Table 324.20.

Doctor'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 conferred1 to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and nonresident aliens								Percentage distribution of degrees conferred1 to U.S. citizens and permanent residents
	Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races2	Non- resi- dent alien	Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races2
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Total
1976-773	91,218	79,932	3,575	1,533	1,674	240	---	4,264	100.0	91.9	4.1	1.8	1.9	0.3	---
1980-814	97,281	84,200	3,893	1,924	2,267	312	---	4,685	100.0	90.9	4.2	2.1	2.4	0.3	---
1990-91	105,547	81,791	4,429	3,210	5,120	356	---	10,641	100.0	86.2	4.7	3.4	5.4	0.4	---
1999-2000	118,736	82,984	7,078	5,042	10,682	708	---	12,242	100.0	77.9	6.6	4.7	10.0	0.7	---
2000-01	119,585	82,321	7,035	5,204	11,587	705	---	12,733	100.0	77.0	6.6	4.9	10.8	0.7	---
2003-04	126,087	84,695	8,089	5,795	12,371	771	---	14,366	100.0	75.8	7.2	5.2	11.1	0.7	---
2004-05	134,387	89,763	8,527	6,115	13,176	788	---	16,018	100.0	75.8	7.2	5.2	11.1	0.7	---
2005-06	138,056	91,050	8,523	6,202	13,686	929	---	17,666	100.0	75.6	7.1	5.2	11.4	0.8	---
2006-07	144,694	94,225	9,371	6,576	14,727	917	---	18,878	100.0	74.9	7.4	5.2	11.7	0.7	---
2007-08	149,190	97,701	9,451	6,933	15,170	932	---	19,003	100.0	75.0	7.3	5.3	11.7	0.7	---
2008-09	154,564	101,400	10,188	7,497	15,840	978	---	18,661	100.0	74.6	7.5	5.5	11.7	0.7	---
2009-10	158,590	104,419	10,413	8,085	16,560	952	---	18,161	100.0	74.4	7.4	5.8	11.8	0.7	---
2010-11	163,827	105,990	10,934	8,662	17,078	947	1,251	18,965	100.0	73.2	7.5	6.0	11.8	0.7	0.9
2011-12	170,217	109,365	11,794	9,223	17,896	915	1,571	19,453	100.0	72.5	7.8	6.1	11.9	0.6	1.0
2012-13	175,026	110,759	12,085	10,108	18,406	900	2,440	20,328	100.0	71.6	7.8	6.5	11.9	0.6	1.6
2013-14	177,587	110,157	12,621	10,665	19,118	861	2,966	21,199	100.0	70.4	8.1	6.8	12.2	0.6	1.9
2014-15	178,548	108,914	13,272	11,263	19,186	884	3,670	21,359	100.0	69.3	8.4	7.2	12.2	0.6	2.3
2015-16	178,134	107,235	13,377	11,781	19,614	811	3,782	21,534	100.0	68.5	8.5	7.5	12.5	0.5	2.4
2016-17	181,357	107,444	14,070	12,493	20,345	747	4,166	22,092	100.0	67.5	8.8	7.8	12.8	0.5	2.6
2017-18	184,074	107,415	14,241	13,253	20,762	707	4,497	23,199	100.0	66.8	8.9	8.2	12.9	0.4	2.8
Males
1976-773	71,709	62,977	2,338	1,216	1,311	182	---	3,685	100.0	92.6	3.4	1.8	1.9	0.3	---
1980-814	68,853	59,574	2,206	1,338	1,589	223	---	3,923	100.0	91.8	3.4	2.1	2.4	0.3	---
1990-91	64,242	48,812	1,991	1,835	3,038	196	---	8,370	100.0	87.4	3.6	3.3	5.4	0.4	---
1999-2000	64,930	45,308	2,762	2,602	5,467	333	---	8,458	100.0	80.2	4.9	4.6	9.7	0.6	---
2000-01	64,171	44,131	2,655	2,564	5,759	346	---	8,716	100.0	79.6	4.8	4.6	10.4	0.6	---
2003-04	63,981	43,014	2,888	2,731	5,620	357	---	9,371	100.0	78.8	5.3	5.0	10.3	0.7	---
2004-05	67,257	44,749	2,904	2,863	5,913	370	---	10,458	100.0	78.8	5.1	5.0	10.4	0.7	---
2005-06	68,912	45,476	2,949	2,850	5,977	429	---	11,231	100.0	78.8	5.1	4.9	10.4	0.7	---
2006-07	71,311	46,215	3,223	3,037	6,449	421	---	11,966	100.0	77.9	5.4	5.1	10.9	0.7	---
2007-08	73,340	48,118	3,291	3,139	6,516	447	---	11,829	100.0	78.2	5.4	5.1	10.6	0.7	---
