Table A23.2. Graduate fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex: Selected years, 1976

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Table A23.2.

Graduate fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex: Selected years, 1976–2004

Year	White	Total minority	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native
Total
1976	1,115,643	134,479	78,489	26,350	24,512	5,128
1980	1,104,696	144,003	75,086	32,108	31,611	5,198
1990	1,228,370	190,459	83,887	47,153	53,233	6,186
2000	1,258,540	359,436	157,906	95,366	95,830	10,334
2001	1,275,079	378,517	169,355	100,532	97,397	11,233
2002	1,348,038	421,011	189,642	112,317	107,110	11,942
2003	1,378,586	448,520	204,851	119,477	111,675	12,517
2004	1,413,313	475,438	220,353	125,773	115,883	13,429

Male
1976	589,133	63,654	31,978	14,563	14,423	2,690
1980	538,522	65,009	28,159	15,738	18,637	2,475
1990	538,830	82,124	29,310	20,587	29,653	2,574
2000	502,552	135,064	48,878	36,532	45,825	3,829
2001	503,397	138,876	51,456	37,759	45,566	4,095
2002	531,593	152,749	56,709	41,739	50,010	4,291
2003	542,361	160,527	60,416	44,237	51,418	4,456
2004	552,920	167,959	63,907	46,246	53,082	4,724

Female
1976	526,510	70,825	46,511	11,787	10,089	2,438
1980	566,174	78,994	46,927	16,370	12,974	2,723
1990	689,540	108,335	54,577	26,566	23,580	3,612
2000	755,988	224,372	109,028	58,834	50,005	6,505
2001	771,682	239,641	117,899	62,773	51,831	7,138
2002	816,445	268,262	132,933	70,578	57,100	7,651
2003	836,225	287,993	144,435	75,240	60,257	8,061
2004	860,393	307,479	156,446	79,527	62,801	8,705
NOTE: Data from 1976 to 1990 are for institutions of higher education that were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education. Later data are for degree-granting institutions. The new degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, except that it includes some additional institutions, primarily 2-year colleges, and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not award associate or higher degrees. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 2005 (NCES 2006-030), table 205, data from the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1976 and 1980, and 1990 through 2004 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" survey, 1990, and Spring 2001 through Spring 2005.