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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 ...................| 7,576| 6,510| 6,454| 6,677| 6,689| 6,708| 6,649| 6,772| 6,497| 6,559| 6,557| 6,420| 6,324| 6,488| 6,627
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Sex (percent) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male ..............................| 55.5| 42.4| 41.9| 40.5| 41.3| 39.1| 38.4| 38.3| 36.7| 37.0| 35.8| 35.1| 35.4| 33.8| 33.9
Female ............................| 44.5| 57.6| 58.1| 59.5| 58.7| 60.9| 61.6| 61.7| 63.3| 63.0| 64.2| 64.9| 64.6| 66.2| 66.1
Racial/ethnic group (percent)\1\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic ...............| 86.3| 86.0| 85.6| 84.8| 83.7| 83.9| 81.6| 82.2| 81.1| 79.1| 79.3| 78.3| 78.8| 77.2| 76.3
Black, non-Hispanic ...............| 9.1| 8.2| 7.9| 8.4| 9.4| 8.6| 10.4| 10.1| 10.2| 11.6| 11.7| 12.6| 12.6| 13.0| 14.0
Hispanic ..........................| 2.4| 3.3| 3.3| 3.5| 3.7| 4.0| 4.4| 3.6| 4.6| 5.1| 4.8| 5.1| 5.1| 6.2| 6.2
Asian\2\ ..........................| 1.3| 1.8| 2.2| 2.4| 2.4| 2.9| 3.0| 3.1| 3.2| 3.2| 3.1| 3.1| 2.7| 2.6| 2.8
American Indian/Alaska Native .....| 0.8| 0.6| 1.0| 0.8| 0.8| 0.6| 0.7| 1.0| 0.9| 0.9| 1.1| 0.9| 0.8| 0.9| 0.7
Citizenship (percent) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
United States .....................| 88.7| 84.4| 84.8| 86.8| 86.4| 87.4| 86.8| 86.6| 82.6| 84.3| 82.8| 86.2| 84.0| 81.2| 83.0
Foreign ...........................| 8.2| 9.7| 10.2| 10.7| 10.8| 11.0| 11.0| 9.9| 8.2| 9.1| 10.6| 10.3| 9.7| 9.0| 10.8
Unknown ...........................| 3.1| 5.8| 5.0| 2.4| 2.7| 1.6| 2.3| 3.4| 9.3| 6.6| 6.5| 3.5| 6.2| 9.8| 6.2
Median age at doctorate (years) .....| 37.0| 41.6| 42.1| 42.7| 43.0| 43.6| 43.8| 44.3| 44.0| 44.3| 44.3| 44.4| 43.8| 44.2| 43.5
Percent with bachelor's degree in | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
same field as doctorate ..........| 39.0| 37.5| 39.3| 38.7| 37.4| 36.9| 37.0| 36.1| 34.1| 35.0| 34.8| 33.7| 33.2| 30.6| 31.0
Median time lapse from bachelor's | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
to doctorate (years) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total time ........................| 13.1| 17.9| 18.4| 18.9| 19.2| 19.7| 19.9| 20.2| 20.0| 20.0| 19.9| 19.4| 19.0| 19.0| 18.2
Registered time ...................| 6.9| 8.1| 8.1| 8.2| 8.2| 8.1| 8.2| 8.2| 8.4| 8.4| 8.2| 8.1| 8.3| 8.5| 8.3
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