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| Table 262. | Master'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\ ..| 316,602 |266,061 | 21,037 | 6,071 | 5,122 | 967 | 17,344
Men ..............| 167,396 |139,210 | 7,781 | 3,268 | 3,123 | 521 | 13,493
Women ............| 149,206 |126,851 | 13,256 | 2,803 | 1,999 | 446 | 3,851
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1978-79, total\2\ ..| 300,255 |249,360 | 19,418 | 5,555 | 5,496 | 999 | 19,427
Men ..............| 152,637 |124,058 | 7,070 | 2,786 | 3,325 | 495 | 14,903
Women ............| 147,618 |125,302 | 12,348 | 2,769 | 2,171 | 504 | 4,524
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1980-81, total\3\ ..| 294,183 |241,216 | 17,133 | 6,461 | 6,282 | 1,034 | 22,057
Men ..............| 145,666 |115,562 | 6,158 | 3,085 | 3,773 | 501 | 16,587
Women ............| 148,517 |125,654 | 10,975 | 3,376 | 2,509 | 533 | 5,470
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1984-85, total\4\ ..| 280,421 |223,628 | 13,939 | 6,864 | 7,782 | 1,256 | 26,952
Men ..............| 139,417 |106,059 | 5,200 | 3,059 | 4,842 | 583 | 19,674
Women ............| 141,004 |117,569 | 8,739 | 3,805 | 2,940 | 673 | 7,278
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1986-87, total\5\ ..| 289,349 |228,874 | 13,873 | 7,044 | 8,559 | 1,103 | 29,896
Men ..............| 141,269 |105,572 | 5,153 | 3,331 | 5,239 | 518 | 21,456
Women ............| 148,080 |123,302 | 8,720 | 3,713 | 3,320 | 585 | 8,440
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1988-89, total\5,6\ | 309,770 |242,764 | 14,095 | 7,277 | 10,335 | 1,086 | 34,213
Men ..............| 148,872 |109,715 | 5,175 | 3,325 | 6,048 | 476 | 24,133
Women ............| 160,898 |133,049 | 8,920 | 3,952 | 4,287 | 610 | 10,080
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1989-90, total\5,7\ | 322,465 |251,690 | 15,446 | 7,950 | 10,577 | 1,101 | 35,701
Men ..............| 152,926 |112,877 | 5,539 | 3,586 | 6,002 | 463 | 24,459
Women ............| 169,539 |138,813 | 9,907 | 4,364 | 4,575 | 638 | 11,242
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1990-91, total\5,8\ | 328,645 |255,281 | 16,139 | 8,386 | 11,180 | 1,136 | 36,523
Men ..............| 151,796 |111,224 | 5,709 | 3,670 | 6,319 | 459 | 24,415
Women ............| 176,849 |144,057 | 10,430 | 4,716 | 4,861 | 677 | 12,108
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1991-92, total\5,9\ | 348,682 |268,371 | 18,116 | 9,358 | 12,658 | 1,273 | 38,906
Men ..............| 159,543 |116,096 | 6,054 | 4,132 | 7,062 | 523 | 25,676
Women ............| 189,139 |152,275 | 12,062 | 5,226 | 5,596 | 750 | 13,230
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1992-93, total\5,10\| 368,701 |278,829 | 19,780 | 10,665 | 13,866 | 1,407 | 44,154
Men ..............| 168,754 |120,225 | 6,821 | 4,735 | 7,544 | 586 | 28,843
Women ............| 199,947 |158,604 | 12,959 | 5,930 | 6,322 | 821 | 15,311
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1993-94, total\5,11\| 385,419 |288,288 | 21,937 | 11,913 | 15,267 | 1,697 | 46,317
Men ..............| 175,355 |123,854 | 7,413 | 5,113 | 8,225 | 691 | 30,059
Women ............| 210,064 |164,434 | 14,524 | 6,800 | 7,042 | 1,006 | 16,258
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| Percentage distribution of degrees conferred
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1976-77, total\1\ ..| 100.0 | 84.0 | 6.6 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 5.5
Men ............. | 100.0 | 83.2 | 4.6 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 8.1
Women ............| 100.0 | 85.0 | 8.9 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.6
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1978-79, total\2\ ..| 100.0 | 83.0 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 6.5
Men ............. | 100.0 | 81.3 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 9.8
Women ............| 100.0 | 84.9 | 8.4 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 3.1
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1980-81, total\3\ ..| 100.0 | 82.0 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 7.5
Men ............. | 100.0 | 79.3 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 11.4
Women ........... | 100.0 | 84.6 | 7.4 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 3.7
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1984-85, total\4\ ..| 100.0 | 79.7 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 9.6
Men ............. | 100.0 | 76.1 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 14.1
Women ........... | 100.0 | 83.4 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 5.2
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1986-87, total\5\ ..| 100.0 | 79.1 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 10.3
Men ............. | 100.0 | 74.7 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 15.2
Women ........... | 100.0 | 83.3 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 5.7
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1988-89, total\5,6\ | 100.0 | 78.4 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 11.0
Men ..............| 100.0 | 73.7 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 16.2
Women ............| 100.0 | 82.7 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 6.3
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1989-90, total\5,7\ | 100.0 | 78.1 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 11.1
Men ..............| 100.0 | 73.8 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 16.0
Women ............| 100.0 | 81.9 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 6.6
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1990-91, total\5,8\ | 100.0 | 77.7 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 11.1
Men ..............| 100.0 | 73.3 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 0.3 | 16.1
Women ............| 100.0 | 81.5 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 6.8
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1991-92, total\5,9\ | 100.0 | 77.0 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 11.2
Men ..............| 100.0 | 72.8 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 16.1
Women ............| 100.0 | 80.5 | 6.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 7.0
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1992-93, total\5,10\| 100.0 | 75.6 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 12.0
Men ..............| 100.0 | 71.2 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 17.1
Women ............| 100.0 | 79.3 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 7.7
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1993-94, total\5,11\| 100.0 | 74.8 | 5.7 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 12.0
Men ..............| 100.0 | 70.6 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 17.1
Women ............| 100.0 | 78.3 | 6.9 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 7.7
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| \1\Excludes 387 men and 175 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\2\Excludes 733 men and 91 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \3\Excludes 1,377 men and 179 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \4\Excludes 3,973 men and 1,857 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 482 men and 369 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \7\Excludes 727 men and 1,109 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \8\Excludes 4,686 men and 3,837 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \9\Excludes 2,299 men and 1,857 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \10\Excludes 504 men and 380 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available. \11\Excludes 730 men and 921 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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