National Center for Education Statistics

Number of degrees conferred at Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, level of degree, and gender: United States, 2014–15
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		3,846,714	23,155	225,494	406,263	443,796	9,726	2,211,208	92,702	202,293	232,077
Men		1,601,033	8,756	100,683	138,582	172,377	4,204	929,571	37,129	85,779	123,952
Women		2,245,681	14,399	124,811	267,681	271,419	5,522	1,281,637	55,573	116,514	108,125
Associate’s degrees1		1,014,393	9,521	46,042	131,193	172,187	3,230	562,072	24,298	47,911	17,939
Men		396,803	3,411	19,866	44,936	65,838	1,381	224,424	9,493	19,701	7,753
Women		617,590	6,110	26,176	86,257	106,349	1,849	337,648	14,805	28,210	10,186
Bachelor’s degrees2		1,894,969	9,694	122,706	182,992	207,334	4,734	1,151,081	51,583	89,207	75,638
Men		812,693	3,856	55,995	65,685	82,465	2,119	504,047	21,131	38,703	38,692
Women		1,082,276	5,838	66,711	117,307	124,869	2,615	647,034	30,452	50,504	36,946
Master’s degrees		758,804	3,118	39,165	79,768	53,798	1,467	396,845	13,399	54,103	117,141
Men		306,615	1,109	17,197	23,833	19,427	580	152,833	4,945	22,144	64,547
Women		452,189	2,009	21,968	55,935	34,371	887	244,012	8,454	31,959	52,594
Doctor’s degrees— research/scholarship		68,676	264	3,662	5,050	3,192	76	33,225	778	4,177	18,252
Men		34,325	106	1,637	1,577	1,422	30	15,765	352	1,940	11,496
Women		34,351	158	2,025	3,473	1,770	46	17,460	426	2,237	6,756
Doctor’s degrees— professional practice		108,064	551	13,791	7,063	7,207	214	66,934	2,596	6,723	2,985
Men		49,826	271	5,934	2,468	3,186	92	32,097	1,190	3,200	1,388
Women		58,238	280	7,857	4,595	4,021	122	34,837	1,406	3,523	1,597
Doctor’s degrees—other		1,808	7	128	197	78	5	1,051	48	172	122
Men		771	3	54	83	39	2	405	18	91	76
Women		1,037	4	74	114	39	3	646	30	81	46

¹ Includes 52 associate’s degrees awarded by four institutions that were less-than-2-year institutions in the collection year (2015–16).

² Includes seven bachelor’s degrees awarded by three institutions that were 2-year institutions in the collection year (2015–16).

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

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Fall 2015, Completions component (final data).