Table 292.

Certificates conferred by postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV programs, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: 1998-99 through 2008-09

Year and sex	Number of certificates conferred							Percentage distribution of certificates conferred
	Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Non- resi- dent alien	Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Non- resi- dent alien
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Total
1998-99	555,883	345,359	92,800	76,833	27,920	7,510	5,461	100.0	62.1	16.7	13.8	5.0	1.4	1.0
1999-2000	558,129	337,546	97,329	81,132	29,361	6,966	5,795	100.0	60.5	17.4	14.5	5.3	1.2	1.0
2000-01	552,503	333,478	99,397	78,528	28,123	6,598	6,379	100.0	60.4	18.0	14.2	5.1	1.2	1.2
2001-02	584,248	352,559	106,647	83,950	27,490	7,430	6,172	100.0	60.3	18.3	14.4	4.7	1.3	1.1
2002-03	646,425	382,289	120,582	95,499	32,981	8,117	6,957	100.0	59.1	18.7	14.8	5.1	1.3	1.1
2003-04	687,787	402,989	129,891	107,216	32,819	8,375	6,497	100.0	58.6	18.9	15.6	4.8	1.2	0.9
2004-05	710,873	415,670	133,601	114,089	32,783	8,150	6,580	100.0	58.5	18.8	16.0	4.6	1.1	0.9
2005-06	715,401	412,077	135,460	118,853	34,110	8,400	6,501	100.0	57.6	18.9	16.6	4.8	1.2	0.9
2006-07	729,037	420,585	139,995	119,501	32,962	8,793	7,201	100.0	57.7	19.2	16.4	4.5	1.2	1.0
2007-08	749,883	430,187	145,181	122,676	35,985	8,596	7,258	100.0	57.4	19.4	16.4	4.8	1.1	1.0
2008-09	805,755	451,107	161,954	138,550	37,804	9,510	6,830	100.0	56.0	20.1	17.2	4.7	1.2	0.8
Males
1998-99	219,872	144,735	29,875	27,719	11,742	3,061	2,740	100.0	65.8	13.6	12.6	5.3	1.4	1.2
1999-2000	226,110	143,634	33,792	30,337	13,082	2,862	2,403	100.0	63.5	14.9	13.4	5.8	1.3	1.1
2000-01	223,951	143,144	34,381	28,685	12,072	2,719	2,950	100.0	63.9	15.4	12.8	5.4	1.2	1.3
2001-02	235,275	152,226	36,482	29,749	10,938	3,226	2,654	100.0	64.7	15.5	12.6	4.6	1.4	1.1
2002-03	254,238	161,001	40,080	33,925	12,930	3,506	2,796	100.0	63.3	15.8	13.3	5.1	1.4	1.1
2003-04	257,138	161,684	40,809	36,157	12,713	3,135	2,640	100.0	62.9	15.9	14.1	4.9	1.2	1.0
2004-05	259,261	161,126	41,644	38,297	12,448	3,068	2,678	100.0	62.1	16.1	14.8	4.8	1.2	1.0
2005-06	259,737	158,747	41,863	40,752	12,790	3,219	2,366	100.0	61.1	16.1	15.7	4.9	1.2	0.9
2006-07	269,589	164,939	44,870	40,958	12,622	3,527	2,673	100.0	61.2	16.6	15.2	4.7	1.3	1.0
2007-08	283,266	172,398	48,024	43,085	13,527	3,452	2,780	100.0	60.9	17.0	15.2	4.8	1.2	1.0
2008-09	302,615	179,968	53,948	47,876	14,354	3,862	2,607	100.0	59.5	17.8	15.8	4.7	1.3	0.9
Females
1998-99	336,011	200,624	62,925	49,114	16,178	4,449	2,721	100.0	59.7	18.7	14.6	4.8	1.3	0.8
1999-2000	332,019	193,912	63,537	50,795	16,279	4,104	3,392	100.0	58.4	19.1	15.3	4.9	1.2	1.0
2000-01	328,552	190,334	65,016	49,843	16,051	3,879	3,429	100.0	57.9	19.8	15.2	4.9	1.2	1.0
2001-02	348,973	200,333	70,165	54,201	16,552	4,204	3,518	100.0	57.4	20.1	15.5	4.7	1.2	1.0
2002-03	392,187	221,288	80,502	61,574	20,051	4,611	4,161	100.0	56.4	20.5	15.7	5.1	1.2	1.1
2003-04	430,649	241,305	89,082	71,059	20,106	5,240	3,857	100.0	56.0	20.7	16.5	4.7	1.2	0.9
2004-05	451,612	254,544	91,957	75,792	20,335	5,082	3,902	100.0	56.4	20.4	16.8	4.5	1.1	0.9
2005-06	455,664	253,330	93,597	78,101	21,320	5,181	4,135	100.0	55.6	20.5	17.1	4.7	1.1	0.9
2006-07	459,448	255,646	95,125	78,543	20,340	5,266	4,528	100.0	55.6	20.7	17.1	4.4	1.1	1.0
2007-08	466,617	257,789	97,157	79,591	22,458	5,144	4,478	100.0	55.2	20.8	17.1	4.8	1.1	1.0
2008-09	503,140	271,139	108,006	90,674	23,450	5,648	4,223	100.0	53.9	21.5	18.0	4.7	1.1	0.8

NOTE: Includes less-than-1-year awards and 1- to 4-year awards (excluding associate's degrees) conferred by degree-granting and non-degree-granting institutions participating in Title IV programs. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Reported racial/ethnic distributions of students by level of degree, field of degree, and sex were used to estimate race/ethnicity for students whose race/ethnicity was not reported. (See Appendix A: Guide to Sources for details.) Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1998-99 through 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2009. (This table was prepared September 2010.)