Table 322.20.

Bachelor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Selected years, 1976-77 through 2011-12

Year and sex	Number of degrees conferred to U.S. citizens and nonresident aliens								Percentage distribution of degrees conferred to U.S. citizens
	Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races	Non- resi- dent alien	Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Total
1976-771	917,900	807,688	58,636	18,743	13,793	3,326	—	15,714	100.0	89.5	6.5	2.1	1.5	0.4	—
1980-812	934,800	807,319	60,673	21,832	18,794	3,593	—	22,589	100.0	88.5	6.7	2.4	2.1	0.4	—
1990-91	1,094,538	914,093	66,375	37,342	42,529	4,583	—	29,616	100.0	85.8	6.2	3.5	4.0	0.4	—
1995-96	1,164,792	905,846	91,496	58,351	64,433	6,976	—	37,690	100.0	80.4	8.1	5.2	5.7	0.6	—
1996-97	1,172,879	900,809	94,349	62,509	68,859	7,425	—	38,928	100.0	79.4	8.3	5.5	6.1	0.7	—
1997-98	1,184,406	901,344	98,251	66,005	71,678	7,903	—	39,225	100.0	78.7	8.6	5.8	6.3	0.7	—
1998-99	1,202,239	909,562	101,910	69,735	74,126	8,658	—	38,248	100.0	78.1	8.8	6.0	6.4	0.7	—
1999-2000	1,237,875	929,102	108,018	75,063	77,909	8,717	—	39,066	100.0	77.5	9.0	6.3	6.5	0.7	—
2000-01	1,244,171	927,357	111,307	77,745	78,902	9,049	—	39,811	100.0	77.0	9.2	6.5	6.6	0.8	—
2001-02	1,291,900	958,597	116,623	82,966	83,093	9,165	—	41,456	100.0	76.7	9.3	6.6	6.6	0.7	—
2002-03	1,348,811	994,616	124,253	89,029	87,964	9,875	—	43,074	100.0	76.2	9.5	6.8	6.7	0.8	—
2003-04	1,399,542	1,026,114	131,241	94,644	92,073	10,638	—	44,832	100.0	75.7	9.7	7.0	6.8	0.8	—
2004-05	1,439,264	1,049,141	136,122	101,124	97,209	10,307	—	45,361	100.0	75.3	9.8	7.3	7.0	0.7	—
2005-06	1,485,242	1,075,561	142,420	107,588	102,376	10,940	—	46,357	100.0	74.7	9.9	7.5	7.1	0.8	—
2006-07	1,524,092	1,099,850	146,653	114,936	105,297	11,455	—	45,901	100.0	74.4	9.9	7.8	7.1	0.8	—
2007-08	1,563,069	1,122,675	152,457	123,048	109,058	11,509	—	44,322	100.0	73.9	10.0	8.1	7.2	0.8	—
2008-09	1,601,368	1,144,614	156,615	129,527	112,508	12,221	—	45,883	100.0	73.6	10.1	8.3	7.2	0.8	—
2009-10	1,650,014	1,167,499	164,844	140,316	117,422	12,399	—	47,534	100.0	72.9	10.3	8.8	7.3	0.8	—
2010-11	1,715,913	1,182,405	173,017	154,063	121,066	11,933	20,804	52,625	100.0	71.1	10.4	9.3	7.3	0.7	1.3
2011-12	1,791,046	1,211,565	185,518	169,646	126,147	11,483	27,181	59,506	100.0	70.0	10.7	9.8	7.3	0.7	1.6
Males
1976-771	494,424	438,161	25,147	10,318	7,638	1,804	—	11,356	100.0	90.7	5.2	2.1	1.6	0.4	—
1980-812	469,625	406,173	24,511	10,810	10,107	1,700	—	16,324	100.0	89.6	5.4	2.4	2.2	0.4	—
1990-91	504,045	421,290	24,800	16,598	21,203	1,938	—	18,216	100.0	86.7	5.1	3.4	4.4	0.4	—
1995-96	522,454	409,565	32,974	25,029	30,669	2,885	—	21,332	100.0	81.7	6.6	5.0	6.1	0.6	—
1996-97	520,515	403,366	33,616	26,318	32,521	2,996	—	21,698	100.0	80.9	6.7	5.3	6.5	0.6	—
1997-98	519,956	399,553	34,510	27,677	33,445	3,151	—	21,620	100.0	80.2	6.9	5.6	6.7	0.6	—
1998-99	519,961	398,310	34,856	28,477	34,179	3,407	—	20,732	100.0	79.8	7.0	5.7	6.8	0.7	—
1999-2000	530,367	402,954	37,029	30,304	35,853	3,463	—	20,764	100.0	79.1	7.3	5.9	7.0	0.7	—
2000-01	531,840	401,780	38,103	31,368	35,865	3,700	—	21,024	100.0	78.7	7.5	6.1	7.0	0.7	—
2001-02	549,816	414,892	39,196	32,951	37,660	3,624	—	21,493	100.0	78.5	7.4	6.2	7.1	0.7	—
2002-03	573,258	430,248	41,494	35,101	40,230	3,870	—	22,315	100.0	78.1	7.5	6.4	7.3	0.7	—
2003-04	595,425	445,483	43,851	37,288	41,360	4,244	—	23,199	100.0	77.9	7.7	6.5	7.2	0.7	—
