Table 305.

First-professional 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	63,953	58,422	2,537	1,076	1,021	196	701	100.0	91.4	4.0	1.7	1.6	0.3	1.1
1980-812	71,340	64,551	2,931	1,541	1,456	192	669	100.0	90.5	4.1	2.2	2.0	0.3	0.9
1989-90	70,988	60,487	3,409	2,425	3,362	257	1,048	100.0	85.2	4.8	3.4	4.7	0.4	1.5
1990-91	71,948	60,631	3,588	2,547	3,835	261	1,086	100.0	84.3	5.0	3.5	5.3	0.4	1.5
1993-94	75,418	60,143	4,444	3,131	5,892	371	1,437	100.0	79.7	5.9	4.2	7.8	0.5	1.9
1994-95	75,800	59,402	4,747	3,231	6,396	413	1,611	100.0	78.4	6.3	4.3	8.4	0.5	2.1
1995-96	76,734	59,525	5,022	3,475	6,627	463	1,622	100.0	77.6	6.5	4.5	8.6	0.6	2.1
1996-97	78,730	60,280	5,301	3,615	7,374	514	1,646	100.0	76.6	6.7	4.6	9.4	0.7	2.1
1997-98	78,598	59,443	5,499	3,552	7,757	561	1,786	100.0	75.6	7.0	4.5	9.9	0.7	2.3
1998-99	78,439	58,720	5,333	3,864	8,152	612	1,758	100.0	74.9	6.8	4.9	10.4	0.8	2.2
1999-2000	80,057	59,637	5,555	3,865	8,584	564	1,852	100.0	74.5	6.9	4.8	10.7	0.7	2.3
2000-01	79,707	58,598	5,416	3,806	9,261	543	2,083	100.0	73.5	6.8	4.8	11.6	0.7	2.6
2001-02	80,698	58,874	5,811	3,965	9,584	581	1,883	100.0	73.0	7.2	4.9	11.9	0.7	2.3
2002-03	80,897	58,740	5,719	4,093	9,798	586	1,961	100.0	72.6	7.1	5.1	12.1	0.7	2.4
2003-04	83,041	60,379	5,930	4,273	9,964	565	1,930	100.0	72.7	7.1	5.1	12.0	0.7	2.3
2004-05	87,289	63,429	6,313	4,445	10,501	564	2,037	100.0	72.7	7.2	5.1	12.0	0.6	2.3
2005-06	87,655	63,590	6,223	4,446	10,645	710	2,041	100.0	72.5	7.1	5.1	12.1	0.8	2.3
2006-07	90,064	64,546	6,474	4,700	11,686	681	1,977	100.0	71.7	7.2	5.2	13.0	0.8	2.2
2007-08	91,309	65,383	6,400	4,840	11,846	675	2,165	100.0	71.6	7.0	5.3	13.0	0.7	2.4
2008-09	92,004	65,439	6,571	5,089	12,182	659	2,064	100.0	71.1	7.1	5.5	13.2	0.7	2.2
Males
1976-771	51,980	47,777	1,761	893	776	159	614	100.0	91.9	3.4	1.7	1.5	0.3	1.2
1980-812	52,194	47,629	1,772	1,131	991	134	537	100.0	91.3	3.4	2.2	1.9	0.3	1.0
1989-90	43,961	38,036	1,671	1,449	1,962	135	708	100.0	86.5	3.8	3.3	4.5	0.3	1.6
1990-91	43,846	37,533	1,679	1,517	2,211	144	762	100.0	85.6	3.8	3.5	5.0	0.3	1.7
1993-94	44,707	36,574	1,902	1,780	3,214	222	1,015	100.0	81.8	4.3	4.0	7.2	0.5	2.3
1994-95	44,853	36,147	2,077	1,835	3,490	223	1,081	100.0	80.6	4.6	4.1	7.8	0.5	2.4
1995-96	44,748	35,786	2,112	1,947	3,539	256	1,108	100.0	80.0	4.7	4.4	7.9	0.6	2.5
1996-97	45,564	36,008	2,201	1,985	3,959	290	1,121	100.0	79.0	4.8	4.4	8.7	0.6	2.5
1997-98	44,911	35,172	2,310	1,973	4,017	291	1,148	100.0	78.3	5.1	4.4	8.9	0.6	2.6
1998-99	44,339	34,271	2,197	2,064	4,333	333	1,141	100.0	77.3	5.0	4.7	9.8	0.8	2.6
1999-2000	44,239	34,004	2,313	2,095	4,372	285	1,170	100.0	76.9	5.2	4.7	9.9	0.6	2.6
2000-01	42,862	32,717	2,110	1,977	4,518	278	1,262	100.0	76.3	4.9	4.6	10.5	0.6	2.9
