Associate degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by racial/ethnic group and sex of student: 1976-77 to 1999-2000

Table 265.

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             |             Number of degrees conferred                    |Percentage distribution of degrees conferred
             |____________________________________________________________|          to U.S. citizens
             |        |        |       |       |        |American|        |_____________________________________________
    Year     | Total  | White, |Black, | His-  | Asian/ |Indian/ |  Non-  |      |White,|Black,| His- | Asian/ |American
             |        |  non-  | non-  | panic |Pacific |Alaskan |resident|Total | non- | non- |panic |Pacific |Indian/
             |        |  His-  | His-  |       |Islander| Native | alien  |      | His- | His- |      |Islander|Alaskan
             |        | panic  | panic |       |        |        |        |      |panic |panic |      |        | Native
_____________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________
      1      |   2    |   3    |   4   |   5   |   6    |   7    |   8    |  9   |  10  |  11  |  12  |   13   |   14
_____________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________
             |                           Total                            |                     Total
             |____________________________________________________________|_____________________________________________
1976-77\1\ ..|404,956 |342,290 |33,159 |16,636 |  7,044 |  2,498 |  3,329 |100.0 | 85.2 |  8.3 |  4.1 |    1.8 |    0.6
1978-79\2\ ..|396,745 |331,092 |34,979 |16,269 |  7,518 |  2,336 |  4,551 |100.0 | 84.4 |  8.9 |  4.1 |    1.9 |    0.6
1980-81\3\ ..|410,174 |339,167 |35,330 |17,800 |  8,650 |  2,584 |  6,643 |100.0 | 84.0 |  8.8 |  4.4 |    2.1 |    0.6
1984-85\4\ ..|429,815 |355,343 |35,791 |19,407 |  9,914 |  2,953 |  6,407 |100.0 | 83.9 |  8.5 |  4.6 |    2.3 |    0.7
1986-87 .....|436,304 |361,861 |35,447 |19,334 | 11,779 |  3,195 |  4,688 |100.0 | 83.8 |  8.2 |  4.5 |    2.7 |    0.7
1988-89\5\ ..|432,144 |354,865 |34,664 |20,384 | 12,519 |  3,331 |  6,381 |100.0 | 83.3 |  8.1 |  4.8 |    2.9 |    0.8
1989-90\6\ ..|450,263 |369,580 |35,327 |22,195 | 13,482 |  3,530 |  6,149 |100.0 | 83.2 |  8.0 |  5.0 |    3.0 |    0.8
1990-91\7\ ..|462,030 |376,081 |37,657 |24,251 | 13,725 |  3,672 |  6,644 |100.0 | 82.6 |  8.3 |  5.3 |    3.0 |    0.8
1991-92\8\ ..|494,387 |400,530 |39,411 |26,905 | 15,596 |  4,008 |  7,937 |100.0 | 82.3 |  8.1 |  5.5 |    3.2 |    0.8
1992-93\9\ ..|508,154 |405,883 |42,340 |29,991 | 16,632 |  4,379 |  8,929 |100.0 | 81.3 |  8.5 |  6.0 |    3.3 |    0.9
1993-94\10\ .|529,106 |418,301 |45,461 |32,074 | 18,433 |  4,871 |  9,966 |100.0 | 80.6 |  8.8 |  6.2 |    3.6 |    0.9
1994-95\11\ .|538,545 |419,323 |47,142 |36,013 | 20,717 |  5,492 |  9,858 |100.0 | 79.3 |  8.9 |  6.8 |    3.9 |    1.0
1995-96\12\ .|553,625 |425,028 |51,672 |38,163 | 23,091 |  5,556 | 10,115 |100.0 | 78.2 |  9.5 |  7.0 |    4.2 |    1.0
1996-97\13\ .|563,620 |424,364 |55,260 |42,645 | 24,829 |  5,927 | 10,595 |100.0 | 76.7 | 10.0 |  7.7 |    4.5 |    1.1
1997-98\14\ .|555,538 |411,336 |55,008 |45,627 | 25,047 |  6,220 | 12,300 |100.0 | 75.7 | 10.1 |  8.4 |    4.6 |    1.1
