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TABLE 213. APPLICANTS TO SCHOOLS OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE BY RACE AND ETHNICITY ACADEMIC YEARS: 1976-77 TO 2001-02 1/
ACADEMIC YEAR
TOTAL
TOTAL
MINORITIES
UNDERREPRESENTED
MINORITIES 2/
BLACK
HISPANIC
NATIVE
AMERICAN
ASIAN/
PACIFIC
ISLANDER
WHITE 3/
NUMBER
PERCENT
1976-77 3,707 168 106 2.9 59 33 14 62 3,539
1977-78 3,918 220 165 4.2 111 42 12 55 3,698
1978-79 3,530 231 172 4.9 116 38 18 59 3,299
1979-80 3,856 312 208 5.4 133 56 19 104 3,544
1980-81 3,786 319 221 5.8 130 76 15 98 3,467
1981-82 3,885 362 245 6.3 138 92 15 117 3,523
1982-83 3,917 433 294 7.5 150 128 16 139 3,484
1983-84 4,045 530 359 8.9 188 134 37 171 3,515
1984-85 4,126 493 303 7.3 136 140 27 190 3,633
1985-86 3,869 537 336 8.7 145 170 21 201 3,332
1986-87 3,515 569 354 10.1 159 164 31 215 2,946
1987-88 3,326 642 354 10.6 170 165 19 288 2,684
1988-89 3,030 654 381 12.6 208 153 20 273 2,376
1989-90 3,160 756 418 13.2 221 177 20 338 2,404
1990-91 3,224 731 381 11.8 196 154 31 350 2,493
1991-92 4,163 1,029 445 10.7 252 172 21 584 3,134
1992-93 5,752 1,344 576 10.0 294 233 49 768 4,408
1993-94 7,506 1,772 689 9.2 325 305 59 1,083 5,734
1994-95 9,336 2,371 875 9.4 401 390 84 1,496 6,965
1995-96 10,213 2,719 964 9.4 439 407 118 1,755 7,494
1996-97 10,781 2,998 947 8.8 421 436 90 2,051 7,783
1997-98 10,764 3,091 984 9.1 434 448 102 2,107 7,673
1998-99 9,554 2,886 936 9.8 442 416 78 1,950 6,668
1999-2000 8,396 2,382 790 9.4 378 342 70 1,592 6,014
2000-01 7,708 2,175 829 10.8 414 343 72 1,346 5,533
2001-02 6,898 1,919 693 10.0 335 290 68 1,226 4,979

1/ Data include colleges participating in the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine's Application Service (AACOMAS).
2/ Includes Black Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans.
3/ Includes Other and Unknown race.

SOURCE: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. 2001 Annual Statistical Report. Chevy Chase, MD, 2002.Also prior annual reports.