Table 323.20.

Master's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Selected years, 1976-77 through 2011-12

Year and sex	Number of degrees conferred to U.S. citizens and nonresident aliens								Percentage distribution of degrees conferred to U.S. citizens
	Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races	Non- resi- dent alien	Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Total
1976-771	322,463	271,402	21,252	6,136	5,127	1,018	—	17,528	100.0	89.0	7.0	2.0	1.7	0.3	—
1980-812	301,081	247,475	17,436	6,534	6,348	1,044	—	22,244	100.0	88.8	6.3	2.3	2.3	0.4	—
1990-91	342,863	265,927	17,023	8,981	11,869	1,189	—	37,874	100.0	87.2	5.6	2.9	3.9	0.4	—
1995-96	412,180	302,790	26,323	14,553	18,505	1,793	—	48,216	100.0	83.2	7.2	4.0	5.1	0.5	—
1996-97	425,260	309,637	28,875	15,560	19,372	1,954	—	49,862	100.0	82.5	7.7	4.1	5.2	0.5	—
1997-98	436,037	312,752	30,703	16,370	21,415	2,068	—	52,729	100.0	81.6	8.0	4.3	5.6	0.5	—
1998-99	446,038	318,555	33,010	17,781	22,262	2,075	—	52,355	100.0	80.9	8.4	4.5	5.7	0.5	—
1999-2000	463,185	324,990	36,606	19,379	23,523	2,263	—	56,424	100.0	79.9	9.0	4.8	5.8	0.6	—
2000-01	473,502	324,211	38,853	21,661	24,544	2,496	—	61,737	100.0	78.7	9.4	5.3	6.0	0.6	—
2001-02	487,313	331,427	41,006	22,517	25,681	2,632	—	64,050	100.0	78.3	9.7	5.3	6.1	0.6	—
2002-03	518,699	346,003	45,150	25,200	27,492	2,886	—	71,968	100.0	77.5	10.1	5.6	6.2	0.6	—
2003-04	564,272	373,448	51,402	29,806	31,202	3,206	—	75,208	100.0	76.4	10.5	6.1	6.4	0.7	—
2004-05	580,151	383,246	55,330	31,639	33,042	3,310	—	73,584	100.0	75.7	10.9	6.2	6.5	0.7	—
2005-06	599,731	397,439	59,806	32,567	34,289	3,519	—	72,111	100.0	75.3	11.3	6.2	6.5	0.7	—
2006-07	610,597	403,562	63,412	34,967	36,491	3,589	—	68,576	100.0	74.5	11.7	6.5	6.7	0.7	—
2007-08	630,666	413,179	65,914	36,972	37,722	3,777	—	73,102	100.0	74.1	11.8	6.6	6.8	0.7	—
2008-09	662,079	427,891	70,839	39,582	40,257	3,777	—	79,733	100.0	73.5	12.2	6.8	6.9	0.6	—
2009-10	693,025	445,038	76,458	43,535	42,702	3,960	—	81,332	100.0	72.8	12.5	7.1	7.0	0.6	—
2010-11	730,635	462,903	80,706	46,787	43,728	3,948	6,700	85,863	100.0	71.8	12.5	7.3	6.8	0.6	1.0
2011-12	754,229	469,639	85,315	51,264	45,400	3,674	9,780	89,157	100.0	70.6	12.8	7.7	6.8	0.6	1.5
Males
1976-771	172,703	144,042	7,970	3,328	3,128	565	—	13,670	100.0	90.6	5.0	2.1	2.0	0.4	—
1980-812	151,602	120,927	6,418	3,155	3,830	507	—	16,765	100.0	89.7	4.8	2.3	2.8	0.4	—
1990-91	160,842	117,993	6,201	4,017	6,765	495	—	25,371	100.0	87.1	4.6	3.0	5.0	0.4	—
1995-96	183,481	128,325	8,758	5,940	9,644	713	—	30,101	100.0	83.7	5.7	3.9	6.3	0.5	—
1996-97	185,270	128,946	9,252	6,335	9,488	743	—	30,506	100.0	83.3	6.0	4.1	6.1	0.5	—
1997-98	188,718	128,987	9,978	6,612	10,500	792	—	31,849	100.0	82.2	6.4	4.2	6.7	0.5	—
1998-99	190,230	129,912	10,346	7,044	10,638	794	—	31,496	100.0	81.8	6.5	4.4	6.7	0.5	—
1999-2000	196,129	131,221	11,642	7,738	11,299	845	—	33,384	100.0	80.6	7.2	4.8	6.9	0.5	—
2000-01	197,770	128,516	11,878	8,371	11,561	925	—	36,519	100.0	79.7	7.4	5.2	7.2	0.6	—
2001-02	202,604	131,316	12,119	8,539	11,956	995	—	37,679	100.0	79.6	7.3	5.2	7.2	0.6	—
