Master's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education, by racial/ethnic group and sex of student: 1976-77 to 1996-97

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Table 272

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               |             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\ ....|316,602 |266,061 |21,037 | 6,071 |  5,122 |    967 | 17,344 |100.0 | 88.9 |  7.0 |  2.0 |    1.7 |    0.3
1978-79\2\ ....|300,255 |249,360 |19,418 | 5,555 |  5,496 |    999 | 19,427 |100.0 | 88.8 |  6.9 |  2.0 |    2.0 |    0.4
1980-81\3\ ....|294,183 |241,216 |17,133 | 6,461 |  6,282 |  1,034 | 22,057 |100.0 | 88.6 |  6.3 |  2.4 |    2.3 |    0.4
1984-85\4\ ....|280,421 |223,628 |13,939 | 6,864 |  7,782 |  1,256 | 26,952 |100.0 | 88.2 |  5.5 |  2.7 |    3.1 |    0.5
1986-87\5\ ....|289,349 |228,874 |13,873 | 7,044 |  8,559 |  1,103 | 29,896 |100.0 | 88.2 |  5.3 |  2.7 |    3.3 |    0.4
1988-89\5,6\ ..|309,770 |242,764 |14,095 | 7,277 | 10,335 |  1,086 | 34,213 |100.0 | 88.1 |  5.1 |  2.6 |    3.8 |    0.4
1989-90\5,7\ ..|322,465 |251,690 |15,446 | 7,950 | 10,577 |  1,101 | 35,701 |100.0 | 87.8 |  5.4 |  2.8 |    3.7 |    0.4
1990-91\5,8\ ..|328,645 |255,281 |16,139 | 8,386 | 11,180 |  1,136 | 36,523 |100.0 | 87.4 |  5.5 |  2.9 |    3.8 |    0.4
1991-92\5,9\ ..|348,682 |268,371 |18,116 | 9,358 | 12,658 |  1,273 | 38,906 |100.0 | 86.6 |  5.8 |  3.0 |    4.1 |    0.4
1992-93\5,10\ .|368,701 |278,829 |19,780 |10,665 | 13,866 |  1,407 | 44,154 |100.0 | 85.9 |  6.1 |  3.3 |    4.3 |    0.4
1993-94\5,11\ .|385,419 |288,288 |21,937 |11,913 | 15,267 |  1,697 | 46,317 |100.0 | 85.0 |  6.5 |  3.5 |    4.5 |    0.5
1994-95\5,12\ .|397,052 |292,784 |24,171 |12,907 | 16,842 |  1,621 | 48,727 |100.0 | 84.1 |  6.9 |  3.7 |    4.8 |    0.5
1995-96\5,13\ .|405,521 |297,558 |25,801 |14,412 | 18,161 |  1,778 | 47,811 |100.0 | 83.2 |  7.2 |  4.0 |    5.1 |    0.5
1996-97\5,14\ .|414,882 |302,541 |28,224 |15,187 | 18,477 |  1,924 | 48,529 |100.0 | 82.6 |  7.7 |  4.1 |    5.0 |    0.5
               |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________
               |                             Men                            |                      Men
               |____________________________________________________________|_____________________________________________
1976-77\1\ ....|167,396 |139,210 | 7,781 | 3,268 |  3,123 |    521 | 13,493 |100.0 | 90.5 |  5.1 |  2.1 |    2.0 |    0.3
1978-79\2\ ....|152,637 |124,058 | 7,070 | 2,786 |  3,325 |    495 | 14,903 |100.0 | 90.1 |  5.1 |  2.0 |    2.4 |    0.4
1980-81\3\ ....|145,666 |115,562 | 6,158 | 3,085 |  3,773 |    501 | 16,587 |100.0 | 89.5 |  4.8 |  2.4 |    2.9 |    0.4
1984-85\4\ ....|139,417 |106,059 | 5,200 | 3,059 |  4,842 |    583 | 19,674 |100.0 | 88.6 |  4.3 |  2.6 |    4.0 |    0.5
1986-87\5\ ....|141,269 |105,572 | 5,153 | 3,331 |  5,239 |    518 | 21,456 |100.0 | 88.1 |  4.3 |  2.8 |    4.4 |    0.4
1988-89\5,6\ ..|148,872 |109,715 | 5,175 | 3,325 |  6,048 |    476 | 24,133 |100.0 | 88.0 |  4.1 |  2.7 |    4.8 |    0.4
1989-90\5,7\ ..|152,926 |112,877 | 5,539 | 3,586 |  6,002 |    463 | 24,459 |100.0 | 87.9 |  4.3 |  2.8 |    4.7 |    0.4
1990-91\5,8\ ..|151,796 |111,224 | 5,709 | 3,670 |  6,319 |    459 | 24,415 |100.0 | 87.3 |  4.5 |  2.9 |    5.0 |    0.4
1991-92\5,9\ ..|159,543 |116,096 | 6,054 | 4,132 |  7,062 |    523 | 25,676 |100.0 | 86.7 |  4.5 |  3.1 |    5.3 |    0.4
1992-93\5,10\ .|168,754 |120,225 | 6,821 | 4,735 |  7,544 |    586 | 28,843 |100.0 | 85.9 |  4.9 |  3.4 |    5.4 |    0.4
1993-94\5,11\ .|175,355 |123,854 | 7,413 | 5,113 |  8,225 |    691 | 30,059 |100.0 | 85.2 |  5.1 |  3.5 |    5.7 |    0.5
1994-95\5,12\ .|178,123 |123,809 | 8,103 | 5,490 |  8,920 |    659 | 31,142 |100.0 | 84.2 |  5.5 |  3.7 |    6.1 |    0.4
