Table 268. | Master's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group and sex of student: 1976-77 to 1994-95 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | |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\ ..| 316,602 |266,061 | 21,037 | 6,071 | 5,122 | 967 | 17,344 Men ..............| 167,396 |139,210 | 7,781 | 3,268 | 3,123 | 521 | 13,493 Women ............| 149,206 |126,851 | 13,256 | 2,803 | 1,999 | 446 | 3,851 | | | | | | | 1978-79, total\2\ ..| 300,255 |249,360 | 19,418 | 5,555 | 5,496 | 999 | 19,427 Men ..............| 152,637 |124,058 | 7,070 | 2,786 | 3,325 | 495 | 14,903 Women ............| 147,618 |125,302 | 12,348 | 2,769 | 2,171 | 504 | 4,524 | | | | | | | 1980-81, total\3\ ..| 294,183 |241,216 | 17,133 | 6,461 | 6,282 | 1,034 | 22,057 Men ..............| 145,666 |115,562 | 6,158 | 3,085 | 3,773 | 501 | 16,587 Women ............| 148,517 |125,654 | 10,975 | 3,376 | 2,509 | 533 | 5,470 | | | | | | | 1984-85, total\4\ ..| 280,421 |223,628 | 13,939 | 6,864 | 7,782 | 1,256 | 26,952 Men ..............| 139,417 |106,059 | 5,200 | 3,059 | 4,842 | 583 | 19,674 Women ............| 141,004 |117,569 | 8,739 | 3,805 | 2,940 | 673 | 7,278 | | | | | | | 1986-87, total\5\ ..| 289,349 |228,874 | 13,873 | 7,044 | 8,559 | 1,103 | 29,896 Men ..............| 141,269 |105,572 | 5,153 | 3,331 | 5,239 | 518 | 21,456 Women ............| 148,080 |123,302 | 8,720 | 3,713 | 3,320 | 585 | 8,440 | | | | | | | 1988-89, total\5,6\ | 309,770 |242,764 | 14,095 | 7,277 | 10,335 | 1,086 | 34,213 Men ..............| 148,872 |109,715 | 5,175 | 3,325 | 6,048 | 476 | 24,133 Women ............| 160,898 |133,049 | 8,920 | 3,952 | 4,287 | 610 | 10,080 | | | | | | | 1989-90, total\5,7\ | 322,465 |251,690 | 15,446 | 7,950 | 10,577 | 1,101 | 35,701 Men ..............| 152,926 |112,877 | 5,539 | 3,586 | 6,002 | 463 | 24,459 Women ............| 169,539 |138,813 | 9,907 | 4,364 | 4,575 | 638 | 11,242 | | | | | | | 1990-91, total\5,8\ | 328,645 |255,281 | 16,139 | 8,386 | 11,180 | 1,136 | 36,523 Men ..............| 151,796 |111,224 | 5,709 | 3,670 | 6,319 | 459 | 24,415 Women ............| 176,849 |144,057 | 10,430 | 4,716 | 4,861 | 677 | 12,108 | | | | | | | 1991-92, total\5,9\ | 348,682 |268,371 | 18,116 | 9,358 | 12,658 | 1,273 | 38,906 Men ..............| 159,543 |116,096 | 6,054 | 4,132 | 7,062 | 523 | 25,676 Women ............| 189,139 |152,275 | 12,062 | 5,226 | 5,596 | 750 | 13,230 | | | | | | | 1992-93, total\5,10\| 368,701 |278,829 | 19,780 | 10,665 | 13,866 | 1,407 | 44,154 Men ..............| 168,754 |120,225 | 6,821 | 4,735 | 7,544 | 586 | 28,843 Women ............| 199,947 |158,604 | 12,959 | 5,930 | 6,322 | 821 | 15,311 | | | | | | | 1993-94, total\5,11\| 385,419 |288,288 | 21,937 | 11,913 | 15,267 | 1,697 | 46,317 Men ..............| 175,355 |123,854 | 7,413 | 5,113 | 8,225 | 691 | 30,059 Women ............| 210,064 |164,434 | 14,524 | 6,800 | 7,042 | 1,006 | 16,258 | | | | | | | 1994-95, total\5,12\| 397,052 |292,784 | 24,171 | 12,907 | 16,842 | 1,621 | 48,727 Men ..............| 178,123 |123,809 | 8,103 | 5,490 | 8,920 | 659 | 31,142 Women ............| 218,929 |168,975 | 16,068 | 7,417 | 7,922 | 962 | 17,585 |==========|========|========|=========|=========|=========|========== | Percentage distribution of degrees conferred |_____________________________________________________________________ 1976-77, total\1\ ..| 100.0 | 84.0 | 6.6 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 5.5 Men ............. | 100.0 | 83.2 | 4.6 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 8.1 Women ............| 100.0 | 85.0 | 8.9 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.6 | | | | | | | 1978-79, total\2\ ..| 100.0 | 83.0 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 6.5 Men ............. | 100.0 | 81.3 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 9.8 Women ............| 100.0 | 84.9 | 8.4 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 3.1 | | | | | | | 1980-81, total\3\ ..