Table 323.20.

Master's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Selected years, 1976-77 through 2017-18

Year and sex	Number of degrees conferred to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and nonresident aliens								Percentage distribution of degrees conferred to U.S. citizens and permanent residents
	Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races1	Non- resi- dent alien	Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races1
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Total
1976-772	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	---
1980-813	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	---
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	599,862	397,519	59,822	32,578	34,302	3,519	---	72,122	100.0	75.3	11.3	6.2	6.5	0.7	---
2006-07	610,703	403,623	63,439	34,962	36,420	3,590	---	68,669	100.0	74.5	11.7	6.5	6.7	0.7	---
2007-08	630,844	413,348	65,912	36,899	37,743	3,775	---	73,167	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	785,757	431,885	88,786	63,060	45,921	3,538	16,589	135,978	100.0	66.5	13.7	9.7	7.1	0.5	2.6
2016-17	804,542	433,638	89,577	67,026	47,810	3,397	17,674	145,420	100.0	65.8	13.6	10.2	7.3	0.5	2.7
2017-18	820,102	439,051	91,273	72,470	50,091	3,318	18,850	145,049	100.0	65.0	13.5	10.7	7.4	0.5	2.8
Males
1976-772	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	---
1980-813	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	---
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	241,701	153,696	17,388	11,738	16,037	1,253	---	41,589	100.0	76.8	8.7	5.9	8.0	0.6	---
2006-07	242,213	154,250	18,340	12,471	16,689	1,275	---	39,188	100.0	76.0	9.0	6.1	8.2	0.6	---
2007-08	250,203	157,622	18,759	13,166	17,480	1,294	---	41,882	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	320,574	166,161	27,024	22,749	20,071	1,229	6,129	77,211	100.0	68.3	11.1	9.3	8.2	0.5	2.5
2016-17	326,857	164,734	26,978	23,749	20,693	1,151	6,453	83,099	100.0	67.6	11.1	9.7	8.5	0.5	2.6
2017-18	326,870	164,714	27,552	25,255	21,273	1,076	6,658	80,342	100.0	66.8	11.2	10.2	8.6	0.4	2.7
Females
1976-772	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	---
1980-813	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	---
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	358,161	243,823	42,434	20,840	18,265	2,266	---	30,533	100.0	74.4	13.0	6.4	5.6	0.7	---
2006-07	368,490	249,373	45,099	22,491	19,731	2,315	---	29,481	100.0	73.6	13.3	6.6	5.8	0.7	---
2007-08	380,641	255,726	47,153	23,733	20,263	2,481	---	31,285	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	465,183	265,724	61,762	40,311	25,850	2,309	10,460	58,767	100.0	65.4	15.2	9.9	6.4	0.6	2.6
2016-17	477,685	268,904	62,599	43,277	27,117	2,246	11,221	62,321	100.0	64.7	15.1	10.4	6.5	0.5	2.7
2017-18	493,232	274,337	63,721	47,215	28,818	2,242	12,192	64,707	100.0	64.0	14.9	11.0	6.7	0.5	2.8

---Not available.

1 For years prior to 2010-11, the survey did not yet include the "Two or more races" category, and each student could be counted in only one race category.

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

3 Excludes 1,377 males and 179 females whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

NOTE: 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 2018, Completions component. (This table was prepared October 2019.)