National Center for Education Statistics

Table 11. Number of awards conferred at Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, level of award, and gender: United States, 2019–20
Level of award and gender		All students	American Indian or Alaska Native	Asian	Black or African American	Hispanic or Latino	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or more races	Race/ ethnicity unknown	Nonresident1
Total awards		5,137,005	30,542	329,675	559,799	857,745	11,685	2,663,434	169,732	203,964	310,429
Men		2,110,754	11,477	143,723	191,348	328,625	4,851	1,114,074	67,159	84,244	165,253
Women		3,026,251	19,065	185,952	368,451	529,120	6,834	1,549,360	102,573	119,720	145,176
Less-than-12-weeks2		85,806	618	3,305	10,301	15,139	189	49,523	2,662	3,313	756
Men		32,066	228	1,083	3,758	5,130	77	19,320	875	1,365	230
Women		53,740	390	2,222	6,543	10,009	112	30,203	1,787	1,948	526
At-least-12-weeks but    less-than-1-year3		429,843	3,729	20,396	65,204	92,686	1,110	210,417	12,755	17,003	6,543
Men		210,035	1,757	8,488	27,771	43,102	470	111,124	5,790	8,440	3,093
Women		219,808	1,972	11,908	37,433	49,584	640	99,293	6,965	8,563	3,450
At-least-1- but less-    than-2-years4		428,277	4,840	19,905	64,596	107,601	1,347	193,377	14,077	17,378	5,156
Men		162,729	1,975	8,405	19,697	39,623	564	77,594	5,310	7,225	2,336
Women		265,548	2,865	11,500	44,899	67,978	783	115,783	8,767	10,153	2,820
Associate’s degrees		1,019,055	8,138	59,610	115,347	246,297	2,770	490,623	36,466	36,206	23,598
Men		393,384	2,807	25,885	37,651	90,435	1,165	196,763	14,014	14,152	10,512
Women		625,671	5,331	33,725	77,696	155,862	1,605	293,860	22,452	22,054	13,086
At-least-2- but less-    than-4-years5		22,705	132	1,097	3,157	4,166	106	12,084	933	761	269
Men		14,143	71	619	2,037	2,839	56	7,314	606	460	141
Women		8,562	61	478	1,120	1,327	50	4,770	327	301	128
Bachelor’s degrees		2,038,682	8,829	151,529	190,341	292,101	4,225	1,142,455	74,949	68,050	106,203
Men		861,384	3,222	68,438	67,686	112,939	1,840	490,593	30,482	29,335	56,849
Women		1,177,298	5,607	83,091	122,655	179,162	2,385	651,862	44,467	38,715	49,354
Postbaccalaureate    certificates		54,914	220	3,236	6,263	5,034	78	30,866	1,508	3,177	4,532
Men		19,480	80	1,263	1,758	1,660	24	10,774	502	1,246	2,173
Women		35,434	140	1,973	4,505	3,374	54	20,092	1,006	1,931	2,359
Master’s degrees		843,531	3,307	49,476	86,592	79,069	1,546	419,183	20,693	46,298	137,367
Men		325,711	1,060	20,642	25,578	26,645	547	152,143	7,356	17,220	74,520
Women		517,820	2,247	28,834	61,014	52,424	999	267,040	13,337	29,078	62,847
Post-master’s certificates		24,059	91	1,060	3,289	1,667	29	13,609	515	1,739	2,060
Men		6,602	28	340	611	438	6	3,702	110	463	904
Women		17,457	63	720	2,678	1,229	23	9,907	405	1,276	1,156
Doctor’s degrees—    research/scholarship		73,423	207	3,927	6,231	4,041	91	33,110	1,528	3,788	20,500
Men		35,919	77	1,805	1,957	1,669	29	15,114	633	1,632	13,003
Women		37,504	130	2,122	4,274	2,372	62	17,996	895	2,156	7,497
Doctor’s degrees—    professional practice		114,413	423	15,935	8,113	9,740	189	66,992	3,563	6,124	3,334
Men		48,492	169	6,678	2,714	4,088	71	29,231	1,452	2,646	1,443
Women		65,921	254	9,257	5,399	5,652	118	37,761	2,111	3,478	1,891
Doctor’s degrees—other		2,297	8	199	365	204	5	1,195	83	127	111
Men		809	3	77	130	57	2	402	29	60	49
Women		1,488	5	122	235	147	3	793	54	67	62

¹The use of "Nonresident" is for reporting purposes only and does not reflect a change in the collection of data for this category.

²Less-than-12-weeks refers to postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of less than 300 clock hours, less than 9 semester or trimester credit hours, or less than 13 quarter credit hours.

³At-least-12-weeks but less-than-1-year refers to postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of 300-899 clock hours, 9-29 semester or trimester credit hours, or 13-44 quarter credit hours.

⁴At-least-1- but less-than-2-years refers to postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of at least 900 but less than 1,800 clock hours, 30 but less than 60 semester or trimester credit hours, or 45 but less than 90 quarter credit hours.

⁵At-least-2- but less-than-4-years refer to postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of 1,800 or more clock hours, 60 or more semester or trimester credit hours, or 90 or more quarter credit hours.

NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. United States includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The four U.S. service academies that are not Title IV eligible are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public and are included in this table. Awards displayed in this table were conferred during the 12-month period July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020. Because of changes to institutional characteristics between the reference year (2019–20) and collection year (2020–21), institutions may report awards that are no longer consistent with their current levels of offering (e.g., two-year institutions in the collection year may report awarding bachelor’s degrees in the reference year or less-than-2-year institutions in the collection year may report awarding associate’s degrees in the reference year). Awards to individuals who self-identify with more than one race are included in the Two or more races category. Awards to individuals who are in the United States on a visa or temporary basis, and who are not authorized to remain indefinitely, are included in the "Nonresident" category regardless of race or ethnicity. Awards to individuals of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity are included in the Hispanic or Latino category regardless of race and are not included in the race categories. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the collection year’s archived downloadable glossary located at https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data/annual-survey-forms-packages-archived?year=2020.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Fall 2020, Completions component (final data).