First-professional degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by racial/ethnic group and sex of student: 1976-77 to 2000-01

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Table 273.

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               |             Number of degrees conferred                    |Percentage distribution of degrees conferred
               |____________________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________
               |        |        |       |       |        |        |        |      |      |      |      |        |        |
     Year      | Total  | White, |Black, | His-  | Asian/ |American|  Non-  |      |White,|Black,| His- | Asian/ |American|  Non-
               |        |  non-  | non-  | panic |Pacific |Indian/ |resident|Total | non- | non- |panic |Pacific |Indian/ |resident
               |        |  His-  | His-  |       |Islander| Alaska | alien  |      | His- | His- |      |Islander| Alaska |  alien
               |        | panic  | panic |       |        | Native |        |      |panic |panic |      |        | Native |
_______________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________|_________
       1       |   2    |   3    |   4   |   5   |   6    |   7    |   8    |  9   |  10  |  11  |  12  |   13   |   14   |   15
_______________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________|_________
               |                           Total                            |                     Total
               |____________________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________
1976-77\1\ ....| 63,953 | 58,422 | 2,537 | 1,076 |  1,021 |    196 |    701 |100.0 | 91.4 |  4.0 |  1.7 |    1.6 |    0.3 |     1.1
1978-79\2\ ....| 68,611 | 62,430 | 2,836 | 1,283 |  1,205 |    216 |    641 |100.0 | 91.0 |  4.1 |  1.9 |    1.8 |    0.3 |     0.9
1980-81\3\ ....| 71,340 | 64,551 | 2,931 | 1,541 |  1,456 |    192 |    669 |100.0 | 90.5 |  4.1 |  2.2 |    2.0 |    0.3 |     0.9
1984-85\4\ ....| 71,057 | 63,219 | 3,029 | 1,884 |  1,816 |    248 |    861 |100.0 | 89.0 |  4.3 |  2.7 |    2.6 |    0.3 |     1.2
1986-87 .......| 71,617 | 62,688 | 3,420 | 2,051 |  2,270 |    304 |    884 |100.0 | 87.5 |  4.8 |  2.9 |    3.2 |    0.4 |     1.2
1988-89 .......| 70,856 | 61,214 | 3,148 | 2,269 |  2,976 |    264 |    985 |100.0 | 86.4 |  4.4 |  3.2 |    4.2 |    0.4 |     1.4
1989-90 .......| 70,988 | 60,487 | 3,409 | 2,425 |  3,362 |    257 |  1,048 |100.0 | 85.2 |  4.8 |  3.4 |    4.7 |    0.4 |     1.5
1990-91 .......| 71,948 | 60,631 | 3,588 | 2,547 |  3,835 |    261 |  1,086 |100.0 | 84.3 |  5.0 |  3.5 |    5.3 |    0.4 |     1.5
1991-92 .......| 74,146 | 61,170 | 3,628 | 2,867 |  4,841 |    298 |  1,342 |100.0 | 82.5 |  4.9 |  3.9 |    6.5 |    0.4 |     1.8
1992-93 .......| 75,387 | 61,165 | 4,132 | 2,996 |  5,176 |    370 |  1,548 |100.0 | 81.1 |  5.5 |  4.0 |    6.9 |    0.5 |     2.1
1993-94 .......| 75,418 | 60,143 | 4,444 | 3,131 |  5,892 |    371 |  1,437 |100.0 | 79.7 |  5.9 |  4.2 |    7.8 |    0.5 |     1.9
1994-95 .......| 75,800 | 59,402 | 4,747 | 3,231 |  6,396 |    413 |  1,611 |100.0 | 78.4 |  6.3 |  4.3 |    8.4 |    0.5 |     2.1
1995-96 .......| 76,734 | 59,525 | 5,022 | 3,475 |  6,627 |    463 |  1,622 |100.0 | 77.6 |  6.5 |  4.5 |    8.6 |    0.6 |     2.1
