Table 287.

Master's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Selected years, 1976–77 through 2006–07

Year and sex	Number of degrees conferred							Percentage distribution of degrees conferred
	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Non- resident alien	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Non- resident alien
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Total
1976–771	316,602	266,061	21,037	6,071	5,122	967	17,344	100.0	84.0	6.6	1.9	1.6	0.3	5.5
1980–812	294,183	241,216	17,133	6,461	6,282	1,034	22,057	100.0	82.0	5.8	2.2	2.1	0.4	7.5
1989–90	324,301	254,299	15,336	7,892	10,439	1,090	35,245	100.0	78.4	4.7	2.4	3.2	0.3	10.9
1990–91	337,168	261,232	16,616	8,887	11,650	1,178	37,605	100.0	77.5	4.9	2.6	3.5	0.3	11.2
1992–93	369,585	279,827	19,744	10,638	13,863	1,405	44,108	100.0	75.7	5.3	2.9	3.8	0.4	11.9
1993–94	387,070	289,536	21,986	11,933	15,411	1,699	46,505	100.0	74.8	5.7	3.1	4.0	0.4	12.0
1994–95	397,629	293,345	24,166	12,905	16,847	1,621	48,745	100.0	73.8	6.1	3.2	4.2	0.4	12.3
1995–96	406,301	298,133	25,822	14,442	18,216	1,778	47,910	100.0	73.4	6.4	3.6	4.5	0.4	11.8
1996–97	419,401	305,005	28,403	15,440	19,061	1,940	49,552	100.0	72.7	6.8	3.7	4.5	0.5	11.8
1997–98	430,164	308,196	30,155	16,248	21,133	2,053	52,379	100.0	71.6	7.0	3.8	4.9	0.5	12.2
1998–99	439,986	313,487	32,541	17,838	22,072	2,016	52,032	100.0	71.2	7.4	4.1	5.0	0.5	11.8
1999–2000	457,056	320,485	35,874	19,253	23,218	2,246	55,980	100.0	70.1	7.8	4.2	5.1	0.5	12.2
2000–01	468,476	320,480	38,265	21,543	24,283	2,481	61,424	100.0	68.4	8.2	4.6	5.2	0.5	13.1
2001–02	482,118	327,645	40,370	22,385	25,411	2,624	63,683	100.0	68.0	8.4	4.6	5.3	0.5	13.2
2002–03	513,339	342,131	44,438	25,047	27,264	2,858	71,601	100.0	66.6	8.7	4.9	5.3	0.6	13.9
2003–04	558,940	369,582	50,657	29,666	30,952	3,192	74,891	100.0	66.1	9.1	5.3	5.5	0.6	13.4
2004–05	574,618	379,350	54,482	31,485	32,783	3,295	73,223	100.0	66.0	9.5	5.5	5.7	0.6	12.7
2005–06	594,065	393,357	58,976	32,438	34,029	3,504	71,761	100.0	66.2	9.9	5.5	5.7	0.6	12.1
2006–07	604,607	399,267	62,574	34,822	36,134	3,575	68,235	100.0	66.0	10.3	5.8	6.0	0.6	11.3
Males
1976–771	167,396	139,210	7,781	3,268	3,123	521	13,493	100.0	83.2	4.6	2.0	1.9	0.3	8.1
1980–812	145,666	115,562	6,158	3,085	3,773	501	16,587	100.0	79.3	4.2	2.1	2.6	0.3	11.4
1989–90	153,653	114,203	5,474	3,548	5,896	455	24,077	100.0	74.3	3.6	2.3	3.8	0.3	15.7
1990–91	156,482	114,419	5,916	3,936	6,575	488	25,148	100.0	73.1	3.8	2.5	4.2	0.3	16.1
1992–93	169,258	120,783	6,803	4,722	7,545	584	28,821	100.0	71.4	4.0	2.8	4.5	0.3	17.0
1993–94	176,085	124,409	7,424	5,122	8,298	692	30,140	100.0	70.7	4.2	2.9	4.7	0.4	17.1
1994–95	178,598	124,277	8,097	5,487	8,923	659	31,155	100.0	69.6	4.5	3.1	5.0	0.4	17.4
1995–96	179,081	124,847	8,445	5,843	9,400	705	29,841	100.0	69.7	4.7	3.3	5.2	0.4	16.7
1996–97	180,947	125,552	8,960	6,246	9,218	734	30,237	100.0	69.4	5.0	3.5	5.1	0.4	16.7
1997–98	184,375	125,605	9,652	6,512	10,262	782	31,562	100.0	68.1	5.2	3.5	5.6	0.4	17.1
1998–99	186,148	126,674	10,058	7,032	10,491	771	31,122	100.0	68.1	5.4	3.8	5.6	0.4	16.7
