Table 297.

Associate's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Selected years, 1976-77 through 2009-10

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	404,956	342,290	33,159	16,636	7,044	2,498	3,329	100.0	84.5	8.2	4.1	1.7	0.6	0.8
1980-812	410,174	339,167	35,330	17,800	8,650	2,584	6,643	100.0	82.7	8.6	4.3	2.1	0.6	1.6
1989-90	455,102	376,816	34,326	21,504	13,066	3,430	5,960	100.0	82.8	7.5	4.7	2.9	0.8	1.3
1990-91	481,720	391,264	38,835	25,540	15,257	3,871	6,953	100.0	81.2	8.1	5.3	3.2	0.8	1.4
1994-95	539,691	420,656	47,067	35,962	20,677	5,482	9,847	100.0	77.9	8.7	6.7	3.8	1.0	1.8
1995-96	555,216	426,106	52,014	38,254	23,138	5,573	10,131	100.0	76.7	9.4	6.9	4.2	1.0	1.8
1996-97	571,226	429,464	56,306	43,549	25,159	5,984	10,764	100.0	75.2	9.9	7.6	4.4	1.0	1.9
1997-98	558,555	413,561	55,314	45,876	25,196	6,246	12,362	100.0	74.0	9.9	8.2	4.5	1.1	2.2
1998-993	564,984	412,985	58,417	48,845	27,628	6,395	10,714	100.0	73.1	10.3	8.6	4.9	1.1	1.9
1999-20003	564,933	408,822	60,208	51,563	27,778	6,474	10,088	100.0	72.4	10.7	9.1	4.9	1.1	1.8
2000-01	578,865	411,075	63,855	57,288	28,463	6,623	11,561	100.0	71.0	11.0	9.9	4.9	1.1	2.0
2001-02	595,133	417,733	67,343	60,003	30,945	6,832	12,277	100.0	70.2	11.3	10.1	5.2	1.1	2.1
2002-03	634,016	438,261	75,609	66,673	32,629	7,461	13,383	100.0	69.1	11.9	10.5	5.1	1.2	2.1
2003-04	665,301	456,047	81,183	72,270	33,149	8,119	14,533	100.0	68.5	12.2	10.9	5.0	1.2	2.2
2004-05	696,660	475,513	86,402	78,557	33,669	8,435	14,084	100.0	68.3	12.4	11.3	4.8	1.2	2.0
2005-06	713,066	485,297	89,784	80,854	35,201	8,552	13,378	100.0	68.1	12.6	11.3	4.9	1.2	1.9
2006-07	728,114	491,572	91,529	85,410	37,266	8,583	13,754	100.0	67.5	12.6	11.7	5.1	1.2	1.9
2007-08	750,164	501,079	95,702	91,274	38,843	8,849	14,417	100.0	66.8	12.8	12.2	5.2	1.2	1.9
2008-09	787,325	522,985	101,487	97,921	40,914	8,834	15,184	100.0	66.4	12.9	12.4	5.2	1.1	1.9
2009-10	849,452	552,863	113,905	112,211	44,021	10,337	16,115	100.0	65.1	13.4	13.2	5.2	1.2	1.9
Males
1976-771	209,672	178,236	15,330	9,105	3,630	1,216	2,155	100.0	85.0	7.3	4.3	1.7	0.6	1.0
1980-812	183,819	151,242	14,290	8,327	4,557	1,108	4,295	100.0	82.3	7.8	4.5	2.5	0.6	2.3
1989-90	191,195	158,954	12,502	9,370	6,170	1,364	2,835	100.0	83.1	6.5	4.9	3.2	0.7	1.5
1990-91	198,634	161,858	14,143	10,738	7,164	1,439	3,292	100.0	81.5	7.1	5.4	3.6	0.7	1.7
1994-95	218,352	170,251	16,727	15,670	9,252	2,098	4,354	100.0	78.0	7.7	7.2	4.2	1.0	2.0
1995-96	219,514	169,230	17,941	15,740	10,229	1,993	4,381	100.0	77.1	8.2	7.2	4.7	0.9	2.0
1996-97	223,948	168,882	19,394	17,990	10,937	2,068	4,677	100.0	75.4	8.7	8.0	4.9	0.9	2.1
1997-98	217,613	161,212	18,686	19,108	10,953	2,252	5,402	100.0	74.1	8.6	8.8	5.0	1.0	2.5
1998-993	220,508	162,339	19,844	19,484	11,688	2,234	4,919	100.0	73.6	9.0	8.8	5.3	1.0	2.2
1999-20003	224,721	164,317	20,968	20,947	12,009	2,222	4,258	100.0	73.1	9.3	9.3	5.3	1.0	1.9
2000-01	231,645	166,322	22,147	23,350	12,339	2,294	5,193	100.0	71.8	9.6	10.1	5.3	1.0	2.2
2001-02	238,109	170,622	22,806	23,963	13,256	2,308	5,154	100.0	71.7	9.6	10.1	5.6	1.0	2.2