1998-99 .....|559,954 |408,844 |57,405 |48,643 | 27,566 |  6,417 | 11,079 |100.0 | 74.5 | 10.5 |  8.9 |    5.0 |    1.2
1999-2000 ...|564,933 |408,508 |60,181 |51,541 | 27,764 |  6,494 | 10,445 |100.0 | 73.7 | 10.9 |  9.3 |    5.0 |    1.2
             |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________
             |                             Men                            |                      Men
             |____________________________________________________________|_____________________________________________
1976-77\1\ ..|209,672 |178,236 |15,330 | 9,105 |  3,630 |  1,216 |  2,155 |100.0 | 85.9 |  7.4 |  4.4 |    1.7 |    0.6
1978-79\2\ ..|187,284 |156,671 |14,425 | 8,135 |  4,058 |  1,069 |  2,926 |100.0 | 85.0 |  7.8 |  4.4 |    2.2 |    0.6
1980-81\3\ ..|183,819 |151,242 |14,290 | 8,327 |  4,557 |  1,108 |  4,295 |100.0 | 84.2 |  8.0 |  4.6 |    2.5 |    0.6
1984-85\4\ ..|190,409 |157,278 |14,184 | 8,561 |  5,492 |  1,198 |  3,696 |100.0 | 84.2 |  7.6 |  4.6 |    2.9 |    0.6
1986-87 .....|190,839 |158,132 |13,959 | 8,760 |  6,169 |  1,263 |  2,556 |100.0 | 84.0 |  7.4 |  4.7 |    3.3 |    0.7
1988-89\5\ ..|183,963 |150,978 |12,884 | 9,217 |  6,366 |  1,323 |  3,195 |100.0 | 83.5 |  7.1 |  5.1 |    3.5 |    0.7
1989-90\6\ ..|188,631 |154,748 |13,147 | 9,859 |  6,477 |  1,433 |  2,967 |100.0 | 83.3 |  7.1 |  5.3 |    3.5 |    0.8
1990-91\7\ ..|190,221 |155,330 |13,718 |10,210 |  6,440 |  1,373 |  3,150 |100.0 | 83.0 |  7.3 |  5.5 |    3.4 |    0.7
1991-92\8\ ..|202,808 |164,799 |14,294 |11,536 |  7,254 |  1,531 |  3,394 |100.0 | 82.6 |  7.2 |  5.8 |    3.6 |    0.8
1992-93\9\ ..|209,051 |167,312 |15,497 |12,924 |  7,877 |  1,663 |  3,778 |100.0 | 81.5 |  7.5 |  6.3 |    3.8 |    0.8
1993-94\10\ .|214,462 |170,137 |16,917 |13,204 |  8,288 |  1,836 |  4,080 |100.0 | 80.9 |  8.0 |  6.3 |    3.9 |    0.9
1994-95\11\ .|217,730 |169,475 |16,786 |15,717 |  9,283 |  2,106 |  4,363 |100.0 | 79.4 |  7.9 |  7.4 |    4.4 |    1.0
1995-96\12\ .|218,977 |168,858 |17,854 |15,700 | 10,204 |  1,989 |  4,372 |100.0 | 78.7 |  8.3 |  7.3 |    4.8 |    0.9
1996-97\13\ .|220,722 |166,732 |18,994 |17,583 | 10,770 |  2,047 |  4,596 |100.0 | 77.1 |  8.8 |  8.1 |    5.0 |    0.9
1997-98\14\ .|216,440 |160,346 |18,584 |19,006 | 10,885 |  2,243 |  5,376 |100.0 | 76.0 |  8.8 |  9.0 |    5.2 |    1.1
1998-99 .....|218,417 |160,681 |19,386 |19,367 | 11,662 |  2,239 |  5,082 |100.0 | 75.3 |  9.1 |  9.1 |    5.5 |    1.0
1999-2000 ...|224,721 |164,197 |20,951 |20,933 | 12,001 |  2,224 |  4,415 |100.0 | 74.5 |  9.5 |  9.5 |    5.4 |    1.0
             |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________
             |                           Women                            |                     Women
             |____________________________________________________________|_____________________________________________
1976-77\1\ ..|195,284 |164,054 |17,829 | 7,531 |  3,414 |  1,282 |  1,174 |100.0 | 84.5 |  9.2 |  3.9 |    1.8 |    0.7
1978-79\2\ ..|209,461 |174,421 |20,554 | 8,134 |  3,460 |  1,267 |  1,625 |100.0 | 83.9 |  9.9 |  3.9 |    1.7 |    0.6
1980-81\3\ ..|226,355 |187,925 |21,040 | 9,473 |  4,093 |  1,476 |  2,348 |100.0 | 83.9 |  9.4 |  4.2 |    1.8 |    0.7
