Degrees conferred by Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, level of degree, and gender: United States, academic year 2008-09 | |||||||||
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Level of award and gender | Total awards | American Indian or Alaska Native | Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander | Black or African American | Hispanic or Latino | White | Two or more races1 | Race/ ethnicity unknown | Nonresident alien |
Total awards | 3,205,338 | 23,853 | 192,754 | 311,712 | 253,451 | 2,025,644 | 3,476 | 234,986 | 159,462 |
Men | 1,322,811 | 8,963 | 85,790 | 100,146 | 96,716 | 845,145 | 1,362 | 98,791 | 85,898 |
Women | 1,882,527 | 14,890 | 106,964 | 211,566 | 156,735 | 1,180,499 | 2,114 | 136,195 | 73,564 |
Associate’s degrees2 | 787,466 | 8,234 | 38,085 | 94,409 | 91,147 | 487,541 | 1,227 | 51,639 | 15,184 |
Men | 298,252 | 2,857 | 15,935 | 29,715 | 34,112 | 188,805 | 435 | 20,301 | 6,092 |
Women | 489,214 | 5,377 | 22,150 | 64,694 | 57,035 | 298,736 | 792 | 31,338 | 9,092 |
Bachelor’s degrees3 | 1,601,368 | 11,407 | 104,938 | 145,834 | 120,722 | 1,068,983 | 1,759 | 101,842 | 45,883 |
Men | 685,382 | 4,515 | 47,288 | 49,729 | 47,096 | 469,137 | 742 | 44,542 | 22,333 |
Women | 915,986 | 6,892 | 57,650 | 96,105 | 73,626 | 599,846 | 1,017 | 57,300 | 23,550 |
Master’s degrees4 | 662,079 | 3,318 | 35,181 | 62,169 | 34,760 | 376,628 | 418 | 69,872 | 79,733 |
Men | 263,538 | 1,171 | 16,222 | 17,495 | 12,440 | 141,925 | 161 | 28,152 | 45,972 |
Women | 398,541 | 2,147 | 18,959 | 44,674 | 22,320 | 234,703 | 257 | 41,720 | 33,761 |
Doctor’s degrees5 | 154,425 | 894 | 14,550 | 9,300 | 6,822 | 92,492 | 72 | 11,633 | 18,662 |
Men | 75,639 | 420 | 6,345 | 3,207 | 3,068 | 45,278 | 24 | 5,796 | 11,501 |
Women | 78,786 | 474 | 8,205 | 6,093 | 3,754 | 47,214 | 48 | 5,837 | 7,161 |
1 Two or more races was an optional reporting category in IPEDS 2009-10, and 771 institutions reported awarding degrees or certificates using this option. The figures reported here should not be considered representative of all completions awarded to individuals who could be classified into two or more races.
2 Includes 22 associate’s degrees awarded by one institution that was a less-than-2-year institution in the collection year (2009-10) and 119 associate’s degrees awarded by four 2-year institutions that were classified as non-degree-granting in the collection year (2009-10).
3 Includes one bachelor’s degree awarded by one institution that was a 2-year institution in the collection year (2009-10).
4 Includes 2,812 degrees reported as first-professional degrees by 84 institutions.
5 Includes 44,930 degrees reported as doctor’s degreesprofessional practice by 285 institutions, and 47,189 degrees reported as first-professional degrees by 184 institutions.
NOTE: Degrees conferred to individuals of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity are included in the Hispanic or Latino category regardless of race.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2009, Completions component.