Table 271. | Doctor's degrees\1\ 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\2\ ..| 33,126 | 26,851 | 1,253 | 522 | 658 | 95 | 3,747 Men ..............| 25,036 | 20,032 | 766 | 383 | 540 | 67 | 3,248 Women ............| 8,090 | 6,819 | 487 | 139 | 118 | 28 | 499 | | | | | | | 1978-79, total\3\ ..| 32,675 | 26,138 | 1,268 | 439 | 811 | 104 | 3,915 Men ..............| 23,488 | 18,433 | 734 | 294 | 646 | 69 | 3,312 Women ............| 9,187 | 7,705 | 534 | 145 | 165 | 35 | 603 | | | | | | | 1980-81, total\4\ ..| 32,839 | 25,908 | 1,265 | 456 | 877 | 130 | 4,203 Men ..............| 22,595 | 17,310 | 694 | 277 | 655 | 95 | 3,564 Women ............| 10,244 | 8,598 | 571 | 179 | 222 | 35 | 639 | | | | | | | 1984-85, total\5\ ..| 32,307 | 23,934 | 1,154 | 677 | 1,106 | 119 | 5,317 Men ..............| 21,296 | 15,017 | 561 | 431 | 802 | 64 | 4,421 Women ............| 11,011 | 8,917 | 593 | 246 | 304 | 55 | 896 | | | | | | | 1986-87, total\6\ ..| 34,041 | 24,434 | 1,057 | 751 | 1,098 | 105 | 6,596 Men ..............| 22,061 | 14,812 | 485 | 441 | 794 | 57 | 5,472 Women ............| 11,980 | 9,622 | 572 | 310 | 304 | 48 | 1,124 | | | | | | | 1988-89, total\6,7\ | 35,659 | 24,884 | 1,066 | 629 | 1,323 | 85 | 7,672 Men ..............| 22,597 | 14,541 | 491 | 350 | 945 | 50 | 6,220 Women ............| 13,062 | 10,343 | 575 | 279 | 378 | 35 | 1,452 | | | | | | | 1989-90, total\6,8\ | 38,113 | 25,880 | 1,153 | 788 | 1,235 | 99 | 8,958 Men ..............| 24,248 | 15,105 | 533 | 423 | 871 | 49 | 7,267 Women ............| 13,865 | 10,775 | 620 | 365 | 364 | 50 | 1,691 | | | | | | | 1990-91, total\6,9\ | 38,547 | 25,328 | 1,211 | 732 | 1,459 | 102 | 9,715 Men ..............| 24,333 | 14,565 | 581 | 387 | 987 | 58 | 7,755 Women ............| 14,214 | 10,763 | 630 | 345 | 472 | 44 | 1,960 | | | | | | | 1991-92, total\6,10\| 40,090 | 25,813 | 1,223 | 811 | 1,559 | 118 | 10,566 Men ..............| 25,168 | 14,674 | 576 | 458 | 1,062 | 65 | 8,333 Women ............| 14,922 | 11,139 | 647 | 353 | 497 | 53 | 2,233 | | | | | | | 1992-93, total\6,11\| 42,021 | 26,700 | 1,352 | 827 | 1,582 | 106 | 11,454 Men ..............| 25,980 | 14,902 | 615 | 439 | 1,041 | 51 | 8,932 Women ............| 16,041 | 11,798 | 737 | 388 | 541 | 55 | 2,522 | | | | | | | 1993-94, total\6,12\| 43,149 | 27,156 | 1,393 | 903 | 2,025 | 134 | 11,538 Men ..............| 26,531 | 15,126 | 631 | 465 | 1,373 | 66 | 8,870 Women ............| 16,618 | 12,030 | 762 | 438 | 652 | 68 | 2,668 | | | | | | | 1994-95, total\6,13\| 44,427 | 27,826 | 1,667 | 984 | 2,690 | 130 | 11,130 Men ..............| 26,898 | 15,354 | 731 | 488 | 1,758 | 58 | 8,509 Women ............| 17,529 | 12,472 | 936 | 496 | 932 | 72 | 2,621 |==========|========|========|=========|=========|=========|========== | Percentage distribution of degrees conferred |_____________________________________________________________________ 1976-77, total\2\ ..| 100.0 | 81.1 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 11.3 Men ............. | 100.0 | 80.0 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 13.0 Women ............| 100.0 | 84.3 | 6.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 6.2 | | | | | | | 1980-81, total\4\ ..| 100.0 | 78.9 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 12.8 Men ............. | 100.0 | 76.6 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 15.8 Women ........... | 100.0 | 83.9 | 5.6 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 6.2 | | | | | | | 1984-85, total\5\ ..| 100.0 | 74.1 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 16.5 Men ............. | 100.0 | 70.5 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 20.8 Women ........... | 100.0 | 81.0 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 8.1 | | | | | | | 1988-89, total\6,7\ | 100.0 | 69.8 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 21.5 Men ..............| 100.0 | 64.3 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 0.2 | 27.5 Women ............| 100.0 | 79.2 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 11.1 | | | | | | | 1989-90, total\6,8\ | 100.0 | 67.9 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 23.5 Men ..............| 100.0 | 62.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 30.0 Women ............| 100.0 | 77.7 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 12.2 | | | | | | | 1990-91, total\6,9\ | 100.0 | 65.7 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 25.2 Men ..............| 100.0 | 59.9 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 31.9 Women ............| 100.0 | 75.7 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 13.8 | | | | | | | 1991-92, total\6,10\| 100.0 | 64.4 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 26.4 Men ..............| 100.0 | 58.3 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 0.3 | 33.1 Women ............| 100.0 | 74.6 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 15.0 | | | | | | | 1992-93, total\6,11\| 100.0 | 63.5 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 27.3 Men ..............| 100.0 | 57.4 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 34.4 Women ............| 100.0 | 73.5 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 15.7 | | | | | | | 1993-94, total\6,12\| 100.0 | 62.9 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 26.7 Men ..............| 100.0 | 57.0 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 33.4 Women ............| 100.0 | 72.4 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 16.1 | | | | | | | 1994-95, total\6,13\| 100.0 | 62.6 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 6.1 | 0.3 | 25.1 Men ..............| 100.0 | 57.1 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 6.5 | 0.2 | 31.6 Women ............| 100.0 | 71.2 | 5.3 | 2.8 | 5.3 | 0.4 | 15.0 ____________________|__________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|__________ |
\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. 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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