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Table 323.20.Master's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Selected academic years, 1976-77 through 2021-22
Sex and year Number of degrees conferred to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and nonresidents Percentage distribution of degrees conferred to U.S. citizens and permanent residents
Total American Indian/Alaska Native Asian/Pacific Islander Black Hispanic White Two or more races1 Nonresident Total American Indian/Alaska Native Asian/Pacific Islander Black Hispanic White Two or more races1
Total Asian Pacific Islander Total Asian Pacific Islander
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Total
1976-77 323,025 2,3 1,018 5,127 --- --- 21,252 6,136 271,402 --- 17,528 100.0 0.3 1.7 --- --- 7.0 2.0 89.0 ---
1980-81 302,637 4,5 1,044 6,348 --- --- 17,436 6,534 247,475 --- 22,244 100.0 0.4 2.3 --- --- 6.3 2.3 88.8 ---
1990-91 342,863 1,189 11,869 --- --- 17,023 8,981 265,927 --- 37,874 100.0 0.4 3.9 --- --- 5.6 2.9 87.2 ---
1999-2000 463,185 2,263 23,523 --- --- 36,606 19,379 324,990 --- 56,424 100.0 0.6 5.8 --- --- 9.0 4.8 79.9 ---
2000-01 473,502 2,496 24,544 --- --- 38,853 21,661 324,211 --- 61,737 100.0 0.6 6.0 --- --- 9.4 5.3 78.7 ---
 
2007-08 630,844 3,775 37,743 --- --- 65,912 36,899 413,348 --- 73,167 100.0 0.7 6.8 --- --- 11.8 6.6 74.1 ---
2008-09 662,082 3,777 40,510 --- --- 70,772 39,567 427,713 --- 79,743 100.0 0.6 7.0 --- --- 12.2 6.8 73.4 ---
2009-10 693,313 3,965 42,520 --- --- 76,472 43,603 445,158 --- 81,595 100.0 0.6 7.0 --- --- 12.5 7.1 72.8 ---
2010-11 730,922 3,946 43,482 42,136 1,346 80,742 46,823 462,922 6,597 86,410 100.0 0.6 6.7 6.5 0.2 12.5 7.3 71.8 1.0
2011-12 755,967 3,681 45,379 43,747 1,632 86,007 50,994 470,822 9,823 89,261 100.0 0.6 6.8 6.6 0.2 12.9 7.6 70.6 1.5
 
2012-13 751,718 3,693 44,906 43,100 1,806 87,989 52,991 455,896 11,794 94,449 100.0 0.6 6.8 6.6 0.3 13.4 8.1 69.4 1.8
2013-14 754,582 3,512 44,533 42,754 1,779 88,606 55,962 444,771 13,417 103,781 100.0 0.5 6.8 6.6 0.3 13.6 8.6 68.3 2.1
2014-15 758,804 3,410 44,489 42,884 1,605 87,288 58,752 433,096 14,628 117,141 100.0 0.5 6.9 6.7 0.3 13.6 9.2 67.5 2.3
2015-16 785,757 3,538 45,921 44,335 1,586 88,786 63,060 431,885 16,589 135,978 100.0 0.5 7.1 6.8 0.2 13.7 9.7 66.5 2.6
2016-17 804,542 3,397 47,810 46,225 1,585 89,577 67,026 433,638 17,674 145,420 100.0 0.5 7.3 7.0 0.2 13.6 10.2 65.8 2.7
 
2017-18 820,242 3,318 50,116 48,504 1,612 91,282 72,443 439,124 18,900 145,059 100.0 0.5 7.4 7.2 0.2 13.5 10.7 65.0 2.8
2018-19 833,792 3,452 52,200 50,689 1,511 93,123 78,876 447,433 20,544 138,164 100.0 0.5 7.5 7.3 0.2 13.4 11.3 64.3 3.0
2019-20 843,531 3,549 54,688 53,033 1,655 92,778 84,570 448,447 22,132 137,367 100.0 0.5 7.7 7.5 0.2 13.1 12.0 63.5 3.1
2020-21 866,932 3,783 58,386 56,716 1,670 98,239 93,344 460,270 23,205 129,705 100.0 0.5 7.9 7.7 0.2 13.3 12.7 62.4 3.1
2021-22 880,249 3,719 64,143 62,427 1,716 99,068 101,343 470,784 24,969 116,223 100.0 0.5 8.4 8.2 0.2 13.0 13.3 61.6 3.3
 
