Fast Facts: Degrees conferred by race/ethnicity and sex (72)

Degrees conferred by race/ethnicity and sex

Question:
What is the percentage of degrees conferred by race/ethnicity and sex?

Response:

The percentage of degrees conferred by race/ethnicity and sex varied by level of degree in 2018–19.

Associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctor’s degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: 2018–19
Level of degree and sex	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native	Two or more races
Level of degree and sex	Total	Percentage distribution of degrees conferred to U.S. citizens and permanent residents
Associate’s degree	1,012,202	52.4	12.4	24.4	6.3	0.9	3.6
Male	396,254	54.7	10.4	23.4	7.1	0.8	3.6
Female	615,948	51.0	13.6	25.0	5.8	1.0	3.6
Bachelor’s degree	1,911,018	62.3	10.3	14.9	8.2	0.5	3.9
Male	803,184	64.3	8.8	13.9	8.8	0.4	3.8
Female	1,107,834	60.8	11.4	15.7	7.7	0.5	3.9
Master’s degree	695,616	64.3	13.4	11.3	7.5	0.5	2.9
Male	250,842	65.9	11.0	10.9	8.7	0.4	3.0
Female	444,774	63.4	14.7	11.6	6.8	0.5	2.9
Doctor’s degree¹	163,677	65.7	9.2	8.6	12.9	0.4	3.1
Male	71,337	68.4	7.1	8.4	12.6	0.4	3.0
Female	92,340	63.6	10.9	8.8	13.1	0.4	3.2

¹ Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level, as well as such degrees as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees that were classified as first-professional degrees prior to 2010–11.
NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Reported racial/ethnic distributions of students by level of degree, field of study, 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: National Center for Education Statistics. (2020, June). Table 321.20. Associate’s degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Selected years, 1976–77 through 2018–19; Table 322.20. Bachelor’s degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: 1976–77 through 2018–19; Table 323.20. Master’s degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Selected years, 1976–77 through 2018–19; and Table 324.20. Doctor’s degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Selected years, 1976–77 through 2018–19. [Data tables]. In Digest of education statistics. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved February 2, 2022, from https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d20/tables/dt20_321.20.asp, https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d20/tables/dt20_322.20.asp, https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d20/tables/dt20_323.20.asp, and https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d20/tables/dt20_324.20.asp.

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