2008-09	75,674	49,880	3,531	3,388	6,914	460	---	11,501	100.0	77.7	5.5	5.3	10.8	0.7	---
2009-10	76,610	50,707	3,609	3,642	7,184	430	---	11,038	100.0	77.3	5.5	5.6	11.0	0.7	---
2010-11	79,672	51,688	3,838	3,990	7,545	454	557	11,600	100.0	75.9	5.6	5.9	11.1	0.7	0.8
2011-12	82,670	53,488	4,121	4,218	7,792	418	701	11,932	100.0	75.6	5.8	6.0	11.0	0.6	1.0
2012-13	85,080	54,196	4,310	4,473	8,190	400	1,085	12,426	100.0	74.6	5.9	6.2	11.3	0.6	1.5
2013-14	85,585	53,374	4,510	4,788	8,270	365	1,297	12,981	100.0	73.5	6.2	6.6	11.4	0.5	1.8
2014-15	84,922	52,069	4,464	5,011	8,330	410	1,678	12,960	100.0	72.4	6.2	7.0	11.6	0.6	2.3
2015-16	84,240	50,694	4,564	5,122	8,632	371	1,718	13,139	100.0	71.3	6.4	7.2	12.1	0.5	2.4
2016-17	84,649	50,002	4,794	5,421	8,906	307	1,780	13,439	100.0	70.2	6.7	7.6	12.5	0.4	2.5
2017-18	85,568	49,649	4,957	5,856	9,004	309	1,869	13,924	100.0	69.3	6.9	8.2	12.6	0.4	2.6
Females
1976-773	19,509	16,955	1,237	317	363	58	---	579	100.0	89.6	6.5	1.7	1.9	0.3	---
1980-814	28,428	24,626	1,687	586	678	89	---	762	100.0	89.0	6.1	2.1	2.5	0.3	---
1990-91	41,305	32,979	2,438	1,375	2,082	160	---	2,271	100.0	84.5	6.2	3.5	5.3	0.4	---
1999-2000	53,806	37,676	4,316	2,440	5,215	375	---	3,784	100.0	75.3	8.6	4.9	10.4	0.7	---
2000-01	55,414	38,190	4,380	2,640	5,828	359	---	4,017	100.0	74.3	8.5	5.1	11.3	0.7	---
2003-04	62,106	41,681	5,201	3,064	6,751	414	---	4,995	100.0	73.0	9.1	5.4	11.8	0.7	---
2004-05	67,130	45,014	5,623	3,252	7,263	418	---	5,560	100.0	73.1	9.1	5.3	11.8	0.7	---
2005-06	69,144	45,574	5,574	3,352	7,709	500	---	6,435	100.0	72.7	8.9	5.3	12.3	0.8	---
2006-07	73,383	48,010	6,148	3,539	8,278	496	---	6,912	100.0	72.2	9.2	5.3	12.5	0.7	---
2007-08	75,850	49,583	6,160	3,794	8,654	485	---	7,174	100.0	72.2	9.0	5.5	12.6	0.7	---
2008-09	78,890	51,520	6,657	4,109	8,926	518	---	7,160	100.0	71.8	9.3	5.7	12.4	0.7	---
2009-10	81,980	53,712	6,804	4,443	9,376	522	---	7,123	100.0	71.8	9.1	5.9	12.5	0.7	---
2010-11	84,155	54,302	7,096	4,672	9,533	493	694	7,365	100.0	70.7	9.2	6.1	12.4	0.6	0.9
2011-12	87,547	55,877	7,673	5,005	10,104	497	870	7,521	100.0	69.8	9.6	6.3	12.6	0.6	1.1
2012-13	89,946	56,563	7,775	5,635	10,216	500	1,355	7,902	100.0	68.9	9.5	6.9	12.5	0.6	1.7
2013-14	92,002	56,783	8,111	5,877	10,848	496	1,669	8,218	100.0	67.8	9.7	7.0	12.9	0.6	2.0
2014-15	93,626	56,845	8,808	6,252	10,856	474	1,992	8,399	100.0	66.7	10.3	7.3	12.7	0.6	2.3
2015-16	93,894	56,541	8,813	6,659	10,982	440	2,064	8,395	100.0	66.1	10.3	7.8	12.8	0.5	2.4
2016-17	96,708	57,442	9,276	7,072	11,439	440	2,386	8,653	100.0	65.2	10.5	8.0	13.0	0.5	2.7
2017-18	98,506	57,766	9,284	7,397	11,758	398	2,628	9,275	100.0	64.7	10.4	8.3	13.2	0.4	2.9

---Not available.

1 Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level, as well as such degrees as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees that were classified as first-professional degrees prior to 2010-11.

2 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.

3 Excludes 500 males and 12 females whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

4 Excludes 714 males and 21 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.)