Table 322.20.

Bachelor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Selected academic years, 1976-77 through 2020-21

Year and sex	Number of degrees conferred to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and nonresidents									Percentage distribution of degrees conferred to U.S. citizens and permanent residents
	Total		White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native	Two or more races1	Nonresident	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	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
1976-77	919,549	2,3	807,688	58,636	18,743	13,793	3,326	---	15,714	100.0	89.5	6.5	2.1	1.5	0.4	---
1980-81	935,140	4,5	807,319	60,673	21,832	18,794	3,593	---	22,589	100.0	88.5	6.7	2.4	2.1	0.4	---
1990-91	1,094,538		914,093	66,375	37,342	42,529	4,583	---	29,616	100.0	85.8	6.2	3.5	4.0	0.4	---
1999-2000	1,237,875		929,102	108,018	75,063	77,909	8,717	---	39,066	100.0	77.5	9.0	6.3	6.5	0.7	---
2000-01	1,244,171		927,357	111,307	77,745	78,902	9,049	---	39,811	100.0	77.0	9.2	6.5	6.6	0.8	---
2006-07	1,524,729		1,100,308	146,767	114,962	105,287	11,463	---	45,942	100.0	74.4	9.9	7.8	7.1	0.8	---
2007-08	1,563,734		1,123,246	152,627	122,770	109,177	11,509	---	44,405	100.0	73.9	10.0	8.1	7.2	0.8	---
2008-09	1,601,399		1,144,628	156,603	129,473	112,581	12,221	---	45,893	100.0	73.6	10.1	8.3	7.2	0.8	---
2009-10	1,649,919		1,167,322	164,789	140,426	117,391	12,405	---	47,586	100.0	72.9	10.3	8.8	7.3	0.8	---
2010-11	1,716,053		1,182,690	172,731	154,450	121,118	11,935	20,589	52,540	100.0	71.1	10.4	9.3	7.3	0.7	1
2011-12	1,792,163		1,212,417	185,916	169,736	126,177	11,498	27,234	59,185	100.0	70.0	10.7	9.8	7.3	0.7	1.6
2012-13	1,840,381		1,221,908	191,233	186,677	130,129	11,432	34,128	64,874	100.0	68.8	10.8	10.5	7.3	0.6	1.9
2013-14	1,870,150		1,218,998	191,437	202,425	131,662	10,784	45,422	69,422	100.0	67.7	10.6	11.2	7.3	0.6	2.5
2014-15	1,894,969		1,210,071	192,829	218,098	133,916	10,202	54,215	75,638	100.0	66.5	10.6	12.0	7.4	0.6	3.0
2015-16	1,920,750		1,197,323	194,408	235,190	138,257	9,735	61,584	84,253	100.0	65.2	10.6	12.8	7.5	0.5	3.4
2016-17	1,956,114		1,195,977	196,338	252,203	144,093	9,589	66,532	91,382	100.0	64.1	10.5	13.5	7.7	0.5	3.6
2017-18	1,980,665		1,189,571	195,014	267,070	150,999	9,155	70,632	98,224	100.0	63.2	10.4	14.2	8.0	0.5	3.8
2018-19	2,013,086		1,190,080	196,654	285,024	156,099	9,167	73,665	102,397	100.0	62.3	10.3	14.9	8.2	0.5	3.9
2019-20	2,038,682		1,184,082	197,491	302,663	161,468	9,154	77,621	106,203	100.0	61.3	10.2	15.7	8.4	0.5	4.0
2020-21	2,066,445		1,172,187	206,527	324,848	169,261	9,545	81,369	102,708	100.0	59.7	10.5	16.5	8.6	0.5	4.1
Males
1976-77	495,545	2	438,161	25,147	10,318	7,638	1,804	---	11,356	100.0	90.7	5.2	2.1	1.6	0.4	---
1980-81	469,883	4	406,173	24,511	10,810	10,107	1,700	---	16,324	100.0	89.6	5.4	2.4	2.2	0.4	---
1990-91	504,045		421,290	24,800	16,598	21,203	1,938	---	18,216	100.0	86.7	5.1	3.4	4.4	0.4	---
1999-2000	530,367		402,954	37,029	30,304	35,853	3,463	---	20,764	100.0	79.1	7.3	5.9	7.0	0.7	---
2000-01	531,840		401,780	38,103	31,368	35,865	3,700	---	21,024	100.0	78.7	7.5	6.1	7.0	0.7	---
2006-07	649,816		480,747	49,715	44,761	47,577	4,508	---	22,508	100.0	76.6	7.9	7.1	7.6	0.7	---
2007-08	668,184		492,360	52,298	47,797	49,535	4,523	---	21,671	100.0	76.2	8.1	7.4	7.7	0.7	---
2008-09	685,422		503,396	53,465	50,596	50,773	4,849	---	22,343	100.0	75.9	8.1	7.6	7.7	0.7	---
2009-10	706,660		513,711	56,136	55,139	53,365	4,879	---	23,430	100.0	75.2	8.2	8.1	7.8	0.7	---
2010-11	734,159		519,992	59,015	60,869	55,321	4,798	8,028	26,136	100.0	73.4	8.3	8.6	7.8	0.7	1
2011-12	765,772		532,463	63,736	67,083	57,521	4,476	10,945	29,548	100.0	72.3	8.7	9.1	7.8	0.6	1.5
