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| Table 265. | Bachelor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group and sex of student: 1976-77 to 1994-95 |
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| | | | | |American |
Year and sex | Total | White, | Black, |Hispanic | Asian/ | Indian/ | Non-
of student | | non- | non- | | Pacific | Alaskan | resident
| |Hispanic|Hispanic| |Islander | Native | alien
____________________|__________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|__________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
____________________|__________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|__________
| Number of degrees conferred
|_____________________________________________________________________
1976-77, total\1\ ..| 917,900 |807,688 | 58,636 | 18,743 | 13,793 | 3,326 | 15,714
Men ..............| 494,424 |438,161 | 25,147 | 10,318 | 7,638 | 1,804 | 11,356
Women ............| 423,476 |369,527 | 33,489 | 8,425 | 6,155 | 1,522 | 4,358
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1978-79, total\2\ ..| 919,540 |802,542 | 60,246 | 20,096 | 15,407 | 3,410 | 17,839
Men ..............| 476,065 |418,215 | 24,659 | 10,418 | 8,261 | 1,736 | 12,776
Women ............| 443,475 |384,327 | 35,587 | 9,678 | 7,146 | 1,674 | 5,063
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1980-81, total\3\ ..| 934,800 |807,319 | 60,673 | 21,832 | 18,794 | 3,593 | 22,589
Men ..............| 469,625 |406,173 | 24,511 | 10,810 | 10,107 | 1,700 | 16,324
Women ............| 465,175 |401,146 | 36,162 | 11,022 | 8,687 | 1,893 | 6,265
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1984-85, total\4\ ..| 968,311 |826,106 | 57,473 | 25,874 | 25,395 | 4,246 | 29,217
Men ..............| 476,148 |405,085 | 23,018 | 12,402 | 13,554 | 1,998 | 20,091
Women ............| 492,163 |421,021 | 34,455 | 13,472 | 11,841 | 2,248 | 9,126
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1986-87, total\5\ ..| 991,264 |841,818 | 56,560 | 26,988 | 32,624 | 3,968 | 29,306
Men ..............| 480,782 |406,749 | 22,501 | 12,865 | 17,253 | 1,817 | 19,597
Women ............| 510,482 |435,069 | 34,059 | 14,123 | 15,371 | 2,151 | 9,709
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1988-89, total\5,6\ |1,016,350 |859,703 | 58,078 | 29,918 | 37,674 | 3,951 | 27,026
Men ..............| 481,946 |407,154 | 22,370 | 13,950 | 19,260 | 1,730 | 17,482
Women ............| 534,404 |452,549 | 35,708 | 15,968 | 18,414 | 2,221 | 9,544
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1989-90, total\5,7\ |1,048,631 |884,376 | 61,063 | 32,844 | 39,248 | 4,392 | 26,708
Men ..............| 490,317 |413,573 | 23,262 | 14,941 | 19,721 | 1,859 | 16,961
Women ............| 558,314 |470,803 | 37,801 | 17,903 | 19,527 | 2,533 | 9,747
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1990-91, total\5,8\ |1,081,280 |904,062 | 65,341 | 36,612 | 41,618 | 4,513 | 29,134
Men ..............| 496,424 |415,505 | 24,328 | 16,158 | 20,678 | 1,901 | 17,854
Women ............| 584,856 |488,557 | 41,013 | 20,454 | 20,940 | 2,612 | 11,280
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1991-92, total\5,9\ |1,129,833 |936,771 | 72,326 | 40,761 | 46,720 | 5,176 | 28,079
Men ..............| 516,976 |429,842 | 26,956 | 17,976 | 23,248 | 2,182 | 16,772
Women ............| 612,857 |506,929 | 45,370 | 22,785 | 23,472 | 2,994 | 11,307
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1992-93, total\5,10\|1,159,931 |947,309 | 77,872 | 45,376 | 51,463 | 5,671 | 32,240
Men ..............| 530,541 |435,084 | 28,883 | 19,865 | 25,293 | 2,449 | 18,967
Women ............| 629,390 |512,225 | 48,989 | 25,511 | 26,170 | 3,222 | 13,273
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1993-94, total\5,11\|1,165,973 |936,227 | 83,576 | 50,241 | 55,660 | 6,189 | 34,080
Men ..............| 530,804 |429,121 | 30,648 | 21,807 | 26,938 | 2,616 | 19,674
Women ............| 635,169 |507,106 | 52,928 | 28,434 | 28,722 | 3,573 | 14,406
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1994-95, total\5,12\|1,158,788 |913,377 | 87,203 | 54,201 | 60,478 | 6,606 | 36,923
Men ..............| 525,174 |417,006 | 31,775 | 23,600 | 28,973 | 2,736 | 21,084
Women ............| 633,614 |496,371 | 55,428 | 30,601 | 31,505 | 3,870 | 15,839
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| Percentage distribution of degrees conferred
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1976-77, total\1\ ..| 100.0 | 88.0 | 6.4 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.7
Men ..............| 100.0 | 88.6 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 2.3
