Degrees and Other Awards Conferred by Minnesota Post-secondary Institutions in 2004-05 Award Level by Race/Ethnicity and Gender American International 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 14 29 216 259 26 51 93 144 53 90 " 1,389 " " 2,950 " 268 374 " 2,059 " " 3,897 " " 5,956 " 1 but less than 2 years 23 28 95 211 35 55 82 128 39 46 " 1,990 " " 3,730 " 155 225 " 2,419 " " 4,423 " " 6,842 " Associate degree 79 78 270 289 57 122 162 265 64 79 " 4,357 " " 7,443 " " 1,142 " " 1,062 " " 6,131 " " 9,338 " " 15,469 " 2 but less than 4 years 4 13 2 3 17 5 16 " 1,007 " 129 93 7 " 1,153 " 143 " 1,296 " Bachelor's degree 518 398 249 306 58 108 437 538 148 212 " 9,260 " " 13,169 " " 1,282 " " 1,592 " " 11,952 " " 16,323 " " 28,275 " Postbaccalaureate certificate 12 21 6 34 3 4 8 2 10 118 414 33 67 175 557 732 Master's degree 539 393 148 378 16 40 146 160 87 168 " 2,699 " " 6,402 " 653 " 1,223 " " 4,288 " " 8,764 " " 13,052 " Post-master's certificate 2 6 10 2 1 1 1 2 95 123 29 23 135 160 295 Doctors degree 171 77 20 49 1 3 20 27 9 14 358 415 31 44 610 629 " 1,239 " First-professional degree 19 12 31 25 5 9 48 44 17 22 744 717 32 34 896 863 " 1,759 " First-professional certificate 2 2 1 1 9 6 3 33 36 1 48 46 94 Total " 1,381 " " 1,040 " " 1,055 " " 1,563 " 203 393 " 1,019 " " 1,326 " 440 641 " 22,050 " " 35,528 " " 3,718 " " 4,652 " " 29,866 " " 45,143 " " 75,009 " Does not include double majors "Source: US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS Completion Surveys"