National Center for Education Statistics

Number of degrees conferred at Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, level of degree, and gender: United States, 2012-13
Level of degree and gender	Total degrees	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	Nonresident alien
Total degrees	3,774,667	24,866	216,276	398,001	381,713	10,370	2,247,814	63,318	235,823	196,486
Men	1,563,261	9,277	97,615	133,463	148,038	4,531	942,239	25,013	98,962	104,123
Women	2,211,406	15,589	118,661	264,538	233,675	5,839	1,305,575	38,305	136,861	92,363
Associate’s degrees¹	1,007,542	9,936	42,938	127,849	148,878	3,632	581,309	18,254	57,911	16,835
Men	389,221	3,423	18,329	42,665	56,885	1,608	229,243	6,978	23,052	7,038
Women	618,321	6,513	24,609	85,184	91,993	2,024	352,066	11,276	34,859	9,797
Bachelor’s degrees	1,840,381	10,750	117,733	179,409	175,475	4,744	1,150,537	32,117	104,742	64,874
Men	787,408	4,335	54,194	63,180	69,587	2,109	503,830	13,013	44,779	32,381
Women	1,052,973	6,415	63,539	116,229	105,888	2,635	646,707	19,104	59,963	32,493
Master’s degrees²	751,718	3,346	38,900	79,579	48,010	1,635	413,534	10,686	61,579	94,449
Men	301,552	1,149	17,689	23,648	17,440	646	159,168	4,021	25,513	52,278
Women	450,166	2,197	21,211	55,931	30,570	989	254,366	6,665	36,066	42,171
Doctor’s degrees— research/scholarship	64,512	261	3,429	4,331	2,644	70	31,580	522	4,036	17,639
Men	32,634	110	1,554	1,421	1,118	30	15,126	240	1,892	11,143
Women	31,878	151	1,875	2,910	1,526	40	16,454	282	2,144	6,496
Doctor’s degrees— professional practice	109,145	570	13,194	6,672	6,653	286	70,034	1,724	7,437	2,575
Men	51,872	260	5,812	2,478	2,987	137	34,554	755	3,670	1,219
Women	57,273	310	7,382	4,194	3,666	149	35,480	969	3,767	1,356
Doctor’s degrees—other	1,369	3	82	161	53	3	820	15	118	114
Men	574	0	37	71	21	1	318	6	56	64
Women	795	3	45	90	32	2	502	9	62	50

¹ Includes two associate’s degrees awarded by one institution that was a less-than-2-year institution in the collection year (2013–14) and 113 associate’s degrees awarded by two 2-year institutions that were classified as non-degree-granting in the collection year (2013–14).

² Includes one master’s degree awarded by one institution that was a 2-year institution in the collection year (2013–14).

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. 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. Degrees displayed in this table were conferred during the 12-month period July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013. Degrees to individuals who self-identify with more than one race are included in the Two or more races category. Degrees 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 alien category regardless of race or ethnicity. Degrees to individuals of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity are included in the Hispanic or Latino category regardless of race. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the IPEDS online glossary located at https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/VisGlossaryAll.aspx. und in the IPEDS online glossary located at https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/VisGlossaryAll.aspx.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Fall 2013, Completions component (final data).

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