Degrees and Other Awards Conferred by Minnesota Post-secondary Institutions in 2003-04 Award Level by Racial/Ethnic Background and Gender American Foreign Indian Asian or Race/ethnicity Student Black Alaska Native Pacific Islander Hispanic White Unknown Total Length of Award M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W Total Less than 1 year 25 31 278 359 37 64 102 144 85 80 1986 3157 332 574 2845 4409 " 7,254 " 1 but less than 2 years 8 30 104 212 48 63 84 152 33 62 1981 3138 182 299 2440 3956 " 6,396 " Associates degree 72 71 197 215 39 122 156 207 72 79 4010 6478 1237 1254 5783 8426 " 14,209 " 2 but less than 4 years 2 0 10 2 5 1 16 3 5 0 936 147 101 18 1075 171 " 1,246 " Bachelors degree 564 404 259 312 51 112 370 520 146 192 9018 12898 1066 1425 11474 15863 " 27,337 " Postbaccalaureate certificate 26 16 12 24 1 3 2 9 3 4 76 317 23 61 143 434 577 Masters degree 527 413 126 266 13 43 139 177 64 94 2510 5281 578 1202 3957 7476 " 11,433 " Post-masters certificate 0 5 5 7 1 0 3 1 2 4 116 149 27 43 154 209 363 Doctors degree 129 76 28 40 5 5 19 18 12 10 273 370 16 31 482 550 " 1,032 " First-professional degree 11 20 17 27 13 7 43 53 8 15 661 701 45 38 798 861 " 1,659 " Total " 1,364 " " 1,066 " " 1,036 " " 1,464 " 213 420 934 " 1,284 " 430 540 " 21,567 " " 32,636 " " 3,607 " " 4,945 " " 29,151 " " 42,355 " " 71,506 " Does not include double majors "Source: US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS Completion Surveys"