2012-13	787,408		535,358	67,351	74,067	59,806	4,611	13,834	32,381	100.0	70.9	8.9	9.8	7.9	0.6	1.8
2013-14	801,905		536,009	68,290	80,312	59,844	4,171	18,137	35,142	100.0	69.9	8.9	10.5	7.8	0.5	2.4
2014-15	812,693		530,418	69,316	86,881	61,080	4,061	22,245	38,692	100.0	68.5	9.0	11.2	7.9	0.5	2.9
2015-16	821,746		522,834	69,847	92,989	63,182	3,822	25,157	43,915	100.0	67.2	9.0	12.0	8.1	0.5	3.2
2016-17	836,021		521,359	70,568	99,344	65,405	3,731	27,089	48,525	100.0	66.2	9.0	12.6	8.3	0.5	3.4
2017-18	844,979		516,614	70,327	104,919	68,196	3,505	28,900	52,518	100.0	65.2	8.9	13.2	8.6	0.4	3.6
2018-19	857,607		516,368	70,801	111,457	70,678	3,418	30,235	54,650	100.0	64.3	8.8	13.9	8.8	0.4	3.8
2019-20	861,384		509,079	70,346	117,230	72,916	3,344	31,620	56,849	100.0	63.3	8.7	14.6	9.1	0.4	3.9
2020-21	860,764		499,092	72,092	123,256	75,704	3,407	33,003	54,210	100.0	61.9	8.9	15.3	9.4	0.4	4.1
Females
1976-77	424,004	3	369,527	33,489	8,425	6,155	1,522	---	4,358	100.0	88.2	8.0	2.0	1.5	0.4	---
1980-81	465,257	5	401,146	36,162	11,022	8,687	1,893	---	6,265	100.0	87.4	7.9	2.4	1.9	0.4	---
1990-91	590,493		492,803	41,575	20,744	21,326	2,645	---	11,400	100.0	85.1	7.2	3.6	3.7	0.5	---
1999-2000	707,508		526,148	70,989	44,759	42,056	5,254	---	18,302	100.0	76.3	10.3	6.5	6.1	0.8	---
2000-01	712,331		525,577	73,204	46,377	43,037	5,349	---	18,787	100.0	75.8	10.6	6.7	6.2	0.8	---
2006-07	874,913		619,561	97,052	70,201	57,710	6,955	---	23,434	100.0	72.8	11.4	8.2	6.8	0.8	---
2007-08	895,550		630,886	100,329	74,973	59,642	6,986	---	22,734	100.0	72.3	11.5	8.6	6.8	0.8	---
2008-09	915,977		641,232	103,138	78,877	61,808	7,372	---	23,550	100.0	71.9	11.6	8.8	6.9	0.8	---
2009-10	943,259		653,611	108,653	85,287	64,026	7,526	---	24,156	100.0	71.1	11.8	9.3	7.0	0.8	---
2010-11	981,894		662,698	113,716	93,581	65,797	7,137	12,561	26,404	100.0	69.4	11.9	9.8	6.9	0.7	1
2011-12	1,026,391		679,954	122,180	102,653	68,656	7,022	16,289	29,637	100.0	68.2	12.3	10.3	6.9	0.7	1.6
2012-13	1,052,973		686,550	123,882	112,610	70,323	6,821	20,294	32,493	100.0	67.3	12.1	11.0	6.9	0.7	2.0
2013-14	1,068,245		682,989	123,147	122,113	71,818	6,613	27,285	34,280	100.0	66.1	11.9	11.8	6.9	0.6	2.6
2014-15	1,082,276		679,653	123,513	131,217	72,836	6,141	31,970	36,946	100.0	65.0	11.8	12.6	7.0	0.6	3.1
2015-16	1,099,004		674,489	124,561	142,201	75,075	5,913	36,427	40,338	100.0	63.7	11.8	13.4	7.1	0.6	3.4
2016-17	1,120,093		674,618	125,770	152,859	78,688	5,858	39,443	42,857	100.0	62.6	11.7	14.2	7.3	0.5	3.7
2017-18	1,135,686		672,957	124,687	162,151	82,803	5,650	41,732	45,706	100.0	61.7	11.4	14.9	7.6	0.5	3.8
2018-19	1,155,479		673,712	125,853	173,567	85,421	5,749	43,430	47,747	100.0	60.8	11.4	15.7	7.7	0.5	3.9
2019-20	1,177,298		675,003	127,145	185,433	88,552	5,810	46,001	49,354	100.0	59.8	11.3	16.4	7.9	0.5	4.1
2020-21	1,205,681		673,095	134,435	201,592	93,557	6,138	48,366	48,498	100.0	58.2	11.6	17.4	8.1	0.5	4.2

---Not available.

1 Prior to 2010, disaggregated data on students who were of Two or more races were not collected. Students of Two or more races were required to select a single category from among the offered race/ethnicity categories (i.e., White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, and American Indian/Alaska Native).

2 Includes 1,121 males whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

3 Includes 528 females whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

4 Includes 258 males whose racial/ethnic group was not available.

5 Includes 82 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 study, 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:91); and IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2021, Completions component. (This table was prepared October 2022.)