Table 303.

Master's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Selected years, 1976-77 through 2009-10

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- resident alien	Total	White	Black	His- panic	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	322,463	271,402	21,252	6,136	5,127	1,018	17,528	100.0	84.2	6.6	1.9	1.6	0.3	5.4
1980-812	301,081	247,475	17,436	6,534	6,348	1,044	22,244	100.0	82.2	5.8	2.2	2.1	0.3	7.4
1989-90	330,152	259,196	15,752	8,001	10,608	1,105	35,490	100.0	78.5	4.8	2.4	3.2	0.3	10.7
1990-91	342,863	265,927	17,023	8,981	11,869	1,189	37,874	100.0	77.6	5.0	2.6	3.5	0.3	11.0
1994-95	403,609	297,988	24,662	13,037	17,164	1,636	49,122	100.0	73.8	6.1	3.2	4.3	0.4	12.2
1995-96	412,180	302,790	26,323	14,553	18,505	1,793	48,216	100.0	73.5	6.4	3.5	4.5	0.4	11.7
1996-97	425,260	309,637	28,875	15,560	19,372	1,954	49,862	100.0	72.8	6.8	3.7	4.6	0.5	11.7
1997-98	436,037	312,752	30,703	16,370	21,415	2,068	52,729	100.0	71.7	7.0	3.8	4.9	0.5	12.1
1998-99	446,038	318,555	33,010	17,781	22,262	2,075	52,355	100.0	71.4	7.4	4.0	5.0	0.5	11.7
1999-2000	463,185	324,990	36,606	19,379	23,523	2,263	56,424	100.0	70.2	7.9	4.2	5.1	0.5	12.2
2000-01	473,502	324,211	38,853	21,661	24,544	2,496	61,737	100.0	68.5	8.2	4.6	5.2	0.5	13.0
2001-02	487,313	331,427	41,006	22,517	25,681	2,632	64,050	100.0	68.0	8.4	4.6	5.3	0.5	13.1
2002-03	518,699	346,003	45,150	25,200	27,492	2,886	71,968	100.0	66.7	8.7	4.9	5.3	0.6	13.9
2003-04	564,272	373,448	51,402	29,806	31,202	3,206	75,208	100.0	66.2	9.1	5.3	5.5	0.6	13.3
2004-05	580,151	383,246	55,330	31,639	33,042	3,310	73,584	100.0	66.1	9.5	5.5	5.7	0.6	12.7
2005-06	599,731	397,439	59,806	32,567	34,289	3,519	72,111	100.0	66.3	10.0	5.4	5.7	0.6	12.0
2006-07	610,597	403,562	63,412	34,967	36,491	3,589	68,576	100.0	66.1	10.4	5.7	6.0	0.6	11.2
2007-08	630,666	413,179	65,914	36,972	37,722	3,777	73,102	100.0	65.5	10.5	5.9	6.0	0.6	11.6
2008-09	662,079	427,891	70,839	39,582	40,257	3,777	79,733	100.0	64.6	10.7	6.0	6.1	0.6	12.0
2009-10	693,025	445,038	76,458	43,535	42,702	3,960	81,332	100.0	64.2	11.0	6.3	6.2	0.6	11.7
Males
1976-771	172,703	144,042	7,970	3,328	3,128	565	13,670	100.0	83.4	4.6	1.9	1.8	0.3	7.9
1980-812	151,602	120,927	6,418	3,155	3,830	507	16,765	100.0	79.8	4.2	2.1	2.5	0.3	11.1
1989-90	158,052	117,856	5,748	3,641	6,050	466	24,291	100.0	74.6	3.6	2.3	3.8	0.3	15.4
1990-91	160,842	117,993	6,201	4,017	6,765	495	25,371	100.0	73.4	3.9	2.5	4.2	0.3	15.8
1994-95	183,043	127,722	8,395	5,593	9,195	670	31,468	100.0	69.8	4.6	3.1	5.0	0.4	17.2
1995-96	183,481	128,325	8,758	5,940	9,644	713	30,101	100.0	69.9	4.8	3.2	5.3	0.4	16.4
1996-97	185,270	128,946	9,252	6,335	9,488	743	30,506	100.0	69.6	5.0	3.4	5.1	0.4	16.5
1997-98	188,718	128,987	9,978	6,612	10,500	792	31,849	100.0	68.3	5.3	3.5	5.6	0.4	16.9
1998-99	190,230	129,912	10,346	7,044	10,638	794	31,496	100.0	68.3	5.4	3.7	5.6	0.4	16.6
1999-2000	196,129	131,221	11,642	7,738	11,299	845	33,384	100.0	66.9	5.9	3.9	5.8	0.4	17.0
2000-01	197,770	128,516	11,878	8,371	11,561	925	36,519	100.0	65.0	6.0	4.2	5.8	0.5	18.5