1996-97 .......| 78,730 | 60,280 | 5,301 | 3,615 |  7,374 |    514 |  1,646 |100.0 | 76.6 |  6.7 |  4.6 |    9.4 |    0.7 |     2.1
1997-98 .......| 78,598 | 59,443 | 5,499 | 3,552 |  7,757 |    561 |  1,786 |100.0 | 75.6 |  7.0 |  4.5 |    9.9 |    0.7 |     2.3
1998-99 .......| 78,439 | 58,720 | 5,333 | 3,864 |  8,152 |    612 |  1,758 |100.0 | 74.9 |  6.8 |  4.9 |   10.4 |    0.8 |     2.2
1999-2000 .....| 80,057 | 59,637 | 5,555 | 3,865 |  8,584 |    564 |  1,852 |100.0 | 74.5 |  6.9 |  4.8 |   10.7 |    0.7 |     2.3
2000-01 .......| 79,707 | 58,598 | 5,416 | 3,806 |  9,261 |    543 |  2,083 |100.0 | 73.5 |  6.8 |  4.8 |   11.6 |    0.7 |     2.6
               |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________|_________
               |                             Men                            |                      Men
               |____________________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________
1976-77\1\ ....| 51,980 | 47,777 | 1,761 |   893 |    776 |    159 |    614 |100.0 | 91.9 |  3.4 |  1.7 |    1.5 |    0.3 |     1.2
1978-79\2\ ....| 52,425 | 48,123 | 1,783 |   989 |    860 |    150 |    520 |100.0 | 91.8 |  3.4 |  1.9 |    1.6 |    0.3 |     1.0
1980-81\3\ ....| 52,194 | 47,629 | 1,772 | 1,131 |    991 |    134 |    537 |100.0 | 91.3 |  3.4 |  2.2 |    1.9 |    0.3 |     1.0
1984-85\4\ ....| 47,501 | 42,630 | 1,623 | 1,239 |  1,152 |    176 |    681 |100.0 | 89.7 |  3.4 |  2.6 |    2.4 |    0.4 |     1.4
1986-87 .......| 46,523 | 41,149 | 1,835 | 1,303 |  1,420 |    183 |    633 |100.0 | 88.4 |  3.9 |  2.8 |    3.1 |    0.4 |     1.4
1988-89 .......| 45,046 | 39,399 | 1,618 | 1,374 |  1,819 |    148 |    688 |100.0 | 87.5 |  3.6 |  3.1 |    4.0 |    0.3 |     1.5
1989-90 .......| 43,961 | 38,036 | 1,671 | 1,449 |  1,962 |    135 |    708 |100.0 | 86.5 |  3.8 |  3.3 |    4.5 |    0.3 |     1.6
1990-91 .......| 43,846 | 37,533 | 1,679 | 1,517 |  2,211 |    144 |    762 |100.0 | 85.6 |  3.8 |  3.5 |    5.0 |    0.3 |     1.7
1991-92 .......| 45,071 | 37,849 | 1,645 | 1,695 |  2,775 |    159 |    948 |100.0 | 84.0 |  3.6 |  3.8 |    6.2 |    0.4 |     2.1
1992-93 .......| 45,153 | 37,415 | 1,801 | 1,771 |  2,871 |    192 |  1,103 |100.0 | 82.9 |  4.0 |  3.9 |    6.4 |    0.4 |     2.4
1993-94 .......| 44,707 | 36,574 | 1,902 | 1,780 |  3,214 |    222 |  1,015 |100.0 | 81.8 |  4.3 |  4.0 |    7.2 |    0.5 |     2.3
1994-95 .......| 44,853 | 36,147 | 2,077 | 1,835 |  3,490 |    223 |  1,081 |100.0 | 80.6 |  4.6 |  4.1 |    7.8 |    0.5 |     2.4
1995-96 .......| 44,748 | 35,786 | 2,112 | 1,947 |  3,539 |    256 |  1,108 |100.0 | 80.0 |  4.7 |  4.4 |    7.9 |    0.6 |     2.5
1996-97 .......| 45,564 | 36,008 | 2,201 | 1,985 |  3,959 |    290 |  1,121 |100.0 | 79.0 |  4.8 |  4.4 |    8.7 |    0.6 |     2.5
1997-98 .......| 44,911 | 35,172 | 2,310 | 1,973 |  4,017 |    291 |  1,148 |100.0 | 78.3 |  5.1 |  4.4 |    8.9 |    0.6 |     2.6
1998-99 .......| 44,339 | 34,271 | 2,197 | 2,064 |  4,333 |    333 |  1,141 |100.0 | 77.3 |  5.0 |  4.7 |    9.8 |    0.8 |     2.6
1999-2000 .....| 44,239 | 34,004 | 2,313 | 2,095 |  4,372 |    285 |  1,170 |100.0 | 76.9 |  5.2 |  4.7 |    9.9 |    0.6 |     2.6
2000-01 .......| 42,862 | 32,717 | 2,110 | 1,977 |  4,518 |    278 |  1,262 |100.0 | 76.3 |  4.9 |  4.6 |   10.5 |    0.6 |     2.9
