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Table 253.Associate degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group and sex of student: 1976-77 to 1992-93

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                   |          |        |        |         |         |American |
   Year and sex    |  Total   | White, | Black, |Hispanic | Asian/  | Indian/ |  Non-
    of student     |          |  non-  |  non-  |         | Pacific | Alaskan |resident
                   |          |Hispanic|Hispanic|         |Islander | Native  |  alien
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         1         |    2     |   3    |   4    |    5    |    6    |    7    |    8
___________________|__________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|_________
                   |                    Number of degrees conferred
                   |____________________________________________________________________
1976-77, total\1\ .|  404,956 |342,290 | 33,159 |  16,636 |   7,044 |   2,498 |   3,329
  Men .............|  209,672 |178,236 | 15,330 |   9,105 |   3,630 |   1,216 |   2,155
  Women ...........|  195,284 |164,054 | 17,829 |   7,531 |   3,414 |   1,282 |   1,174
                   |          |        |        |         |         |         |
1978-79, total\2\ .|  396,745 |331,092 | 34,979 |  16,269 |   7,518 |   2,336 |   4,551
  Men .............|  187,284 |156,671 | 14,425 |   8,135 |   4,058 |   1,069 |   2,926
  Women ...........|  209,461 |174,421 | 20,554 |   8,134 |   3,460 |   1,267 |   1,625
                   |          |        |        |         |         |         |
1980-81, total\3\ .|  410,174 |339,167 | 35,330 |  17,800 |   8,650 |   2,584 |   6,643
  Men .............|  183,819 |151,242 | 14,290 |   8,327 |   4,557 |   1,108 |   4,295
  Women ...........|  226,355 |187,925 | 21,040 |   9,473 |   4,093 |   1,476 |   2,348
                   |          |        |        |         |         |         |
1984-85, total\4\ .|  429,815 |355,343 | 35,791 |  19,407 |   9,914 |   2,953 |   6,407
  Men .............|  190,409 |157,278 | 14,184 |   8,561 |   5,492 |   1,198 |   3,696
  Women ...........|  239,406 |198,065 | 21,607 |  10,846 |   4,422 |   1,755 |   2,711
                   |          |        |        |         |         |         |
1986-87, total\5\ .|  436,304 |361,861 | 35,447 |  19,334 |  11,779 |   3,195 |   4,688
  Men .............|  190,839 |158,132 | 13,959 |   8,760 |   6,169 |   1,263 |   2,556
  Women ...........|  245,465 |203,729 | 21,488 |  10,574 |   5,610 |   1,932 |   2,132
                   |          |        |        |         |         |         |
1988-89, total\6\ .|  432,144 |354,865 | 34,664 |  20,384 |  12,519 |   3,331 |   6,381
  Men .............|  183,963 |150,978 | 12,884 |   9,217 |   6,366 |   1,323 |   3,195
  Women ...........|  248,181 |203,887 | 21,780 |  11,167 |   6,153 |   2,008 |   3,186
                   |          |        |        |         |         |         |
1989-90, total\7\ .|  450,263 |369,580 | 35,327 |  22,195 |  13,482 |   3,530 |   6,149
  Men .............|  188,631 |154,748 | 13,147 |   9,859 |   6,477 |   1,433 |   2,967
  Women ...........|  261,632 |214,832 | 22,180 |  12,336 |   7,005 |   2,097 |   3,182
                   |          |        |        |         |         |         |
1990-91, total\8\ .|  462,030 |376,081 | 37,657 |  24,251 |  13,725 |   3,672 |   6,644
  Men .............|  190,221 |155,330 | 13,718 |  10,210 |   6,440 |   1,373 |   3,150
  Women ...........|  271,809 |220,751 | 23,939 |  14,041 |   7,285 |   2,299 |   3,494
                   |          |        |        |         |         |         |
1991-92, total\9\ .|  494,387 |400,530 | 39,411 |  26,905 |  15,596 |   4,008 |   7,937
  Men .............|  202,808 |164,799 | 14,294 |  11,536 |   7,254 |   1,531 |   3,394
  Women ...........|  291,579 |235,731 | 25,117 |  15,369 |   8,342 |   2,477 |   4,543
                   |          |        |        |         |         |         |
1992-93, total\10\ |  508,154 |405,883 | 42,340 |  29,991 |  16,632 |   4,379 |   8,929
  Men .............|  209,051 |167,312 | 15,497 |  12,924 |   7,877 |   1,663 |   3,778
  Women ...........|  299,103 |238,571 | 26,843 |  17,067 |   8,755 |   2,716 |   5,151
                   |==========|========|========|=========|=========|=========|=========
                   |            Percentage distribution of degrees conferred
                   |____________________________________________________________________
1976-77, total\1\ .|    100.0 |   84.5 |    8.2 |     4.1 |     1.7 |     0.6 |     0.8
