Number and percentage distribution of certificates below the baccalaureate level conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Academic years 1998-99 through 2021-22

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Table 320.20.Number and percentage distribution of certificates below the baccalaureate level conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Academic years 1998-99 through 2021-22
Academic year and sex	Number of certificates conferred to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and nonresidents										Percentage distribution of certificates conferred to U.S. citizens and permanent residents
	Total	American Indian/Alaska Native	Asian/Pacific Islander			Black	Hispanic	White	Two or more races¹	Nonresident²	Total	American Indian/Alaska Native	Asian/Pacific Islander			Black	Hispanic	White	Two or more races¹
	Total	American Indian/Alaska Native	Total	Asian	Pacific Islander	Black	Hispanic	White	Two or more races¹	Nonresident²	Total	American Indian/Alaska Native	Total	Asian	Pacific Islander	Black	Hispanic	White	Two or more races¹
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Total
1998-99	555,883	7,510	27,920	---	---	92,800	76,833	345,359	---	5,461	100.0	1.4	5.1	---	---	16.9	14.0	62.7	---
1999-2000	558,129	6,966	29,361	---	---	97,329	81,132	337,546	---	5,795	100.0	1.3	5.3	---	---	17.6	14.7	61.1	---

2000-01	552,503	6,598	28,123	---	---	99,397	78,528	333,478	---	6,379	100.0	1.2	5.1	---	---	18.2	14.4	61.1	---
2001-02	584,248	7,430	27,490	---	---	106,647	83,950	352,559	---	6,172	100.0	1.3	4.8	---	---	18.4	14.5	61.0	---
2002-03	646,425	8,117	32,981	---	---	120,582	95,499	382,289	---	6,957	100.0	1.3	5.2	---	---	18.9	14.9	59.8	---
2003-04	687,129	8,357	32,832	---	---	129,856	106,955	402,600	---	6,529	100.0	1.2	4.8	---	---	19.1	15.7	59.2	---
2004-05	710,347	8,149	32,728	---	---	133,387	114,059	415,482	---	6,542	100.0	1.2	4.7	---	---	19.0	16.2	59.0	---

2005-06	714,790	8,393	33,848	---	---	135,387	118,728	411,919	---	6,515	100.0	1.2	4.8	---	---	19.1	16.8	58.2	---
2006-07	728,315	8,781	32,963	---	---	139,796	119,375	420,199	---	7,201	100.0	1.2	4.6	---	---	19.4	16.6	58.3	---
2007-08	748,354	8,548	35,791	---	---	144,982	122,406	429,670	---	6,957	100.0	1.2	4.8	---	---	19.6	16.5	58.0	---
2008-09	804,620	9,485	37,941	---	---	161,487	138,301	450,562	---	6,844	100.0	1.2	4.8	---	---	20.2	17.3	56.5	---
2009-10	935,719	12,003	41,407	---	---	191,657	172,015	511,186	---	7,451	100.0	1.3	4.5	---	---	20.6	18.5	55.1	---

2010-11	1,030,477	11,204	44,294	40,426	3,868	207,693	187,433	557,595	14,999	7,259	100.0	1.1	4.3	4.0	0.4	20.3	18.3	54.5	1.5
2011-12	989,061	10,638	43,048	38,912	4,136	190,253	187,014	535,621	14,140	8,347	100.0	1.1	4.4	4.0	0.4	19.4	19.1	54.6	1.4
2012-13	967,214	10,824	44,196	40,106	4,090	177,006	186,248	524,000	17,642	7,298	100.0	1.1	4.6	4.2	0.4	18.4	19.4	54.6	1.8
2013-14	969,278	10,817	43,800	40,114	3,686	177,860	185,677	523,015	19,971	8,138	100.0	1.1	4.6	4.2	0.4	18.5	19.3	54.4	2.1
2014-15	961,146	11,084	44,707	41,283	3,424	174,828	187,943	512,077	21,681	8,826	100.0	1.2	4.7	4.3	0.4	18.4	19.7	53.8	2.3

2015-16	939,291	10,558	43,923	40,775	3,148	162,367	192,977	496,717	23,222	9,527	100.0	1.1	4.7	4.4	0.3	17.5	20.8	53.4	2.5
2016-17	946,023	10,911	44,886	41,672	3,214	159,209	202,731	493,302	24,710	10,274	100.0	1.2	4.8	4.5	0.3	17.0	21.7	52.7	2.6
2017-18	955,513	10,876	47,105	43,963	3,142	150,927	212,181	496,053	26,942	11,429	100.0	1.2	5.0	4.7	0.3	16.0	22.5	52.5	2.9
2018-19	1,002,527	10,620	51,243	47,969	3,274	157,717	231,277	507,910	31,012	12,748	100.0	1.1	5.2	4.8	0.3	15.9	23.4	51.3	3.1
2019-20	966,631	9,717	49,325	46,459	2,866	149,538	228,596	485,057	31,674	12,724	100.0	1.0	5.2	4.9	0.3	15.7	24.0	50.8	3.3

