Table 296.

Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Selected years, 1976-77 through 2008-09

Year and sex	Number of degrees conferred							Percentage distribution of degrees 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
1976-771	917,900	807,688	58,636	18,743	13,793	3,326	15,714	100.0	88.0	6.4	2.0	1.5	0.4	1.7
1980-812	934,800	807,319	60,673	21,832	18,794	3,593	22,589	100.0	86.4	6.5	2.3	2.0	0.4	2.4
1989-90	1,051,344	887,151	61,046	32,829	39,230	4,390	26,698	100.0	84.4	5.8	3.1	3.7	0.4	2.5
1990-91	1,094,538	914,093	66,375	37,342	42,529	4,583	29,616	100.0	83.5	6.1	3.4	3.9	0.4	2.7
1993-94	1,169,275	939,008	83,909	50,299	55,689	6,192	34,178	100.0	80.3	7.2	4.3	4.8	0.5	2.9
1994-95	1,160,134	914,610	87,236	54,230	60,502	6,610	36,946	100.0	78.8	7.5	4.7	5.2	0.6	3.2
1995-96	1,164,792	905,846	91,496	58,351	64,433	6,976	37,690	100.0	77.8	7.9	5.0	5.5	0.6	3.2
1996-97	1,172,879	900,809	94,349	62,509	68,859	7,425	38,928	100.0	76.8	8.0	5.3	5.9	0.6	3.3
1997-98	1,184,406	901,344	98,251	66,005	71,678	7,903	39,225	100.0	76.1	8.3	5.6	6.1	0.7	3.3
1998-99	1,200,303	907,245	102,214	70,085	74,197	8,423	38,139	100.0	75.6	8.5	5.8	6.2	0.7	3.2
1999-2000	1,237,875	929,106	108,013	75,059	77,912	8,719	39,066	100.0	75.1	8.7	6.1	6.3	0.7	3.2
2000-01	1,244,171	927,357	111,307	77,745	78,902	9,049	39,811	100.0	74.5	8.9	6.2	6.3	0.7	3.2
2001-02	1,291,900	958,597	116,623	82,966	83,093	9,165	41,456	100.0	74.2	9.0	6.4	6.4	0.7	3.2
2002-03	1,348,811	994,616	124,253	89,029	87,964	9,875	43,074	100.0	73.7	9.2	6.6	6.5	0.7	3.2
2003-04	1,399,542	1,026,114	131,241	94,644	92,073	10,638	44,832	100.0	73.3	9.4	6.8	6.6	0.8	3.2
2004-05	1,439,264	1,049,141	136,122	101,124	97,209	10,307	45,361	100.0	72.9	9.5	7.0	6.8	0.7	3.2
2005-06	1,485,242	1,075,561	142,420	107,588	102,376	10,940	46,357	100.0	72.4	9.6	7.2	6.9	0.7	3.1
2006-07	1,524,092	1,099,850	146,653	114,936	105,297	11,455	45,901	100.0	72.2	9.6	7.5	6.9	0.8	3.0
2007-08	1,563,069	1,122,675	152,457	123,048	109,058	11,509	44,322	100.0	71.8	9.8	7.9	7.0	0.7	2.8
2008-09	1,601,368	1,144,612	156,615	129,526	112,510	12,222	45,883	100.0	71.5	9.8	8.1	7.0	0.8	2.9
Males
1976-771	494,424	438,161	25,147	10,318	7,638	1,804	11,356	100.0	88.6	5.1	2.1	1.5	0.4	2.3
1980-812	469,625	406,173	24,511	10,810	10,107	1,700	16,324	100.0	86.5	5.2	2.3	2.2	0.4	3.5
1989-90	491,696	414,982	23,257	14,932	19,711	1,860	16,954	100.0	84.4	4.7	3.0	4.0	0.4	3.4
1990-91	504,045	421,290	24,800	16,598	21,203	1,938	18,216	100.0	83.6	4.9	3.3	4.2	0.4	3.6
1993-94	532,422	430,526	30,766	21,834	26,952	2,620	19,724	100.0	80.9	5.8	4.1	5.1	0.5	3.7
1994-95	526,131	417,878	31,793	23,626	28,992	2,739	21,103	100.0	79.4	6.0	4.5	5.5	0.5	4.0
1995-96	522,454	409,565	32,974	25,029	30,669	2,885	21,332	100.0	78.4	6.3	4.8	5.9	0.6	4.1
1996-97	520,515	403,366	33,616	26,318	32,521	2,996	21,698	100.0	77.5	6.5	5.1	6.2	0.6	4.2
1997-98	519,956	399,553	34,510	27,677	33,445	3,151	21,620	100.0	76.8	6.6	5.3	6.4	0.6	4.2
1998-99	518,746	396,996	34,876	28,662	34,225	3,323	20,664	100.0	76.5	6.7	5.5	6.6	0.6	4.0
1999-2000	530,367	402,961	37,024	30,301	35,853	3,464	20,764	100.0	76.0	7.0	5.7	6.8	0.7	3.9
