| Degrees and Other Awards Earned from Minnesota Postsecondary Institutions by Level of Study, Program and Gender, 2005-06 | ||||||
| Women | Men | Total | ||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Sub-baccalaureate certificates and diplomas | ||||||
| Health professions and related clinical sciences | 5,730 | 59% | 969 | 11% | 6,699 | 37% |
| Construction trades | 44 | 0% | 2,240 | 26% | 2,284 | 13% |
| Personal and culinary services | 1,828 | 19% | 179 | 2% | 2,007 | 11% |
| Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians | 72 | 1% | 1,786 | 21% | 1,858 | 10% |
| Business, management, and marketing | 943 | 10% | 448 | 5% | 1,391 | 8% |
| Precision production | 10 | 0% | 737 | 9% | 747 | 4% |
| Security and protective services | 110 | 1% | 455 | 5% | 565 | 3% |
| Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences | 72 | 1% | 451 | 5% | 523 | 3% |
| Engineering technologies/technicians | 32 | 0% | 459 | 5% | 491 | 3% |
| Transportation and materials moving | 33 | 0% | 326 | 4% | 359 | 2% |
| Computer and information sciences | 106 | 1% | 207 | 2% | 313 | 2% |
| Visual and performing arts | 118 | 1% | 111 | 1% | 229 | 1% |
| Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 204 | 2% | 2 | 0% | 206 | 1% |
| Communications technologies/technicians | 38 | 0% | 82 | 1% | 120 | 1% |
| Education | 76 | 1% | 23 | 0% | 99 | 1% |
| Legal professions and studies | 69 | 1% | 7 | 0% | 76 | 0% |
| Theology and religious vocations | 22 | 0% | 36 | 0% | 58 | 0% |
| Communication, journalism, and related programs | 29 | 0% | 27 | 0% | 56 | 0% |
| Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 50 | 1% | 3 | 0% | 53 | 0% |
| Public administration and social service professions | 18 | 0% | 11 | 0% | 29 | 0% |
| Natural resources and conservation | 5 | 0% | 18 | 0% | 23 | 0% |
| Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies | 19 | 0% | - | 0% | 19 | 0% |
| Library science | 14 | 0% | 4 | 0% | 18 | 0% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 0% | 10 | 0% | 11 | 0% |
| Social sciences | 4 | 0% | 2 | 0% | 6 | 0% |
| Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies | 2 | 0% | 2 | 0% | 4 | 0% |
| Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 2 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 3 | 0% |
| Science technologies/technicians | 2 | 0% | - | 0% | 2 | 0% |
| Engineering | 1 | 0% | - | 0% | 1 | 0% |
| Total sub-baccalaureate certificates and diplomas | 9,654 | 100% | 8,596 | 100% | 18,250 | 100% |
| Associate degree | ||||||
| Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities | 2,795 | 29% | 1,636 | 29% | 4,431 | 29% |
| Health professions and related clinical sciences | 3,707 | 39% | 570 | 10% | 4,277 | 28% |
| Business, management, and marketing | 1,311 | 14% | 539 | 9% | 1,850 | 12% |
| Security and protective services | 195 | 2% | 536 | 9% | 731 | 5% |
| Engineering technologies/technicians | 120 | 1% | 517 | 9% | 637 | 4% |
| Computer and information sciences | 125 | 1% | 485 | 8% | 610 | 4% |
| Visual and performing arts | 330 | 3% | 261 | 5% | 591 | 4% |
| Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians | 16 | 0% | 281 | 5% | 297 | 2% |
| Communication, journalism, and related programs | 102 | 1% | 166 | 3% | 268 | 2% |
| Legal professions and studies | 209 | 2% | 14 | 0% | 223 | 1% |
| Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 194 | 2% | 8 | 0% | 202 | 1% |
| Construction trades | 8 | 0% | 190 | 3% | 198 | 1% |
| Personal and culinary services | 104 | 1% | 87 | 2% | 191 | 1% |
| Public administration and social service professions | 104 | 1% | 15 | 0% | 119 | 1% |
| Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences | 47 | 0% | 57 | 1% | 104 | 1% |
| Education | 89 | 1% | 14 | 0% | 103 | 1% |
| Communications technologies/technicians | 34 | 0% | 66 | 1% | 100 | 1% |
| Engineering | 16 | 0% | 78 | 1% | 94 | 1% |
| Natural resources and conservation | 18 | 0% | 58 | 1% | 76 | 0% |
| Architecture and related services | 8 | 0% | 34 | 1% | 42 | 0% |
| Precision production | 2 | 0% | 39 | 1% | 41 | 0% |
| Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies | 20 | 0% | 19 | 0% | 39 | 0% |
| Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 30 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 31 | 0% |
| Transportation and materials moving | 2 | 0% | 14 | 0% | 16 | 0% |
| Theology and religious vocations | 8 | 0% | 5 | 0% | 13 | 0% |
| Social sciences | 6 | 0% | 6 | 0% | 12 | 0% |
