Table 321.20.

Associate's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Selected years, 1976-77 through 2017-18

Year and sex	Number of degrees conferred to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and nonresident aliens								Percentage distribution of degrees conferred to U.S. citizens and permanent residents
	Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races1	Nonresi-dent alien	Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races1
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Total
1976-772	404,956	342,290	33,159	16,636	7,044	2,498	---	3,329	100.0	85.2	8.3	4.1	1.8	0.6	---
1980-813	410,174	339,167	35,330	17,800	8,650	2,584	---	6,643	100.0	84.0	8.8	4.4	2.1	0.6	---
1990-91	481,720	391,264	38,835	25,540	15,257	3,871	---	6,953	100.0	82.4	8.2	5.4	3.2	0.8	---
1999-2000	564,933	408,822	60,208	51,563	27,778	6,474	---	10,088	100.0	73.7	10.9	9.3	5.0	1.2	---
2000-01	578,865	411,075	63,855	57,288	28,463	6,623	---	11,561	100.0	72.5	11.3	10.1	5.0	1.2	---
2003-04	665,301	456,047	81,183	72,270	33,149	8,119	---	14,533	100.0	70.1	12.5	11.1	5.1	1.2	---
2004-05	696,660	475,513	86,402	78,557	33,669	8,435	---	14,084	100.0	69.7	12.7	11.5	4.9	1.2	---
2005-06	713,315	485,481	89,813	80,870	35,215	8,555	---	13,381	100.0	69.4	12.8	11.6	5.0	1.2	---
2006-07	727,616	491,333	91,440	85,275	37,243	8,579	---	13,746	100.0	68.8	12.8	11.9	5.2	1.2	---
2007-08	750,166	501,467	95,566	91,289	38,848	8,827	---	14,169	100.0	68.1	13.0	12.4	5.3	1.2	---
2008-09	787,243	521,834	101,631	98,408	41,364	8,823	---	15,183	100.0	67.6	13.2	12.7	5.4	1.1	---
2009-10	848,856	552,376	113,867	112,403	44,026	10,101	---	16,083	100.0	66.3	13.7	13.5	5.3	1.2	---
2010-11	943,506	604,745	129,044	126,297	45,489	10,180	11,126	16,625	100.0	65.2	13.9	13.6	4.9	1.1	1.2
2011-12	1,021,718	635,755	142,512	151,807	48,861	10,738	14,858	17,187	100.0	63.3	14.2	15.1	4.9	1.1	1.5
2012-13	1,007,427	617,308	135,892	157,989	49,474	10,546	19,383	16,835	100.0	62.3	13.7	15.9	5.0	1.1	2.0
2013-14	1,005,155	601,959	134,621	168,106	50,368	10,338	22,695	17,068	100.0	60.9	13.6	17.0	5.1	1.0	2.3
2014-15	1,014,341	590,616	137,920	180,598	51,767	9,996	25,505	17,939	100.0	59.3	13.8	18.1	5.2	1.0	2.6
2015-16	1,008,228	566,622	134,012	196,044	53,753	9,490	28,933	19,374	100.0	57.3	13.6	19.8	5.4	1.0	2.9
2016-17	1,005,687	551,057	129,880	209,159	55,814	9,265	29,603	20,909	100.0	56.0	13.2	21.2	5.7	0.9	3.0
2017-18	1,011,487	536,256	125,517	225,462	58,952	9,285	32,971	23,044	100.0	54.3	12.7	22.8	6.0	0.9	3.3
Males
1976-772	209,672	178,236	15,330	9,105	3,630	1,216	---	2,155	100.0	85.9	7.4	4.4	1.7	0.6	---
1980-813	183,819	151,242	14,290	8,327	4,557	1,108	---	4,295	100.0	84.2	8.0	4.6	2.5	0.6	---
1990-91	198,634	161,858	14,143	10,738	7,164	1,439	---	3,292	100.0	82.9	7.2	5.5	3.7	0.7	---
1999-2000	224,721	164,317	20,968	20,947	12,009	2,222	---	4,258	100.0	74.5	9.5	9.5	5.4	1.0	---
2000-01	231,645	166,322	22,147	23,350	12,339	2,294	---	5,193	100.0	73.4	9.8	10.3	5.4	1.0	---
2003-04	260,033	183,819	25,961	27,828	13,907	2,740	---	5,778	100.0	72.3	10.2	10.9	5.5	1.1	---
2004-05	267,536	188,569	27,151	29,658	13,802	2,774	---	5,582	100.0	72.0	10.4	11.3	5.3	1.1	---
2005-06	270,139	190,174	27,618	30,043	14,227	2,777	---	5,300	100.0	71.8	10.4	11.3	5.4	1.0	---
2006-07	275,034	191,487	28,251	31,609	15,502	2,872	---	5,313	100.0	71.0	10.5	11.7	5.7	1.1	---
2007-08	282,695	194,354	29,984	33,852	15,941	2,989	---	5,575	100.0	70.1	10.8	12.2	5.8	1.1	---
