National Center for Education Statistics

Awards conferred by Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, level of award, and gender: United States, academic year 2005-06
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	3,690,124		2,317,332	408,970	324,300	205,985	30,360	244,460	158,717
Men	1,484,383		950,838	128,906	118,833	88,531	11,115	101,147	85,013
Women	2,205,741		1,366,494	280,064	205,467	117,454	19,245	143,313	73,704
Less than 1 year	374,222		190,609	67,845	60,307	18,399	3,722	29,647	3,693
Men	140,891		78,030	22,592	20,725	6,636	1,428	10,083	1,397
Women	233,331		112,579	45,253	39,582	11,763	2,294	19,564	2,296
At least 1 but less than 2 years	310,191		171,447	54,686	46,430	11,910	3,806	19,476	2,436
Men	105,079		61,170	15,206	15,152	4,565	1,419	6,747	820
Women	205,112		110,277	39,480	31,278	7,345	2,387	12,729	1,616
Associate’s degrees	713,206	1	457,032	84,507	76,106	33,129	8,068	40,986	13,378
Men	270,143		178,199	25,848	28,132	13,339	2,604	16,722	5,299
Women	443,063		278,833	58,659	47,974	19,790	5,464	24,264	8,079
At least 2 but less than 4 years	30,988		20,884	3,154	3,564	1,455	279	1,280	372
Men	13,767		8,860	1,270	1,995	682	158	653	149
Women	17,221		12,024	1,884	1,569	773	121	627	223
Bachelor’s degrees	1,485,242		1,011,469	133,577	100,960	96,014	10,280	86,585	46,357
Men	630,600		437,992	44,962	39,115	42,873	3,936	38,494	23,228
Women	854,642		573,477	88,615	61,845	53,141	6,344	48,091	23,129
Post-baccalaureate certificates	22,245		14,383	1,533	1,432	1,167	133	2,267	1,330
Men	7,684		4,764	485	512	479	45	878	521
Women	14,561		9,619	1,048	920	688	88	1,389	809
Master’s degrees	594,065		352,579	52,795	29,034	30,304	3,141	54,451	71,761
Men	237,896		133,545	14,951	10,281	13,915	1,103	22,802	41,299
Women	356,169		219,034	37,844	18,753	16,389	2,038	31,649	30,462
Post-master’s certificates	15,116		9,675	2,086	536	380	49	1,275	1,115
Men	5,008		3,148	424	163	148	16	472	637
Women	10,108		6,527	1,662	373	232	33	803	478
Doctor’s degrees	56,067		29,114	2,884	1,738	2,996	214	3,146	15,975
Men	28,634		13,493	1,000	762	1,426	97	1,448	10,408
Women	27,433		15,621	1,884	976	1,570	117	1,698	5,567
First-professional degrees	87,655		59,586	5,861	4,152	10,073	666	5,276	2,041
Men	44,038		31,306	2,153	1,976	4,381	309	2,805	1,108
Women	43,617		28,280	3,708	2,176	5,692	357	2,471	933
First-professional certificates	1,127		554	42	41	158	2	71	259
Men	643		331	15	20	87	0	43	147
Women	484		223	27	21	71	2	28	112

¹Includes 52 associate’s degrees awarded by four institutions that were less-than-2-year institutions in the collection year (2006-07).

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2006, Completions component.

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