| Psychology | 8 | 0% | 2 | 0% | 10 | 0% |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 0% | 4 | 0% | 7 | 0% |
| Physical sciences | - | 0% | 5 | 0% | 5 | 0% |
| Science technologies/technicians | 4 | 0% | - | 0% | 4 | 0% |
| Library science | 2 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 3 | 0% |
| Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 1 | 0% | - | 0% | 1 | 0% |
| Mathematics and statistics | - | 0% | 1 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
| Total Associate Degrees | 9,618 | 100% | 5,709 | 100% | 15,327 | 100% |
| Bachelor's degree | ||||||
| Business, management, and marketing | 3,053 | 17% | 3,032 | 23% | 6,085 | 19% |
| Education | 2,262 | 12% | 744 | 6% | 3,006 | 9% |
| Social sciences | 1,455 | 8% | 1,481 | 11% | 2,936 | 9% |
| Psychology | 1,397 | 8% | 430 | 3% | 1,827 | 6% |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,061 | 6% | 676 | 5% | 1,737 | 5% |
| Visual and performing arts | 1,068 | 6% | 642 | 5% | 1,710 | 5% |
| Health professions and related clinical sciences | 1,419 | 8% | 160 | 1% | 1,579 | 5% |
| English language and literature/letters | 996 | 5% | 446 | 3% | 1,442 | 5% |
| Communication, journalism, and related programs | 926 | 5% | 413 | 3% | 1,339 | 4% |
| Computer and information sciences | 183 | 1% | 794 | 6% | 977 | 3% |
| Engineering | 116 | 1% | 826 | 6% | 942 | 3% |
| Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 637 | 3% | 213 | 2% | 850 | 3% |
| Theology and religious vocations | 344 | 2% | 361 | 3% | 705 | 2% |
| Physical sciences | 254 | 1% | 418 | 3% | 672 | 2% |
| Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 388 | 2% | 266 | 2% | 654 | 2% |
| Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies | 340 | 2% | 281 | 2% | 621 | 2% |
| Security and protective services | 287 | 2% | 331 | 2% | 618 | 2% |
| History | 230 | 1% | 348 | 3% | 578 | 2% |
| Public administration and social service professions | 475 | 3% | 58 | 0% | 533 | 2% |
| Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities | 272 | 1% | 196 | 1% | 468 | 1% |
| Mathematics and statistics | 169 | 1% | 291 | 2% | 460 | 1% |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 173 | 1% | 212 | 2% | 385 | 1% |
| Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 264 | 1% | 24 | 0% | 288 | 1% |
| Natural resources and conservation | 142 | 1% | 143 | 1% | 285 | 1% |
| Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies | 171 | 1% | 67 | 0% | 238 | 1% |
| Engineering technologies/technicians | 20 | 0% | 184 | 1% | 204 | 1% |
| Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences | 90 | 0% | 101 | 1% | 191 | 1% |
| Architecture and related services | 71 | 0% | 116 | 1% | 187 | 1% |
| Legal professions and studies | 95 | 1% | 30 | 0% | 125 | 0% |
| Transportation and materials moving | 11 | 0% | 82 | 1% | 93 | 0% |
| Communications technologies/technicians | 13 | 0% | 37 | 0% | 50 | 0% |
| Personal and culinary services | 18 | 0% | 17 | 0% | 35 | 0% |
| Construction trades | 1 | 0% | 17 | 0% | 18 | 0% |
| Total Bachelor's Degrees | 18,401 | 100% | 13,437 | 100% | 31,838 | 100% |
| Post-baccalaureate certificates (all levels) | ||||||
| Education | 409 | 47% | 211 | 47% | 620 | 47% |
| Health professions and related clinical sciences | 264 | 30% | 141 | 31% | 405 | 31% |
| Business, management, and marketing | 79 | 9% | 25 | 6% | 104 | 8% |
| Psychology | 52 | 6% | 11 | 2% | 63 | 5% |
| Natural resources and conservation | 10 | 1% | 15 | 3% | 25 | 2% |
| Theology and religious vocations | 12 | 1% | 4 | 1% | 16 | 1% |
| Computer and information sciences | 2 | 0% | 14 | 3% | 16 | 1% |
| Public administration and social service professions | 7 | 1% | 7 | 2% | 14 | 1% |
| Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 7 | 1% | 5 | 1% | 12 | 1% |
| Engineering | 4 | 0% | 8 | 2% | 12 | 1% |
| Security and protective services | 7 | 1% | 4 | 1% | 11 | 1% |
| Visual and performing arts | 5 | 1% | 4 | 1% | 9 | 1% |
| Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 5 | 1% | 1 | 0% | 6 | 0% |
| Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 2 | 0% | - | 0% | 2 | 0% |
| Legal professions and studies | 2 | 0% | - | 0% | 2 | 0% |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 1 | 0% | - | 0% | 1 | 0% |
| Social sciences | - | 0% | 1 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
| Total Post-baccalaureate Certificates | 868 | 100% | 451 | 100% | 1,319 | 100% |
| Master's degree | ||||||
| Education | 6,504 | 62% | 1,506 | 32% | 8,010 | 53% |
| Business, management, and marketing | 1,087 | 10% | 1,339 | 29% | 2,426 | 16% |
