Table 17
Graduate Degrees Granted by Ethnicity
1996-97 To 2002-03*
---1996-97---- ---1997-98---- ---1998-99---- ---1999-00---- ---2000-01---- ---2001-02---- ---2002-03---- -7 Year Change-
Ethnic Group N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P
African American 604 6.4 667 6.4 709 6.7 688 6.6 735 6.8 710 6.6 735 6.8 131 21.7
American Indian 79 0.8 94 0.9 114 1.1 101 1.0 100 0.9 103 1.0 94 0.9 15 19.0
Asian American 1,057 11.1 1,290 12.4 1,311 12.4 1,224 11.8 1,355 12.6 1,344 12.5 1,406 13.0 349 33.0
Filipino 159 1.7 189 1.8 197 1.9 214 2.1 246 2.3 276 2.6 284 2.6 125 78.6
Mexican American 751 7.9 877 8.5 954 9.0 1,022 9.9 1,186 11.0 1,217 11.3 1,377 12.7 626 83.4
Other Latino 391 4.1 408 3.9 444 4.2 471 4.5 472 4.4 529 4.9 560 5.2 169 43.2
Pacific Islander 32 0.3 34 0.3 42 0.4 44 0.4 43 0.4 48 0.4 47 0.4 15 46.9
Subtotal 3,073 32.4 3,559 34.3 3,771 35.5 3,764 36.3 4,137 38.4 4,227 39.3 4,503 41.6 1,430 46.5
White, Non-Latino 6,411 67.6 6,805 65.7 6,842 64.5 6,595 63.7 6,646 61.6 6,530 60.7 6,333 58.4 -78 -1.2
Total Identified 9,484 100.0 10,364 100.0 10,613 100.0 10,359 100.0 10,783 100.0 10,757 100.0 10,836 100.0 1,352 14.3
Percent 79.9 78.4 77.3 76.3 75.1 73.8 72.0
Unknown 1,429 12.0 1,510 11.4 1,581 11.5 1,588 11.7 1,615 11.2 1,757 12.0 1,901 12.6 472 33.0
Nonresident Alien 963 8.1 1,341 10.1 1,531 11.2 1,637 12.1 1,965 13.7 2,067 14.2 2,306 15.3 1,343 139.5
All Groups 11,876 100.0 13,215 100.0 13,725 100.0 13,584 100.0 14,363 100.0 14,581 100.0 15,043 100.0 3,167 26.7
*Data for statewide nursing program degree recipients is unavailable for 1988-89 thru 1990-91