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Table 270. -  Doctor's degrees\1\ conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group and sex of student: 1976-77 to 1995-96
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               |             Number of degrees conferred                    |       Percentage distribution of degrees conferred
               |____________________________________________________________|______________________________________________________
               |        |        |       |       |        |American|        |      |      |      |      |        |American|
     Year      | Total  | White, |Black, | His-  | Asian/ |Indian/ |  Non-  |Total |White,|Black,| His- | Asian/ |Indian/ |  Non-
               |        |  non-  | non-  | panic |Pacific |Alaskan |resident|      | non- | non- |panic |Pacific |Alaskan |resident
               |        |  His-  | His-  |       |Islander| Native | alien  |      | His- | His- |      |Islander| Native | alien
               |        | panic  | panic |       |        |        |        |      |panic |panic |      |        |        |
_______________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________|________
       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\6\ ....| 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\6,7\ ..| 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\6,8\ ..| 38,113 | 25,880 | 1,153 |   788 |  1,235 |     99 |  8,958 |100.0 | 67.9 |  3.0 |  2.1 |    3.2 |    0.3 |   23.5
1990-91\6,9\ ..| 38,547 | 25,328 | 1,211 |   732 |  1,459 |    102 |  9,715 |100.0 | 65.7 |  3.1 |  1.9 |    3.8 |    0.3 |   25.2
1991-92\6,10\ .| 40,090 | 25,813 | 1,223 |   811 |  1,559 |    118 | 10,566 |100.0 | 64.4 |  3.1 |  2.0 |    3.9 |    0.3 |   26.4
1992-93\6,11\ .| 42,021 | 26,700 | 1,352 |   827 |  1,582 |    106 | 11,454 |100.0 | 63.5 |  3.2 |  2.0 |    3.8 |    0.3 |   27.3
1993-94\6,12\ .| 43,149 | 27,156 | 1,393 |   903 |  2,025 |    134 | 11,538 |100.0 | 62.9 |  3.2 |  2.1 |    4.7 |    0.3 |   26.7
1994-95\6,13\ .| 44,427 | 27,826 | 1,667 |   984 |  2,690 |    130 | 11,130 |100.0 | 62.6 |  3.8 |  2.2 |    6.1 |    0.3 |   25.1
1995-96\6,14\ .| 44,645 | 27,756 | 1,636 |   999 |  2,646 |    158 | 11,450 |100.0 | 62.2 |  3.7 |  2.2 |    5.9 |    0.4 |   25.6
               |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________|________
               |                             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\6\ ....| 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\6,7\ ..| 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\6,8\ ..| 24,248 | 15,105 |   533 |   423 |    871 |     49 |  7,267 |100.0 | 62.3 |  2.2 |  1.7 |    3.6 |    0.2 |   30.0
1990-91\6,9\ ..| 24,333 | 14,565 |   581 |   387 |    987 |     58 |  7,755 |100.0 | 59.9 |  2.4 |  1.6 |    4.1 |    0.2 |   31.9
1991-92\6,10\ .| 25,168 | 14,674 |   576 |   458 |  1,062 |     65 |  8,333 |100.0 | 58.3 |  2.3 |  1.8 |    4.2 |    0.3 |   33.1
1992-93\6,11\ .| 25,980 | 14,902 |   615 |   439 |  1,041 |     51 |  8,932 |100.0 | 57.4 |  2.4 |  1.7 |    4.0 |    0.2 |   34.4
1993-94\6,12\ .| 26,531 | 15,126 |   631 |   465 |  1,373 |     66 |  8,870 |100.0 | 57.0 |  2.4 |  1.8 |    5.2 |    0.2 |   33.4
1994-95\6,13\ .| 26,898 | 15,354 |   731 |   488 |  1,758 |     58 |  8,509 |100.0 | 57.1 |  2.7 |  1.8 |    6.5 |    0.2 |   31.6
1995-96\6,14\ .| 26,836 | 15,101 |   730 |   516 |  1,693 |     80 |  8,716 |100.0 | 56.3 |  2.7 |  1.9 |    6.3 |    0.3 |   32.5
               |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________|________
               |                           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\6\ ....| 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\6,7\ ..| 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\6,8\ ..| 13,865 | 10,775 |   620 |   365 |    364 |     50 |  1,691 |100.0 | 77.7 |  4.5 |  2.6 |    2.6 |    0.4 |   12.2
1990-91\6,9\ ..| 14,214 | 10,763 |   630 |   345 |    472 |     44 |  1,960 |100.0 | 75.7 |  4.4 |  2.4 |    3.3 |    0.3 |   13.8
1991-92\6,10\ .| 14,922 | 11,139 |   647 |   353 |    497 |     53 |  2,233 |100.0 | 74.6 |  4.3 |  2.4 |    3.3 |    0.4 |   15.0
1992-93\6,11\ .| 16,041 | 11,798 |   737 |   388 |    541 |     55 |  2,522 |100.0 | 73.5 |  4.6 |  2.4 |    3.4 |    0.3 |   15.7
1993-94\6,12\ .| 16,618 | 12,030 |   762 |   438 |    652 |     68 |  2,668 |100.0 | 72.4 |  4.6 |  2.6 |    3.9 |    0.4 |   16.1
1994-95\6,13\ .| 17,529 | 12,472 |   936 |   496 |    932 |     72 |  2,621 |100.0 | 71.2 |  5.3 |  2.8 |    5.3 |    0.4 |   15.0
1995-96\6,14\ .| 17,809 | 12,655 |   906 |   483 |    953 |     78 |  2,734 |100.0 | 71.1 |  5.1 |  2.7 |    5.4 |    0.4 |   15.4
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\1\Includes Ph.D., Ed.D, and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes first-professional 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\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.
\7\Excludes 51 men and 10 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.
\8\Excludes 153 men and 105 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.
\9\Excludes 423 men and 324 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.
\10\Excludes 389 men and 180 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.
\11\Excludes 93 men and 18 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.
\12\Excludes 21 men and 15 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.
\13\Excludes 18 men and 1 woman whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.
\14\Excludes 5 men and 2 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.

NOTE.--For years 1984-85 to 1995-96, 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. Because of rounding, percents may not add to 100.0.

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 June 1998.)


1998 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest