Table 324.20.

Doctor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Selected years, 1976-77 through 2018-19

Year and sex	Number of degrees conferred1 to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and nonresident aliens								Percentage distribution of degrees conferred1 to U.S. citizens and permanent residents
	Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races2	Non- resi- dent alien	Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races2
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Total
1976-773	91,218	79,932	3,575	1,533	1,674	240	---	4,264	100.0	91.9	4.1	1.8	1.9	0.3	---
1980-814	97,281	84,200	3,893	1,924	2,267	312	---	4,685	100.0	90.9	4.2	2.1	2.4	0.3	---
1990-91	105,547	81,791	4,429	3,210	5,120	356	---	10,641	100.0	86.2	4.7	3.4	5.4	0.4	---
1999-2000	118,736	82,984	7,078	5,042	10,682	708	---	12,242	100.0	77.9	6.6	4.7	10.0	0.7	---
2000-01	119,585	82,321	7,035	5,204	11,587	705	---	12,733	100.0	77.0	6.6	4.9	10.8	0.7	---
2004-05	134,271	89,628	8,541	6,111	13,178	789	---	16,024	100.0	75.8	7.2	5.2	11.1	0.7	---
2005-06	138,056	91,050	8,523	6,202	13,686	929	---	17,666	100.0	75.6	7.1	5.2	11.4	0.8	---
2006-07	144,694	94,225	9,371	6,576	14,727	917	---	18,878	100.0	74.9	7.4	5.2	11.7	0.7	---
2007-08	149,190	97,701	9,451	6,933	15,170	932	---	19,003	100.0	75.0	7.3	5.3	11.7	0.7	---
2008-09	154,564	101,400	10,188	7,497	15,840	978	---	18,661	100.0	74.6	7.5	5.5	11.7	0.7	---
2009-10	158,590	104,419	10,413	8,085	16,560	952	---	18,161	100.0	74.4	7.4	5.8	11.8	0.7	---
2010-11	163,827	105,990	10,934	8,662	17,078	947	1,251	18,965	100.0	73.2	7.5	6.0	11.8	0.7	0.9
2011-12	170,217	109,365	11,794	9,223	17,896	915	1,571	19,453	100.0	72.5	7.8	6.1	11.9	0.6	1.0
2012-13	175,026	110,759	12,085	10,108	18,406	900	2,440	20,328	100.0	71.6	7.8	6.5	11.9	0.6	1.6
2013-14	177,587	110,157	12,621	10,665	19,118	861	2,966	21,199	100.0	70.4	8.1	6.8	12.2	0.6	1.9
2014-15	178,548	108,914	13,272	11,263	19,186	884	3,670	21,359	100.0	69.3	8.4	7.2	12.2	0.6	2.3
2015-16	178,134	107,235	13,377	11,781	19,614	811	3,782	21,534	100.0	68.5	8.5	7.5	12.5	0.5	2.4
2016-17	181,357	107,444	14,070	12,493	20,345	747	4,166	22,092	100.0	67.5	8.8	7.8	12.8	0.5	2.6
2017-18	183,734	107,237	14,230	13,225	20,693	707	4,490	23,152	100.0	66.8	8.9	8.2	12.9	0.4	2.8
2018-19	187,568	107,567	15,118	14,142	21,040	720	5,090	23,891	100.0	65.7	9.2	8.6	12.9	0.4	3.1
Males
1976-773	71,709	62,977	2,338	1,216	1,311	182	---	3,685	100.0	92.6	3.4	1.8	1.9	0.3	---
1980-814	68,853	59,574	2,206	1,338	1,589	223	---	3,923	100.0	91.8	3.4	2.1	2.4	0.3	---
1990-91	64,242	48,812	1,991	1,835	3,038	196	---	8,370	100.0	87.4	3.6	3.3	5.4	0.4	---
1999-2000	64,930	45,308	2,762	2,602	5,467	333	---	8,458	100.0	80.2	4.9	4.6	9.7	0.6	---
2000-01	64,171	44,131	2,655	2,564	5,759	346	---	8,716	100.0	79.6	4.8	4.6	10.4	0.6	---
2004-05	67,231	44,729	2,904	2,864	5,907	370	---	10,457	100.0	78.8	5.1	5.0	10.4	0.7	---
2005-06	68,912	45,476	2,949	2,850	5,977	429	---	11,231	100.0	78.8	5.1	4.9	10.4	0.7	---
2006-07	71,311	46,215	3,223	3,037	6,449	421	---	11,966	100.0	77.9	5.4	5.1	10.9	0.7	---
2007-08	73,340	48,118	3,291	3,139	6,516	447	---	11,829	100.0	78.2	5.4	5.1	10.6	0.7	---
2008-09	75,674	49,880	3,531	3,388	6,914	460	---	11,501	100.0	77.7	5.5	5.3	10.8	0.7	---
2009-10	76,610	50,707	3,609	3,642	7,184	430	---	11,038	100.0	77.3	5.5	5.6	11.0	0.7	---
2010-11	79,672	51,688	3,838	3,990	7,545	454	557	11,600	100.0	75.9	5.6	5.9	11.1	0.7	0.8
2011-12	82,670	53,488	4,121	4,218	7,792	418	701	11,932	100.0	75.6	5.8	6.0	11.0	0.6	1.0
