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Five-Year Program Trends Generalist MA/MBA American Indian/Alaska Native Asian or Pacific Islander Black, non-Hispanic Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Unknown Total U.S. citizens Total non-U.S. Male Female 2006–07 0.4% 9.3% 6.3% 5.8% 69.3% 9.0% 94.4% 5.6% 64% 36% For the past five years, enrollment patterns have been remarkably consistent in PhD and generalist MA programs (which excludes EMBAs). The biggest change has been in the numbers of non-U.S. students enrolled in generalist MBA programs, which more than doubled between 2006 and 2011, although there was virtually no variation in their numbers at the doctoral level. Changes in most other categories have been small but measurable. For instance, the number of Asians has steadily decreased at the gen- Testing for Diversity The Graduate Management Admission Council also tracks diversity among business school student populations through data gathered from the candidates who take its Gradu- ate Management Admission Test every year. Some highlights: n In the 2010 testing year, the number of women sitting for the GMAT exam broke 40 percent (40.1 percent) of total test takers for the first time. The global proportion of women continued to expand during the 2011 testing year, when they accounted for 41.4 percent of exams. The number of women taking the GMAT has now increased for six consecutive testing years, while men peaked in 2009. Women consistently outnumber men in two age groups: "younger than 20" and "20 to 21." In all other age groups, more men than women sit for the test. n The number of Chinese women sitting for the GMAT exam has gone from 7,789 in 2007 to 25,671 in 2011, up nearly 18,000 (230 percent). Because only 14,398 Chinese men took the GMAT in 2011, women outnumbered them by 56 per- cent. By contrast, in India, 19,137 men and 6,257 women (25 percent of the total) took the GMAT in 2011. n The number of African American test takers was 10,048 in 2007 and 10,026 in 2011, but the overall percentage of total volume remains about 8.6 percent. 40 January/February 2012 BizEd 2010–11 0.5% 8.8% 6.9% 6.4% 65.6% 11.8% 87.8% 12.2% 63% 37% 2006–07 0.7% 11.9% 6.9% 4.0% 69.2% 7.3% 54.1% 45.9% 63% 37% PhD 2010–11 0.6% 13.8% 4.9% 3.9% 68.4% 8.4% 54.2% 45.8% 61% 39% eralist MBA level, but increased at the PhD level. While the number of black students in MBA pro- grams has stayed relatively constant, fewer are enroll- ing in doctoral programs now than five years ago. The percentage of Hispanic students in doctoral pro- grams has fluctuated during this time period—rising as high as 4.7 percent in 2009–2010 before dropping to 3.9 percent this academic year. More women have enrolled in both MBA and PhD programs in the past five years, though their gains have been small.