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Awards conferred by Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, level of award, and gender: United States, academic year 2004-05
Level of award and gender	Total awards	White, non-Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Race/ ethnicity unknown	Nonresident alien
Total awards	3,595,928	2,279,812	395,729	312,108	197,339	29,265	223,347	158,328
Men	1,456,012	940,105	125,400	114,274	85,206	10,831	93,908	86,288
Women	2,139,916	1,339,707	270,329	197,834	112,133	18,434	129,439	72,040
Less than 1 year	368,758	192,933	66,014	58,467	18,014	3,695	25,994	3,641
Men	137,705	79,102	22,097	18,731	6,567	1,343	8,441	1,424
Women	231,053	113,831	43,917	39,736	11,447	2,352	17,553	2,217
At least 1 but less than 2 years	313,033	176,671	56,032	45,477	11,439	3,691	17,206	2,517
Men	108,057	63,636	15,845	15,523	4,498	1,403	6,106	1,046
Women	204,976	113,035	40,187	29,954	6,941	2,288	11,100	1,471
Associate’s degrees	696,754¹	450,001	81,757	74,279	31,830	8,004	36,799	14,084
Men	267,562	177,211	25,472	27,839	12,976	2,614	15,868	5,582
Women	429,192	272,790	56,285	46,440	18,854	5,390	20,931	8,502
At least 2 but less than 4 years	29,082	20,001	2,974	2,839	1,310	264	1,272	422
Men	13,499	8,925	1,214	1,650	601	146	755	208
Women	15,583	11,076	1,760	1,189	709	118	517	214
Bachelor’s degrees	1,439,264	987,923	127,844	94,995	91,197	9,703	82,241	45,361
Men	613,000	428,250	42,879	36,984	40,899	3,887	36,847	23,254
Women	826,264	559,673	84,965	58,011	50,298	5,816	45,394	22,107
Post-baccalaureate certificates	19,957	12,841	1,437	1,295	1,064	125	1,836	1,359
Men	6,886	4,276	442	477	395	34	740	522
Women	13,071	8,565	995	818	669	91	1,096	837
Master’s degrees	574,618	342,080	49,065	28,378	29,334	2,969	49,569	73,223
Men	233,590	131,292	13,965	10,123	13,301	1,031	21,143	42,735
Women	341,028	210,788	35,100	18,255	16,033	1,938	28,426	30,488
Post-master’s certificates	13,615	8,826	1,734	453	310	54	1,156	1,082
Men	4,345	2,714	347	133	113	16	417	605
Women	9,270	6,112	1,387	320	197	38	739	477
Doctor’s degrees	52,631	28,152	2,854	1,691	2,695	224	2,673	14,342
Men	26,973	13,027	980	707	1,297	83	1,232	9,647
Women	25,658	15,125	1,874	984	1,398	141	1,441	4,695
First-professional degrees	87,289	59,978	5,987	4,196	10,020	534	4,537	2,037
Men	43,849	31,411	2,141	2,089	4,496	273	2,326	1,113
Women	43,440	28,567	3,846	2,107	5,524	261	2,211	924
First-professional certificates	927	406	31	38	126	2	64	260
Men	546	261	18	18	63	1	33	152
Women	381	145	13	20	63	1	31	108

¹Includes 34 associate’s degrees awarded by three institutions that were less-than-2-year institutions in the collection year (2005-06).

NOTE: Due to natural disaster, 20 institutions were unable to respond to this survey; their data were imputed, and they are represented in this table.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2005, Completions component.

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