National Center for Education Statistics

Table 15. Number of degrees conferred at Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, level of degree, and gender: United States, 2020–21
Level of degree 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 degrees	4,164,783	21,247	295,691	425,979	673,334	9,037	2,153,186	143,393	164,673	278,243
Men	1,660,271	7,157	127,996	138,337	242,660	3,634	870,323	55,397	66,362	148,405
Women	2,504,512	14,090	167,695	287,642	430,674	5,403	1,282,863	87,996	98,311	129,838
Associate’s degrees	1,037,331	7,869	62,876	119,446	257,018	2,959	490,802	37,686	36,363	22,312
Men	383,381	2,555	26,219	36,791	88,488	1,179	190,225	13,866	14,478	9,580
Women	653,950	5,314	36,657	82,655	168,530	1,780	300,577	23,820	21,885	12,732
Bachelor’s degrees	2,066,463	9,200	159,027	199,024	313,547	4,258	1,130,698	78,590	69,372	102,747
Men	860,797	3,280	71,166	69,360	118,754	1,797	480,864	31,823	29,515	54,238
Women	1,205,666	5,920	87,861	129,664	194,793	2,461	649,834	46,767	39,857	48,509
Master’s degrees	866,937	3,527	52,875	91,630	87,264	1,559	430,161	21,698	48,518	129,705
Men	330,730	1,057	21,890	27,063	29,169	542	155,078	7,561	17,896	70,474
Women	536,207	2,470	30,985	64,567	58,095	1,017	275,083	14,137	30,622	59,231
Doctor’s degrees— research/scholarship	72,426	203	3,865	7,124	4,405	85	31,220	1,580	3,965	19,979
Men	34,767	75	1,669	2,173	1,813	31	14,030	630	1,686	12,660
Women	37,659	128	2,196	4,951	2,592	54	17,190	950	2,279	7,319
Doctor’s degrees— professional practice	119,220	437	16,825	8,379	10,857	167	69,093	3,777	6,305	3,380
Men	49,756	184	6,958	2,819	4,360	84	29,722	1,499	2,725	1,405
Women	69,464	253	9,867	5,560	6,497	83	39,371	2,278	3,580	1,975
Doctor’s degrees—other	2,406	11	223	376	243	9	1,212	62	150	120
Men	840	6	94	131	76	1	404	18	62	48
Women	1,566	5	129	245	167	8	808	44	88	72

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

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 U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and the U.S. Air Force Academy are not Title IV eligible but are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public; they are included in this table. The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy is Title IV eligible and is also included in this table. Degrees displayed in this table were conferred during the 12-month period July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021. Because of changes to institutional characteristics between the reference year (2020–21) and collection year (2021–22), institutions may report awards that are no longer consistent with their current levels of programs offered (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). Degrees to individuals who self-identify with more than one race are included in the "Two or more races" category. Degrees 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. 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" category regardless of race or ethnicity. 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=2021.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Fall 2021, Completions component (final data).

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