Males
1976-77 173,090 2 565 3,128 --- --- 7,970 3,328 144,042 --- 13,670 100.0 0.4 2.0 --- --- 5.0 2.1 90.6 ---
1980-81 152,979 4 507 3,830 --- --- 6,418 3,155 120,927 --- 16,765 100.0 0.4 2.8 --- --- 4.8 2.3 89.7 ---
1990-91 160,842 495 6,765 --- --- 6,201 4,017 117,993 --- 25,371 100.0 0.4 5.0 --- --- 4.6 3.0 87.1 ---
1999-2000 196,129 845 11,299 --- --- 11,642 7,738 131,221 --- 33,384 100.0 0.5 6.9 --- --- 7.2 4.8 80.6 ---
2000-01 197,770 925 11,561 --- --- 11,878 8,371 128,516 --- 36,519 100.0 0.6 7.2 --- --- 7.4 5.2 79.7 ---
 
2007-08 250,203 1,294 17,480 --- --- 18,759 13,166 157,622 --- 41,882 100.0 0.6 8.4 --- --- 9.0 6.3 75.7 ---
2008-09 263,515 1,349 18,865 --- --- 20,146 14,314 162,863 --- 45,978 100.0 0.6 8.7 --- --- 9.3 6.6 74.9 ---
2009-10 275,317 1,419 19,423 --- --- 22,121 15,554 170,243 --- 46,557 100.0 0.6 8.5 --- --- 9.7 6.8 74.4 ---
2010-11 291,680 1,409 19,918 19,376 542 23,746 17,183 177,786 2,540 49,098 100.0 0.6 8.2 8.0 0.2 9.8 7.1 73.3 1.0
2011-12 302,484 1,298 20,751 20,133 618 25,284 18,633 183,222 3,518 49,778 100.0 0.5 8.2 8.0 0.2 10.0 7.4 72.5 1.4
 
2012-13 301,552 1,280 20,456 19,737 719 26,417 19,441 177,208 4,472 52,278 100.0 0.5 8.2 7.9 0.3 10.6 7.8 71.1 1.8
2013-14 302,846 1,219 19,955 19,261 694 26,608 20,565 173,303 4,890 56,306 100.0 0.5 8.1 7.8 0.3 10.8 8.3 70.3 2.0
2014-15 306,615 1,223 19,577 18,939 638 26,295 21,384 168,151 5,438 64,547 100.0 0.5 8.1 7.8 0.3 10.9 8.8 69.5 2.2
2015-16 320,574 1,229 20,071 19,462 609 27,024 22,749 166,161 6,129 77,211 100.0 0.5 8.2 8.0 0.3 11.1 9.3 68.3 2.5
2016-17 326,857 1,151 20,693 20,103 590 26,978 23,749 164,734 6,453 83,099 100.0 0.5 8.5 8.2 0.2 11.1 9.7 67.6 2.6
 
2017-18 326,907 1,076 21,277 20,693 584 27,551 25,248 164,729 6,677 80,349 100.0 0.4 8.6 8.4 0.2 11.2 10.2 66.8 2.7
2018-19 326,201 1,099 21,899 21,336 563 27,598 27,357 165,361 7,512 75,375 100.0 0.4 8.7 8.5 0.2 11.0 10.9 65.9 3.0
2019-20 325,711 1,142 22,740 22,153 587 27,525 28,605 163,292 7,887 74,520 100.0 0.5 9.1 8.8 0.2 11.0 11.4 65.0 3.1
2020-21 330,727 1,137 24,103 23,522 581 29,139 31,301 166,463 8,110 70,474 100.0 0.4 9.3 9.0 0.2 11.2 12.0 64.0 3.1
2021-22 328,894 1,173 26,041 25,439 602 29,500 33,618 168,113 8,809 61,640 100.0 0.4 9.7 9.5 0.2 11.0 12.6 62.9 3.3
 