| Health professions and related clinical sciences | 749 | 7% | 206 | 4% | 955 | 6% |
| Public administration and social service professions | 582 | 6% | 151 | 3% | 733 | 5% |
| Psychology | 550 | 5% | 153 | 3% | 703 | 5% |
| Computer and information sciences | 92 | 1% | 330 | 7% | 422 | 3% |
| Engineering | 64 | 1% | 288 | 6% | 352 | 2% |
| English language and literature/letters | 111 | 1% | 67 | 1% | 178 | 1% |
| Theology and religious vocations | 89 | 1% | 86 | 2% | 175 | 1% |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 90 | 1% | 51 | 1% | 141 | 1% |
| Visual and performing arts | 80 | 1% | 39 | 1% | 119 | 1% |
| Security and protective services | 59 | 1% | 47 | 1% | 106 | 1% |
| Architecture and related services | 43 | 0% | 53 | 1% | 96 | 1% |
| Social sciences | 38 | 0% | 46 | 1% | 84 | 1% |
| Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities | 55 | 1% | 20 | 0% | 75 | 0% |
| Mathematics and statistics | 31 | 0% | 44 | 1% | 75 | 0% |
| Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 44 | 0% | 22 | 0% | 66 | 0% |
| Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies | 37 | 0% | 27 | 1% | 64 | 0% |
| Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 47 | 0% | 8 | 0% | 55 | 0% |
| Physical sciences | 20 | 0% | 33 | 1% | 53 | 0% |
| Communication, journalism, and related programs | 37 | 0% | 13 | 0% | 50 | 0% |
| Engineering technologies/technicians | 17 | 0% | 31 | 1% | 48 | 0% |
| Natural resources and conservation | 17 | 0% | 26 | 1% | 43 | 0% |
| Legal professions and studies | 20 | 0% | 17 | 0% | 37 | 0% |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 18 | 0% | 13 | 0% | 31 | 0% |
| Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences | 14 | 0% | 15 | 0% | 29 | 0% |
| Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 17 | 0% | 10 | 0% | 27 | 0% |
| History | 10 | 0% | 14 | 0% | 24 | 0% |
| Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies | 10 | 0% | 5 | 0% | 15 | 0% |
| Communications technologies/technicians | 1 | 0% | 12 | 0% | 13 | 0% |
| Science technologies/technicians | 4 | 0% | 4 | 0% | 8 | 0% |
| Total Master's Degrees | 10,537 | 100% | 4,676 | 100% | 15,213 | 100% |
| Doctorate degree | ||||||
| Education | 215 | 25% | 111 | 15% | 326 | 21% |
| Psychology | 183 | 22% | 102 | 14% | 285 | 18% |
| Business, management, and marketing | 83 | 10% | 133 | 18% | 216 | 14% |
| Health professions and related clinical sciences | 107 | 13% | 41 | 5% | 148 | 9% |
| Engineering | 30 | 4% | 96 | 13% | 126 | 8% |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 52 | 6% | 35 | 5% | 87 | 5% |
| Physical sciences | 19 | 2% | 38 | 5% | 57 | 4% |
| Public administration and social service professions | 21 | 2% | 19 | 3% | 40 | 3% |
| Computer and information sciences | 8 | 1% | 28 | 4% | 36 | 2% |
| Social sciences | 12 | 1% | 23 | 3% | 35 | 2% |
| Theology and religious vocations | 7 | 1% | 21 | 3% | 28 | 2% |
| Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 16 | 2% | 11 | 1% | 27 | 2% |
| Visual and performing arts | 15 | 2% | 10 | 1% | 25 | 2% |
| History | 15 | 2% | 10 | 1% | 25 | 2% |
| Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 0% | 18 | 2% | 21 | 1% |
| English language and literature/letters | 8 | 1% | 10 | 1% | 18 | 1% |
| Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences | 9 | 1% | 8 | 1% | 17 | 1% |
| Natural resources and conservation | 7 | 1% | 9 | 1% | 16 | 1% |
| Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 12 | 1% | 2 | 0% | 14 | 1% |
| Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 7 | 1% | 5 | 1% | 12 | 1% |
| Communication, journalism, and related programs | 9 | 1% | - | 0% | 9 | 1% |
| Security and protective services | 1 | 0% | 7 | 1% | 8 | 1% |
| Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies | 2 | 0% | 3 | 0% | 5 | 0% |
| Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies | 2 | 0% | 3 | 0% | 5 | 0% |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 1 | 0% | 3 | 0% | 4 | 0% |
| Total Doctorate Degrees | 844 | 100% | 746 | 100% | 1,590 | 100% |
| First-professional degree | ||||||
| Legal professions and studies | 448 | 49% | 439 | 51% | 887 | 50% |
| Health professions and related clinical sciences | 408 | 45% | 327 | 38% | 735 | 42% |
| Theology and religious vocations | 53 | 6% | 92 | 11% | 145 | 8% |
| Total First-Professional Degrees | 909 | 100% | 858 | 100% | 1,767 | 100% |
| Source: National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS Completions Surveys | ||||||