1999–2000	191,792	128,046	11,212	7,635	11,047	836	33,016	100.0	66.8	5.8	4.0	5.8	0.4	17.2
2000–01	194,351	125,993	11,568	8,271	11,349	917	36,253	100.0	64.8	6.0	4.3	5.8	0.5	18.7
2001–02	199,120	128,776	11,795	8,430	11,746	993	37,380	100.0	64.7	5.9	4.2	5.9	0.5	18.8
2002–03	211,664	133,398	12,869	9,270	12,518	1,027	42,582	100.0	63.0	6.1	4.4	5.9	0.5	20.1
2003–04	229,545	143,827	14,653	10,813	14,347	1,127	44,778	100.0	62.7	6.4	4.7	6.3	0.5	19.5
2004–05	233,590	147,546	15,733	11,385	15,031	1,160	42,735	100.0	63.2	6.7	4.9	6.4	0.5	18.3
2005–06	237,896	150,954	16,959	11,637	15,803	1,244	41,299	100.0	63.5	7.1	4.9	6.6	0.5	17.4
2006–07	238,189	151,358	17,907	12,362	16,451	1,264	38,847	100.0	63.5	7.5	5.2	6.9	0.5	16.3
Females
1976–771	149,206	126,851	13,256	2,803	1,999	446	3,851	100.0	85.0	8.9	1.9	1.3	0.3	2.6
1980–812	148,517	125,654	10,975	3,376	2,509	533	5,470	100.0	84.6	7.4	2.3	1.7	0.4	3.7
1989–90	170,648	140,096	9,862	4,344	4,543	635	11,168	100.0	82.1	5.8	2.5	2.7	0.4	6.5
1990–91	180,686	146,813	10,700	4,951	5,075	690	12,457	100.0	81.3	5.9	2.7	2.8	0.4	6.9
1992–93	200,327	159,044	12,941	5,916	6,318	821	15,287	100.0	79.4	6.5	3.0	3.2	0.4	7.6
1993–94	210,985	165,127	14,562	6,811	7,113	1,007	16,365	100.0	78.3	6.9	3.2	3.4	0.5	7.8
1994–95	219,031	169,068	16,069	7,418	7,924	962	17,590	100.0	77.2	7.3	3.4	3.6	0.4	8.0
1995–96	227,220	173,286	17,377	8,599	8,816	1,073	18,069	100.0	76.3	7.6	3.8	3.9	0.5	8.0
1996–97	238,454	179,453	19,443	9,194	9,843	1,206	19,315	100.0	75.3	8.2	3.9	4.1	0.5	8.1
1997–98	245,789	182,591	20,503	9,736	10,871	1,271	20,817	100.0	74.3	8.3	4.0	4.4	0.5	8.5
1998–99	253,838	186,813	22,483	10,806	11,581	1,245	20,910	100.0	73.6	8.9	4.3	4.6	0.5	8.2
1999–2000	265,264	192,439	24,662	11,618	12,171	1,410	22,964	100.0	72.5	9.3	4.4	4.6	0.5	8.7
2000–01	274,125	194,487	26,697	13,272	12,934	1,564	25,171	100.0	70.9	9.7	4.8	4.7	0.6	9.2
2001–02	282,998	198,869	28,575	13,955	13,665	1,631	26,303	100.0	70.3	10.1	4.9	4.8	0.6	9.3
2002–03	301,675	208,733	31,569	15,777	14,746	1,831	29,019	100.0	69.2	10.5	5.2	4.9	0.6	9.6
2003–04	329,395	225,755	36,004	18,853	16,605	2,065	30,113	100.0	68.5	10.9	5.7	5.0	0.6	9.1
2004–05	341,028	231,804	38,749	20,100	17,752	2,135	30,488	100.0	68.0	11.4	5.9	5.2	0.6	8.9
2005–06	356,169	242,403	42,017	20,801	18,226	2,260	30,462	100.0	68.1	11.8	5.8	5.1	0.6	8.6
2006–07	366,418	247,909	44,667	22,460	19,683	2,311	29,388	100.0	67.7	12.2	6.1	5.4	0.6	8.0

1 Excludes 387 men and 175 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. 2 Excludes 1,377 men and 179 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. For 1989–90 and later years, 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. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Detail may not sum to totals because of 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, 1976–77 and 1980–81; and 1989–90 through 2006–07 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:90–99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2007. (This table was prepared July 2008.)