2012-13	85,080	54,196	4,310	4,473	8,190	400	1,085	12,426	100.0	74.6	5.9	6.2	11.3	0.6	1.5
2013-14	85,585	53,374	4,510	4,788	8,270	365	1,297	12,981	100.0	73.5	6.2	6.6	11.4	0.5	1.8
2014-15	84,922	52,069	4,464	5,011	8,330	410	1,678	12,960	100.0	72.4	6.2	7.0	11.6	0.6	2.3
2015-16	84,240	50,694	4,564	5,122	8,632	371	1,718	13,139	100.0	71.3	6.4	7.2	12.1	0.5	2.4
2016-17	84,649	50,002	4,794	5,421	8,906	307	1,780	13,439	100.0	70.2	6.7	7.6	12.5	0.4	2.5
2017-18	85,389	49,555	4,951	5,838	8,971	309	1,862	13,903	100.0	69.3	6.9	8.2	12.5	0.4	2.6
2018-19	85,769	48,819	5,076	6,022	8,976	306	2,138	14,432	100.0	68.4	7.1	8.4	12.6	0.4	3.0
Females
1976-773	19,509	16,955	1,237	317	363	58	---	579	100.0	89.6	6.5	1.7	1.9	0.3	---
1980-814	28,428	24,626	1,687	586	678	89	---	762	100.0	89.0	6.1	2.1	2.5	0.3	---
1990-91	41,305	32,979	2,438	1,375	2,082	160	---	2,271	100.0	84.5	6.2	3.5	5.3	0.4	---
1999-2000	53,806	37,676	4,316	2,440	5,215	375	---	3,784	100.0	75.3	8.6	4.9	10.4	0.7	---
2000-01	55,414	38,190	4,380	2,640	5,828	359	---	4,017	100.0	74.3	8.5	5.1	11.3	0.7	---
2004-05	67,040	44,899	5,637	3,247	7,271	419	---	5,567	100.0	73.0	9.2	5.3	11.8	0.7	---
2005-06	69,144	45,574	5,574	3,352	7,709	500	---	6,435	100.0	72.7	8.9	5.3	12.3	0.8	---
2006-07	73,383	48,010	6,148	3,539	8,278	496	---	6,912	100.0	72.2	9.2	5.3	12.5	0.7	---
2007-08	75,850	49,583	6,160	3,794	8,654	485	---	7,174	100.0	72.2	9.0	5.5	12.6	0.7	---
2008-09	78,890	51,520	6,657	4,109	8,926	518	---	7,160	100.0	71.8	9.3	5.7	12.4	0.7	0.0
2009-10	81,980	53,712	6,804	4,443	9,376	522	---	7,123	100.0	71.8	9.1	5.9	12.5	0.7	---
2010-11	84,155	54,302	7,096	4,672	9,533	493	694	7,365	100.0	70.7	9.2	6.1	12.4	0.6	0.9
2011-12	87,547	55,877	7,673	5,005	10,104	497	870	7,521	100.0	69.8	9.6	6.3	12.6	0.6	1.1
2012-13	89,946	56,563	7,775	5,635	10,216	500	1,355	7,902	100.0	68.9	9.5	6.9	12.5	0.6	1.7
2013-14	92,002	56,783	8,111	5,877	10,848	496	1,669	8,218	100.0	67.8	9.7	7.0	12.9	0.6	2.0
2014-15	93,626	56,845	8,808	6,252	10,856	474	1,992	8,399	100.0	66.7	10.3	7.3	12.7	0.6	2.3
2015-16	93,894	56,541	8,813	6,659	10,982	440	2,064	8,395	100.0	66.1	10.3	7.8	12.8	0.5	2.4
2016-17	96,708	57,442	9,276	7,072	11,439	440	2,386	8,653	100.0	65.2	10.5	8.0	13.0	0.5	2.7
2017-18	98,345	57,682	9,279	7,387	11,722	398	2,628	9,249	100.0	64.7	10.4	8.3	13.2	0.4	2.9
2018-19	101,799	58,748	10,042	8,120	12,064	414	2,952	9,459	100.0	63.6	10.9	8.8	13.1	0.4	3.2

---Not available.

1 Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level, as well as such degrees as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees that were classified as first-professional degrees prior to 2010-11.

2 For years prior to 2010-11, the survey did not yet include the "Two or more races" category, and each student could be counted in only one race category.

3 Excludes 500 males and 12 females whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

4 Excludes 714 males and 21 females whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. For 1989-90 and later years, reported racial/ethnic distributions of students by level of degree, field of study, and sex were used to estimate race/ethnicity for students whose race/ethnicity was not reported. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

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 and 1980-81; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:91); and IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2019, Completions component. (This table was prepared June 2020.)