Females
1976-77 149,935 3 453 1,999 --- --- 13,282 2,808 127,360 --- 3,858 100.0 0.3 1.4 --- --- 9.1 1.9 87.3 ---
1980-81 149,658 5 537 2,518 --- --- 11,018 3,379 126,548 --- 5,479 100.0 0.4 1.7 --- --- 7.7 2.3 87.9 ---
1990-91 182,021 694 5,104 --- --- 10,822 4,964 147,934 --- 12,503 100.0 0.4 3.0 --- --- 6.4 2.9 87.3 ---
1999-2000 267,056 1,418 12,224 --- --- 24,964 11,641 193,769 --- 23,040 100.0 0.6 5.0 --- --- 10.2 4.8 79.4 ---
2000-01 275,732 1,571 12,983 --- --- 26,975 13,290 195,695 --- 25,218 100.0 0.6 5.2 --- --- 10.8 5.3 78.1 ---
 
2007-08 380,641 2,481 20,263 --- --- 47,153 23,733 255,726 --- 31,285 100.0 0.7 5.8 --- --- 13.5 6.8 73.2 ---
2008-09 398,567 2,428 21,645 --- --- 50,626 25,253 264,850 --- 33,765 100.0 0.7 5.9 --- --- 13.9 6.9 72.6 ---
2009-10 417,996 2,546 23,097 --- --- 54,351 28,049 274,915 --- 35,038 100.0 0.7 6.0 --- --- 14.2 7.3 71.8 ---
2010-11 439,242 2,537 23,564 22,760 804 56,996 29,640 285,136 4,057 37,312 100.0 0.6 5.9 5.7 0.2 14.2 7.4 70.9 1.0
2011-12 453,483 2,383 24,628 23,614 1,014 60,723 32,361 287,600 6,305 39,483 100.0 0.6 5.9 5.7 0.2 14.7 7.8 69.5 1.5
 
2012-13 450,166 2,413 24,450 23,363 1,087 61,572 33,550 278,688 7,322 42,171 100.0 0.6 6.0 5.7 0.3 15.1 8.2 68.3 1.8
2013-14 451,736 2,293 24,578 23,493 1,085 61,998 35,397 271,468 8,527 47,475 100.0 0.6 6.1 5.8 0.3 15.3 8.8 67.2 2.1
2014-15 452,189 2,187 24,912 23,945 967 60,993 37,368 264,945 9,190 52,594 100.0 0.5 6.2 6.0 0.2 15.3 9.4 66.3 2.3
2015-16 465,183 2,309 25,850 24,873 977 61,762 40,311 265,724 10,460 58,767 100.0 0.6 6.4 6.1 0.2 15.2 9.9 65.4 2.6
2016-17 477,685 2,246 27,117 26,122 995 62,599 43,277 268,904 11,221 62,321 100.0 0.5 6.5 6.3 0.2 15.1 10.4 64.7 2.7
 
2017-18 493,335 2,242 28,839 27,811 1,028 63,731 47,195 274,395 12,223 64,710 100.0 0.5 6.7 6.5 0.2 14.9 11.0 64.0 2.9
2018-19 507,591 2,353 30,301 29,353 948 65,525 51,519 282,072 13,032 62,789 100.0 0.5 6.8 6.6 0.2 14.7 11.6 63.4 2.9
2019-20 517,820 2,407 31,948 30,880 1,068 65,253 55,965 285,155 14,245 62,847 100.0 0.5 7.0 6.8 0.2 14.3 12.3 62.7 3.1
2020-21 536,205 2,646 34,283 33,194 1,089 69,100 62,043 293,807 15,095 59,231 100.0 0.6 7.2 7.0 0.2 14.5 13.0 61.6 3.2
2021-22 551,355 2,546 38,102 36,988 1,114 69,568 67,725 302,671 16,160 54,583 100.0 0.5 7.7 7.4 0.2 14.0 13.6 60.9 3.3
---Not available.
1For years prior to 2010-11, the surveys did not yet include the "Two or more races" category, and each student could be counted in only one race category.
2Includes 387 males whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
3Includes 175 females whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
4Includes 1,377 males whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
5Includes 179 females whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs and U.S. service academies. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. For 1989-90 and later years, reported racial/ethnic distributions of students by level of degree, field of study, and sex were used to estimate race/ethnicity for students whose race/ethnicity was not reported. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
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 and 1980-81; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:91); and IPEDS, Completions component, Fall 2000 through Fall 2021 (final data) and Fall 2022 (provisional data). (This table was prepared November 2023.)

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