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Table 323.20. Master's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Selected years, 1976-77 through 2015-16
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
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
2008-09 662,082 427,713 70,772 39,567 40,510 3,777 79,743 100.0 73.4 12.2 6.8 7.0 0.6
2009-10 693,313 445,158 76,472 43,603 42,520 3,965 81,595 100.0 72.8 12.5 7.1 7.0 0.6
2010-11 730,922 462,922 80,742 46,823 43,482 3,946 6,597 86,410 100.0 71.8 12.5 7.3 6.7 0.6 1.0
                               
2011-12 755,967 470,822 86,007 50,994 45,379 3,681 9,823 89,261 100.0 70.6 12.9 7.6 6.8 0.6 1.5
2012-13 751,718 455,896 87,989 52,991 44,906 3,693 11,794 94,449 100.0 69.4 13.4 8.1 6.8 0.6 1.8
2013-14 754,582 444,771 88,606 55,962 44,533 3,512 13,417 103,781 100.0 68.3 13.6 8.6 6.8 0.5 2.1
2014-15 758,804 433,096 87,288 58,752 44,489 3,410 14,628 117,141 100.0 67.5 13.6 9.2 6.9 0.5 2.3
2015-16 785,595 431,850 88,817 62,946 45,917 3,540 16,583 135,942 100.0 66.5 13.7 9.7 7.1 0.5 2.6
                               
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
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
2008-09 263,515 162,863 20,146 14,314 18,865 1,349 45,978 100.0 74.9 9.3 6.6 8.7 0.6
2009-10 275,317 170,243 22,121 15,554 19,423 1,419 46,557 100.0 74.4 9.7 6.8 8.5 0.6
2010-11 291,680 177,786 23,746 17,183 19,918 1,409 2,540 49,098 100.0 73.3 9.8 7.1 8.2 0.6 1.0
                               
2011-12 302,484 183,222 25,284 18,633 20,751 1,298 3,518 49,778 100.0 72.5 10.0 7.4 8.2 0.5 1.4
2012-13 301,552 177,208 26,417 19,441 20,456 1,280 4,472 52,278 100.0 71.1 10.6 7.8 8.2 0.5 1.8
2013-14 302,846 173,303 26,608 20,565 19,955 1,219 4,890 56,306 100.0 70.3 10.8 8.3 8.1 0.5 2.0
2014-15 306,615 168,151 26,295 21,384 19,577 1,223 5,438 64,547 100.0 69.5 10.9 8.8 8.1 0.5 2.2
2015-16 320,444 166,102 27,029 22,701 20,068 1,230 6,125 77,189 100.0 68.3 11.1 9.3 8.2 0.5 2.5
                               
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
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
2008-09 398,567 264,850 50,626 25,253 21,645 2,428 33,765 100.0 72.6 13.9 6.9 5.9 0.7
2009-10 417,996 274,915 54,351 28,049 23,097 2,546 35,038 100.0 71.8 14.2 7.3 6.0 0.7
2010-11 439,242 285,136 56,996 29,640 23,564 2,537 4,057 37,312 100.0 70.9 14.2 7.4 5.9 0.6 1.0
                               
2011-12 453,483 287,600 60,723 32,361 24,628 2,383 6,305 39,483 100.0 69.5 14.7 7.8 5.9 0.6 1.5
2012-13 450,166 278,688 61,572 33,550 24,450 2,413 7,322 42,171 100.0 68.3 15.1 8.2 6.0 0.6 1.8
2013-14 451,736 271,468 61,998 35,397 24,578 2,293 8,527 47,475 100.0 67.2 15.3 8.8 6.1 0.6 2.1
2014-15 452,189 264,945 60,993 37,368 24,912 2,187 9,190 52,594 100.0 66.3 15.3 9.4 6.2 0.5 2.3
2015-16 465,151 265,748 61,788 40,245 25,849 2,310 10,458 58,753 100.0 65.4 15.2 9.9 6.4 0.6 2.6
—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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
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 2016, Completions component. (This table was prepared August 2017.)

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