2002-03	215,172	135,938	13,224	9,389	12,704	1,043	—	42,874	100.0	78.9	7.7	5.4	7.4	0.6	—
2003-04	233,056	146,369	15,027	10,929	14,551	1,137	—	45,043	100.0	77.9	8.0	5.8	7.7	0.6	—
2004-05	237,155	150,076	16,136	11,501	15,238	1,167	—	43,037	100.0	77.3	8.3	5.9	7.8	0.6	—
2005-06	241,656	153,666	17,384	11,739	16,031	1,252	—	41,584	100.0	76.8	8.7	5.9	8.0	0.6	—
2006-07	242,189	154,241	18,333	12,473	16,728	1,275	—	39,139	100.0	76.0	9.0	6.1	8.2	0.6	—
2007-08	250,169	157,596	18,761	13,189	17,476	1,293	—	41,854	100.0	75.7	9.0	6.3	8.4	0.6	—
2008-09	263,538	162,994	20,174	14,324	18,724	1,350	—	45,972	100.0	74.9	9.3	6.6	8.6	0.6	—
2009-10	275,197	170,203	22,120	15,525	19,535	1,415	—	46,399	100.0	74.4	9.7	6.8	8.5	0.6	—
2010-11	291,551	177,780	23,741	17,213	20,050	1,409	2,594	48,764	100.0	73.2	9.8	7.1	8.3	0.6	1.1
2011-12	302,191	182,960	25,143	18,849	20,774	1,297	3,512	49,656	100.0	72.4	10.0	7.5	8.2	0.5	1.4
Females
1976-771	149,760	127,360	13,282	2,808	1,999	453	—	3,858	100.0	87.3	9.1	1.9	1.4	0.3	—
1980-812	149,479	126,548	11,018	3,379	2,518	537	—	5,479	100.0	87.9	7.7	2.3	1.7	0.4	—
1990-91	182,021	147,934	10,822	4,964	5,104	694	—	12,503	100.0	87.3	6.4	2.9	3.0	0.4	—
1995-96	228,699	174,465	17,565	8,613	8,861	1,080	—	18,115	100.0	82.8	8.3	4.1	4.2	0.5	—
1996-97	239,990	180,691	19,623	9,225	9,884	1,211	—	19,356	100.0	81.9	8.9	4.2	4.5	0.5	—
1997-98	247,319	183,765	20,725	9,758	10,915	1,276	—	20,880	100.0	81.2	9.2	4.3	4.8	0.6	—
1998-99	255,808	188,643	22,664	10,737	11,624	1,281	—	20,859	100.0	80.3	9.6	4.6	4.9	0.5	—
1999-2000	267,056	193,769	24,964	11,641	12,224	1,418	—	23,040	100.0	79.4	10.2	4.8	5.0	0.6	—
2000-01	275,732	195,695	26,975	13,290	12,983	1,571	—	25,218	100.0	78.1	10.8	5.3	5.2	0.6	—
2001-02	284,709	200,111	28,887	13,978	13,725	1,637	—	26,371	100.0	77.5	11.2	5.4	5.3	0.6	—
2002-03	303,527	210,065	31,926	15,811	14,788	1,843	—	29,094	100.0	76.5	11.6	5.8	5.4	0.7	—
2003-04	331,216	227,079	36,375	18,877	16,651	2,069	—	30,165	100.0	75.4	12.1	6.3	5.5	0.7	—
2004-05	342,996	233,170	39,194	20,138	17,804	2,143	—	30,547	100.0	74.6	12.5	6.4	5.7	0.7	—
2005-06	358,075	243,773	42,422	20,828	18,258	2,267	—	30,527	100.0	74.4	13.0	6.4	5.6	0.7	—
2006-07	368,408	249,321	45,079	22,494	19,763	2,314	—	29,437	100.0	73.6	13.3	6.6	5.8	0.7	—
2007-08	380,497	255,583	47,153	23,783	20,246	2,484	—	31,248	100.0	73.2	13.5	6.8	5.8	0.7	—
2008-09	398,541	264,897	50,665	25,258	21,533	2,427	—	33,761	100.0	72.6	13.9	6.9	5.9	0.7	—
2009-10	417,828	274,835	54,338	28,010	23,167	2,545	—	34,933	100.0	71.8	14.2	7.3	6.1	0.7	—
2010-11	439,084	285,123	56,965	29,574	23,678	2,539	4,106	37,099	100.0	70.9	14.2	7.4	5.9	0.6	1.0
2011-12	452,038	286,679	60,172	32,415	24,626	2,377	6,268	39,501	100.0	69.5	14.6	7.9	6.0	0.6	1.5

—Not available.

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: Data through 1990-91 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for postsecondary institutions participating 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. 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 2012, Completions component. (This table was prepared July 2013.)