Doctor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by racial/ethnic group and sex of student: Selected years, 1976-77 to 2001-02

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Doctor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by racial/ethnic group and sex of student: Selected years, 1976-77 to 2001-02 cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center">

padding-left:4px" >____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Number of degrees conferred\1\ |Percentage distribution of degrees conferred __________________________________________|_______________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 |Islander| Alaska | alien | | His- | His- | |Islander| Alaska | alien | | Native | | |panic |panic | | | Native | _______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________|_________ | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 _______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________|_________ | | | | | | | | | | | | 522| 658| 95| 3,747| 100.0| 81.1| 3.8| 1.6| 2.0| 0.3| 11.3 439| 811| 104| 3,915| 100.0| 80.0| 3.9| 1.3| 2.5| 0.3| 12.0 456| 877| 130| 4,203| 100.0| 78.9| 3.9| 1.4| 2.7| 0.4| 12.8 677| 1,106| 119| 5,317| 100.0| 74.1| 3.6| 2.1| 3.4| 0.4| 16.5 751| 1,098| 105| 6,596| 100.0| 71.8| 3.1| 2.2| 3.2| 0.3| 19.4 629| 1,323| 85| 7,672| 100.0| 69.8| 3.0| 1.8| 3.7| 0.2| 21.5 780| 1,225| 98| 8,898| 100.0| 68.3| 3.0| 2.0| 3.2| 0.3| 23.2 757| 1,504| 106| 9,824| 100.0| 65.8| 3.2| 1.9| 3.8| 0.3| 25.0 824| 1,598| 120| 10,649| 100.0| 64.5| 3.0| 2.0| 3.9| 0.3| 26.2 824| 1,578| 107| 11,457| 100.0| 63.6| 3.2| 2.0| 3.7| 0.3| 27.2 900| 2,024| 134| 11,530| 100.0| 63.0| 3.2| 2.1| 4.7| 0.3| 26.7 984| 2,689| 130| 11,130| 100.0| 62.7| 3.8| 2.2| 6.1| 0.3| 25.0 997| 2,641| 159| 11,450| 100.0| 62.2| 3.7| 2.2| 5.9| 0.4| 25.6 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 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 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 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 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 26,905| 2,397| 1,432| 2,317| 180| 10,929| 100.0| 60.9| 5.4| 3.2| 5.2| 0.4| 24.7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 766| 383| 540| 67| 3,248| 100.0| 80.0| 3.1| 1.5| 2.2| 0.3| 13.0 734| 294| 646| 69| 3,312| 100.0| 78.5| 3.1| 1.3| 2.8| 0.3| 14.1 694| 277| 655| 95| 3,564| 100.0| 76.6| 3.1| 1.2| 2.9| 0.4| 15.8 561| 431| 802| 64| 4,421| 100.0| 70.5| 2.6| 2.0| 3.8| 0.3| 20.8 485| 441| 794| 57| 5,472| 100.0| 67.1| 2.2| 2.0| 3.6| 0.3| 24.8 491| 350| 945| 50| 6,220| 100.0| 64.3| 2.2| 1.5| 4.2| 0.2| 27.5 531| 419| 865| 49| 7,223| 100.0| 62.8| 2.2| 1.7| 3.5| 0.2| 29.6 597| 399| 1,017| 59| 7,831| 100.0| 60.0| 2.4| 1.6| 4.1| 0.2| 31.6 584| 465| 1,088| 66| 8,398| 100.0| 58.5| 2.3| 1.8| 4.3| 0.3| 32.9 617| 437| 1,040| 52| 8,936| 100.0| 57.5| 2.4| 1.7| 4.0| 0.2| 34.3 627| 463| 1,373| 66| 8,864| 100.0| 57.1| 2.4| 1.7| 5.2| 0.2| 33.4 730| 488| 1,756| 58| 8,509| 100.0| 57.1| 2.7| 1.8| 6.5| 0.2| 31.6 727| 514| 1,692| 80| 8,716| 100.0| 56.3| 2.7| 1.9| 6.3| 0.3| 32.5 795| 585| 1,645| 87| 8,535| 100.0| 57.1| 2.9| 2.2| 6.1| 0.3| 31.4 824| 652| 1,392| 83| 8,314| 100.0| 57.8| 3.1| 2.4| 5.2| 0.3| 31.2 873| 625| 1,337| 92| 7,493| 100.0| 58.6| 3.5| 2.5| 5.3| 0.4| 29.8 876| 611| 1,356| 57| 7,656| 100.0| 57.8| 3.5| 2.4| 5.4| 0.2| 30.6 855| 687| 1,453| 76| 7,720| 100.0| 56.4| 3.5| 2.8| 5.9| 0.3| 31.2 921| 649| 1,240| 67| 7,497| 100.0| 56.2| 3.9| 2.7| 5.2| 0.3| 31.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 487| 139| 118| 28| 499| 100.0| 84.3| 6.0| 1.7| 1.5| 0.3| 6.2 534| 145| 165| 35| 603| 100.0| 83.9| 5.8| 1.6| 1.8| 0.4| 6.6 571| 179| 222| 35| 639| 100.0| 83.9| 5.6| 1.7| 2.2| 0.3| 6.2 593| 246| 304| 55| 896| 100.0| 81.0| 5.4| 2.2| 2.8| 0.5| 8.1 572| 310| 304| 48| 1,124| 100.0| 80.3| 4.8| 2.6| 2.5| 0.4| 9.4 575| 279| 378| 35| 1,452| 100.0| 79.2| 4.4| 2.1| 2.9| 0.3| 11.1 618| 361| 360| 49| 1,675| 100.0| 78.1| 4.4| 2.6| 2.6| 0.4| 12.0 651| 358| 487| 47| 1,993| 100.0| 75.7| 4.5| 2.5| 3.3| 0.3| 13.7 655| 359| 510| 54| 2,251| 100.0| 74.6| 4.3| 2.4| 3.4| 0.4| 14.9 733| 387| 538| 55| 2,521| 100.0| 73.6| 4.6| 2.4| 3.4| 0.3| 15.7 758| 437| 651| 68| 2,666| 100.0| 72.5| 4.6| 2.6| 3.9| 0.4| 16.0 937| 496| 933| 72| 2,621| 100.0| 71.1| 5.3| 2.8| 5.3| 0.4| 15.0 905| 483| 949| 79| 2,734| 100.0| 71.1| 5.1| 2.7| 5.3| 0.4| 15.4 535| 1,022| 88| 2,918| 100.0| 69.9| 5.7| 2.9| 5.5| 0.5| 15.6 623| 947| 103| 3,026| 100.0| 69.3| 6.4| 3.2| 4.9| 0.5| 15.6 677| 962| 102| 2,815| 100.0| 69.3| 6.7| 3.6| 5.1| 0.5| 14.9 694| 1,064| 103| 3,178| 100.0| 67.6| 6.9| 3.5| 5.4| 0.5| 16.1 829| 1,134| 101| 3,243| 100.0| 67.0| 6.7| 4.1| 5.6| 0.5| 16.1 783| 1,077| 113| 3,432| 100.0| 66.4| 7.2| 3.8| 5.3| 0.6| 16.8 _______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________|_________

\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 2001-02, 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.) 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 1976-77 through 1984-85, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys, 1986-87 through 1998-99, and Fall 2000 through Fall 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared August 2003.)

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