| Table 268. | Master's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group and sex of student: 1976-77 to 1994-95 |
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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
____________________|__________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|__________
| 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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1994-95, total\5,12\| 397,052 |292,784 | 24,171 | 12,907 | 16,842 | 1,621 | 48,727
Men ..............| 178,123 |123,809 | 8,103 | 5,490 | 8,920 | 659 | 31,142
Women ............| 218,929 |168,975 | 16,068 | 7,417 | 7,922 | 962 | 17,585
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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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1994-95, total\5,12\| 100.0 | 73.7 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 12.3
Men ..............| 100.0 | 69.5 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 17.5
Women ............| 100.0 | 77.2 | 7.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 8.0
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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 and field of study were not available. \7\Excludes 727 men and 1,109 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \8\Excludes 4,686 men and 3,837 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \9\Excludes 2,299 men and 1,857 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \10\Excludes 504 men and 380 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \11\Excludes 730 men and 921 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. \12\Excludes 475 men and 102 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. NOTE.--Because of rounding, percents may not add to 100.0. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared April 1997.)
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