2008-09	298,066	202,670	32,004	36,919	17,305	3,075	---	6,093	100.0	69.4	11.0	12.6	5.9	1.1	---
2009-10	322,747	215,977	36,148	42,210	18,268	3,555	---	6,589	100.0	68.3	11.4	13.4	5.8	1.1	---
2010-11	361,408	238,012	41,649	47,911	19,085	3,727	4,197	6,827	100.0	67.1	11.7	13.5	5.4	1.1	1.2
2011-12	393,479	251,964	46,377	57,926	20,537	3,924	5,569	7,182	100.0	65.2	12.0	15.0	5.3	1.0	1.4
2012-13	389,195	243,868	45,458	60,536	21,223	3,638	7,434	7,038	100.0	63.8	11.9	15.8	5.6	1.0	1.9
2013-14	391,474	239,289	45,868	64,658	21,824	3,682	8,969	7,184	100.0	62.3	11.9	16.8	5.7	1.0	2.3
2014-15	396,782	236,381	47,393	69,291	22,377	3,590	9,997	7,753	100.0	60.8	12.2	17.8	5.8	0.9	2.6
2015-16	392,084	226,142	44,777	74,531	23,426	3,335	11,251	8,622	100.0	59.0	11.7	19.4	6.1	0.9	2.9
2016-17	394,147	223,637	43,170	78,470	24,459	3,370	11,678	9,363	100.0	58.1	11.2	20.4	6.4	0.9	3.0
2017-18	398,600	219,372	41,820	84,868	25,736	3,366	12,958	10,480	100.0	56.5	10.8	21.9	6.6	0.9	3.3
Females
1976-772	195,284	164,054	17,829	7,531	3,414	1,282	---	1,174	100.0	84.5	9.2	3.9	1.8	0.7	---
1980-813	226,355	187,925	21,040	9,473	4,093	1,476	---	2,348	100.0	83.9	9.4	4.2	1.8	0.7	---
1990-91	283,086	229,406	24,692	14,802	8,093	2,432	---	3,661	100.0	82.1	8.8	5.3	2.9	0.9	---
1999-2000	340,212	244,505	39,240	30,616	15,769	4,252	---	5,830	100.0	73.1	11.7	9.2	4.7	1.3	---
2000-01	347,220	244,753	41,708	33,938	16,124	4,329	---	6,368	100.0	71.8	12.2	10.0	4.7	1.3	---
2003-04	405,268	272,228	55,222	44,442	19,242	5,379	---	8,755	100.0	68.7	13.9	11.2	4.9	1.4	---
2004-05	429,124	286,944	59,251	48,899	19,867	5,661	---	8,502	100.0	68.2	14.1	11.6	4.7	1.3	---
2005-06	443,176	295,307	62,195	50,827	20,988	5,778	---	8,081	100.0	67.9	14.3	11.7	4.8	1.3	---
2006-07	452,582	299,846	63,189	53,666	21,741	5,707	---	8,433	100.0	67.5	14.2	12.1	4.9	1.3	---
2007-08	467,471	307,113	65,582	57,437	22,907	5,838	---	8,594	100.0	66.9	14.3	12.5	5.0	1.3	---
2008-09	489,177	319,164	69,627	61,489	24,059	5,748	---	9,090	100.0	66.5	14.5	12.8	5.0	1.2	---
2009-10	526,109	336,399	77,719	70,193	25,758	6,546	---	9,494	100.0	65.1	15.0	13.6	5.0	1.3	---
2010-11	582,098	366,733	87,395	78,386	26,404	6,453	6,929	9,798	100.0	64.1	15.3	13.7	4.6	1.1	1.2
2011-12	628,239	383,791	96,135	93,881	28,324	6,814	9,289	10,005	100.0	62.1	15.5	15.2	4.6	1.1	1.5
2012-13	618,232	373,440	90,434	97,453	28,251	6,908	11,949	9,797	100.0	61.4	14.9	16.0	4.6	1.1	2.0
2013-14	613,681	362,670	88,753	103,448	28,544	6,656	13,726	9,884	100.0	60.1	14.7	17.1	4.7	1.1	2.3
2014-15	617,559	354,235	90,527	111,307	29,390	6,406	15,508	10,186	100.0	58.3	14.9	18.3	4.8	1.1	2.6
2015-16	616,144	340,480	89,235	121,513	30,327	6,155	17,682	10,752	100.0	56.2	14.7	20.1	5.0	1.0	2.9
2016-17	611,540	327,420	86,710	130,689	31,355	5,895	17,925	11,546	100.0	54.6	14.5	21.8	5.2	1.0	3.0
2017-18	612,887	316,884	83,697	140,594	33,216	5,919	20,013	12,564	100.0	52.8	13.9	23.4	5.5	1.0	3.3

---Not available.

1 For years prior to 2010-11, the survey did not yet include the "Two or more races" category, and each student could be counted in only one race category.

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

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

NOTE: Data are for postsecondary institutions participating 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

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 2018, Completions component. (This table was prepared October 2019.)