Table 302.

Doctor'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 conferred1							Percentage distribution of degrees conferred1
	Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian/ 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
1976-772	33,126	26,851	1,253	522	658	95	3,747	100.0	81.1	3.8	1.6	2.0	0.3	11.3
1980-813	32,839	25,908	1,265	456	877	130	4,203	100.0	78.9	3.9	1.4	2.7	0.4	12.8
1989-90	38,371	26,221	1,149	780	1,225	98	8,898	100.0	68.3	3.0	2.0	3.2	0.3	23.2
1990-91	39,294	25,855	1,248	757	1,504	106	9,824	100.0	65.8	3.2	1.9	3.8	0.3	25.0
1993-94	43,185	27,212	1,385	900	2,024	134	11,530	100.0	63.0	3.2	2.1	4.7	0.3	26.7
1994-95	44,446	27,846	1,667	984	2,689	130	11,130	100.0	62.7	3.8	2.2	6.1	0.3	25.0
1995-96	44,652	27,773	1,632	997	2,641	159	11,450	100.0	62.2	3.7	2.2	5.9	0.4	25.6
1996-97	45,876	28,596	1,865	1,120	2,667	175	11,453	100.0	62.3	4.1	2.4	5.8	0.4	25.0
1997-98	46,010	28,803	2,067	1,275	2,339	186	11,340	100.0	62.6	4.5	2.8	5.1	0.4	24.6
1998-99	44,077	27,838	2,136	1,302	2,299	194	10,308	100.0	63.2	4.8	3.0	5.2	0.4	23.4
1999-2000	44,808	27,843	2,246	1,305	2,420	160	10,834	100.0	62.1	5.0	2.9	5.4	0.4	24.2
2000-01	44,904	27,454	2,207	1,516	2,587	177	10,963	100.0	61.1	4.9	3.4	5.8	0.4	24.4
2001-02	44,160	26,903	2,395	1,434	2,319	180	10,929	100.0	60.9	5.4	3.2	5.3	0.4	24.7
2002-03	46,042	27,709	2,522	1,562	2,424	196	11,629	100.0	60.2	5.5	3.4	5.3	0.4	25.3
2003-04	48,378	28,214	2,900	1,662	2,632	217	12,753	100.0	58.3	6.0	3.4	5.4	0.4	26.4
2004-05	52,631	30,261	3,056	1,824	2,911	237	14,342	100.0	57.5	5.8	3.5	5.5	0.5	27.3
2005-06	56,067	31,601	3,122	1,882	3,257	230	15,975	100.0	56.4	5.6	3.4	5.8	0.4	28.5
2006-07	60,616	34,071	3,727	2,034	3,541	249	16,994	100.0	56.2	6.1	3.4	5.8	0.4	28.0
2007-08	63,712	36,390	3,906	2,279	3,618	272	17,247	100.0	57.1	6.1	3.6	5.7	0.4	27.1
2008-09	67,716	39,648	4,434	2,540	3,875	332	16,887	100.0	58.6	6.5	3.8	5.7	0.5	24.9
Males
1976-772	25,036	20,032	766	383	540	67	3,248	100.0	80.0	3.1	1.5	2.2	0.3	13.0
1980-813	22,595	17,310	694	277	655	95	3,564	100.0	76.6	3.1	1.2	2.9	0.4	15.8
1989-90	24,401	15,314	531	419	865	49	7,223	100.0	62.8	2.2	1.7	3.5	0.2	29.6
1990-91	24,756	14,853	597	399	1,017	59	7,831	100.0	60.0	2.4	1.6	4.1	0.2	31.6
1993-94	26,552	15,159	627	463	1,373	66	8,864	100.0	57.1	2.4	1.7	5.2	0.2	33.4
1994-95	26,916	15,375	730	488	1,756	58	8,509	100.0	57.1	2.7	1.8	6.5	0.2	31.6
1995-96	26,841	15,112	727	514	1,692	80	8,716	100.0	56.3	2.7	1.9	6.3	0.3	32.5
1996-97	27,146	15,499	795	585	1,645	87	8,535	100.0	57.1	2.9	2.2	6.1	0.3	31.4
1997-98	26,664	15,399	824	652	1,392	83	8,314	100.0	57.8	3.1	2.4	5.2	0.3	31.2
1998-99	25,146	14,726	873	625	1,337	92	7,493	100.0	58.6	3.5	2.5	5.3	0.4	29.8