2002-03	253,451	179,163	25,591	26,461	14,057	2,618	5,561	100.0	70.7	10.1	10.4	5.5	1.0	2.2
2003-04	260,033	183,819	25,961	27,828	13,907	2,740	5,778	100.0	70.7	10.0	10.7	5.3	1.1	2.2
2004-05	267,536	188,569	27,151	29,658	13,802	2,774	5,582	100.0	70.5	10.1	11.1	5.2	1.0	2.1
2005-06	270,095	190,139	27,619	30,040	14,224	2,774	5,299	100.0	70.4	10.2	11.1	5.3	1.0	2.0
2006-07	275,187	191,565	28,273	31,646	15,510	2,873	5,320	100.0	69.6	10.3	11.5	5.6	1.0	1.9
2007-08	282,521	194,099	30,016	33,817	15,936	3,003	5,650	100.0	68.7	10.6	12.0	5.6	1.1	2.0
2008-09	298,141	203,086	31,994	36,739	17,156	3,074	6,092	100.0	68.1	10.7	12.3	5.8	1.0	2.0
2009-10	322,916	216,072	36,136	42,232	18,264	3,624	6,588	100.0	66.9	11.2	13.1	5.7	1.1	2.0
Females
1976-771	195,284	164,054	17,829	7,531	3,414	1,282	1,174	100.0	84.0	9.1	3.9	1.7	0.7	0.6
1980-812	226,355	187,925	21,040	9,473	4,093	1,476	2,348	100.0	83.0	9.3	4.2	1.8	0.7	1.0
1989-90	263,907	217,862	21,824	12,134	6,896	2,066	3,125	100.0	82.6	8.3	4.6	2.6	0.8	1.2
1990-91	283,086	229,406	24,692	14,802	8,093	2,432	3,661	100.0	81.0	8.7	5.2	2.9	0.9	1.3
1994-95	321,339	250,405	30,340	20,292	11,425	3,384	5,493	100.0	77.9	9.4	6.3	3.6	1.1	1.7
1995-96	335,702	256,876	34,073	22,514	12,909	3,580	5,750	100.0	76.5	10.1	6.7	3.8	1.1	1.7
1996-97	347,278	260,582	36,912	25,559	14,222	3,916	6,087	100.0	75.0	10.6	7.4	4.1	1.1	1.8
1997-98	340,942	252,349	36,628	26,768	14,243	3,994	6,960	100.0	74.0	10.7	7.9	4.2	1.2	2.0
1998-993	344,476	250,646	38,573	29,361	15,940	4,161	5,795	100.0	72.8	11.2	8.5	4.6	1.2	1.7
1999-20003	340,212	244,505	39,240	30,616	15,769	4,252	5,830	100.0	71.9	11.5	9.0	4.6	1.2	1.7
2000-01	347,220	244,753	41,708	33,938	16,124	4,329	6,368	100.0	70.5	12.0	9.8	4.6	1.2	1.8
2001-02	357,024	247,111	44,537	36,040	17,689	4,524	7,123	100.0	69.2	12.5	10.1	5.0	1.3	2.0
2002-03	380,565	259,098	50,018	40,212	18,572	4,843	7,822	100.0	68.1	13.1	10.6	4.9	1.3	2.1
2003-04	405,268	272,228	55,222	44,442	19,242	5,379	8,755	100.0	67.2	13.6	11.0	4.7	1.3	2.2
2004-05	429,124	286,944	59,251	48,899	19,867	5,661	8,502	100.0	66.9	13.8	11.4	4.6	1.3	2.0
2005-06	442,971	295,158	62,165	50,814	20,977	5,778	8,079	100.0	66.6	14.0	11.5	4.7	1.3	1.8
2006-07	452,927	300,007	63,256	53,764	21,756	5,710	8,434	100.0	66.2	14.0	11.9	4.8	1.3	1.9
2007-08	467,643	306,980	65,686	57,457	22,907	5,846	8,767	100.0	65.6	14.0	12.3	4.9	1.3	1.9
2008-09	489,184	319,899	69,493	61,182	23,758	5,760	9,092	100.0	65.4	14.2	12.5	4.9	1.2	1.9
2009-10	526,536	336,791	77,769	69,979	25,757	6,713	9,527	100.0	64.0	14.8	13.3	4.9	1.3	1.8

1 Excludes 1,170 males and 251 females whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

2 Excludes 4,819 males and 1,384 females whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

3 Revised from previously published figures.

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. 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; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:90-99); and IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2010, Completions component. (This table was prepared November 2011.)