1995-96\5,13\ .|178,661 |124,514 | 8,442 | 5,833 |  9,373 |    704 | 29,795 |100.0 | 83.6 |  5.7 |  3.9 |    6.3 |    0.5
1996-97\5,14\ .|178,165 |124,060 | 8,871 | 6,115 |  8,879 |    729 | 29,511 |100.0 | 83.5 |  6.0 |  4.1 |    6.0 |    0.5
               |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|______|______|______|______|________|________
               |                           Women                            |                     Women
               |____________________________________________________________|_____________________________________________
1976-77\1\ ....|149,206 |126,851 |13,256 | 2,803 |  1,999 |    446 |  3,851 |100.0 | 87.3 |  9.1 |  1.9 |    1.4 |    0.3
1978-79\2\ ....|147,618 |125,302 |12,348 | 2,769 |  2,171 |    504 |  4,524 |100.0 | 87.6 |  8.6 |  1.9 |    1.5 |    0.4
1980-81\3\ ....|148,517 |125,654 |10,975 | 3,376 |  2,509 |    533 |  5,470 |100.0 | 87.8 |  7.7 |  2.4 |    1.8 |    0.4
1984-85\4\ ....|141,004 |117,569 | 8,739 | 3,805 |  2,940 |    673 |  7,278 |100.0 | 87.9 |  6.5 |  2.8 |    2.2 |    0.5
1986-87\5\ ....|148,080 |123,302 | 8,720 | 3,713 |  3,320 |    585 |  8,440 |100.0 | 88.3 |  6.2 |  2.7 |    2.4 |    0.4
1988-89\5,6\ ..|160,898 |133,049 | 8,920 | 3,952 |  4,287 |    610 | 10,080 |100.0 | 88.2 |  5.9 |  2.6 |    2.8 |    0.4
1989-90\5,7\ ..|169,539 |138,813 | 9,907 | 4,364 |  4,575 |    638 | 11,242 |100.0 | 87.7 |  6.3 |  2.8 |    2.9 |    0.4
1990-91\5,8\ ..|176,849 |144,057 |10,430 | 4,716 |  4,861 |    677 | 12,108 |100.0 | 87.4 |  6.3 |  2.9 |    3.0 |    0.4
1991-92\5,9\ ..|189,139 |152,275 |12,062 | 5,226 |  5,596 |    750 | 13,230 |100.0 | 86.6 |  6.9 |  3.0 |    3.2 |    0.4
1992-93\5,10\ .|199,947 |158,604 |12,959 | 5,930 |  6,322 |    821 | 15,311 |100.0 | 85.9 |  7.0 |  3.2 |    3.4 |    0.4
1993-94\5,11\ .|210,064 |164,434 |14,524 | 6,800 |  7,042 |  1,006 | 16,258 |100.0 | 84.8 |  7.5 |  3.5 |    3.6 |    0.5
1994-95\5,12\ .|218,929 |168,975 |16,068 | 7,417 |  7,922 |    962 | 17,585 |100.0 | 83.9 |  8.0 |  3.7 |    3.9 |    0.5
1995-96\5,13\ .|226,860 |173,044 |17,359 | 8,579 |  8,788 |  1,074 | 18,016 |100.0 | 82.9 |  8.3 |  4.1 |    4.2 |    0.5
1996-97\5,14\ .|236,717 |178,481 |19,353 | 9,072 |  9,598 |  1,195 | 19,018 |100.0 | 82.0 |  8.9 |  4.2 |    4.4 |    0.5
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\1\Excludes 387 men and 175 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\2\Excludes 733 men and 91 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\3\Excludes 1,377 men and 179 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\4\Excludes 3,973 men and 1,857 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
\5\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.
\6\Excludes 482 men and 369 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.
\7\Excludes 727 men and 1,109 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.
\8\Excludes 4,686 men and 3,837 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.
\9\Excludes 2,299 men and 1,857 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.
\10\Excludes 504 men and 380 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.
\11\Excludes 730 men and 921 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.
\12\Excludes 475 men and 102 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.
\13\Excludes 420 men and 360 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.
\14\Excludes 2,782 and 1,737 whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available. NOTE.
--For years 1984-85 to 1996-97, 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. Because of rounding, percents may not add to 100.0.

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 August 1999.)

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