Table 274. | First-professional degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by racial/ethnic group and sex of student: 1976-77 to 1997-98 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Number of degrees conferred |Percentage distribution of degrees conferred |____________________________________________________________| to U.S. citizens | | | | | |American| |_____________________________________________ Year | Total | White, |Black, | His- | Asian/ |Indian/ | Non- | |White,|Black,| His- | Asian/ |American | | non- | non- | panic |Pacific |Alaskan |resident|Total | non- | non- |panic |Pacific |Indian/ | | His- | His- | |Islander| Native | alien | | His- | His- | |Islander|Alaskan | | panic | panic | | | | | |panic |panic | | | Native _______________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 _______________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________ | Total | Total |____________________________________________________________|_____________________________________________ 1976-77\1\ ....| 63,953 | 58,422 | 2,537 | 1,076 | 1,021 | 196 | 701 |100.0 | 92.4 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.3 1978-79\2\ ....| 68,611 | 62,430 | 2,836 | 1,283 | 1,205 | 216 | 641 |100.0 | 91.8 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.3 1980-81\3\ ....| 71,340 | 64,551 | 2,931 | 1,541 | 1,456 | 192 | 669 |100.0 | 91.3 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 0.3 1984-85\4\ ....| 71,057 | 63,219 | 3,029 | 1,884 | 1,816 | 248 | 861 |100.0 | 90.1 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 0.4 1986-87 .......| 71,617 | 62,688 | 3,420 | 2,051 | 2,270 | 304 | 884 |100.0 | 88.6 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 0.4 1988-89 .......| 70,856 | 61,214 | 3,148 | 2,269 | 2,976 | 264 | 985 |100.0 | 87.6 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 0.4 1989-90\5\ ....| 70,744 | 60,240 | 3,410 | 2,427 | 3,362 | 257 | 1,048 |100.0 | 86.4 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 0.4 1990-91\6\ ....| 71,515 | 60,327 | 3,575 | 2,527 | 3,755 | 261 | 1,070 |100.0 | 85.6 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 0.4 1991-92\7\ ....| 72,129 | 59,800 | 3,560 | 2,766 | 4,455 | 296 | 1,252 |100.0 | 84.4 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 6.3 | 0.4 1992-93\8\ ....| 74,960 | 60,830 | 4,100 | 2,984 | 5,160 | 368 | 1,518 |100.0 | 82.8 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 7.0 | 0.5 1993-94 .......| 75,418 | 60,140 | 4,444 | 3,134 | 5,892 | 371 | 1,437 |100.0 | 81.3 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 8.0 | 0.5 1994-95 .......| 75,800 | 59,402 | 4,747 | 3,231 | 6,397 | 412 | 1,611 |100.0 | 80.1 | 6.4 | 4.4 | 8.6 | 0.6 1995-96\9\ ....| 76,641 | 59,456 | 5,016 | 3,476 | 6,617 | 463 | 1,613 |100.0 | 79.2 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 8.8 | 0.6 1996-97\10\ ...| 77,815 | 59,852 | 5,251 | 3,553 | 7,037 | 511 | 1,611 |100.0 | 78.5 | 6.9 | 4.7 | 9.2 | 0.7 1997-98\11\ ...| 78,353 | 59,273 | 5,483 | 3,547 | 7,712 | 561 | 1,777 |100.0 | 77.4 | 7.2 | 4.6 | 10.1 | 0.7 |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________ | Men | Men |____________________________________________________________|_____________________________________________ 1976-77\1\ ....| 51,980 | 47,777 | 1,761 | 893 | 776 | 159 | 614 |100.0 | 93.0 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.3 1978-79\2\ ....| 52,425 | 48,123 | 1,783 | 989 | 860 | 150 | 520 |100.0 | 92.7 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.3 1980-81\3\ ....| 52,194 | 47,629 | 1,772 | 1,131 | 991 | 134 | 537 |100.0 | 92.2 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.3 1984-85\4\ ....| 47,501 | 42,630 | 1,623 | 1,239 | 1,152 | 176 | 681 |100.0 | 91.1 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 0.4 1986-87 .......| 46,523 | 41,149 | 1,835 | 1,303 | 1,420 | 183 | 633 |100.0 | 89.7 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 0.4 1988-89 .......