1984-85\4\ ..|239,406 |198,065 |21,607 |10,846 |  4,422 |  1,755 |  2,711 |100.0 | 83.7 |  9.1 |  4.6 |    1.9 |    0.7
1986-87 .....|245,465 |203,729 |21,488 |10,574 |  5,610 |  1,932 |  2,132 |100.0 | 83.7 |  8.8 |  4.3 |    2.3 |    0.8
1988-89\5\ ..|248,181 |203,887 |21,780 |11,167 |  6,153 |  2,008 |  3,186 |100.0 | 83.2 |  8.9 |  4.6 |    2.5 |    0.8
1989-90\6\ ..|261,632 |214,832 |22,180 |12,336 |  7,005 |  2,097 |  3,182 |100.0 | 83.1 |  8.6 |  4.8 |    2.7 |    0.8
1990-91\7\ ..|271,809 |220,751 |23,939 |14,041 |  7,285 |  2,299 |  3,494 |100.0 | 82.3 |  8.9 |  5.2 |    2.7 |    0.9
1991-92\8\ ..|291,579 |235,731 |25,117 |15,369 |  8,342 |  2,477 |  4,543 |100.0 | 82.1 |  8.8 |  5.4 |    2.9 |    0.9
1992-93\9\ ..|299,103 |238,571 |26,843 |17,067 |  8,755 |  2,716 |  5,151 |100.0 | 81.2 |  9.1 |  5.8 |    3.0 |    0.9
1993-94\10\ .|314,644 |248,164 |28,544 |18,870 | 10,145 |  3,035 |  5,886 |100.0 | 80.4 |  9.2 |  6.1 |    3.3 |    1.0
1994-95\11\ .|320,815 |249,848 |30,356 |20,296 | 11,434 |  3,386 |  5,495 |100.0 | 79.2 |  9.6 |  6.4 |    3.6 |    1.1
1995-96\12\ .|334,648 |256,170 |33,818 |22,463 | 12,887 |  3,567 |  5,743 |100.0 | 77.9 | 10.3 |  6.8 |    3.9 |    1.1
1996-97\13\ .|342,898 |257,632 |36,266 |25,062 | 14,059 |  3,880 |  5,999 |100.0 | 76.5 | 10.8 |  7.4 |    4.2 |    1.2
1997-98\14\ .|339,098 |250,990 |36,424 |26,621 | 14,162 |  3,977 |  6,924 |100.0 | 75.6 | 11.0 |  8.0 |    4.3 |    1.2
1998-99 .....|341,537 |248,163 |38,019 |29,276 | 15,904 |  4,178 |  5,997 |100.0 | 74.0 | 11.3 |  8.7 |    4.7 |    1.2
1999-2000 ...|340,212 |244,311 |39,230 |30,608 | 15,763 |  4,270 |  6,030 |100.0 | 73.1 | 11.7 |  9.2 |    4.7 |    1.3
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\1\Excludes 1,170 men and 251 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\2\Excludes 4,807 men and 1,150 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\3\Excludes 4,819 men and 1,384 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\4\Excludes 1,033 men and 1,512 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\5\Excludes 2,353 men and 2,267 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\6\Excludes 2,564 men and 2,275 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\7\Excludes 8,413 men and 11,277 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\8\Excludes 4,673 men and 5,171 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\9\Excludes 2,913 men and 3,689 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\10\Excludes 799 men and 727 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\11\Excludes 622 men and 524 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\12\Excludes 537 men and 1,054 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\13\Excludes 3,226 men and 4,380 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\14\Excludes 1,173 men and 1,844 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

NOTE: For years 1984-85 to 1999-2000, 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. Data for 1998-99 imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

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 August 2001.)

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