Table 17
Graduate Degrees Granted by Ethnicity
2000-01 To 2006-07
---2000-01---- ---2001-02---- ---2002-03---- ---2003-04---- ---2004-05---- ---2005-06---- ---2006-07---- -7 Year Change-
Ethnic Group N P N P N P N P N P N P N P N P
African American 735 5.1 710 4.9 735 4.9 852 5.1 896 5.2 903 4.9 970 5.3 235 32.0
American Indian 100 0.7 103 0.7 94 0.6 120 0.7 118 0.7 118 0.6 104 0.6 4 4.0
Asian American 1,355 9.4 1,344 9.2 1,406 9.3 1,666 9.9 1,859 10.8 2,052 11.2 2,092 11.5 737 54.4
Filipino 246 1.7 276 1.9 284 1.9 320 1.9 325 1.9 351 1.9 355 2.0 109 44.3
Mexican American 1,186 8.3 1,217 8.3 1,377 9.2 1,427 8.5 1,550 9.0 1,810 9.9 1,931 10.6 745 62.8
Other Latino 472 3.3 529 3.6 560 3.7 641 3.8 684 4.0 761 4.2 821 4.5 349 73.9
Pacific Islander 43 0.3 48 0.3 47 0.3 43 0.3 53 0.3 54 0.3 64 0.4 21 48.8
White, Non-Latino 6,646 46.3 6,530 44.8 6,333 42.1 6,860 40.7 6,999 40.6 7,330 40.0 7,103 39.1 457 6.9
Unknown 1,615 11.2 1,757 12.0 1,901 12.6 2,342 13.9 2,375 13.8 2,674 14.6 2,692 14.8 1,077 66.7
Nonresident Alien 1,965 13.7 2,067 14.2 2,306 15.3 2,580 15.3 2,361 13.7 2,277 12.4 2,031 11.2 66 3.4
All Groups 14,363 100.0 14,581 100.0 15,043 100.0 16,851 100.0 17,220 100.0 18,330 100.0 18,163 100.0 3,800 26.5