| 45,046 | 39,399 | 1,618 | 1,374 | 1,819 | 148 | 688 |100.0 | 88.8 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 0.3 1989-90\5\ ....| 43,778 | 37,850 | 1,672 | 1,450 | 1,963 | 135 | 708 |100.0 | 87.9 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 0.3 1990-91\6\ ....| 43,601 | 37,348 | 1,672 | 1,506 | 2,178 | 144 | 753 |100.0 | 87.2 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 0.3 1991-92\7\ ....| 43,812 | 36,939 | 1,603 | 1,635 | 2,593 | 157 | 885 |100.0 | 86.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 6.0 | 0.4 1992-93\8\ ....| 44,821 | 37,157 | 1,777 | 1,762 | 2,858 | 190 | 1,077 |100.0 | 84.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 0.4 1993-94 .......| 44,707 | 36,573 | 1,902 | 1,781 | 3,214 | 222 | 1,015 |100.0 | 83.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 7.4 | 0.5 1994-95 .......| 44,853 | 36,146 | 2,077 | 1,836 | 3,491 | 222 | 1,081 |100.0 | 82.6 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 8.0 | 0.5 1995-96\9\ ....| 44,679 | 35,732 | 2,107 | 1,947 | 3,533 | 256 | 1,104 |100.0 | 82.0 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 8.1 | 0.6 1996-97\10\ ...| 45,067 | 35,749 | 2,178 | 1,951 | 3,798 | 289 | 1,102 |100.0 | 81.3 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 8.6 | 0.7 1997-98\11\ ...| 44,769 | 35,069 | 2,303 | 1,971 | 3,993 | 291 | 1,142 |100.0 | 80.4 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 9.2 | 0.7 |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________ | Women | Women |____________________________________________________________|_____________________________________________ 1976-77\1\ ....| 11,973 | 10,645 | 776 | 183 | 245 | 37 | 87 |100.0 | 89.6 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.3 1978-79\2\ ....| 16,186 | 14,307 | 1,053 | 294 | 345 | 66 | 121 |100.0 | 89.1 | 6.6 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.4 1980-81\3\ ....| 19,146 | 16,922 | 1,159 | 410 | 465 | 58 | 132 |100.0 | 89.0 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 0.3 1984-85\4\ ....| 23,556 | 20,589 | 1,406 | 645 | 664 | 72 | 180 |100.0 | 88.1 | 6.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 0.3 1986-87 .......| 25,094 | 21,539 | 1,585 | 748 | 850 | 121 | 251 |100.0 | 86.7 | 6.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.5 1988-89 .......| 25,810 | 21,815 | 1,530 | 895 | 1,157 | 116 | 297 |100.0 | 85.5 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 0.5 1989-90\5\ ....| 26,966 | 22,390 | 1,738 | 977 | 1,399 | 122 | 340 |100.0 | 84.1 | 6.5 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 0.5 1990-91\6\ ....| 27,914 | 22,979 | 1,903 | 1,021 | 1,577 | 117 | 317 |100.0 | 83.3 | 6.9 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 0.4 1991-92\7\ ....| 28,317 | 22,861 | 1,957 | 1,131 | 1,862 | 139 | 367 |100.0 | 81.8 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 6.7 | 0.5 1992-93\8\ ....| 30,139 | 23,673 | 2,323 | 1,222 | 2,302 | 178 | 441 |100.0 | 79.7 | 7.8 | 4.1 | 7.8 | 0.6 1993-94 .......| 30,711 | 23,567 | 2,542 | 1,353 | 2,678 | 149 | 422 |100.0 | 77.8 | 8.4 | 4.5 | 8.8 | 0.5 1994-95 .......| 30,947 | 23,256 | 2,670 | 1,395 | 2,906 | 190 | 530 |100.0 | 76.5 | 8.8 | 4.6 | 9.6 | 0.6 1995-96\9\ ....| 31,962 | 23,724 | 2,909 | 1,529 | 3,084 | 207 | 509 |100.0 | 75.4 | 9.2 | 4.9 | 9.8 | 0.7 1996-97\10\ ...| 32,748 | 24,103 | 3,073 | 1,602 | 3,239 | 222 | 509 |100.0 | 74.8 | 9.5 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 0.7 1997-98\11\ ...| 33,584 | 24,204 | 3,180 | 1,576 | 3,719 | 270 | 635 |100.0 | 73.5 | 9.7 | 4.8 | 11.3 | 0.8 _______________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________ |
\1\Excludes 394 men and 12 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
NOTE: For years 1984-85 to 1997-98, 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. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. 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 June 2000.)
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