African-American U.S. Educational Statistics

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Bachelor's degrees conferred in the U.S., 19761977 to 20012002
AllBlack% Black
YearTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemale
(1) Excludes 1,121 men and 528 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
(2) Excludes 1,279 men and 571 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
(3) Excludes 258 men and 82 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
(4) Excludes 6,380 men and 4,786 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
(5) Excludes 1,400 men and 1,005 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
* For years 198485 to 200102, 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 199899 were imputed using alternative procedures. 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 197677 through 198485, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys, 198687 through 199899, and Fall 2000 through Fall 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
197619771917,900494,424423,47658,63625,14733,4896.65.17.9
197819792919,540476,065443,47560,24624,65935,5876.65.28.0
198019813934,800469,625465,17560,67324,51136,1626.55.27.8
198419854*968,311476,148492,16357,47323,01834,4555.94.87.0
19861987991,264480,782510,48256,56022,50134,0595.74.76.7
1988198951,016,350481,946534,40458,07822,37035,7085.74.66.7
198919901,051,344491,696559,64861,04623,25737,7895.84.76.8
199019911,094,538504,045590,49366,37524,80041,5756.14.97.0
199119921,136,553520,811615,74272,68027,09245,5886.45.27.4
199219931,165,178532,881632,29778,09928,96249,1376.75.47.8
199319941,169,275532,422636,85383,90930,76653,1437.25.88.3
199419951,160,134526,131634,00387,23631,79355,4437.56.08.7
199519961,164,792522,454642,33891,49632,97458,5227.96.39.1
199619971,172,879520,515652,26494,34933,61660,7338.06.59.3
199719981,184,406519,956664,45098,25134,51063,7418.36.69.6
199819991,200,303518,746681,557102,21434,87667,3388.56.79.9
199920001,237,875530,367707,508108,01337,02470,9898.77.010.0
200020011,244,171531,840712,331111,30738,10373,2048.97.210.3
200120021,291,900549,816742,084116,62439,19477,4309.07.110.4
Doctoral degrees conferred in the U.S, by major field of study, 20012002*
Major field of studyTotalTotal black**Black menBlack women
* Includes Ph.D., Ed.D, and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes first-professional degrees, such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees.
** 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. To facilitate trend comparisons, certain aggregations have been made of the degree fields as reported in the IPEDS "Completions" survey: "Agriculture and natural resources" includes Agricultural business and production, Agricultural sciences, and Conservation and renewable natural resources; and "Business" includes Business management and administrative services, Marketing operations/marketing and distribution, and Consumer and personal services.
source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2002 survey. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
All fields, total44,1602,3979211,476
Agriculture and natural resources1,16619127
Architecture and related programs183808
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies216331419
Biological sciences/life sciences4,4891175463
Business1,158714229
Communications374331023
Communications technologies9000
Computer and information sciences75022148
Education6,967900252648
Engineering5,195866026
Engineering-related technologies15000
English language and literature/letters1,446742450
Foreign languages and literature84317710
Health professions and related sciences3,5231243292
Home economics and vocational home economics35532626
Law and legal studies79101
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities113615
Library science45505
Mathematics9581679
Multi/interdisciplinary studies38418117
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies151523
Philosophy and religion60617611
Physical sciences and science technologies3,803774433
Protective services49321
Psychology4,34125752205
Public administration and services571753144
Social sciences and history3,90220610799
Theological studies and religious vocations1,3551501159
Visual and performing arts1,11425169
First professional degrees conferred in the U.S., by major field of study, 20012002
Major field of studyTotalTotal black*Black menBlack women
* 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.
