667 |   984 |  2,689 |    130 | 11,130 |100.0 | 62.7 |  3.8 |  2.2 |    6.1 |    0.3 |    25.0
1995-96 .......| 44,652 | 27,773 | 1,632 |   997 |  2,641 |    159 | 11,450 |100.0 | 62.2 |  3.7 |  2.2 |    5.9 |    0.4 |    25.6
1996-97 .......| 45,876 | 28,596 | 1,865 | 1,120 |  2,667 |    175 | 11,453 |100.0 | 62.3 |  4.1 |  2.4 |    5.8 |    0.4 |    25.0
1997-98 .......| 46,010 | 28,803 | 2,067 | 1,275 |  2,339 |    186 | 11,340 |100.0 | 62.6 |  4.5 |  2.8 |    5.1 |    0.4 |    24.6
1998-99 .......| 44,077 | 27,838 | 2,136 | 1,302 |  2,299 |    194 | 10,308 |100.0 | 63.2 |  4.8 |  3.0 |    5.2 |    0.4 |    23.4
1999-2000 .....| 44,808 | 27,843 | 2,246 | 1,305 |  2,420 |    160 | 10,834 |100.0 | 62.1 |  5.0 |  2.9 |    5.4 |    0.4 |    24.2
2000-01 .......| 44,904 | 27,454 | 2,207 | 1,516 |  2,587 |    177 | 10,963 |100.0 | 61.1 |  4.9 |  3.4 |    5.8 |    0.4 |    24.4
               |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________|_________
               |                             Men                            |                      Men
               |____________________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________
1976-77\2\ ....| 25,036 | 20,032 |   766 |   383 |    540 |     67 |  3,248 |100.0 | 80.0 |  3.1 |  1.5 |    2.2 |    0.3 |    13.0
1978-79\3\ ....| 23,488 | 18,433 |   734 |   294 |    646 |     69 |  3,312 |100.0 | 78.5 |  3.1 |  1.3 |    2.8 |    0.3 |    14.1
1980-81\4\ ....| 22,595 | 17,310 |   694 |   277 |    655 |     95 |  3,564 |100.0 | 76.6 |  3.1 |  1.2 |    2.9 |    0.4 |    15.8
1984-85\5\ ....| 21,296 | 15,017 |   561 |   431 |    802 |     64 |  4,421 |100.0 | 70.5 |  2.6 |  2.0 |    3.8 |    0.3 |    20.8
1986-87 .......| 22,061 | 14,812 |   485 |   441 |    794 |     57 |  5,472 |100.0 | 67.1 |  2.2 |  2.0 |    3.6 |    0.3 |    24.8
1988-89\6\ ....| 22,597 | 14,541 |   491 |   350 |    945 |     50 |  6,220 |100.0 | 64.3 |  2.2 |  1.5 |    4.2 |    0.2 |    27.5
1989-90 .......| 24,401 | 15,314 |   531 |   419 |    865 |     49 |  7,223 |100.0 | 62.8 |  2.2 |  1.7 |    3.5 |    0.2 |    29.6
1990-91 .......| 24,756 | 14,853 |   597 |   399 |  1,017 |     59 |  7,831 |100.0 | 60.0 |  2.4 |  1.6 |    4.1 |    0.2 |    31.6
1991-92 .......| 25,557 | 14,956 |   584 |   465 |  1,088 |     66 |  8,398 |100.0 | 58.5 |  2.3 |  1.8 |    4.3 |    0.3 |    32.9
1992-93 .......| 26,073 | 14,991 |   617 |   437 |  1,040 |     52 |  8,936 |100.0 | 57.5 |  2.4 |  1.7 |    4.0 |    0.2 |    34.3
1993-94 .......| 26,552 | 15,159 |   627 |   463 |  1,373 |     66 |  8,864 |100.0 | 57.1 |  2.4 |  1.7 |    5.2 |    0.2 |    33.4
1994-95 .......| 26,916 | 15,375 |   730 |   488 |  1,756 |     58 |  8,509 |100.0 | 57.1 |  2.7 |  1.8 |    6.5 |    0.2 |    31.6
1995-96 .......| 26,841 | 15,112 |   727 |   514 |  1,692 |     80 |  8,716 |100.0 | 56.3 |  2.7 |  1.9 |    6.3 |    0.3 |    32.5
1996-97 .......| 27,146 | 15,499 |   795 |   585 |  1,645 |     87 |  8,535 |100.0 | 57.1 |  2.9 |  2.2 |    6.1 |    0.3 |    31.4
1997-98 .......| 26,664 | 15,399 |   824 |   652 |  1,392 |     83 |  8,314 |100.0 | 57.8 |  3.1 |  2.4 |    5.2 |    0.3 |    31.2
1998-99 .......| 25,146 | 14,726 |   873 |   625 |  1,337 |     92 |  7,493 |100.0 | 58.6 |  3.5 |  2.5 |    5.3 |    0.4 |    29.8
