Table 299.

Master's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Selected years, 1976-77 through 2008-09

Year and sex	Number of degrees conferred							Percentage distribution of degrees conferred
	Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Non- resi- dent alien	Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Non- resi- dent 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
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
2007-08	625,023	409,312	65,062	36,801	37,408	3,758	72,682	100.0	65.5	10.4	5.9	6.0	0.6	11.6
2008-09	656,784	424,188	70,010	39,439	39,944	3,759	79,444	100.0	64.6	10.7	6.0	6.1	0.6	12.1
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
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
2007-08	246,491	155,035	18,357	13,057	17,227	1,280	41,535	100.0	62.9	7.4	5.3	7.0	0.5	16.9
2008-09	259,998	160,505	19,718	14,215	18,480	1,340	45,740	100.0	61.7	7.6	5.5	7.1	0.5	17.6
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
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
2007-08	378,532	254,277	46,705	23,744	20,181	2,478	31,147	100.0	67.2	12.3	6.3	5.3	0.7	8.2
2008-09	396,786	263,683	50,292	25,224	21,464	2,419	33,704	100.0	66.5	12.7	6.4	5.4	0.6	8.5

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: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. 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 Appendix A: 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 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:90-99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2009. (This table was prepared September 2010.)