Table 256. | Associate degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group and sex of student: 1976-77 to 1993-94 |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | |American | Year and sex | Total | White, | Black, |Hispanic | Asian/ | Indian/ | Non- of student | | non- | non- | | Pacific | Alaskan |resident | |Hispanic|Hispanic| |Islander | Native | alien ----------------------|----------|--------|--------|---------|---------|---------|--------- 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\6,7\ ..| 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\6,8\ ..| 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\6,9\ ..| 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\6,10\ .| 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\6,11\ .| 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 | | | | | | | 1993-94, total\6,12\ .| 540,923 |428,273 | 46,451 | 32,438 | 18,659 | 4,975 | 10,127 Men ................| 220,191 |174,947 | 17,379 | 13,395 | 8,403 | 1,895 | 4,172 Women ..............| 320,732 |253,326 | 29,072 | 19,043 | 10,256 | 3,080 | 5,955 |==========|========|========|=========|=========|=========|========= | 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\6,7\ ..| 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\6,8\ ..| 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\6,9\ ..| 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\6,10\ .| 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\6,11\ .| 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 | | | | | | | 1993-94, total\6,12\ .| 100.0 | 79.2 | 8.6 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 1.9 Men ................| 100.0 | 79.5 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 1.9 Women ..............| 100.0 | 79.0 | 9.1 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 1.9 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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. \7\Excludes 2,353 men and 2,267 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \8\Excludes 2,564 men and 2,275 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \9\Excludes 8,413 men and 11,277 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \10\Excludes 4,673 men and 5,171 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \11\Excludes 2,913 men and 3,689 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \12\Excludes 799 men and 727 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 May 1996.)
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