Table 24.2. Total number, total percentage distribution, and percent female of graduate (postbaccalaureate) fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1976

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Table 24.2.

Total number, total percentage distribution, and percent female of graduate (postbaccalaureate) fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1976–2008

Race/ethnicity	1976	1980	1990	2000	2003	2005	2008
Number enrolled
Total	1,566,644	1,617,720	1,859,531	2,156,896	2,431,117	2,523,511	2,737,076
White	1,335,646	1,352,351	1,449,830	1,478,644	1,616,272	1,666,846	1,749,565
Black	89,670	87,910	99,819	181,425	230,342	259,205	315,194
Hispanic	30,897	38,642	57,888	110,781	136,488	148,420	169,364
Asian/Pacific Islander	28,587	37,735	71,954	132,679	152,834	163,029	184,932
American Indian/ Alaska Native	6,381	6,003	7,319	12,644	14,825	15,899	17,737
Nonresident alien	75,463	95,079	172,721	240,723	280,356	270,112	300,284

Percentage distribution
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
White	85.3	83.6	78.0	68.6	66.5	66.1	63.9
Black	5.7	5.4	5.4	8.4	9.5	10.3	11.5
Hispanic	2.0	2.4	3.1	5.1	5.6	5.9	6.2
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.8	2.3	3.9	6.2	6.3	6.5	6.8
American Indian/ Alaska Native	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
Nonresident alien	4.8	5.9	9.3	11.2	11.5	10.7	11.0

Percent female
Total	42.7	46.2	51.4	56.3	57.5	58.5	59.0
White	43.0	46.9	53.3	57.8	58.8	59.4	59.7
Black	56.3	59.6	63.2	67.8	69.5	70.4	71.3
Hispanic	41.5	47.3	53.3	59.8	61.5	62.2	63.0
Asian/Pacific Islander	39.3	39.7	43.8	51.8	54.0	54.7	55.3
American Indian/ Alaska Native	41.7	49.7	56.3	60.3	62.1	62.7	63.1
Nonresident alien	23.6	25.4	30.4	38.9	40.3	41.6	41.5
NOTE: Data from 1976 through 1990 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that do not grant degrees. Data include enrollment in master's, first-professional, and doctorate programs. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1976 and 1980, and 1990 through 2008 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" survey, 1990, and selected years, Spring 2001 through Spring 2009.