2000-01	531,840	401,780	38,103	31,368	35,865	3,700	21,024	100.0	75.5	7.2	5.9	6.7	0.7	4.0
2001-02	549,816	414,892	39,196	32,951	37,660	3,624	21,493	100.0	75.5	7.1	6.0	6.8	0.7	3.9
2002-03	573,258	430,248	41,494	35,101	40,230	3,870	22,315	100.0	75.1	7.2	6.1	7.0	0.7	3.9
2003-04	595,425	445,483	43,851	37,288	41,360	4,244	23,199	100.0	74.8	7.4	6.3	6.9	0.7	3.9
2004-05	613,000	456,592	45,810	39,490	43,711	4,143	23,254	100.0	74.5	7.5	6.4	7.1	0.7	3.8
2005-06	630,600	467,467	48,079	41,814	45,809	4,203	23,228	100.0	74.1	7.6	6.6	7.3	0.7	3.7
2006-07	649,570	480,558	49,685	44,750	47,582	4,505	22,490	100.0	74.0	7.6	6.9	7.3	0.7	3.5
2007-08	667,928	492,137	52,247	47,884	49,485	4,523	21,652	100.0	73.7	7.8	7.2	7.4	0.7	3.2
2008-09	685,382	503,356	53,473	50,628	50,743	4,849	22,333	100.0	73.4	7.8	7.4	7.4	0.7	3.3
Females
1976-771	423,476	369,527	33,489	8,425	6,155	1,522	4,358	100.0	87.3	7.9	2.0	1.5	0.4	1.0
1980-812	465,175	401,146	36,162	11,022	8,687	1,893	6,265	100.0	86.2	7.8	2.4	1.9	0.4	1.3
1989-90	559,648	472,169	37,789	17,897	19,519	2,530	9,744	100.0	84.4	6.8	3.2	3.5	0.5	1.7
1990-91	590,493	492,803	41,575	20,744	21,326	2,645	11,400	100.0	83.5	7.0	3.5	3.6	0.4	1.9
1993-94	636,853	508,482	53,143	28,465	28,737	3,572	14,454	100.0	79.8	8.3	4.5	4.5	0.6	2.3
1994-95	634,003	496,732	55,443	30,604	31,510	3,871	15,843	100.0	78.3	8.7	4.8	5.0	0.6	2.5
1995-96	642,338	496,281	58,522	33,322	33,764	4,091	16,358	100.0	77.3	9.1	5.2	5.3	0.6	2.5
1996-97	652,364	497,443	60,733	36,191	36,338	4,429	17,230	100.0	76.3	9.3	5.5	5.6	0.7	2.6
1997-98	664,450	501,791	63,741	38,328	38,233	4,752	17,605	100.0	75.5	9.6	5.8	5.8	0.7	2.6
1998-99	681,557	510,249	67,338	41,423	39,972	5,100	17,475	100.0	74.9	9.9	6.1	5.9	0.7	2.6
1999-2000	707,508	526,145	70,989	44,758	42,059	5,255	18,302	100.0	74.4	10.0	6.3	5.9	0.7	2.6
2000-01	712,331	525,577	73,204	46,377	43,037	5,349	18,787	100.0	73.8	10.3	6.5	6.0	0.8	2.6
2001-02	742,084	543,705	77,427	50,015	45,433	5,541	19,963	100.0	73.3	10.4	6.7	6.1	0.7	2.7
2002-03	775,553	564,368	82,759	53,928	47,734	6,005	20,759	100.0	72.8	10.7	7.0	6.2	0.8	2.7
2003-04	804,117	580,631	87,390	57,356	50,713	6,394	21,633	100.0	72.2	10.9	7.1	6.3	0.8	2.7
2004-05	826,264	592,549	90,312	61,634	53,498	6,164	22,107	100.0	71.7	10.9	7.5	6.5	0.7	2.7
2005-06	854,642	608,094	94,341	65,774	56,567	6,737	23,129	100.0	71.2	11.0	7.7	6.6	0.8	2.7
2006-07	874,522	619,292	96,968	70,186	57,715	6,950	23,411	100.0	70.8	11.1	8.0	6.6	0.8	2.7
2007-08	895,141	630,538	100,210	75,164	59,573	6,986	22,670	100.0	70.4	11.2	8.4	6.7	0.8	2.5
2008-09	915,986	641,256	103,142	78,898	61,767	7,373	23,550	100.0	70.0	11.3	8.6	6.7	0.8	2.6

1 Excludes 1,121 males and 528 females whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

2 Excludes 258 males and 82 females whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. For 1989-90 and later years, 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, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1976-77 and 1980-81; and 1989-90 through 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:90-99), and Fall 2000 through Fall 2009. (This table was prepared September 2010.)