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Learning and Earning - January 1997

Table 1 summarizes all fellows recruited by sex and ethnic breakdown, training level, and degree status for the period 1985 - 1991.

Table 1.--Summary of Number of Fellows by Degree Sought, Gender and Race: Fiscal Years 1985 - 91

Sex and Ethnicity Master's Post-Master's Doctor's Totals*
Recruited Degree Received Will Receive Recruited Degree Received Will Receive Recruited Degree Received Will Receive
Females:

White

65 60 1 6 5   54 15 33 114
Black 77 66 9 5 3 2 22 6 13 99
Hispanic 16 15   1 1   4   3 19
American Indian 4 4         1     4
Asian 11 10 1 1 1         12
SUBTOTALS 173 155 11 13 10 2 81 21 49 248
Males:

White

24 22 1 3 3   4   4 30
Black 16 13   1   1 1   1 15
Hispanic 5 4 1 1 1   1   1 7
Subtotals 45 39 2 5 4 1 6   6 52
Totals 218 194 13 18 14 3 87 21 55 300
* These figures represent the totals of the columns Degree Received and Will Receive.

The data for the entire seven-year period 1985 - 1991 indicate considerable success for the program in terms of obtaining high degree completion rates. Of the 323 fellows recruited, all but 23 received or will receive their degrees, a 93 percent success rate. The success rate for the females was the same as the males - 93 percent. The success rate for minorities was 1 percent higher than whites, 93 percent and 92 percent respectively. The completion rate for all the master's was 95 percent, post-master's was 94 percent, and doctoral was 87 percent.


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