Data summaries on New York state's college and university racial and ethnic distribution of degrees during 1986-87 are presented. Information was obtained from the Higher Education Data Survey form NYSED-2.1, "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred Between July 1, 1986 and June 30, 1987." Tables 1 through 6 present associate, bachelor's, first-professional, master's, doctoral, and total degrees conferred by racial/ethnic category, sex of degree recipient, and sector of institution. Tables 7A through 11B (with the exception of table 9) show the distribution by sector and level of degrees conferred by racial/ethnic category, sex of degree recipient and subject area. For City University, the racial distributions by subject area were unavailable. Table 9 shows first-professional degrees conferred by subject area, racial/ethnic category, and sex of student. (SM)