Women ............| 100.0 | 87.3 | 7.9 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.0
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1980-81, total\3\ ..| 100.0 | 86.4 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 2.4
Men ..............| 100.0 | 86.5 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 3.5
Women ............| 100.0 | 86.2 | 7.8 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 1.3
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1984-85, total\4\ ..| 100.0 | 85.3 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 3.0
Men ..............| 100.0 | 85.1 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 4.2
Women ............| 100.0 | 85.5 | 7.0 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 1.9
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1986-87, total\5\ ..| 100.0 | 84.9 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 3.0
Men ..............| 100.0 | 84.6 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 4.1
Women ............| 100.0 | 85.2 | 6.7 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 1.9
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1988-89, total\5,6\ | 100.0 | 84.6 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 2.7
Men ..............| 100.0 | 84.5 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 3.6
Women ............| 100.0 | 84.7 | 6.7 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 1.8
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1989-90, total\5,7\ | 100.0 | 84.3 | 5.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 2.5
Men ..............| 100.0 | 84.3 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 3.5
Women ............| 100.0 | 84.3 | 6.8 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1.7
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1990-91, total\5,8\ | 100.0 | 83.6 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 2.7
Men ..............| 100.0 | 83.7 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 3.6
Women ............| 100.0 | 83.5 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 1.9
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1991-92, total\5,9\ | 100.0 | 82.9 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 2.5
Men ..............| 100.0 | 83.1 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 3.2
Women ............| 100.0 | 82.7 | 7.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 1.8
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1992-93, total\5,10\| 100.0 | 81.7 | 6.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 0.5 | 2.8
Men ..............| 100.0 | 82.0 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 3.6
Women ............| 100.0 | 81.4 | 7.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 2.1
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1993-94, total\5,11\| 100.0 | 80.3 | 7.2 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 2.9
Men ..............| 100.0 | 80.8 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 0.5 | 3.7
Women ............| 100.0 | 79.8 | 8.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 2.3
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1994-95, total\5,12\| 100.0 | 78.8 | 7.5 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 0.6 | 3.2
Men ..............| 100.0 | 79.4 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 4.0
Women ............| 100.0 | 78.3 | 8.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 0.6 | 2.5
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\1\Excludes 1,121 men and 528 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\2\Excludes 1,279 men and 571 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \3\Excludes 258 men and 82 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \4\Excludes 6,380 men and 4,786 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \5\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. \6\Excludes 1,400 men and 1,005 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \7\Excludes 1,379 men and 1,334 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \8\Excludes 7,621 men and 5,637 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \9\Excludes 3,835 men and 2,885 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \10\Excludes 2,340 men and 2,907 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \11\Excludes 1,618 men and 1,684 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \12\Excludes 957 men and 389 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. NOTE.--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 April 1997.)
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