2020-21	991,829	9,615	48,759	45,697	3,062	157,770	235,167	495,037	33,491	11,990	100.0	1.0	5.0	4.7	0.3	16.1	24.0	50.5	3.4
2021-22	1,042,362	10,608	53,536	50,258	3,278	166,933	259,790	503,212	36,938	11,345	100.0	1.0	5.2	4.9	0.3	16.2	25.2	48.8	3.6

Male
1998-99	219,872	3,061	11,742	---	---	29,875	27,719	144,735	---	2,740	100.0	1.4	5.4	---	---	13.8	12.8	66.7	---
1999-2000	226,110	2,862	13,082	---	---	33,792	30,337	143,634	---	2,403	100.0	1.3	5.8	---	---	15.1	13.6	64.2	---

2000-01	223,951	2,719	12,072	---	---	34,381	28,685	143,144	---	2,950	100.0	1.2	5.5	---	---	15.6	13.0	64.8	---
2001-02	235,275	3,226	10,938	---	---	36,482	29,749	152,226	---	2,654	100.0	1.4	4.7	---	---	15.7	12.8	65.4	---
2002-03	254,238	3,506	12,930	---	---	40,080	33,925	161,001	---	2,796	100.0	1.4	5.1	---	---	15.9	13.5	64.0	---
2003-04	256,698	3,127	12,714	---	---	40,726	36,085	161,408	---	2,638	100.0	1.2	5.0	---	---	16.0	14.2	63.5	---
2004-05	258,959	3,069	12,438	---	---	41,546	38,268	160,980	---	2,658	100.0	1.2	4.9	---	---	16.2	14.9	62.8	---

2005-06	259,413	3,214	12,575	---	---	41,847	40,682	158,719	---	2,376	100.0	1.3	4.9	---	---	16.3	15.8	61.7	---
2006-07	269,470	3,524	12,621	---	---	44,862	40,932	164,856	---	2,675	100.0	1.3	4.7	---	---	16.8	15.3	61.8	---
2007-08	283,102	3,431	13,460	---	---	48,013	43,076	172,438	---	2,684	100.0	1.2	4.8	---	---	17.1	15.4	61.5	---
2008-09	302,449	3,856	14,427	---	---	53,879	47,860	179,813	---	2,614	100.0	1.3	4.8	---	---	18.0	16.0	60.0	---
2009-10	355,381	5,067	15,940	---	---	65,487	60,771	205,404	---	2,712	100.0	1.4	4.5	---	---	18.6	17.2	58.2	---

2010-11	391,676	4,760	16,944	15,477	1,467	71,867	66,514	223,755	4,884	2,952	100.0	1.2	4.4	4.0	0.4	18.5	17.1	57.6	1.3
2011-12	374,086	4,507	16,180	14,667	1,513	65,224	65,838	213,833	4,952	3,552	100.0	1.2	4.4	4.0	0.4	17.6	17.8	57.7	1.3
2012-13	375,928	4,446	17,352	15,823	1,529	61,668	67,377	215,432	6,511	3,142	100.0	1.2	4.7	4.2	0.4	16.5	18.1	57.8	1.7
2013-14	390,795	4,731	17,280	15,759	1,521	65,595	68,821	223,180	7,781	3,407	100.0	1.2	4.5	4.1	0.4	16.9	17.8	57.6	2.0
2014-15	394,707	4,848	18,132	16,631	1,501	64,574	72,020	222,413	8,836	3,884	100.0	1.2	4.6	4.3	0.4	16.5	18.4	56.9	2.3

2015-16	396,834	4,613	17,667	16,323	1,344	60,835	76,483	223,269	9,622	4,345	100.0	1.2	4.5	4.2	0.3	15.5	19.5	56.9	2.5
2016-17	405,430	4,969	18,034	16,667	1,367	60,124	81,767	225,423	10,307	4,806	100.0	1.2	4.5	4.2	0.3	15.0	20.4	56.3	2.6
2017-18	420,360	4,946	19,832	18,451	1,381	58,083	88,594	232,185	11,452	5,268	100.0	1.2	4.8	4.4	0.3	14.0	21.3	55.9	2.8
2018-19	435,702	4,667	20,819	19,378	1,441	59,922	96,279	235,403	12,747	5,865	100.0	1.1	4.8	4.5	0.3	13.9	22.4	54.8	3.0
2019-20	418,973	4,207	20,591	19,373	1,218	55,767	94,663	224,825	13,120	5,800	100.0	1.0	5.0	4.7	0.3	13.5	22.9	54.4	3.2

2020-21	409,530	3,930	18,963	17,751	1,212	54,830	91,860	221,466	13,163	5,318	100.0	1.0	4.7	4.4	0.3	13.6	22.7	54.8	3.3
2021-22	437,582	4,469	21,715	20,439	1,276	58,885	103,520	228,878	15,075	5,040	100.0	1.0	5.0	4.7	0.3	13.6	23.9	52.9	3.5

