Degrees Earned, by Level and Race/Ethnicity statistics



	TOTAL					TOTAL			PERCENT DISTRIBUTION					PERCENT DISTRIBUTION				MALE				MALE				FEMALE				FEMALE
LEVEL OF DEGREE
AND RACE/ETHNICITY	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997


Associate's degrees, total	450,263	462,030	494,387	508,154	529,106	538,545	553,625	563,620	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	188,631	190,221	202,808	209,051	214,462	217,730	218,977	220,722	261,632	271,809	291,579	299,103	314,644	320,815	334,648	342,898
White, non-Hispanic	369,580	376,081	400,530	405,883	418,301	419,323	425,028	424,364	82.1	81.4	81.0	79.9	79.1	77.9	76.8	75.3	154,748	155,330	164,799	167,312	170,137	169,475	168,858	166,732	214,832	220,751	235,731	238,571	248,164	249,848	256,170	257,632
Black, non-Hispanic	35,327	37,657	39,411	42,340	45,461	47,142	51,672	55,260	7.8	8.2	8.0	8.3	8.6	8.8	9.3	9.8	13,147	13,718	14,294	15,497	16,917	16,786	17,854	18,994	22,180	23,939	25,117	26,843	28,544	30,356	33,818	36,266
Hispanic	22,195	24,251	26,905	29,991	32,074	36,013	38,163	42,645	4.9	5.2	5.4	5.9	6.1	6.7	6.9	7.6	9,859	10,210	11,536	12,924	13,204	15,717	15,700	17,583	12,336	14,041	15,369	17,067	18,870	20,296	22,463	25,062
Asian or Pacific Islander	13,482	13,725	15,596	16,632	18,433	20,717	23,091	24,829	3.0	3.0	3.2	3.3	3.5	3.8	4.2	4.4	6,477	6,440	7,254	7,877	8,288	9,283	10,204	10,770	7,005	7,285	8,342	8,755	10,145	11,434	12,887	14,059
American Indian/Alaskan
Native	3,530	3,672	4,008	4,379	4,871	5,492	5,556	5,927	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.1	1,433	1,373	1,531	1,663	1,836	2,106	1,989	2,047	2,097	2,299	2,477	2,716	3,035	3,386	3,567	3,880
Nonresident alien	6,149	6,644	7,937	8,929	9,966	9,858	10,115	10,595	1.4	1.4	1.6	1.8	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.9	2,967	3,150	3,394	3,778	4,080	4,363	4,372	4,596	3,182	3,494	4,543	5,151	5,886	5,495	5,743	5,999

Bachelor's degrees, total	1,048,631	1,081,280	1,129,833	1,159,931	1,165,973	1,158,788	1,163,036	1,168,023	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	490,317	496,424	516,976	530,541	530,804	525,174	521,439	517,901	558,314	584,856	612,857	629,390	635,169	633,614	641,597	650,122
White, non-Hispanic	884,376	904,062	936,771	947,309	936,227	913,377	904,709	898,224	84.3	83.6	82.9	81.7	80.3	78.8	77.8	76.9	413,573	415,505	429,842	435,084	429,121	417,006	408,829	401,878	470,803	488,557	506,929	512,225	507,106	496,371	495,880	496,346
Black, non-Hispanic	61,063	65,341	72,326	77,872	83,576	87,203	91,166	94,053	5.8	6.0	6.4	6.7	7.2	7.5	7.8	8.1	23,262	24,328	26,956	28,883	30,648	31,775	32,852	33,509	37,801	41,013	45,370	48,989	52,928	55,428	58,314	60,544
Hispanic	32,844	36,612	40,761	45,376	50,241	54,201	58,288	61,941	3.1	3.4	3.6	3.9	4.3	4.7	5.0	5.3	14,941	16,158	17,976	19,865	21,807	23,600	24,994	26,007	17,903	20,454	22,785	25,511	28,434	30,601	33,294	35,934
Asian or Pacific Islander	39,248	41,618	46,720	51,463	55,660	60,478	64,359	67,969	3.7	3.8	4.1	4.4	4.8	5.2	5.5	5.8	19,721	20,678	23,248	25,293	26,938	28,973	30,630	32,111	19,527	20,940	23,472	26,170	28,722	31,505	33,729	35,858
American Indian/Alaskan
Native	4,392	4,513	5,176	5,671	6,189	6,606	6,970	7,409	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	1,859	1,901	2,182	2,449	2,616	2,736	2,885	2,988	2,533	2,612	2,994	3,222	3,573	3,870	4,085	4,421
Nonresident alien	26,708	29,134	28,079	32,240	34,080	36,923	37,544	38,427	2.5	2.7	2.5	2.8	2.9	3.2	3.2	3.3	16,961	17,854	16,772	18,967	19,674	21,084	21,249	21,408	9,747	11,280	11,307	13,273	14,406	15,839	16,295	17,019