source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2002 survey. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
All fields, totaln.a.5,8112,2233,588
Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)4,2391556392
Medicine (M.D)n.a.1,104407697
Optometry (O.D)1,280221012
Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)2,416973958
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)7,076570190380
Podiatry (Pod.D. or D.P.) or podiatric medicine (D.P.M.)474381622
Veterinary medicine (D.V.M)2,289671750
Chiropractic medicine (D.C. or D.C.M)3,2841166353
Law (LL.B. or J.D.)n.a.3,0021,0921,910
Theology (M.Div., M.H.L., B.D., or Ord.)5,195636324312
Master's degrees conferred in the U.S., 19761977 to 20012002*
AllBlack% Black
YearTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemale
* Areas of study included agriculture, architecture and environmental design, area and ethnic studies, biological sciences, business, communications, computer science, construction trades, education, engineering, English language and literature, foreign languages, health, home economics, law, letters, liberal/general studies, library and archival sciences, life sciences, mathematics, multi/interdisciplinary studies, philosophy and religion, theology, physical sciences, protective services and public affairs, psychology, public administration, social sciences, visual and performing arts, other.
(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) Excludes 482 men and 369 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
** For years 198485 to 200102, 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 199899 were imputed using alternative procedures. 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 197677 through 198485, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys, 198687 through 199899, and Fall 2000 through Fall 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
197619771316,602167,396149,20621,0377,78113,2566.64.68.9
197819792300,255152,637147,61819,4187,07012,3486.54.68.4
198019813294,183145,666148,51717,1336,15810,9755.84.27.4
198419854**280,421139,417140,00413,9395,2008,7395.03.76.2
19861987289,349141,269148,08013,8735,1538,7204.83.65.9
198819895309,770148,872160,89814,0955,1758,9204.63.55.5
19891990324,301153,653170,64815,3365,4749,8624.73.65.8
19901991337,168156,482180,68616,6165,91610,7004.93.85.9
19911992352,838161,842190,99618,2566,11212,1445.23.86.4
19921993369,585169,258200,32719,7446,80312,9415.34.06.5
19931994387,070176,085210,98521,9867,42414,5625.74.26.9
19941995397,629178,598219,03124,1668,09716,0696.14.57.3
19951996406,301179,081227,22025,8228,44517,3776.44.77.6
19961997419,401180,947238,45428,4038,96019,4436.85.08.2
19971998430,164184,375245,78930,1559,65220,5037.05.28.3
19981999439,986186,148253,83832,54110,05822,4837.45.48.9
19992000457,056191,792265,26435,87411,21224,6627.85.89.3
20002001468,476194,351274,12538,26511,56826,6978.26.09.7
20012002482,118199,120282,99840,37311,79628,5778.45.910.1
Bachelor's degrees conferred in the U.S., by major field of study, 20012002
Major field of studyTotalTotal black*Black menBlack women
* 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. To facilitate trend comparisons, certain aggregations have been made of the degree fields as reported in the IPEDS "Completions" survey: "Agriculture and natural resources" includes Agricultural business and production, Agricultural sciences, and Conservation and renewable natural resources; and "Business" includes Business management and administrative services, Marketing operations/marketing and distribution, and Consumer and personal services.
(1) Excludes "Construction trades" and "Mechanics and repairers," which are listed separately.
source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2002 survey. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
All fields, total1,291,900116,62439,19477,430
Agriculture and natural resources23,353653281372
Architecture and related programs8,808348203145
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies6,557881290591
Biological sciences/life sciences60,2564,8071,3293,478
Business281,33028,15310,08818,065
Communications62,7915,5401,8733,667
Communications technologies1,1101497673
Computer and information sciences47,2995,0302,6702,360
Construction trades202642
Education106,3836,9761,8225,154
Engineering59,4813,0991,9661,133
Engineering-related technologies114,1171,3871,077310
English language and literature/letters53,1624,0491,0293,020
Foreign languages and literature15,318622153469
Health professions and related sciences70,5178,0111,0416,970
Home economics and vocational home economics18,1531,6592351,424
Law and legal studies1,97130358245
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities39,3334,6881,3993,289
Library science74000
Mathematics12,395935417518
Mechanics and repairers16418171
Multi/interdisciplinary studies27,6292,7398241,915
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies20,5541,751951800
Philosophy and religion9,306481273208
Physical sciences and science technologies17,8511,142463679
Precision production trade46825214
Protective services25,5364,4841,8122,672
Psychology76,6718,1071,6146,493
Public administration and services19,3924,0367573,279
R.O.T.C. and military sciences3000
Social sciences and history132,87412,5304,4938,037
Theological studies and religious vocations7,785411247164
Transportation and material moving workers4,02022019723
Visual and performing arts66,7733,3731,5061,867
Not classified by field or study2641183
First professional degrees conferred in the U.S., 19761977 to 20012002
TotalBlack% Black
YearTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemale
(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.