2001-02	202,604	131,316	12,119	8,539	11,956	995	37,679	100.0	64.8	6.0	4.2	5.9	0.5	18.6
2002-03	215,172	135,938	13,224	9,389	12,704	1,043	42,874	100.0	63.2	6.1	4.4	5.9	0.5	19.9
2003-04	233,056	146,369	15,027	10,929	14,551	1,137	45,043	100.0	62.8	6.4	4.7	6.2	0.5	19.3
2004-05	237,155	150,076	16,136	11,501	15,238	1,167	43,037	100.0	63.3	6.8	4.8	6.4	0.5	18.1
2005-06	241,656	153,666	17,384	11,739	16,031	1,252	41,584	100.0	63.6	7.2	4.9	6.6	0.5	17.2
2006-07	242,189	154,241	18,333	12,473	16,728	1,275	39,139	100.0	63.7	7.6	5.2	6.9	0.5	16.2
2007-08	250,169	157,596	18,761	13,189	17,476	1,293	41,854	100.0	63.0	7.5	5.3	7.0	0.5	16.7
2008-09	263,538	162,994	20,174	14,324	18,724	1,350	45,972	100.0	61.8	7.7	5.4	7.1	0.5	17.4
2009-10	275,197	170,203	22,120	15,525	19,535	1,415	46,399	100.0	61.8	8.0	5.6	7.1	0.5	16.9
Females
1976-771	149,760	127,360	13,282	2,808	1,999	453	3,858	100.0	85.0	8.9	1.9	1.3	0.3	2.6
1980-812	149,479	126,548	11,018	3,379	2,518	537	5,479	100.0	84.7	7.4	2.3	1.7	0.4	3.7
1989-90	172,100	141,340	10,004	4,360	4,558	639	11,199	100.0	82.1	5.8	2.5	2.6	0.4	6.5
1990-91	182,021	147,934	10,822	4,964	5,104	694	12,503	100.0	81.3	5.9	2.7	2.8	0.4	6.9
1994-95	220,566	170,266	16,267	7,444	7,969	966	17,654	100.0	77.2	7.4	3.4	3.6	0.4	8.0
1995-96	228,699	174,465	17,565	8,613	8,861	1,080	18,115	100.0	76.3	7.7	3.8	3.9	0.5	7.9
1996-97	239,990	180,691	19,623	9,225	9,884	1,211	19,356	100.0	75.3	8.2	3.8	4.1	0.5	8.1
1997-98	247,319	183,765	20,725	9,758	10,915	1,276	20,880	100.0	74.3	8.4	3.9	4.4	0.5	8.4
1998-99	255,808	188,643	22,664	10,737	11,624	1,281	20,859	100.0	73.7	8.9	4.2	4.5	0.5	8.2
1999-2000	267,056	193,769	24,964	11,641	12,224	1,418	23,040	100.0	72.6	9.3	4.4	4.6	0.5	8.6
2000-01	275,732	195,695	26,975	13,290	12,983	1,571	25,218	100.0	71.0	9.8	4.8	4.7	0.6	9.1
2001-02	284,709	200,111	28,887	13,978	13,725	1,637	26,371	100.0	70.3	10.1	4.9	4.8	0.6	9.3
2002-03	303,527	210,065	31,926	15,811	14,788	1,843	29,094	100.0	69.2	10.5	5.2	4.9	0.6	9.6
2003-04	331,216	227,079	36,375	18,877	16,651	2,069	30,165	100.0	68.6	11.0	5.7	5.0	0.6	9.1
2004-05	342,996	233,170	39,194	20,138	17,804	2,143	30,547	100.0	68.0	11.4	5.9	5.2	0.6	8.9
2005-06	358,075	243,773	42,422	20,828	18,258	2,267	30,527	100.0	68.1	11.8	5.8	5.1	0.6	8.5
2006-07	368,408	249,321	45,079	22,494	19,763	2,314	29,437	100.0	67.7	12.2	6.1	5.4	0.6	8.0
2007-08	380,497	255,583	47,153	23,783	20,246	2,484	31,248	100.0	67.2	12.4	6.3	5.3	0.7	8.2
2008-09	398,541	264,897	50,665	25,258	21,533	2,427	33,761	100.0	66.5	12.7	6.3	5.4	0.6	8.5
2009-10	417,828	274,835	54,338	28,010	23,167	2,545	34,933	100.0	65.8	13.0	6.7	5.5	0.6	8.4

1 Excludes 387 males and 175 females whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

2 Excludes 1,377 males and 179 females 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. Data have been revised from previously published figures. 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; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:90-99); and IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2010, Completions component. (This table was prepared November 2011.)