Table 323.20.

Master's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Selected academic years, 1976-77 through 2020-21

Sex and year	Number of degrees conferred to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and nonresidents									Percentage distribution of degrees conferred to U.S. citizens and permanent residents
	Total		White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native	Two or more races1	Nonresident	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	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
1976-77	323,025	2,3	271,402	21,252	6,136	5,127	1,018	---	17,528	100.0	89.0	7.0	2.0	1.7	0.3	---
1980-81	302,637	4,5	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	---
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	820,242		439,124	91,282	72,443	50,116	3,318	18,900	145,059	100.0	65.0	13.5	10.7	7.4	0.5	2.8
2018-19	833,792		447,433	93,123	78,876	52,200	3,452	20,544	138,164	100.0	64.3	13.4	11.3	7.5	0.5	3.0
2019-20	843,531		448,447	92,778	84,570	54,688	3,549	22,132	137,367	100.0	63.5	13.1	12.0	7.7	0.5	3.1
2020-21	866,894		460,320	98,246	93,351	58,457	3,785	23,204	129,531	100.0	62.4	13.3	12.7	7.9	0.5	3.1
Males
1976-77	173,090	2	144,042	7,970	3,328	3,128	565	---	13,670	100.0	90.6	5.0	2.1	2.0	0.4	---
1980-81	152,979	4	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	---
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	326,907		164,729	27,551	25,248	21,277	1,076	6,677	80,349	100.0	66.8	11.2	10.2	8.6	0.4	2.7
2018-19	326,201		165,361	27,598	27,357	21,899	1,099	7,512	75,375	100.0	65.9	11.0	10.9	8.7	0.4	3.0
2019-20	325,711		163,292	27,525	28,605	22,740	1,142	7,887	74,520	100.0	65.0	11.0	11.4	9.1	0.5	3.1
2020-21	330,700		166,478	29,142	31,310	24,130	1,137	8,110	70,393	100.0	64.0	11.2	12.0	9.3	0.4	3.1
Females
1976-77	149,935	3	127,360	13,282	2,808	1,999	453	---	3,858	100.0	87.3	9.1	1.9	1.4	0.3	---
1980-81	149,658	5	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	---
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	493,335		274,395	63,731	47,195	28,839	2,242	12,223	64,710	100.0	64.0	14.9	11.0	6.7	0.5	2.9
2018-19	507,591		282,072	65,525	51,519	30,301	2,353	13,032	62,789	100.0	63.4	14.7	11.6	6.8	0.5	2.9
2019-20	517,820		285,155	65,253	55,965	31,948	2,407	14,245	62,847	100.0	62.7	14.3	12.3	7.0	0.5	3.1
2020-21	536,194		293,842	69,104	62,041	34,327	2,648	15,094	59,138	100.0	61.6	14.5	13.0	7.2	0.6	3.2

---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 Includes 387 males whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

3 Includes 175 females whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

4 Includes 1,377 males whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

5 Includes 179 females whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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 study, 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:91); and IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2021, Completions component. (This table was prepared September 2022.)