* For years 198485 to 200102, 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 199899 were imputed using alternative procedures. 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 197677 through 198485, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys, 198687 through 199899, and Fall 2000 through Fall 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
19761977163,95351,98011,9732,5371,7617764.03.46.5
19781979268,61152,42516,1862,8361,7831,0534.13.46.5
19801981371,34052,19419,1462,9311,7721,1594.13.46.1
198419854*71,05747,50123,5563,0291,6231,4064.33.46.0
1986198771,61746,52325,0943,4201,8351,5854.83.96.3
1988198970,85645,04625,8103,1481,6181,5304.43.65.9
1989199070,98843,96127,0273,4091,6711,7384.83.86.4
1990199171,94843,84628,1023,5881,6791,9095.03.86.8
1991199274,14645,07129,0753,6281,6451,9834.93.66.8
1992199375,38745,15330,2344,1321,8012,3315.54.07.7
1993199475,41844,70730,7114,4441,9022,5425.94.38.3
1994199575,80044,85330,9474,7472,0772,6706.34.68.6
1995199676,73444,74831,9865,0222,1122,9106.54.79.1
1996199778,73045,56433,1665,3012,2013,1006.74.89.3
1997199878,59844,91133,6875,4992,3103,1897.05.19.5
1998199978,43944,33934,1005,3332,1973,1366.85.09.2
1999200080,05744,23935,8185,5552,3133,2426.95.29.1
2000200179,70742,86236,8455,4162,1103,3066.84.99.0
2001200280,69842,50738,1915,8112,2233,5887.25.29.4
Doctoral degrees conferred in the U.S., 19761977 to 20012002*
TotalBlack% Black
YearBothMaleFemaleBothMaleFemaleBoth MaleFemale
* Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes first professional degrees, such as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees.
(1) Excludes 106 men whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
(2) Excludes 53 men and 2 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
(3) Excludes 116 men and 3 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
(4) Excludes 404 men and 232 women whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
(5) Excludes 51 men and 10 women whose racial/ethnic group and field of study were not available.
** For years 198485 to 200102, 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 199899 were imputed using alternative procedures. 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 197677 through 198485, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys, 198687 through 199899, and Fall 2000 through Fall 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
1976-1977133,12625,0368,0901,2537664873.83.16.0
1978-1979232,67523,4889,1871,2687345343.93.15.8
1980-1981332,83922,59510,2441,2656945713.93.15.6
1984-19854**32,30721,29611,0111,1545615933.62.65.4
1986-198734,04122,06111,9801,0574855723.12.24.8
1988-1989535,65922,59713,0621,0664915753.02.24.4
1989-199038,37124,40113,9701,1495316183.02.24.4
1990-199139,29424,75614,5381,2485976513.22.44.5
1991-199240,65925,55715,1021,2395846553.02.34.3
1992-199342,13226,07316,0591,3506177333.22.44.6
1993-199443,18526,55216,6331,3856277583.22.44.6
1994-199544,44626,91617,5301,6677309373.82.75.3
1995-199644,65226,84117,8111,6327279053.72.75.1
1996-199745,87627,14618,7301,8657951,0704.12.95.7
1997-199846,01026,66419,3462,0678241,2434.53.16.4
1998-199944,07725,14618,9312,1368731,2634.83.56.7
1999-200044,80825,02819,7802,2468761,3705.03.56.9
2000-200144,90424,72820,1762,2078551,3524.93.56.7
2001-200244,16023,70820,4522,3979211,4765.43.97.2
Master's degrees conferred in the U.S., by major field of study, 20012002
Major field of studyTotalTotal black*Black menBlack women
* 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. To facilitate trend comparisons, certain aggregations have been made of the degree fields as reported in the IPEDS "Completions" survey: "Agriculture and natural resources" includes Agricultural business and production, Agricultural sciences, and Conservation and renewable natural resources; and "Business" includes Business management and administrative services, Marketing operations/marketing and distribution, and Consumer and personal services.
