National Center for Education Statistics

Awards conferred by Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, level of award, and gender: United States, academic year 2006-07
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	3,775,835		2,356,330	422,123	337,694	212,312	31,223	259,436	156,717
Men	1,520,977		968,286	134,597	123,627	92,161	11,748	107,866	82,692
Women	2,254,858		1,388,044	287,526	214,067	120,151	19,475	151,570	74,025
Less than 1 year	385,530		196,534	71,931	59,825	17,400	3,779	32,113	3,948
Men	149,733		83,603	24,737	20,390	6,560	1,475	11,384	1,584
Women	235,797		112,931	47,194	39,435	10,840	2,304	20,729	2,364
At least 1 but less than 2 years	311,753		172,229	54,704	47,382	11,845	4,076	18,615	2,902
Men	106,269		60,835	15,621	15,792	4,502	1,656	6,942	921
Women	205,484		111,394	39,083	31,590	7,343	2,420	11,673	1,981
Associate's degrees	728,118	1	461,852	85,883	80,191	35,005	8,076	43,357	13,754
Men	275,187		179,009	26,391	29,546	14,498	2,688	17,735	5,320
Women	452,931		282,843	59,492	50,645	20,507	5,388	25,622	8,434
At least 2 but less than 4 years	31,754	2	21,458	3,230	3,574	1,349	303	1,489	351
Men	13,587		8,702	1,375	1,730	611	144	857	168
Women	18,167		12,756	1,855	1,844	738	159	632	183
Bachelor's degrees	1,524,092	3	1,032,762	137,421	107,716	98,730	10,749	90,813	45,901
Men	649,570		449,830	46,425	41,819	44,540	4,213	40,253	22,490
Women	874,522		582,932	90,996	65,897	54,190	6,536	50,560	23,411
Post-baccalaureate certificates	21,737	4	14,046	1,516	1,251	1,173	117	2,361	1,273
Men	7,423		4,615	489	429	437	47	877	529
Women	14,314		9,431	1,027	822	736	70	1,484	744
Master's degrees	604,607		355,061	55,582	30,936	32,002	3,176	59,615	68,235
Men	238,189		132,926	15,678	10,841	14,400	1,107	24,390	38,847
Women	366,418		222,135	39,904	20,095	17,602	2,069	35,225	29,388
Post-master's certificates	16,364		10,529	2,319	546	414	80	1,406	1,070
Men	5,065		3,215	486	154	159	21	443	587
Women	11,299		7,314	1,833	392	255	59	963	483
Doctor's degrees	60,616		31,355	3,452	1,872	3,251	232	3,460	16,994
Men	30,251		13,989	1,177	816	1,560	88	1,611	11,010
Women	30,365		17,366	2,275	1,056	1,691	144	1,849	5,984
First-professional degrees	90,064		59,973	6,043	4,346	10,979	632	6,114	1,977
Men	45,057		31,264	2,199	2,079	4,816	309	3,320	1,070
Women	45,007		28,709	3,844	2,267	6,163	323	2,794	907
First-professional certificates	1,200		531	42	55	164	3	93	312
Men	646		298	19	31	78	0	54	166
Women	554		233	23	24	86	3	39	146

¹ Includes three associate’s degrees awarded by one institution that was a less-than-2-year institution in the collection year (2007-08) and one associate’s degree awarded by one 2-year institution that was classified as non-degree-granting in the collection year (2007-08).

² Includes 314 certificates of at least 2 but less than 4 years awarded by eight institutions that were less-than-2-year institutions in the collection year (2007-08).

³ Includes 11 bachelor’s degrees awarded by three institutions that were 2-year institutions in the collection year (2007-08).

⁴ Includes seven post-baccalaureate certificates awarded by one institution that was a 2-year institution in the collection year (2007-08).

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2007, Completions component.