  Men .............|    100.0 |   85.0 |    7.3 |     4.3 |     1.7 |     0.6 |     1.0
  Women ...........|    100.0 |   84.0 |    9.1 |     3.9 |     1.7 |     0.7 |     0.6
                   |          |        |        |         |         |         |
1978-79, total\2\ .|    100.0 |   83.5 |    8.8 |     4.1 |     1.9 |     0.6 |     1.1
  Men .............|    100.0 |   83.7 |    7.7 |     4.3 |     2.2 |     0.6 |     1.6
  Women ...........|    100.0 |   83.3 |    9.8 |     3.9 |     1.7 |     0.6 |     0.8
                   |          |        |        |         |         |         |
1980-81, total\3\ .|    100.0 |   82.7 |    8.6 |     4.3 |     2.1 |     0.6 |     1.6
  Men .............|    100.0 |   82.3 |    7.8 |     4.5 |     2.5 |     0.6 |     2.3
  Women ...........|    100.0 |   83.0 |    9.3 |     4.2 |     1.8 |     0.7 |     1.0
                   |          |        |        |         |         |         |
1984-85, total\4\ .|    100.0 |   82.7 |    8.3 |     4.5 |     2.3 |     0.7 |     1.5
  Men .............|    100.0 |   82.6 |    7.4 |     4.5 |     2.9 |     0.6 |     1.9
  Women ...........|    100.0 |   82.7 |    9.0 |     4.5 |     1.8 |     0.7 |     1.1
                   |          |        |        |         |         |         |
1986-87, total\5\ .|    100.0 |   82.9 |    8.1 |     4.4 |     2.7 |     0.7 |     1.1
  Men .............|    100.0 |   82.9 |    7.3 |     4.6 |     3.2 |     0.7 |     1.3
  Women ...........|    100.0 |   83.0 |    8.8 |     4.3 |     2.3 |     0.8 |     0.9
                   |          |        |        |         |         |         |
1988-89, total\6\ .|    100.0 |   82.1 |    8.0 |     4.7 |     2.9 |     0.8 |     1.5
  Men .............|    100.0 |   82.1 |    7.0 |     5.0 |     3.5 |     0.7 |     1.7
  Women ...........|    100.0 |   82.2 |    8.8 |     4.5 |     2.5 |     0.8 |     1.3
                   |          |        |        |         |         |         |
1989-90, total\7\ .|    100.0 |   82.1 |    7.8 |     4.9 |     3.0 |     0.8 |     1.4
  Men .............|    100.0 |   82.0 |    7.0 |     5.2 |     3.4 |     0.8 |     1.6
  Women ...........|    100.0 |   82.1 |    8.5 |     4.7 |     2.7 |     0.8 |     1.2
                   |          |        |        |         |         |         |
1990-91, total\8\ .|    100.0 |   81.4 |    8.2 |     5.2 |     3.0 |     0.8 |     1.4
  Men .............|    100.0 |   81.7 |    7.2 |     5.4 |     3.4 |     0.7 |     1.7
  Women ...........|    100.0 |   81.2 |    8.8 |     5.2 |     2.7 |     0.8 |     1.3
                   |          |        |        |         |         |         |
1991-92, total\9\ .|    100.0 |   81.0 |    8.0 |     5.4 |     3.2 |     0.8 |     1.6
  Men .............|    100.0 |   81.3 |    7.0 |     5.7 |     3.6 |     0.8 |     1.7
  Women ...........|    100.0 |   80.8 |    8.6 |     5.3 |     2.9 |     0.8 |     1.6
                   |          |        |        |         |         |         |
1992-93, total\10\ |    100.0 |   79.9 |    8.3 |     5.9 |     3.3 |     0.9 |     1.8
  Men .............|    100.0 |   80.0 |    7.4 |     6.2 |     3.8 |     0.8 |     1.8
  Women ...........|    100.0 |   79.8 |    9.0 |     5.7 |     2.9 |     0.9 |     1.7
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\1\Excludes 1,170 men and 251 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\2\Excludes 4,807 men and 1,150 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\3\Excludes 4,819 men and 1,384 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\4\Racial/ethnic data were imputed for approximately 45,400 men and 55,400 women. This tabulation excludes 11,490 men and 10,862 women whose racial/ethnic group could not be imputed. In addition, data for 1,033 men and 1,512 women were not available by field of study and were not imputed by race.
\5\Excludes 3 men and 1 woman whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\6\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. Excludes 2,353 men and 2,267 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.
\7\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. Excludes 2,564 men and 2,275 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.
\8\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. Excludes 8,413 men and 11,277 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.
\9\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. Excludes 4,673 men and 5,171 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.
\10\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. Excludes 2,913 men and 3,689 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared January 1995.)


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