| 100.0 | 82.0 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 7.5 Men ............. | 100.0 | 79.3 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 11.4 Women ........... | 100.0 | 84.6 | 7.4 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 3.7 | | | | | | | 1984-85, total\4\ ..| 100.0 | 79.7 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 9.6 Men ............. | 100.0 | 76.1 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 14.1 Women ........... | 100.0 | 83.4 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 5.2 | | | | | | | 1986-87, total\5\ ..| 100.0 | 79.1 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 10.3 Men ............. | 100.0 | 74.7 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 15.2 Women ........... | 100.0 | 83.3 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 5.7 | | | | | | | 1988-89, total\5,6\ | 100.0 | 78.4 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 11.0 Men ..............| 100.0 | 73.7 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 16.2 Women ............| 100.0 | 82.7 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 6.3 | | | | | | | 1989-90, total\5,7\ | 100.0 | 78.1 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 11.1 Men ..............| 100.0 | 73.8 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 16.0 Women ............| 100.0 | 81.9 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 6.6 | | | | | | | 1990-91, total\5,8\ | 100.0 | 77.7 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 11.1 Men ..............| 100.0 | 73.3 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 0.3 | 16.1 Women ............| 100.0 | 81.5 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 6.8 | | | | | | | 1991-92, total\5,9\ | 100.0 | 77.0 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 11.2 Men ..............| 100.0 | 72.8 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 16.1 Women ............| 100.0 | 80.5 | 6.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 7.0 | | | | | | | 1992-93, total\5,10\| 100.0 | 75.6 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 12.0 Men ..............| 100.0 | 71.2 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 17.1 Women ............| 100.0 | 79.3 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 7.7 | | | | | | | 1993-94, total\5,11\| 100.0 | 74.8 | 5.7 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 12.0 Men ..............| 100.0 | 70.6 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 17.1 Women ............| 100.0 | 78.3 | 6.9 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 7.7 | | | | | | | 1994-95, total\5,12\| 100.0 | 73.7 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 12.3 Men ..............| 100.0 | 69.5 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 17.5 Women ............| 100.0 | 77.2 | 7.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 8.0 ____________________|__________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|__________ |
\1\Excludes 387 men and 175 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\2\Excludes 733 men and 91 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \3\Excludes 1,377 men and 179 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \4\Excludes 3,973 men and 1,857 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 482 men and 369 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \7\Excludes 727 men and 1,109 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \8\Excludes 4,686 men and 3,837 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \9\Excludes 2,299 men and 1,857 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \10\Excludes 504 men and 380 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \11\Excludes 730 men and 921 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \12\Excludes 475 men and 102 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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