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Selected characteristic |1979-80|1989-90|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93|1993-94|1994-95|1995-96|1996-97|1997-98|1998-99|1999-2000|2000-01| 2001-02| 2002-03
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Number of degrees ...................| 2,479| 4,894| 5,214| 5,438| 5,698| 5,822| 6,008| 6,305| 6,052| 5,919| 5,337| 5,330| 5,502| 5,073| 5,265
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Sex (percent) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male ..............................| 96.4| 91.5| 91.3| 90.7| 90.9| 89.1| 88.4| 87.7| 87.6| 86.9| 85.1| 84.2| 83.1| 82.5| 82.9
Female ............................| 3.6| 8.5| 8.7| 9.3| 9.1| 10.9| 11.6| 12.3| 12.4| 13.1| 14.9| 15.8| 16.9| 17.5| 17.1
Racial/ethnic group (percent)\1\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic ...............| 77.8| 80.4| 77.4| 76.5| 75.9| 67.0| 63.7| 67.6| 71.5| 73.9| 74.9| 75.2| 74.2| 71.1| 74.7
Black, non-Hispanic ...............| 1.2| 1.8| 2.4| 1.9| 1.9| 1.8| 2.2| 2.2| 3.1| 2.9| 3.4| 3.3| 3.9| 4.2| 3.6
Hispanic ..........................| 1.9| 2.4| 2.6| 3.0| 2.4| 2.2| 2.4| 2.9| 2.8| 3.8| 2.9| 3.2| 3.9| 4.6| 4.9
Asian\2\ ..........................| 18.9| 15.3| 17.4| 18.2| 19.7| 28.8| 31.5| 26.8| 22.3| 19.0| 18.4| 17.9| 17.7| 19.7| 16.3
American Indian/Alaska Native .....| 0.2| 0.2| 0.3| 0.4| 0.1| 0.2| 0.3| 0.4| 0.4| 0.4| 0.4| 0.3| 0.3| 0.3| 0.5
Citizenship (percent) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
United States .....................| 50.6| 39.4| 37.9| 38.7| 39.1| 38.0| 39.7| 41.1| 44.3| 43.0| 46.4| 41.4| 38.9| 37.3| 36.0
Foreign ...........................| 46.3| 52.5| 54.7| 57.8| 57.1| 60.0| 57.9| 55.7| 49.5| 48.5| 48.6| 52.5| 55.8| 57.4| 60.3
Unknown ...........................| 3.1| 8.1| 7.3| 3.5| 3.9| 2.1| 2.5| 3.3| 6.2| 8.5| 5.1| 6.2| 5.4| 5.3| 3.7
Median age at doctorate (years) .....| 30.3| 31.2| 31.4| 31.5| 31.6| 31.7| 31.7| 31.7| 31.3| 31.6| 31.4| 31.4| 31.2| 31.4| 31.4
Percent with bachelor's degree in | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
same field as doctorate ..........| 75.2| 76.9| 79.0| 81.8| 80.1| 80.4| 79.1| 80.2| 75.9| 71.0| 71.2| 74.0| 74.6| 74.1| 74.4
Median time lapse from bachelor's | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
to doctorate (years) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total time ........................| 7.6| 8.2| 8.5| 8.7| 8.8| 9.0| 9.1| 9.0| 8.7| 8.9| 8.7| 8.7| 8.4| 8.6| 8.6
Registered time ...................| 5.6| 6.0| 6.1| 6.2| 6.3| 6.4| 6.4| 6.4| 6.5| 6.7| 6.6| 6.8| 6.7| 6.7| 6.9
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