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

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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
Year and sex	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	1.2
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	1.1
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	1.3
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.
¹Prior 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).
²Includes 1,121 males whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
³Includes 528 females whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
⁴Includes 258 males whose racial/ethnic group was not available.
⁵Includes 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.)

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