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Selected characteristic |1979-80|1989-90| 1990-91|1991-92|1992-93|1993-94|1994-95|1995-96|1996-97|1997-98|1998-99|1999-2000|2000-01| 2001-02|2002-03
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Number of degrees ................| 3,863| 3,822| 4,099| 4,444| 4,482| 4,744| 5,061| 5,116| 5,387| 5,499| 5,468| 5,634| 5,589| 5,373| 5,412
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Sex (percent) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male ...........................| 60.4| 54.4| 53.5| 53.7| 52.5| 52.3| 51.7| 50.3| 51.9| 51.3| 51.1| 49.7| 49.4| 49.6| 49.2
Female .........................| 39.6| 45.6| 46.5| 46.3| 47.5| 47.7| 48.3| 49.7| 48.1| 48.7| 48.9| 50.3| 50.6| 50.4| 50.8
Racial/ethnic group (percent)\1\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic ............| 91.6| 90.9| 89.9| 89.9| 88.9| 87.5| 87.8| 87.0| 86.4| 0.0| 85.8| 86.5| 85.6| 85.0| 84.6
Black, non-Hispanic ............| 3.0| 2.3| 3.0| 2.7| 3.0| 2.9| 2.9| 3.1| 3.6| 0.0| 4.2| 3.8| 4.2| 4.1| 3.9
Hispanic .......................| 3.0| 4.2| 4.3| 3.9| 4.2| 4.4| 3.8| 4.3| 4.5| 0.0| 4.7| 4.8| 5.3| 6.0| 6.3
Asian\2\........................| 2.0| 2.4| 2.5| 3.0| 3.6| 4.6| 5.1| 5.1| 4.9| 0.0| 4.8| 4.4| 4.4| 4.3| 4.7
American Indian/Alaska Native ..| 0.3| 0.3| 0.3| 0.5| 0.3| 0.6| 0.4| 0.5| 0.5| 0.0| 0.6| 0.5| 0.5| 0.5| 0.4
Citizenship (percent) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
United States ..................| 87.3| 78.3| 77.0| 77.7| 78.3| 78.3| 78.6| 77.4| 76.5| 77.1| 78.0| 78.5| 78.4| 77.0| 76.3
Foreign ........................| 8.8| 15.2| 18.3| 19.2| 18.7| 19.9| 19.4| 19.6| 16.1| 15.9| 17.4| 17.6| 17.1| 17.8| 19.2
Unknown ........................| 3.9| 6.5| 4.7| 3.2| 3.0| 1.8| 1.9| 3.0| 7.4| 7.0| 4.6| 3.9| 4.5| 5.2| 4.5
Median age at doctorate (years) ..| 33.4| 35.7| 35.8| 35.6| 35.6| 35.7| 35.4| 35.2| 35.2| 35.1| 35.1| 34.8| 35.0| 34.7| 34.6
Percent with bachelor's degree in | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
same field as doctorate .......| 64.2| 57.1| 57.7| 56.5| 56.4| 57.4| 56.6| 55.8| 46.1| 46.9| 48.2| 47.9| 55.1| 61.2| 60.2
Median time lapse from bachelor's | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
to doctorate (years) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total time .....................| 10.6| 12.2| 12.3| 12.0| 11.9| 12.0| 12.0| 11.8| 11.7| 11.6| 11.7| 11.4| 11.5| 11.5| 11.3
Registered time ................| 7.7| 8.3| 8.4| 8.3| 8.3| 8.5| 8.4| 8.3| 8.6| 8.7| 8.9| 8.8| 9.0| 9.0| 9.0
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