Table 21.

Awards conferred by Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, level of award, and gender: United States, academic year 2004-05

American
White, Black, Asian/ Indian/ Race/
Total non- non- Pacific Alaska ethnicity Nonresident
Level of award and gender awards Hispanic Hispanic Hispanic Islander Native unknown alien

Total awards 3,595,928 2,279,812 395,729 312,108 197,339 29,265 223,347 158,328

Men 1,456,012 940,105 125,400 114,274 85,206 10,831 93,908 86,288

Women 2,139,916 1,339,707 270,329 197,834 112,133 18,434 129,439 72,040

Less than 1 year 368,758 192,933 66,014 58,467 18,014 3,695 25,994 3,641
Men 137,705 79,102 22,097 18,731 6,567 1,343 8,441 1,424
Women 231,053 113,831 43,917 39,736 11,447 2,352 17,553 2,217

At least 1 but less than 2 years 313,033 176,671 56,032 45,477 11,439 3,691 17,206 2,517
Men 108,057 63,636 15,845 15,523 4,498 1,403 6,106 1,046
Women 204,976 113,035 40,187 29,954 6,941 2,288 11,100 1,471

Associate's degrees 696,754 1 450,001 81,757 74,279 31,830 8,004 36,799 14,084
Men 267,562 177,211 25,472 27,839 12,976 2,614 15,868 5,582
Women 429,192 272,790 56,285 46,440 18,854 5,390 20,931 8,502

At least 2 but less than 4 years 29,082 20,001 2,974 2,839 1,310 264 1,272 422
Men 13,499 8,925 1,214 1,650 601 146 755 208
Women 15,583 11,076 1,760 1,189 709 118 517 214

Bachelor's degrees 1,439,264 987,923 127,844 94,995 91,197 9,703 82,241 45,361
Men 613,000 428,250 42,879 36,984 40,899 3,887 36,847 23,254
Women 826,264 559,673 84,965 58,011 50,298 5,816 45,394 22,107

Post-baccalaureate certificates 19,957 12,841 1,437 1,295 1,064 125 1,836 1,359
Men 6,886 4,276 442 477 395 34 740 522
Women 13,071 8,565 995 818 669 91 1,096 837

Master's degrees 574,618 342,080 49,065 28,378 29,334 2,969 49,569 73,223
Men 233,590 131,292 13,965 10,123 13,301 1,031 21,143 42,735
Women 341,028 210,788 35,100 18,255 16,033 1,938 28,426 30,488

Post-master's certificates 13,615 8,826 1,734 453 310 54 1,156 1,082

Men 4,345 2,714 347 133 113 16 417 605
Women 9,270 6,112 1,387 320 197 38 739 477

Doctor's degrees 52,631 28,152 2,854 1,691 2,695 224 2,673 14,342
Men 26,973 13,027 980 707 1,297 83 1,232 9,647
 Women 25,658 15,125 1,874 984 1,398 141 1,441 4,695

First-professional degrees 87,289 59,978 5,987 4,196 10,020 534 4,537 2,037
Men 43,849 31,411 2,141 2,089 4,496 273 2,326 1,113
Women 43,440 28,567 3,846 2,107 5,524 261 2,211 924

First-professional certificates 927 406 31 38 126 2 64 260

Men 546 261 18 18 63 1 33 152
Women 381 145 13 20 63 1 31 108

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Includes 34 associate's degrees awarded by three institutions that were less-than-2-year institutions in the collection year (2005-06).

NOTE: Due to natural disaster, 20 institutions were unable to respond to this survey; their data were imputed, and they are represented in this table.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2005, Completions
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