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Table 273. First-professional degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by racial/ethnic group and sex of student: Selected years, 1976-77 to 2001-02

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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/ |America| Non-
            |      | non- |non- |panic|Pacific|Indian/ |resident|Total| non- |non- |panic|Pacific|Indian/|resident
            |      | His- |His- |     |Islande| Alaska | alien  |     | His- |His- |     |Islande|Alaska | alien
            |      |panic |panic|     |       | Native |        |     |panic |panic|     |       |Native |
____________|______|______|_____|_____|_______|________|________|_____|______|_____|_____|_______|_______|_______
     1      |  2   |  3   |  4  |  5  |   6   |   7    |   8    |  9  |  10  | 11  | 12  |  13   |  14   |  15
____________|______|______|_____|_____|_______|________|________|_____|______|_____|_____|_______|_______|_______
   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
2001-02 ....|80,698|58,874|5,811|3,965|  9,584|     581|   1,883|100.0|  73.0|  7.2|  4.9|   11.9|    0.7|    2.3
            |      |      |     |     |       |        |        |     |      |     |     |       |       |
    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
2001-02 ....|42,507|32,224|2,223|2,045|  4,613|     292|   1,110|100.0|  75.8|  5.2|  4.8|   10.9|    0.7|    2.6
            |      |      |     |     |       |        |        |     |      |     |     |       |       |
   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
2001-02 ....|38,191|26,650|3,588|1,920|  4,971|     289|     773|100.0|  69.8|  9.4|  5.0|   13.0|    0.8|    2.0
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\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 2001-02, 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.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys 1976-77 through 1984-85, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys, 1986-87 through 1998-99, and Fall 2000 through Fall 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared August 2003.)


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