Master's degrees, total	322,465	328,645	348,682	368,701	385,419	397,052	405,521	414,882	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	152,926	151,796	159,543	168,754	175,355	178,123	178,661	178,165	169,539	176,849	189,139	199,947	210,064	218,929	226,860	236,717
White, non-Hispanic	251,690	255,281	268,371	278,829	288,288	292,784	297,558	302,541	78.1	77.7	77.0	75.6	74.8	73.7	73.4	72.9	112,877	111,224	116,096	120,225	123,854	123,809	124,514	124,060	138,813	144,057	152,275	158,604	164,434	168,975	173,044	178,481
Black, non-Hispanic	15,446	16,139	18,116	19,780	21,937	24,171	25,801	28,224	4.8	4.9	5.2	5.4	5.7	6.1	6.4	6.8	5,539	5,709	6,054	6,821	7,413	8,103	8,442	8,871	9,907	10,430	12,062	12,959	14,524	16,068	17,359	19,353
Hispanic	7,950	8,386	9,358	10,665	11,913	12,907	14,412	15,187	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.9	3.1	3.3	3.6	3.7	3,586	3,670	4,132	4,735	5,113	5,490	5,833	6,115	4,364	4,716	5,226	5,930	6,800	7,417	8,579	9,072
Asian or Pacific Islander	10,577	11,180	12,658	13,866	15,267	16,842	18,161	18,477	3.3	3.4	3.6	3.8	4.0	4.2	4.5	4.5	6,002	6,319	7,062	7,544	8,225	8,920	9,373	8,879	4,575	4,861	5,596	6,322	7,042	7,922	8,788	9,598
American Indian/Alaskan
Native	1,101	1,136	1,273	1,407	1,697	1,621	1,778	1,924	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	463	459	523	586	691	659	704	729	638	677	750	821	1,006	962	1,074	1,195
Nonresident alien	35,701	36,523	38,906	44,154	46,317	48,727	47,811	48,529	11.1	11.1	11.2	12.0	12.0	12.3	11.8	11.7	24,459	24,415	25,676	28,843	30,059	31,142	29,795	29,511	11,242	12,108	13,230	15,311	16,258	17,585	18,016	19,018

Doctor's degrees, total	38,113	38,547	40,090	42,021	43,149	44,427	44,645	45,394	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	24,248	24,333	25,168	25,980	26,531	26,898	26,836	26,826	13,865	14,214	14,922	16,041	16,618	17,529	17,809	18,568
White, non-Hispanic	25,880	25,328	25,813	26,700	27,156	27,826	27,756	28,344	67.9	65.7	64.4	63.5	62.9	62.6	62.2	62.4	15,105	14,565	14,674	14,902	15,126	15,354	15,101	15,339	10,775	10,763	11,139	11,798	12,030	12,472	12,655	13,005
Black, non-Hispanic	1,153	1,211	1,223	1,352	1,393	1,667	1,636	1,847	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.8	3.7	4.1	533	581	576	615	631	731	730	786	620	630	647	737	762	936	906	1,061
Hispanic	788	732	811	827	903	984	999	1,098	2.1	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.4	423	387	458	439	465	488	516	572	365	345	353	388	438	496	483	526
Asian or Pacific Islander	1,235	1,459	1,559	1,582	2,025	2,690	2,646	2,607	3.2	3.8	3.9	3.8	4.7	6.1	5.9	5.7	871	987	1,062	1,041	1,373	1,758	1,693	1,606	364	472	497	541	652	932	953	1,001
American Indian/Alaskan
Native	99	102	118	106	134	130	158	173	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	49	58	65	51	66	58	80	86	50	44	53	55	68	72	78	87
Nonresident alien	8,958	9,715	10,566	11,454	11,538	11,130	11,450	11,325	23.5	25.2	26.4	27.3	26.7	25.1	25.6	24.9	7,267	7,755	8,333	8,932	8,870	8,509	8,716	8,437	1,691	1,960	2,233	2,522	2,668	2,621	2,734	2,888

First-professional degrees,
total	70,744	71,515	72,129	74,960	75,418	75,800	76,641	77,815	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	43,778	43,601	43,812	44,821	44,707	44,853	44,679	45,067	26,966	27,914	28,317	30,139	30,711	30,947	31,962	32,748
White, non-Hispanic	60,240	60,327	59,800	60,830	60,140	59,402	59,456	59,852	85.2	84.4	82.9	81.1	79.7	78.4	77.6	76.9	37,850	37,348	36,939	37,157	36,573	36,146	35,732	35,749	22,390	22,979	22,861	23,673	23,567	23,256	23,724	24,103
Black, non-Hispanic	3,410	3,575	3,560	4,100	4,444	4,747	5,016	5,251	4.8	5.0	4.9	5.5	5.9	6.3	6.5	6.7	1,672	1,672	1,603	1,777	1,902	2,077	2,107	2,178	1,738	1,903	1,957	2,323	2,542	2,670	2,909	3,073
Hispanic	2,427	2,527	2,766	2,984	3,134	3,231	3,476	3,553	3.4	3.5	3.8	4.0	4.2	4.3	4.5	4.6	1,450	1,506	1,635	1,762	1,781	1,836	1,947	1,951	977	1,021	1,131	1,222	1,353	1,395	1,529	1,602
Asian or Pacific Islander	3,362	3,755	4,455	5,160	5,892	6,397	6,617	7,037	4.8	5.3	6.2	6.9	7.8	8.4	8.6	9.0	1,963	2,178	2,593	2,858	3,214	3,491	3,533	3,798	1,399	1,577	1,862	2,302	2,678	2,906	3,084	3,239
American Indian/Alaskan
Native	257	261	296	368	371	412	463	511	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.7	135	144	157	190	222.0	222	256	289	122	117	139	178	149	190	207	222
Nonresident alien	1,048	1,070	1,252	1,518	1,437	1,611	1,613	1,611	1.5	1.5	1.7	2.0	1.9	2.1	2.1	2.1	708	753	885	1,077	1,015.0	1,081	1,104	1,102	340	317	367	441	422	530	509	509

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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318. Degrees Earned, by Level and Race/Ethnicity