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| Table 274. | First-professional 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\ .| 63,953 | 58,422 | 2,537 | 1,076 | 1,021 | 196 | 701
Men .............| 51,980 | 47,777 | 1,761 | 893 | 776 | 159 | 614
Women ...........| 11,973 | 10,645 | 776 | 183 | 245 | 37 | 87
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1978-79, total\2\ .| 68,611 | 62,430 | 2,836 | 1,283 | 1,205 | 216 | 641
Men .............| 52,425 | 48,123 | 1,783 | 989 | 860 | 150 | 520
Women ...........| 16,186 | 14,307 | 1,053 | 294 | 345 | 66 | 121
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1980-81, total\3\ .| 71,340 | 64,551 | 2,931 | 1,541 | 1,456 | 192 | 669
Men .............| 52,194 | 47,629 | 1,772 | 1,131 | 991 | 134 | 537
Women ...........| 19,146 | 16,922 | 1,159 | 410 | 465 | 58 | 132
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1984-85, total\4\ .| 71,057 | 63,219 | 3,029 | 1,884 | 1,816 | 248 | 861
Men .............| 47,501 | 42,630 | 1,623 | 1,239 | 1,152 | 176 | 681
Women ...........| 23,556 | 20,589 | 1,406 | 645 | 664 | 72 | 180
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1986-87, total ....| 71,617 | 62,688 | 3,420 | 2,051 | 2,270 | 304 | 884
Men .............| 46,523 | 41,149 | 1,835 | 1,303 | 1,420 | 183 | 633
Women ...........| 25,094 | 21,539 | 1,585 | 748 | 850 | 121 | 251
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1988-89, total ....| 70,856 | 61,214 | 3,148 | 2,269 | 2,976 | 264 | 985
Men .............| 45,046 | 39,399 | 1,618 | 1,374 | 1,819 | 148 | 688
Women ...........| 25,810 | 21,815 | 1,530 | 895 | 1,157 | 116 | 297
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1989-90, total\5\ .| 70,744 | 60,240 | 3,410 | 2,427 | 3,362 | 257 | 1,048
Men .............| 43,778 | 37,850 | 1,672 | 1,450 | 1,963 | 135 | 708
Women ...........| 26,966 | 22,390 | 1,738 | 977 | 1,399 | 122 | 340
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1990-91, total\6\ .| 71,515 | 60,327 | 3,575 | 2,527 | 3,755 | 261 | 1,070
Men .............| 43,601 | 37,348 | 1,672 | 1,506 | 2,178 | 144 | 753
Women ...........| 27,914 | 22,979 | 1,903 | 1,021 | 1,577 | 117 | 317
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1991-92, total\7\ .| 72,129 | 59,800 | 3,560 | 2,766 | 4,455 | 296 | 1,252
Men .............| 43,812 | 36,939 | 1,603 | 1,635 | 2,593 | 157 | 885
Women ...........| 28,317 | 22,861 | 1,957 | 1,131 | 1,862 | 139 | 367
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1992-93, total\8\ .| 74,960 | 60,830 | 4,100 | 2,984 | 5,160 | 368 | 1,518
Men .............| 44,821 | 37,157 | 1,777 | 1,762 | 2,858 | 190 | 1,077
Women ...........| 30,139 | 23,673 | 2,323 | 1,222 | 2,302 | 178 | 441
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1993-94, total ....| 75,418 | 60,140 | 4,444 | 3,134 | 5,892 | 371 | 1,437
Men .............| 44,707 | 36,573 | 1,902 | 1,781 | 3,214 | 222 | 1,015
Women ...........| 30,711 | 23,567 | 2,542 | 1,353 | 2,678 | 149 | 422
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1994-95, total ....| 75,800 | 59,402 | 4,747 | 3,231 | 6,397 | 412 | 1,611
Men .............| 44,853 | 36,146 | 2,077 | 1,836 | 3,491 | 222 | 1,081
Women ...........| 30,947 | 23,256 | 2,670 | 1,395 | 2,906 | 190 | 530
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| Percentage distribution of degrees conferred
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1976-77, total\1\ .| 100.0 | 91.4 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 1.1
Men .............| 100.0 | 91.9 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.2
Women ...........| 100.0 | 88.9 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.7
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1978-79, total\2\ .| 100.0 | 91.0 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.9
Men .............| 100.0 | 91.8 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 1.0
Women ...........| 100.0 | 88.4 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.7
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1980-81, total\3\ .| 100.0 | 90.5 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.9
Men .............| 100.0 | 91.3 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 1.0
Women ...........| 100.0 | 88.4 | 6.1 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.7
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1984-85, total\4\ .| 100.0 | 89.0 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 1.2
Men .............| 100.0 | 89.7 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 1.4
Women ...........| 100.0 | 87.4 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.8
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1986-87, total ....| 100.0 | 87.5 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 1.2
Men .............| 100.0 | 88.4 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 1.4
Women ...........| 100.0 | 85.8 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 1.0
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1988-89, total ....| 100.0 | 86.4 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 1.4
Men .............| 100.0 | 87.5 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 1.5
Women ...........| 100.0 | 84.5 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 1.2
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1989-90, total\5\ .| 100.0 | 85.2 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 1.5
Men .............| 100.0 | 86.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 1.6
Women ...........| 100.0 | 83.0 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 1.3
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1990-91, total\6\ .| 100.0 | 84.4 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 0.4 | 1.5
Men .............| 100.0 | 85.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 1.7
Women ...........| 100.0 | 82.3 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 0.4 | 1.1
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1991-92, total\7\ .| 100.0 | 82.9 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 0.4 | 1.7
Men .............| 100.0 | 84.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 0.4 | 2.0
Women ...........| 100.0 | 80.7 | 6.9 | 4.0 | 6.6 | 0.5 | 1.3
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1992-93, total\8\ .| 100.0 | 81.1 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 6.9 | 0.5 | 2.0
Men .............| 100.0 | 82.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 6.4 | 0.4 | 2.4
Women ...........| 100.0 | 78.5 | 7.7 | 4.1 | 7.6 | 0.6 | 1.5
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1993-94, total ....| 100.0 | 79.7 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 7.8 | 0.5 | 1.9
Men .............| 100.0 | 81.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 7.2 | 0.5 | 2.3
Women ...........| 100.0 | 76.7 | 8.3 | 4.4 | 8.7 | 0.5 | 1.4
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1994-95, total ....| 100.0 | 78.4 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 8.4 | 0.5 | 2.1
Men .............| 100.0 | 80.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 7.8 | 0.5 | 2.4
Women ...........| 100.0 | 75.1 | 8.6 | 4.5 | 9.4 | 0.6 | 1.7
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\1\Excludes 394 men and 12 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\2\Excludes 227 men and 10 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \3\Excludes 598 men and 18 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \4\Excludes 2,954 men and 1,052 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \5\Excludes 183 men and 61 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \6\Excludes 245 men and 188 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \7\Excludes 1,259 men and 758 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \8\Excludes 332 men and 95 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. NOTE.--For years 1984-85 to 1994-95, reported racial/ethnic distributions of SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education
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