               |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________|_________
               |                           Women                            |                     Women
               |____________________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________
1976-77\1\ ....| 11,973 | 10,645 |   776 |   183 |    245 |     37 |     87 |100.0 | 88.9 |  6.5 |  1.5 |    2.0 |    0.3 |     0.7
1978-79\2\ ....| 16,186 | 14,307 | 1,053 |   294 |    345 |     66 |    121 |100.0 | 88.4 |  6.5 |  1.8 |    2.1 |    0.4 |     0.7
1980-81\3\ ....| 19,146 | 16,922 | 1,159 |   410 |    465 |     58 |    132 |100.0 | 88.4 |  6.1 |  2.1 |    2.4 |    0.3 |     0.7
1984-85\4\ ....| 23,556 | 20,589 | 1,406 |   645 |    664 |     72 |    180 |100.0 | 87.4 |  6.0 |  2.7 |    2.8 |    0.3 |     0.8
1986-87 .......| 25,094 | 21,539 | 1,585 |   748 |    850 |    121 |    251 |100.0 | 85.8 |  6.3 |  3.0 |    3.4 |    0.5 |     1.0
1988-89 .......| 25,810 | 21,815 | 1,530 |   895 |  1,157 |    116 |    297 |100.0 | 84.5 |  5.9 |  3.5 |    4.5 |    0.4 |     1.2
1989-90 .......| 27,027 | 22,451 | 1,738 |   976 |  1,400 |    122 |    340 |100.0 | 83.1 |  6.4 |  3.6 |    5.2 |    0.5 |     1.3
1990-91 .......| 28,102 | 23,098 | 1,909 | 1,030 |  1,624 |    117 |    324 |100.0 | 82.2 |  6.8 |  3.7 |    5.8 |    0.4 |     1.2
1991-92 .......| 29,075 | 23,321 | 1,983 | 1,172 |  2,066 |    139 |    394 |100.0 | 80.2 |  6.8 |  4.0 |    7.1 |    0.5 |     1.4
1992-93 .......| 30,234 | 23,750 | 2,331 | 1,225 |  2,305 |    178 |    445 |100.0 | 78.6 |  7.7 |  4.1 |    7.6 |    0.6 |     1.5
1993-94 .......| 30,711 | 23,569 | 2,542 | 1,351 |  2,678 |    149 |    422 |100.0 | 76.7 |  8.3 |  4.4 |    8.7 |    0.5 |     1.4
1994-95 .......| 30,947 | 23,255 | 2,670 | 1,396 |  2,906 |    190 |    530 |100.0 | 75.1 |  8.6 |  4.5 |    9.4 |    0.6 |     1.7
1995-96 .......| 31,986 | 23,739 | 2,910 | 1,528 |  3,088 |    207 |    514 |100.0 | 74.2 |  9.1 |  4.8 |    9.7 |    0.6 |     1.6
1996-97 .......| 33,166 | 24,272 | 3,100 | 1,630 |  3,415 |    224 |    525 |100.0 | 73.2 |  9.3 |  4.9 |   10.3 |    0.7 |     1.6
1997-98 .......| 33,687 | 24,271 | 3,189 | 1,579 |  3,740 |    270 |    638 |100.0 | 72.0 |  9.5 |  4.7 |   11.1 |    0.8 |     1.9
1998-99 .......| 34,100 | 24,449 | 3,136 | 1,800 |  3,819 |    279 |    617 |100.0 | 71.7 |  9.2 |  5.3 |   11.2 |    0.8 |     1.8
1999-2000 .....| 35,818 | 25,633 | 3,242 | 1,770 |  4,212 |    279 |    682 |100.0 | 71.6 |  9.1 |  4.9 |   11.8 |    0.8 |     1.9
2000-01 .......| 36,845 | 25,881 | 3,306 | 1,829 |  4,743 |    265 |    821 |100.0 | 70.2 |  9.0 |  5.0 |   12.9 |    0.7 |     2.2
_______________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________|_________

\1\Excludes 394 men and 12 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\2\Excludes 227 men and 10 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\3\Excludes 598 men and 18 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\4\Excludes 2,954 men and 1,052 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

NOTE: For years 1984-85 to 2000-01, 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. Data for 1998-99 were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

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 October 2002.)

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