(1) Excludes "Construction trades" which is listed separately.
source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2002 survey. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
All fields, total482,11840,37311,79628,577
Agriculture and natural resources4,5191226161
Architecture and related programs4,5661647688
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies1,5781303694
Biological sciences/life sciences6,20530392211
Business120,78510,4343,9626,472
Communications5,510532116416
Communications technologies549361422
Computer and information sciences16,113745403342
Construction trades9110
Education136,57913,0692,82910,240
Engineering26,015794512282
Engineering-related technologies1896754926
English language and literature/letters7,26834974275
Foreign languages and literature2,861551738
Health professions and related sciences43,6443,2495682,681
Home economics and vocational home economics2,61627036234
Law and legal studies4,0531768294
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities2,75421466148
Library science5,11325935224
Mathematics3,4871265571
Multi/interdisciplinary studies3,21125063187
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies2,754210102108
Philosophy and religion1,334603723
Physical sciences and science technologies5,0341497475
Precision production trades2000
Protective services2,935482205277
Psychology14,8881,8373811,456
Public administration and services25,4484,3861,0103,376
Social sciences and history14,1121,022403619
Theological studies and religious vocations4,952334178156
Transportation and material moving workers70932293
Visual and performing arts11,595508230278
Not classified by study24000
Enrollment in undergraduate degree-granting institutions in the U.S., 19762001*
TotalBlack
YearBothMaleFemaleBoth**MaleFemale
* In thousands.
** Because of underreporting and nonreporting of racial/ethnic data, some figures are slightly lower than corresponding data in other tables. Data for 1999 were imputed using alternative procedures. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.
(1) Institutions that were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education.
(2) Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting higher education institutions that participated in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1976 and 1980; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys, 1990 through 1999, and Spring 2001 and Spring 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared September 2003.)
197619,419.04,896.84,522.1943.4430.7512.7
1980110,469.14,997.45,471.71,018.8428.2590.6
1990111,959.15,379.86,579.31,147.2448.0699.2
1996212,326.95,420.76,906.31,358.6513.6845.0
1998212,436.95,446.16,990.81,421.7530.2891.5
1999212,681.25,559.57,121.81,471.9548.4923.5
2000213,155.45,778.37,377.11,548.9577.0971.9
2001213,715.66,004.47,711.21,657.1611.71,045.4
Years of school completed by persons twenty-five and over in the U.S., 19402002
Less than 5 yrs. of elementary school (%)4 yrs. of high school or more (%)4 years of college or more (%)
DateTotalBlackTotalBlackTotalBlack
source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census of Population, 1960, Volume 1, part 1; Current Population Reports, Series P-20 and previously unpublished tabulations; and 1960 Census Monograph, "Education of the American Population," by John K. Folger and Charles B. Nam. (This table was prepared October 2003.)
April 194013.741.824.57.74.61.3
April 195011.132.634.313.76.22.2
April 19608.323.541.121.77.73.5
March 19705.314.755.236.111.06.1
March 19754.212.362.542.613.96.4
March 19803.49.168.651.417.07.9
March 19852.76.173.959.919.411.1
March 19902.45.177.666.121.311.3
March 19951.82.581.773.823.013.3
March 20001.61.684.178.925.616.6
March 20021.61.684.179.226.717.2

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