2001-02	42,507	32,224	2,223	2,045	4,613	292	1,110	100.0	75.8	5.2	4.8	10.9	0.7	2.6
2002-03	41,887	31,635	2,174	2,050	4,624	296	1,108	100.0	75.5	5.2	4.9	11.0	0.7	2.6
2003-04	42,169	31,994	2,248	2,080	4,528	275	1,044	100.0	75.9	5.3	4.9	10.7	0.7	2.5
2004-05	43,849	33,268	2,257	2,214	4,709	288	1,113	100.0	75.9	5.1	5.0	10.7	0.7	2.5
2005-06	44,038	33,544	2,290	2,123	4,641	332	1,108	100.0	76.2	5.2	4.8	10.5	0.8	2.5
2006-07	45,057	33,866	2,368	2,266	5,152	335	1,070	100.0	75.2	5.3	5.0	11.4	0.7	2.4
2007-08	45,916	34,618	2,389	2,301	5,135	343	1,130	100.0	75.4	5.2	5.0	11.2	0.7	2.5
2008-09	46,900	35,287	2,500	2,403	5,349	329	1,032	100.0	75.2	5.3	5.1	11.4	0.7	2.2
Females
1976-771	11,973	10,645	776	183	245	37	87	100.0	88.9	6.5	1.5	2.0	0.3	0.7
1980-812	19,146	16,922	1,159	410	465	58	132	100.0	88.4	6.1	2.1	2.4	0.3	0.7
1989-90	27,027	22,451	1,738	976	1,400	122	340	100.0	83.1	6.4	3.6	5.2	0.5	1.3
1990-91	28,102	23,098	1,909	1,030	1,624	117	324	100.0	82.2	6.8	3.7	5.8	0.4	1.2
1993-94	30,711	23,569	2,542	1,351	2,678	149	422	100.0	76.7	8.3	4.4	8.7	0.5	1.4
1994-95	30,947	23,255	2,670	1,396	2,906	190	530	100.0	75.1	8.6	4.5	9.4	0.6	1.7
1995-96	31,986	23,739	2,910	1,528	3,088	207	514	100.0	74.2	9.1	4.8	9.7	0.6	1.6
1996-97	33,166	24,272	3,100	1,630	3,415	224	525	100.0	73.2	9.3	4.9	10.3	0.7	1.6
1997-98	33,687	24,271	3,189	1,579	3,740	270	638	100.0	72.0	9.5	4.7	11.1	0.8	1.9
1998-99	34,100	24,449	3,136	1,800	3,819	279	617	100.0	71.7	9.2	5.3	11.2	0.8	1.8
1999-2000	35,818	25,633	3,242	1,770	4,212	279	682	100.0	71.6	9.1	4.9	11.8	0.8	1.9
2000-01	36,845	25,881	3,306	1,829	4,743	265	821	100.0	70.2	9.0	5.0	12.9	0.7	2.2
2001-02	38,191	26,650	3,588	1,920	4,971	289	773	100.0	69.8	9.4	5.0	13.0	0.8	2.0
2002-03	39,010	27,105	3,545	2,043	5,174	290	853	100.0	69.5	9.1	5.2	13.3	0.7	2.2
2003-04	40,872	28,385	3,682	2,193	5,436	290	886	100.0	69.4	9.0	5.4	13.3	0.7	2.2
2004-05	43,440	30,161	4,056	2,231	5,792	276	924	100.0	69.4	9.3	5.1	13.3	0.6	2.1
2005-06	43,617	30,046	3,933	2,323	6,004	378	933	100.0	68.9	9.0	5.3	13.8	0.9	2.1
2006-07	45,007	30,680	4,106	2,434	6,534	346	907	100.0	68.2	9.1	5.4	14.5	0.8	2.0
2007-08	45,393	30,765	4,011	2,539	6,711	332	1,035	100.0	67.8	8.8	5.6	14.8	0.7	2.3
2008-09	45,104	30,152	4,071	2,686	6,833	330	1,032	100.0	66.8	9.0	6.0	15.1	0.7	2.3

1 Excludes 394 men and 12 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

2 Excludes 598 men and 18 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. Includes degrees that require at least 6 years of college work for completion (including at least 2 years of preprofessional training). 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.)