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| Table 259. | Bachelor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group and sex of student: 1976-77 to 1993-94 |
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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
--------------------|----------|--------|--------|---------|---------|---------|----------
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
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| Number of degrees conferred
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
1976-77, total\1\ ..| 917,900 |807,688 | 58,636 | 18,743 | 13,793 | 3,326 | 15,714
Men ..............| 494,424 |438,161 | 25,147 | 10,318 | 7,638 | 1,804 | 11,356
Women ............| 423,476 |369,527 | 33,489 | 8,425 | 6,155 | 1,522 | 4,358
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1978-79, total\2\ ..| 919,540 |802,542 | 60,246 | 20,096 | 15,407 | 3,410 | 17,839
Men ..............| 476,065 |418,215 | 24,659 | 10,418 | 8,261 | 1,736 | 12,776
Women ............| 443,475 |384,327 | 35,587 | 9,678 | 7,146 | 1,674 | 5,063
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1980-81, total\3\ ..| 934,800 |807,319 | 60,673 | 21,832 | 18,794 | 3,593 | 22,589
Men ..............| 469,625 |406,173 | 24,511 | 10,810 | 10,107 | 1,700 | 16,324
Women ............| 465,175 |401,146 | 36,162 | 11,022 | 8,687 | 1,893 | 6,265
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1984-85, total\4\ ..| 968,311 |826,106 | 57,473 | 25,874 | 25,395 | 4,246 | 29,217
Men ..............| 476,148 |405,085 | 23,018 | 12,402 | 13,554 | 1,998 | 20,091
Women ............| 492,163 |421,021 | 34,455 | 13,472 | 11,841 | 2,248 | 9,126
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1986-87, total\5\ ..| 991,264 |841,818 | 56,560 | 26,988 | 32,624 | 3,968 | 29,306
Men ..............| 480,782 |406,749 | 22,501 | 12,865 | 17,253 | 1,817 | 19,597
Women ............| 510,482 |435,069 | 34,059 | 14,123 | 15,371 | 2,151 | 9,709
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1988-89, total\5,6\ |1,016,350 |859,703 | 58,078 | 29,918 | 37,674 | 3,951 | 27,026
Men ..............| 481,946 |407,154 | 22,370 | 13,950 | 19,260 | 1,730 | 17,482
Women ............| 534,404 |452,549 | 35,708 | 15,968 | 18,414 | 2,221 | 9,544
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1989-90, total\5,7\ |1,048,631 |884,376 | 61,063 | 32,844 | 39,248 | 4,392 | 26,708
Men ..............| 490,317 |413,573 | 23,262 | 14,941 | 19,721 | 1,859 | 16,961
Women ............| 558,314 |470,803 | 37,801 | 17,903 | 19,527 | 2,533 | 9,747
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1990-91, total\5,8\ |1,081,280 |904,062 | 65,341 | 36,612 | 41,618 | 4,513 | 29,134
Men ..............| 496,424 |415,505 | 24,328 | 16,158 | 20,678 | 1,901 | 17,854
Women ............| 584,856 |488,557 | 41,013 | 20,454 | 20,940 | 2,612 | 11,280
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1991-92, total\5,9\ |1,129,833 |936,771 | 72,326 | 40,761 | 46,720 | 5,176 | 28,079
Men ..............| 516,976 |429,842 | 26,956 | 17,976 | 23,248 | 2,182 | 16,772
Women ............| 612,857 |506,929 | 45,370 | 22,785 | 23,472 | 2,994 | 11,307
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1992-93, total\5,10\|1,159,931 |947,309 | 77,872 | 45,376 | 51,463 | 5,671 | 32,240
Men ..............| 530,541 |435,084 | 28,883 | 19,865 | 25,293 | 2,449 | 18,967
Women ............| 629,390 |512,225 | 48,989 | 25,511 | 26,170 | 3,222 | 13,273
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1993-94, total\5,11\|1,165,973 |936,227 | 83,576 | 50,241 | 55,660 | 6,189 | 34,080
Men ..............| 530,804 |429,121 | 30,648 | 21,807 | 26,938 | 2,616 | 19,674
Women ............| 635,169 |507,106 | 52,928 | 28,434 | 28,722 | 3,573 | 14,406
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| Percentage distribution of degrees conferred
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1976-77, total\1\ ..| 100.0 | 88.0 | 6.4 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.7
Men ..............| 100.0 | 88.6 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 2.3
Women ............| 100.0 | 87.3 | 7.9 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.0
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1978-79, total\2\ ..| 100.0 | 87.3 | 6.6 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 1.9
Men ..............| 100.0 | 87.8 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 2.7
Women ............| 100.0 | 86.7 | 8.0 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1.1
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1980-81, total\3\ ..| 100.0 | 86.4 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 2.4
Men ..............| 100.0 | 86.5 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 3.5
Women ............| 100.0 | 86.2 | 7.8 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 1.3
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1984-85, total\4\ ..| 100.0 | 85.3 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 3.0
Men ..............| 100.0 | 85.1 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 4.2
Women ............| 100.0 | 85.5 | 7.0 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 1.9
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1986-87, total\5\ ..| 100.0 | 84.9 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 3.0
Men ..............| 100.0 | 84.6 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 4.1
Women ............| 100.0 | 85.2 | 6.7 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 1.9
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1988-89, total\5,6\ | 100.0 | 84.6 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 2.7
Men ..............| 100.0 | 84.5 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 3.6
Women ............| 100.0 | 84.7 | 6.7 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 1.8
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1989-90, total\5,7\ | 100.0 | 84.3 | 5.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 2.5
Men ..............| 100.0 | 84.3 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 3.5
Women ............| 100.0 | 84.3 | 6.8 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1.7
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1990-91, total\5,8\ | 100.0 | 83.6 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 2.7
Men ..............| 100.0 | 83.7 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 3.6
Women ............| 100.0 | 83.5 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 1.9
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1991-92, total\5,9\ | 100.0 | 82.9 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 2.5
Men ..............| 100.0 | 83.1 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 3.2
Women ............| 100.0 | 82.7 | 7.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 1.8
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1992-93, total\5,10\| 100.0 | 81.7 | 6.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 0.5 | 2.8
Men ..............| 100.0 | 82.0 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 3.6
Women ............| 100.0 | 81.4 | 7.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 2.1
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1993-94, total\5,11\| 100.0 | 80.3 | 7.2 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 2.9
Men ..............| 100.0 | 80.8 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 0.5 | 3.7
Women ............| 100.0 | 79.8 | 8.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 2.3
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| \1\Excludes 1,121 men and 528 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\2\Excludes 1,279 men and 571 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \3\Excludes 258 men and 82 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \4\Excludes 6,380 men and 4,786 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \5\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. \6\Excludes 1,400 men and 1,005 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \7\Excludes 1,379 men and 1,334 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \8\Excludes 7,621 men and 5,637 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \9\Excludes 3,835 men and 2,885 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \10\Excludes 2,340 men and 2,907 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \11\Excludes 1,618 men and 1,684 women whose racial/ethnic group was 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 February 1996.)
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