1999-2000 .....| 25,028 | 14,472 |   876 |   611 |  1,356 |     57 |  7,656 |100.0 | 57.8 |  3.5 |  2.4 |    5.4 |    0.2 |    30.6
2000-01 .......| 24,728 | 13,937 |   855 |   687 |  1,453 |     76 |  7,720 |100.0 | 56.4 |  3.5 |  2.8 |    5.9 |    0.3 |    31.2
               |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________|_________
               |                           Women                            |                     Women
               |____________________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________
1976-77\2\ ....|  8,090 |  6,819 |   487 |   139 |    118 |     28 |    499 |100.0 | 84.3 |  6.0 |  1.7 |    1.5 |    0.3 |     6.2
1978-79\3\ ....|  9,187 |  7,705 |   534 |   145 |    165 |     35 |    603 |100.0 | 83.9 |  5.8 |  1.6 |    1.8 |    0.4 |     6.6
1980-81\4\ ....| 10,244 |  8,598 |   571 |   179 |    222 |     35 |    639 |100.0 | 83.9 |  5.6 |  1.7 |    2.2 |    0.3 |     6.2
1984-85\5\ ....| 11,011 |  8,917 |   593 |   246 |    304 |     55 |    896 |100.0 | 81.0 |  5.4 |  2.2 |    2.8 |    0.5 |     8.1
1986-87 .......| 11,980 |  9,622 |   572 |   310 |    304 |     48 |  1,124 |100.0 | 80.3 |  4.8 |  2.6 |    2.5 |    0.4 |     9.4
1988-89\6\ ....| 13,062 | 10,343 |   575 |   279 |    378 |     35 |  1,452 |100.0 | 79.2 |  4.4 |  2.1 |    2.9 |    0.3 |    11.1
1989-90 .......| 13,970 | 10,907 |   618 |   361 |    360 |     49 |  1,675 |100.0 | 78.1 |  4.4 |  2.6 |    2.6 |    0.4 |    12.0
1990-91 .......| 14,538 | 11,002 |   651 |   358 |    487 |     47 |  1,993 |100.0 | 75.7 |  4.5 |  2.5 |    3.3 |    0.3 |    13.7
1991-92 .......| 15,102 | 11,273 |   655 |   359 |    510 |     54 |  2,251 |100.0 | 74.6 |  4.3 |  2.4 |    3.4 |    0.4 |    14.9
1992-93 .......| 16,059 | 11,825 |   733 |   387 |    538 |     55 |  2,521 |100.0 | 73.6 |  4.6 |  2.4 |    3.4 |    0.3 |    15.7
1993-94 .......| 16,633 | 12,053 |   758 |   437 |    651 |     68 |  2,666 |100.0 | 72.5 |  4.6 |  2.6 |    3.9 |    0.4 |    16.0
1994-95 .......| 17,530 | 12,471 |   937 |   496 |    933 |     72 |  2,621 |100.0 | 71.1 |  5.3 |  2.8 |    5.3 |    0.4 |    15.0
1995-96 .......| 17,811 | 12,661 |   905 |   483 |    949 |     79 |  2,734 |100.0 | 71.1 |  5.1 |  2.7 |    5.3 |    0.4 |    15.4
1996-97 .......| 18,730 | 13,097 | 1,070 |   535 |  1,022 |     88 |  2,918 |100.0 | 69.9 |  5.7 |  2.9 |    5.5 |    0.5 |    15.6
1997-98 .......| 19,346 | 13,404 | 1,243 |   623 |    947 |    103 |  3,026 |100.0 | 69.3 |  6.4 |  3.2 |    4.9 |    0.5 |    15.6
1998-99 .......| 18,931 | 13,112 | 1,263 |   677 |    962 |    102 |  2,815 |100.0 | 69.3 |  6.7 |  3.6 |    5.1 |    0.5 |    14.9
1999-2000 .....| 19,780 | 13,371 | 1,370 |   694 |  1,064 |    103 |  3,178 |100.0 | 67.6 |  6.9 |  3.5 |    5.4 |    0.5 |    16.1
2000-01 .......| 20,176 | 13,517 | 1,352 |   829 |  1,134 |    101 |  3,243 |100.0 | 67.0 |  6.7 |  4.1 |    5.6 |    0.5 |    16.1
_______________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________|_________

\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.

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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