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Awards conferred by Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, level of award, and gender: United States, academic year 2003-04
Level of award and gender Total
awards 		White,
non-
Hispanic 		Black,
non-
Hispanic 		Hispanic Asian/
Pacific
Islander 		American
Indian/
Alaska
Native 		Race/
ethnicity
unknown 		Non-
resident
alien
   Total awards 3,476,732 2,211,602 378,361 291,764 189,351 29,334 218,211 158,109
Men 1,421,053 919,278 120,439 107,670 82,302 10,909 93,201 87,254
Women 2,055,679 1,292,324 257,922 184,094 107,049 18,425 125,010 70,855
Less than 1 year 355,452 188,185 63,562 53,889 17,932 3,691 24,533 3,660
  Men 136,743 79,535 21,363 17,158 6,795 1,312 9,020 1,560
  Women 218,709 108,650 42,199 36,731 11,137 2,379 15,513 2,100
At least 1 but less than 2 years 303,377 169,517 55,120 43,355 11,549 3,860 17,519 2,457
  Men 107,434 63,462 15,832 14,825 4,438 1,499 6,458 920
  Women 195,943 106,055 39,288 28,530 7,111 2,361 11,061 1,537
Associate’s degrees 665,5081 431,529 76,922 68,324 31,308 7,692 35,200 14,533
  Men 260,103 172,414 24,317 26,071 13,039 2,569 15,915 5,778
  Women 405,405 259,115 52,605 42,253 18,269 5,123 19,285 8,755
At least 2 but less than 4 years 28,958 19,785 3,059 3,017 1,329 295 1,093 380
  Men 12,961 8,484 1,138 1,732 658 133 656 160
  Women 15,997 11,301 1,921 1,285 671 162 437 220
Bachelor’s degrees 1,399,542 967,899 123,464 89,060 86,438 10,020 77,829 44,832
  Men 595,425 418,664 41,127 34,993 38,727 3,986 34,729 23,199
  Women 804,117 549,235 82,337 54,067 47,711 6,034 43,100 21,633
Post-baccalaureate certificates 19,932 12,531 1,242 1,573 1,027 127 2,029 1,403
  Men 6,787 4,224 370 529 371 48 738 507
  Women 13,145 8,307 872 1,044 656 79 1,291 896
Master’s degrees 558,940 330,193 45,116 26,486 27,434 2,856 51,964 74,891
  Men 229,545 126,962 12,897 9,544 12,612 999 21,753 44,778
  Women 329,395 203,231 32,219 16,942 14,822 1,857 30,211 30,113
Post-master’s certificates 12,699 7,969 1,478 426 245 49 1,586 946
  Men 4,070 2,473 308 131 95 19 522 522
  Women 8,629 5,496 1,170 295 150 30 1,064 424
Doctor’s degrees 48,378 26,425 2,725 1,557 2,464 206 2,248 12,753
  Men 25,323 12,645 947 713 1,204 84 1,138 8,592
  Women 23,055 13,780 1,778 844 1,260 122 1,110 4,161
First-professional degrees 83,041 57,207 5,635 4,043 9,518 536 4,172 1,930
  Men 42,169 30,211 2,127 1,961 4,311 260 2,255 1,044
  Women 40,872 26,996 3,508 2,082 5,207 276 1,917 886
First-professional certificates 905 362 38 34 107 2 38 324
  Men 493 204 13 13 52 0 17 194
  Women 412 158 25 21 55 2 21 130

1 Includes seven associate’s degrees awarded by two institutions that were 2-year institutions in the reporting year (2003–04) but became less-than-2-year institutions in the collection year (2004–05).

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2004.

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