Female
1998-99	336,011	4,449	16,178	---	---	62,925	49,114	200,624	---	2,721	100.0	1.3	4.9	---	---	18.9	14.7	60.2	---
1999-2000	332,019	4,104	16,279	---	---	63,537	50,795	193,912	---	3,392	100.0	1.2	5.0	---	---	19.3	15.5	59.0	---

2000-01	328,552	3,879	16,051	---	---	65,016	49,843	190,334	---	3,429	100.0	1.2	4.9	---	---	20.0	15.3	58.5	---
2001-02	348,973	4,204	16,552	---	---	70,165	54,201	200,333	---	3,518	100.0	1.2	4.8	---	---	20.3	15.7	58.0	---
2002-03	392,187	4,611	20,051	---	---	80,502	61,574	221,288	---	4,161	100.0	1.2	5.2	---	---	20.7	15.9	57.0	---
2003-04	430,431	5,230	20,118	---	---	89,130	70,870	241,192	---	3,891	100.0	1.2	4.7	---	---	20.9	16.6	56.5	---
2004-05	451,388	5,080	20,290	---	---	91,841	75,791	254,502	---	3,884	100.0	1.1	4.5	---	---	20.5	16.9	56.9	---

2005-06	455,377	5,179	21,273	---	---	93,540	78,046	253,200	---	4,139	100.0	1.1	4.7	---	---	20.7	17.3	56.1	---
2006-07	458,845	5,257	20,342	---	---	94,934	78,443	255,343	---	4,526	100.0	1.2	4.5	---	---	20.9	17.3	56.2	---
2007-08	465,252	5,117	22,331	---	---	96,969	79,330	257,232	---	4,273	100.0	1.1	4.8	---	---	21.0	17.2	55.8	---
2008-09	502,171	5,629	23,514	---	---	107,608	90,441	270,749	---	4,230	100.0	1.1	4.7	---	---	21.6	18.2	54.4	---
2009-10	580,338	6,936	25,467	---	---	126,170	111,244	305,782	---	4,739	100.0	1.2	4.4	---	---	21.9	19.3	53.1	---

2010-11	638,801	6,444	27,350	24,949	2,401	135,826	120,919	333,840	10,115	4,307	100.0	1.0	4.3	3.9	0.4	21.4	19.1	52.6	1.6
2011-12	614,975	6,131	26,868	24,245	2,623	125,029	121,176	321,788	9,188	4,795	100.0	1.0	4.4	4.0	0.4	20.5	19.9	52.7	1.5
2012-13	591,286	6,378	26,844	24,283	2,561	115,338	118,871	308,568	11,131	4,156	100.0	1.1	4.6	4.1	0.4	19.6	20.2	52.6	1.9
2013-14	578,483	6,086	26,520	24,355	2,165	112,265	116,856	299,835	12,190	4,731	100.0	1.1	4.6	4.2	0.4	19.6	20.4	52.3	2.1
2014-15	566,439	6,236	26,575	24,652	1,923	110,254	115,923	289,664	12,845	4,942	100.0	1.1	4.7	4.4	0.3	19.6	20.6	51.6	2.3

2015-16	542,457	5,945	26,256	24,452	1,804	101,532	116,494	273,448	13,600	5,182	100.0	1.1	4.9	4.6	0.3	18.9	21.7	50.9	2.5
2016-17	540,593	5,942	26,852	25,005	1,847	99,085	120,964	267,879	14,403	5,468	100.0	1.1	5.0	4.7	0.3	18.5	22.6	50.1	2.7
2017-18	535,153	5,930	27,273	25,512	1,761	92,844	123,587	263,868	15,490	6,161	100.0	1.1	5.2	4.8	0.3	17.6	23.4	49.9	2.9
2018-19	566,825	5,953	30,424	28,591	1,833	97,795	134,998	272,507	18,265	6,883	100.0	1.1	5.4	5.1	0.3	17.5	24.1	48.7	3.3
2019-20	547,658	5,510	28,734	27,086	1,648	93,771	133,933	260,232	18,554	6,924	100.0	1.0	5.3	5.0	0.3	17.3	24.8	48.1	3.4

2020-21	582,299	5,685	29,796	27,946	1,850	102,940	143,307	273,571	20,328	6,672	100.0	1.0	5.2	4.9	0.3	17.9	24.9	47.5	3.5
2021-22	604,780	6,139	31,821	29,819	2,002	108,048	156,270	274,334	21,863	6,305	100.0	1.0	5.3	5.0	0.3	18.1	26.1	45.8	3.7
---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., American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White).
²Race/ethnicity not collected.
NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Includes certificates of less than 2 years as well as those of at least 2 years but less than 4 years. This was previously reported as "Certificates below the associate's degree level"; however, the data are comparable over time. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:99); and Completions component, Fall 2000 through Fall 2021 (final data) and Fall 2022 (provisional data). (This table was prepared January 2024.)

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