1999-2000	25,028	14,472	876	611	1,356	57	7,656	100.0	57.8	3.5	2.4	5.4	0.2	30.6
2000-01	24,728	13,937	855	687	1,453	76	7,720	100.0	56.4	3.5	2.8	5.9	0.3	31.2
2001-02	23,708	13,330	922	650	1,242	67	7,497	100.0	56.2	3.9	2.7	5.2	0.3	31.6
2002-03	24,351	13,478	915	741	1,243	76	7,898	100.0	55.3	3.8	3.0	5.1	0.3	32.4
2003-04	25,323	13,567	1,015	766	1,293	90	8,592	100.0	53.6	4.0	3.0	5.1	0.4	33.9
2004-05	26,973	14,023	1,049	764	1,403	87	9,647	100.0	52.0	3.9	2.8	5.2	0.3	35.8
2005-06	28,634	14,659	1,081	826	1,555	105	10,408	100.0	51.2	3.8	2.9	5.4	0.4	36.3
2006-07	30,251	15,268	1,282	892	1,703	96	11,010	100.0	50.5	4.2	2.9	5.6	0.3	36.4
2007-08	31,215	16,168	1,312	977	1,628	115	11,015	100.0	51.8	4.2	3.1	5.2	0.4	35.3
2008-09	32,279	17,094	1,484	1,092	1,770	138	10,701	100.0	53.0	4.6	3.4	5.5	0.4	33.2
Females
1976-77	8,090	6,819	487	139	118	28	499	100.0	84.3	6.0	1.7	1.5	0.3	6.2
1980-813	10,244	8,598	571	179	222	35	639	100.0	83.9	5.6	1.7	2.2	0.3	6.2
1989-90	13,970	10,907	618	361	360	49	1,675	100.0	78.1	4.4	2.6	2.6	0.4	12.0
1990-91	14,538	11,002	651	358	487	47	1,993	100.0	75.7	4.5	2.5	3.3	0.3	13.7
1993-94	16,633	12,053	758	437	651	68	2,666	100.0	72.5	4.6	2.6	3.9	0.4	16.0
1994-95	17,530	12,471	937	496	933	72	2,621	100.0	71.1	5.3	2.8	5.3	0.4	15.0
1995-96	17,811	12,661	905	483	949	79	2,734	100.0	71.1	5.1	2.7	5.3	0.4	15.4
1996-97	18,730	13,097	1,070	535	1,022	88	2,918	100.0	69.9	5.7	2.9	5.5	0.5	15.6
1997-98	19,346	13,404	1,243	623	947	103	3,026	100.0	69.3	6.4	3.2	4.9	0.5	15.6
1998-99	18,931	13,112	1,263	677	962	102	2,815	100.0	69.3	6.7	3.6	5.1	0.5	14.9
1999-2000	19,780	13,371	1,370	694	1,064	103	3,178	100.0	67.6	6.9	3.5	5.4	0.5	16.1
2000-01	20,176	13,517	1,352	829	1,134	101	3,243	100.0	67.0	6.7	4.1	5.6	0.5	16.1
2001-02	20,452	13,573	1,473	784	1,077	113	3,432	100.0	66.4	7.2	3.8	5.3	0.6	16.8
2002-03	21,691	14,231	1,607	821	1,181	120	3,731	100.0	65.6	7.4	3.8	5.4	0.6	17.2
2003-04	23,055	14,647	1,885	896	1,339	127	4,161	100.0	63.5	8.2	3.9	5.8	0.6	18.0
2004-05	25,658	16,238	2,007	1,060	1,508	150	4,695	100.0	63.3	7.8	4.1	5.9	0.6	18.3
2005-06	27,433	16,942	2,041	1,056	1,702	125	5,567	100.0	61.8	7.4	3.8	6.2	0.5	20.3
2006-07	30,365	18,803	2,445	1,142	1,838	153	5,984	100.0	61.9	8.1	3.8	6.1	0.5	19.7
2007-08	32,497	20,222	2,594	1,302	1,990	157	6,232	100.0	62.2	8.0	4.0	6.1	0.5	19.2
2008-09	35,437	22,554	2,950	1,448	2,105	194	6,186	100.0	63.6	8.3	4.1	5.9	0.5	17.5

1 Includes Ph.D., Ed.D, and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes first-professional degrees, such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees.

2 Excludes 106 men whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

3 Excludes 116 men and 3 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.)