Table 321.20.

Associate's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and sex of student: Selected years, 1976-77 through 2018-19

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	---
2004-05	697,086	475,727	86,473	78,647	33,679	8,439	---	14,121	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	1,011,696	536,203	125,579	225,697	58,947	9,196	33,023	23,051	100.0	54.2	12.7	22.8	6.0	0.9	3.3
2018-19	1,036,662	530,717	125,198	246,893	63,920	9,064	36,410	24,460	100.0	52.4	12.4	24.4	6.3	0.9	3.6
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	---
2004-05	267,759	188,683	27,190	29,699	13,807	2,777	---	5,603	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	398,692	219,361	41,850	84,940	25,742	3,330	12,982	10,487	100.0	56.5	10.8	21.9	6.6	0.9	3.3
2018-19	407,219	216,737	41,407	92,692	27,939	3,177	14,302	10,965	100.0	54.7	10.4	23.4	7.1	0.8	3.6
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	---
2004-05	429,327	287,044	59,283	48,948	19,872	5,662	---	8,518	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	613,004	316,842	83,729	140,757	33,205	5,866	20,041	12,564	100.0	52.8	13.9	23.4	5.5	1.0	3.3
2018-19	629,443	313,980	83,791	154,201	35,981	5,887	22,108	13,495	100.0	51.0	13.6	25.0	5.8	1.0	3.6

---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 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. 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 2019, Completions component. (This table was prepared July 2020.)