2004-05	613,000	456,592	45,810	39,490	43,711	4,143	—	23,254	100.0	77.4	7.8	6.7	7.4	0.7	—
2005-06	630,600	467,467	48,079	41,814	45,809	4,203	—	23,228	100.0	77.0	7.9	6.9	7.5	0.7	—
2006-07	649,570	480,558	49,685	44,750	47,582	4,505	—	22,490	100.0	76.6	7.9	7.1	7.6	0.7	—
2007-08	667,928	492,137	52,247	47,884	49,485	4,523	—	21,652	100.0	76.1	8.1	7.4	7.7	0.7	—
2008-09	685,382	503,357	53,473	50,629	50,741	4,849	—	22,333	100.0	75.9	8.1	7.6	7.7	0.7	—
2009-10	706,633	513,717	56,171	55,092	53,377	4,875	—	23,401	100.0	75.2	8.2	8.1	7.8	0.7	—
2010-11	734,133	519,883	59,119	60,742	55,290	4,798	8,123	26,178	100.0	73.4	8.4	8.6	7.8	0.7	1.1
2011-12	765,317	532,077	63,610	67,060	57,510	4,468	10,922	29,670	100.0	72.3	8.6	9.1	7.8	0.6	1.5
Females
1976-771	423,476	369,527	33,489	8,425	6,155	1,522	—	4,358	100.0	88.2	8.0	2.0	1.5	0.4	—
1980-812	465,175	401,146	36,162	11,022	8,687	1,893	—	6,265	100.0	87.4	7.9	2.4	1.9	0.4	—
1990-91	590,493	492,803	41,575	20,744	21,326	2,645	—	11,400	100.0	85.1	7.2	3.6	3.7	0.5	—
1995-96	642,338	496,281	58,522	33,322	33,764	4,091	—	16,358	100.0	79.3	9.3	5.3	5.4	0.7	—
1996-97	652,364	497,443	60,733	36,191	36,338	4,429	—	17,230	100.0	78.3	9.6	5.7	5.7	0.7	—
1997-98	664,450	501,791	63,741	38,328	38,233	4,752	—	17,605	100.0	77.6	9.9	5.9	5.9	0.7	—
1998-99	682,278	511,252	67,054	41,258	39,947	5,251	—	17,516	100.0	76.9	10.1	6.2	6.0	0.8	—
1999-2000	707,508	526,148	70,989	44,759	42,056	5,254	—	18,302	100.0	76.3	10.3	6.5	6.1	0.8	—
2000-01	712,331	525,577	73,204	46,377	43,037	5,349	—	18,787	100.0	75.8	10.6	6.7	6.2	0.8	—
2001-02	742,084	543,705	77,427	50,015	45,433	5,541	—	19,963	100.0	75.3	10.7	6.9	6.3	0.8	—
2002-03	775,553	564,368	82,759	53,928	47,734	6,005	—	20,759	100.0	74.8	11.0	7.1	6.3	0.8	—
2003-04	804,117	580,631	87,390	57,356	50,713	6,394	—	21,633	100.0	74.2	11.2	7.3	6.5	0.8	—
2004-05	826,264	592,549	90,312	61,634	53,498	6,164	—	22,107	100.0	73.7	11.2	7.7	6.7	0.8	—
2005-06	854,642	608,094	94,341	65,774	56,567	6,737	—	23,129	100.0	73.1	11.3	7.9	6.8	0.8	—
2006-07	874,522	619,292	96,968	70,186	57,715	6,950	—	23,411	100.0	72.8	11.4	8.2	6.8	0.8	—
2007-08	895,141	630,538	100,210	75,164	59,573	6,986	—	22,670	100.0	72.3	11.5	8.6	6.8	0.8	—
2008-09	915,986	641,257	103,142	78,898	61,767	7,372	—	23,550	100.0	71.9	11.6	8.8	6.9	0.8	—
2009-10	943,381	653,782	108,673	85,224	64,045	7,524	—	24,133	100.0	71.1	11.8	9.3	7.0	0.8	—
2010-11	981,780	662,522	113,898	93,321	65,776	7,135	12,681	26,447	100.0	69.3	11.9	9.8	6.9	0.7	1.3
2011-12	1,025,729	679,488	121,908	102,586	68,637	7,015	16,259	29,836	100.0	68.2	12.2	10.3	6.9	0.7	1.6

—Not available.

1 Excludes 1,121 males and 528 females whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

2 Excludes 258 males and 82 females whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

NOTE: Data through 1990-91 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. For 1989-90 and later years, reported racial/ethnic distributions of students by level of degree, field of degree, and sex were used to estimate race/ethnicity for students whose race/ethnicity was not reported. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1976-77 and 1980-81; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:90-99); and IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2012, Completions component. (This table was prepared July 2013).