Table A-6.4. Number and percentage of degrees awarded to American Indian/Alaska Native students, by level of degree and sex: 1976–77 through 2005

Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives: 2008

NCES 2008-084
September 2008

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Table A-6.4. Number and percentage of degrees awarded to American Indian/Alaska Native students, by level of degree and sex: 1976–77 through 2005–06

Year	Number of degrees conferred					American Indians/Alaska Natives as a percent of all degrees conferred to U.S. citizens
Year	Associate's degrees	Bachelor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctoral degrees	First- professional degrees¹	Associate's degrees	Bachelor's degrees	Master's degrees	Doctoral degrees	First- professional degrees¹
Total
1976–77	2,498	3,326	967	95	196	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3
1978–79	2,336	3,410	999	104	216	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3
1980–81	2,584	3,593	1,034	130	192	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.3
1984–85	2,953	4,246	1,256	119	248	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4
1986–87	3,195	3,968	1,103	105	304	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
1988–89	3,331	3,951	1,086	85	264	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4
1989–90	3,430	4,390	1,090	98	257	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4
1990–91	3,871	4,583	1,178	106	261	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
1991–92	4,060	5,228	1,280	120	298	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4
1992–93	4,408	5,683	1,405	107	370	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.5
1993–94	4,876	6,192	1,699	134	371	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5
1994–95	5,482	6,610	1,621	130	413	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.6
1995–96	5,573	6,976	1,778	159	463	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6
1996–97	5,984	7,425	1,940	175	514	1.1	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.7
1997–98	6,246	7,903	2,053	186	561	1.1	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.7
1998–99	6,424	8,423	2,016	194	612	1.2	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.8
1999–2000	6,497	8,719	2,246	160	572	1.2	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.8
2000–01	6,623	9,049	2,481	177	543	1.2	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.7
2001–02	6,832	9,165	2,624	180	581	1.2	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.7
2002–03	7,461	9,875	2,858	196	586	1.2	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.7
2003–04	8,119	10,638	3,192	217	565	1.2	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.7
2004–05	8,435	10,307	3,295	237	564	1.2	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.7
2005–06	8,552	10,940	3,504	230	710	1.2	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.8
Males
1976–77	1,216	1,804	521	67	159	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3
1978–79	1,069	1,736	495	69	150	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3
1980–81	1,108	1,700	501	95	134	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.3
1984–85	1,198	1,998	583	64	176	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4
1986–87	1,263	1,817	518	57	183	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4
1988–89	1,323	1,730	476	50	148	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3
1989–90	1,364	1,860	455	49	135	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3
1990–91	1,439	1,938	488	59	144	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3
1991–92	1,545	2,195	529	66	159	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
1992–93	1,680	2,450	584	52	192	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.4
1993–94	1,837	2,620	692	66	222	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5
1994–95	2,098	2,739	659	58	223	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.5
1995–96	1,993	2,885	705	80	256	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.6
1996–97	2,068	2,996	734	87	290	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.7
1997–98	2,252	3,151	782	83	291	1.1	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.7
1998–99	2,241	3,323	771	92	333	1.0	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.8
1999–2000	2,225	3,464	836	57	293	1.0	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.7
2000–01	2,294	3,700	917	76	278	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.7
2001–02	2,308	3,624	993	67	292	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.7
2002–03	2,618	3,870	1,027	76	296	1.1	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.7
2003–04	2,740	4,244	1,127	90	275	1.1	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.7
2004–05	2,774	4,143	1,160	87	288	1.1	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.7
2005–06	2,774	4,203	1,244	105	332	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.8
Females
1976–77	1,282	1,522	446	28	37	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.3
1978–79	1,267	1,674	504	35	66	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
1980–81	1,476	1,893	533	35	58	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3
1984–85	1,755	2,248	673	55	72	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.3
1986–87	1,932	2,151	585	48	121	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5
1988–89	2,008	2,221	610	35	116	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.5
1989–90	2,066	2,530	635	49	122	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5
1990–91	2,432	2,645	690	47	117	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4
1991–92	2,515	3,033	751	54	139	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5
1992–93	2,728	3,233	821	55	178	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.6
1993–94	3,039	3,572	1,007	68	149	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5
1994–95	3,384	3,871	962	72	190	1.1	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6
1995–96	3,580	4,091	1,073	79	207	1.1	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.7
1996–97	3,916	4,429	1,206	88	224	1.1	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7
1997–98	3,994	4,752	1,271	103	270	1.2	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.8
1998–99	4,183	5,100	1,245	102	279	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.8
1999–2000	4,272	5,255	1,410	103	279	1.3	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.8
2000–01	4,329	5,349	1,564	101	265	1.3	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.7
2001–02	4,524	5,541	1,631	113	289	1.3	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.8
2002–03	4,843	6,005	1,831	120	290	1.3	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.8
2003–04	5,379	6,394	2,065	127	290	1.4	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7
2004–05	5,661	6,164	2,135	150	276	1.3	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.6
2005–06	5,778	6,737	2,260	125	378	1.3	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.9

¹ A degree that signifies both completion of the academic requirements for beginning practice in a given profession and a level of professional skill beyond that normally required for a bachelor's degree. This degree usually is based on a program requiring at least 2 academic years of work prior to entrance and a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete the degree program, including both prior required college work and the professional program itself. First-professional degrees are awarded in the fields of dentistry, medicine, optometry, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, podiatric medicine, veterinary medicine, chiropractic, law, and theological professions.

NOTE: For the years 1984–85 through 2005–06, reported racial/ethnic distributions of students by level of degree, field of degree, and sex were used to impute race/ethnicity for students whose race/ethnicity was not reported. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 2007, based on Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred," 1976–77 through 1984–85; and 1986–87 through 2005–06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:87–99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2006.

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