Number and percentage distribution of doctor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Selected academic years, 1976-77 through 2022-23

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Table 324.20.Number and percentage distribution of doctor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Selected academic years, 1976-77 through 2022-23
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		American Indian/Alaska Native	Asian/Pacific Islander			Black	Hispanic	White	Two or more races	Nonresident¹	Total	American Indian/Alaska Native	Asian/Pacific Islander			Black	Hispanic	White	Two or more races
	Total		American Indian/Alaska Native	Total	Asian	Pacific Islander	Black	Hispanic	White	Two or more races	Nonresident¹	Total	American Indian/Alaska Native	Total	Asian	Pacific Islander	Black	Hispanic	White	Two or more races
1	2		3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Total
1976-77	91,730	^2,3	240	1,674	---	---	3,575	1,533	79,932	---	4,264	100.0	0.3	1.9	---	---	4.1	1.8	91.9	---
1980-81	98,016	^4,5	312	2,267	---	---	3,893	1,924	84,200	---	4,685	100.0	0.3	2.4	---	---	4.2	2.1	90.9	---
1990-91	105,547		356	5,120	---	---	4,429	3,210	81,791	---	10,641	100.0	0.4	5.4	---	---	4.7	3.4	86.2	---
1999-2000	118,736		708	10,682	---	---	7,078	5,042	82,984	---	12,242	100.0	0.7	10.0	---	---	6.6	4.7	77.9	---
2000-01	119,585		705	11,587	---	---	7,035	5,204	82,321	---	12,733	100.0	0.7	10.8	---	---	6.6	4.9	77.0	---
2008-09	154,564		978	15,840	---	---	10,188	7,497	101,400	---	18,661	100.0	0.7	11.7	---	---	7.5	5.5	74.6	---
2009-10	158,590		952	16,560	---	---	10,413	8,085	104,419	---	18,161	100.0	0.7	11.8	---	---	7.4	5.8	74.4	---
2010-11	163,827		947	17,078	16,730	348	10,934	8,662	105,990	1,251	18,965	100.0	0.7	11.8	11.5	0.2	7.5	6.0	73.2	0.9
2011-12	170,217		915	17,896	17,562	334	11,794	9,223	109,365	1,571	19,453	100.0	0.6	11.9	11.6	0.2	7.8	6.1	72.5	1.0
2012-13	175,026		900	18,406	18,020	386	12,085	10,108	110,759	2,440	20,328	100.0	0.6	11.9	11.6	0.2	7.8	6.5	71.6	1.6
2013-14	177,587		861	19,118	18,791	327	12,621	10,665	110,157	2,966	21,199	100.0	0.6	12.2	12.0	0.2	8.1	6.8	70.4	1.9
2014-15	178,548		884	19,186	18,872	314	13,272	11,263	108,914	3,670	21,359	100.0	0.6	12.2	12.0	0.2	8.4	7.2	69.3	2.3
2015-16	178,134		811	19,614	19,283	331	13,377	11,781	107,235	3,782	21,534	100.0	0.5	12.5	12.3	0.2	8.5	7.5	68.5	2.4
2016-17	181,357		747	20,345	20,017	328	14,070	12,493	107,444	4,166	22,092	100.0	0.5	12.8	12.6	0.2	8.8	7.8	67.5	2.6
2017-18	183,734		707	20,693	20,378	315	14,230	13,225	107,237	4,490	23,152	100.0	0.4	12.9	12.7	0.2	8.9	8.2	66.8	2.8
2018-19	187,577		721	21,035	20,748	287	15,119	14,145	107,570	5,090	23,897	100.0	0.4	12.9	12.7	0.2	9.2	8.6	65.7	3.1
2019-20	190,133		674	21,609	21,308	301	15,719	14,865	107,823	5,498	23,945	100.0	0.4	13.0	12.8	0.2	9.5	8.9	64.9	3.3
2020-21	194,052		690	22,529	22,254	275	17,042	16,486	108,057	5,769	23,479	100.0	0.4	13.2	13.0	0.2	10.0	9.7	63.3	3.4
2021-22	203,900		724	22,860	22,583	277	18,491	17,668	112,602	6,218	25,337	100.0	0.4	12.8	12.6	0.2	10.4	9.9	63.1	3.5
2022-23	205,239		695	23,564	23,302	262	18,788	18,472	112,116	6,641	24,963	100.0	0.4	13.1	12.9	0.1	10.4	10.2	62.2	3.7
Male
1976-77	72,209	²	182	1,311	---	---	2,338	1,216	62,977	---	3,685	100.0	0.3	1.9	---	---	3.4	1.8	92.6	---
1980-81	69,567	⁴	223	1,589	---	---	2,206	1,338	59,574	---	3,923	100.0	0.3	2.4	---	---	3.4	2.1	91.8	---
1990-91	64,242		196	3,038	---	---	1,991	1,835	48,812	---	8,370	100.0	0.4	5.4	---	---	3.6	3.3	87.4	---
1999-2000	64,930		333	5,467	---	---	2,762	2,602	45,308	---	8,458	100.0	0.6	9.7	---	---	4.9	4.6	80.2	---
2000-01	64,171		346	5,759	---	---	2,655	2,564	44,131	---	8,716	100.0	0.6	10.4	---	---	4.8	4.6	79.6	---
2008-09	75,674		460	6,914	---	---	3,531	3,388	49,880	---	11,501	100.0	0.7	10.8	---	---	5.5	5.3	77.7	---
2009-10	76,610		430	7,184	---	---	3,609	3,642	50,707	---	11,038	100.0	0.7	11.0	---	---	5.5	5.6	77.3	---
2010-11	79,672		454	7,545	7,379	166	3,838	3,990	51,688	557	11,600	100.0	0.7	11.1	10.8	0.2	5.6	5.9	75.9	0.8
2011-12	82,670		418	7,792	7,631	161	4,121	4,218	53,488	701	11,932	100.0	0.6	11.0	10.8	0.2	5.8	6.0	75.6	1.0
2012-13	85,080		400	8,190	8,009	181	4,310	4,473	54,196	1,085	12,426	100.0	0.6	11.3	11.0	0.2	5.9	6.2	74.6	1.5
2013-14	85,585		365	8,270	8,118	152	4,510	4,788	53,374	1,297	12,981	100.0	0.5	11.4	11.2	0.2	6.2	6.6	73.5	1.8
2014-15	84,922		410	8,330	8,199	131	4,464	5,011	52,069	1,678	12,960	100.0	0.6	11.6	11.4	0.2	6.2	7.0	72.4	2.3
2015-16	84,240		371	8,632	8,491	141	4,564	5,122	50,694	1,718	13,139	100.0	0.5	12.1	11.9	0.2	6.4	7.2	71.3	2.4
2016-17	84,649		307	8,906	8,782	124	4,794	5,421	50,002	1,780	13,439	100.0	0.4	12.5	12.3	0.2	6.7	7.6	70.2	2.5
2017-18	85,389		309	8,971	8,857	114	4,951	5,838	49,555	1,862	13,903	100.0	0.4	12.5	12.4	0.2	6.9	8.2	69.3	2.6
2018-19	85,771		307	8,975	8,854	121	5,076	6,024	48,818	2,137	14,434	100.0	0.4	12.6	12.4	0.2	7.1	8.4	68.4	3.0
2019-20	85,220		262	9,208	9,100	108	5,145	6,187	47,675	2,248	14,495	100.0	0.4	13.0	12.9	0.2	7.3	8.7	67.4	3.2
2020-21	85,363		280	9,413	9,291	122	5,520	6,661	47,086	2,290	14,113	100.0	0.4	13.2	13.0	0.2	7.7	9.3	66.1	3.2
2021-22	87,781		277	9,518	9,407	111	5,854	7,128	47,464	2,532	15,008	100.0	0.4	13.1	12.9	0.2	8.0	9.8	65.2	3.5
2022-23	86,233		259	9,515	9,404	111	5,808	7,305	46,043	2,562	14,741	100.0	0.4	13.3	13.2	0.2	8.1	10.2	64.4	3.6
Female
1976-77	19,521	³	58	363	---	---	1,237	317	16,955	---	579	100.0	0.3	1.9	---	---	6.5	1.7	89.6	---
1980-81	28,449	⁵	89	678	---	---	1,687	586	24,626	---	762	100.0	0.3	2.5	---	---	6.1	2.1	89.0	---
1990-91	41,305		160	2,082	---	---	2,438	1,375	32,979	---	2,271	100.0	0.4	5.3	---	---	6.2	3.5	84.5	---
1999-2000	53,806		375	5,215	---	---	4,316	2,440	37,676	---	3,784	100.0	0.7	10.4	---	---	8.6	4.9	75.3	---
2000-01	55,414		359	5,828	---	---	4,380	2,640	38,190	---	4,017	100.0	0.7	11.3	---	---	8.5	5.1	74.3	---
2008-09	78,890		518	8,926	---	---	6,657	4,109	51,520	---	7,160	100.0	0.7	12.4	---	---	9.3	5.7	71.8	---
2009-10	81,980		522	9,376	---	---	6,804	4,443	53,712	---	7,123	100.0	0.7	12.5	---	---	9.1	5.9	71.8	---
2010-11	84,155		493	9,533	9,351	182	7,096	4,672	54,302	694	7,365	100.0	0.6	12.4	12.2	0.2	9.2	6.1	70.7	0.9
2011-12	87,547		497	10,104	9,931	173	7,673	5,005	55,877	870	7,521	100.0	0.6	12.6	12.4	0.2	9.6	6.3	69.8	1.1
2012-13	89,946		500	10,216	10,011	205	7,775	5,635	56,563	1,355	7,902	100.0	0.6	12.5	12.2	0.2	9.5	6.9	68.9	1.7
2013-14	92,002		496	10,848	10,673	175	8,111	5,877	56,783	1,669	8,218	100.0	0.6	12.9	12.7	0.2	9.7	7.0	67.8	2.0
2014-15	93,626		474	10,856	10,673	183	8,808	6,252	56,845	1,992	8,399	100.0	0.6	12.7	12.5	0.2	10.3	7.3	66.7	2.3
2015-16	93,894		440	10,982	10,792	190	8,813	6,659	56,541	2,064	8,395	100.0	0.5	12.8	12.6	0.2	10.3	7.8	66.1	2.4
2016-17	96,708		440	11,439	11,235	204	9,276	7,072	57,442	2,386	8,653	100.0	0.5	13.0	12.8	0.2	10.5	8.0	65.2	2.7
2017-18	98,345		398	11,722	11,521	201	9,279	7,387	57,682	2,628	9,249	100.0	0.4	13.2	12.9	0.2	10.4	8.3	64.7	2.9
2018-19	101,806		414	12,060	11,894	166	10,043	8,121	58,752	2,953	9,463	100.0	0.4	13.1	12.9	0.2	10.9	8.8	63.6	3.2
2019-20	104,913		412	12,401	12,208	193	10,574	8,678	60,148	3,250	9,450	100.0	0.4	13.0	12.8	0.2	11.1	9.1	63.0	3.4
2020-21	108,689		410	13,116	12,963	153	11,522	9,825	60,971	3,479	9,366	100.0	0.4	13.2	13.1	0.2	11.6	9.9	61.4	3.5
2021-22	116,119		447	13,342	13,176	166	12,637	10,540	65,138	3,686	10,329	100.0	0.4	12.6	12.5	0.2	11.9	10.0	61.6	3.5
2022-23	119,006		436	14,049	13,898	151	12,980	11,167	66,073	4,079	10,222	100.0	0.4	12.9	12.8	0.1	11.9	10.3	60.7	3.7
---Not available.
¹Race/ethnicity not collected.
²Includes 500 male students whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
³Includes 12 female students whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
⁴Includes 714 male students whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
⁵Includes 21 female students 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 that participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs and U.S. service academies. 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. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. For 1989-90 and later years, data for students whose race/ethnicity was unknown were prorated into these groups based on the reported racial/ethnic distribution by level of degree, field of study, and sex (does not include nonresident students). Prior to 2010-11, institutions were not required to report disaggregated data on students who were Asian, Pacific Islander, and of Two or more races, and each student could be counted in only one race category. 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, Completions component, selected years, Fall 2000 through Fall 2022 (final data) and Fall 2023 (provisional data). (This table was prepared December 2024.)

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