Degrees and Other Awards Conferred by Minnesota Post-secondary Institutions in 2004-05 Award Level and Program by Race/Ethnicity and Gender American International Indian Asian or Race/ethnicity Student Black Alaska Native Pacific Islander Hispanic White Unknown Total Award Level and Program M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W Total Award of less than 1 academic year "Agriculture, agri. operations & related sciences" 1 43 9 44 9 53 "Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies" 1 1 2 20 3 27 27 "Business, management, and marketing" 1 24 41 10 1 14 7 6 133 308 23 39 188 419 607 "Communication, journalism, and related programs" 1 2 3 3 3 6 Communications technologies/technicians 1 1 7 7 7 9 16 Computer and information sciences 2 1 7 3 2 1 13 4 3 99 52 7 4 133 65 198 Construction trades 60 2 8 5 6 93 7 39 6 211 15 226 Education 2 1 1 1 24 35 26 38 64 Engineering technologies/technicians 9 1 3 4 2 55 11 12 85 12 97 Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 2 10 2 2 2 96 4 2 116 118 "Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics" 1 1 3 1 23 1 9 2 37 39 Health professions and related clinical sciences 10 21 63 186 3 30 14 73 8 57 175 " 1,469 " 24 247 297 " 2,083 " " 2,380 " Legal professions and studies 1 1 1 1 17 1 1 21 22 Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 14 2 37 25 9 4 125 13 11 198 42 240 Natural resources and conservation 2 3 6 5 6 11 "Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies" 1 6 3 7 3 10 Personal and culinary services 1 2 13 6 4 19 1 14 21 709 15 34 43 796 839 Precision production 8 1 2 7 137 4 5 1 160 5 165 Public administration and social service professions 1 3 7 3 8 11 Science technologies/technicians 2 1 1 2 3 Security and protective services 7 1 2 7 1 4 258 87 109 17 387 106 493 Social sciences 4 4 4 4 8 Transportation and materials moving 19 3 5 5 1 193 28 20 6 245 35 280 Visual and performing arts 1 2 6 30 1 3 7 36 43 Total 14 29 216 259 26 51 93 144 53 90 " 1,389 " " 2,950 " 268 374 " 2,059 " " 3,897 " " 5,956 " Award of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years "Agriculture, agri. operations & related sciences" 1 88 43 2 1 90 45 135 "Business, management, and marketing" 6 12 9 7 1 3 67 265 2 7 76 303 379 "Communication, journalism, and related programs" 1 1 3 2 3 5 Communications technologies/technicians 1 1 1 38 31 2 2 43 33 76 Computer and information sciences 1 3 1 1 2 3 63 18 8 5 79 26 105 Construction trades 7 17 2 15 5 460 10 27 531 12 543 Education 1 2 6 2 7 9 Engineering 1 1 1 3 3 Engineering technologies/technicians 1 6 1 2 1 6 1 5 138 17 10 2 168 22 190 Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 1 3 5 1 4 1 112 1 1 5 124 129 Health professions and related clinical sciences 12 23 46 143 2 21 8 61 7 25 217 " 2,232 " 28 167 320 " 2,672 " " 2,992 " Legal professions and studies 1 3 1 1 53 1 58 59 "Liberal arts & sciences, general studies & humanities" 1 1 1 Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 1 17 1 6 1 26 7 492 26 42 1 591 29 620 Natural resources and conservation 5 5 5 "Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies" 1 1 1 2 1 3 Personal and culinary services 2 40 12 9 44 2 16 66 795 19 25 96 934 " 1,030 " Precision production 4 6 12 5 224 10 8 4 259 14 273 Public administration and social service professions 6 1 6 14 3 1 29 30 Security and protective services 2 1 1 24 3 3 31 3 34 Theology and religious vocations 1 2 12 2 13 15 Transportation and materials moving 40 2 1 41 2 43 Visual and performing arts 6 2 2 3 5 2 59 76 1 7 71 92 163 Total 23 28 95 211 35 55 82 128 39 46 " 1,990 " " 3,730 " 155 225 " 2,419 " " 4,423 " " 6,842 " Associate degree "Agriculture, agri. operations & related sciences" 1 60 39 1 3 61 43 104 Architecture and related services 1 1 1 1 2 38 13 2 44 15 59 Biological and biomedical sciences 1 2 1 2 3 "Business, management, and marketing" 8 12 28 45 3 9 18 57 5 7 437 " 1,035 " 40 77 539 " 1,242 " " 1,781 " "Communication, journalism, and related programs" 1 1 2 2 1 34 37 185 82 220 125 345 Communications technologies/technicians 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 43 39 4 54 44 98 Computer and information sciences 11 4 34 11 4 2 40 12 10 2 420 122 162 34 681 187 868 Construction trades 2 1 2 1 146 6 11 163 6 169 Education 1 1 1 7 45 3 8 50 58 Engineering 3 2 2 4 1 1 50 6 10 2 72 9 81 Engineering technologies/technicians 7 35 1 10 23 6 3 1 536 101 42 7 656 116 772 English language and literature/letters 1 1 1 Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 1 1 9 2 1 9 5 3 127 3 5 156 161 "Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics" 1 1 33 2 1 36 37 Health professions and related clinical sciences 15 22 59 131 3 34 14 70 5 21 338 " 3,017 " 45 310 479 " 3,605 " " 4,084 " Legal professions and studies 7 2 2 7 4 10 164 16 12 200 212 "Liberal arts & sciences, general studies & humanities" 24 35 73 51 24 63 40 88 19 35 " 1,231 " " 2,224 " 157 239 " 1,568 " " 2,735 " " 4,303 " Library science 1 1 1 Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 4 10 3 8 1 2 304 14 13 344 15 359 Multi/interdisciplinary studies 2 2 2 Natural resources and conservation 47 13 1 48 13 61 "Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies" 1 1 15 20 1 18 20 38 Personal and culinary services 2 1 6 1 1 5 2 20 43 293 173 319 228 547 Physical sciences 2 2 2 Precision production 1 1 1 15 4 6 1 24 5 29 Psychology 2 10 1 2 11 13 Public administration and social service professions 4 11 1 4 1 1 1 6 60 1 3 13 80 93 Science technologies/technicians 1 1 1 1 2 Security and protective services 7 12 7 4 8 4 8 2 426 137 46 12 502 171 673 Social sciences 3 3 3 3 6 Theology and religious vocations 1 3 6 4 6 10 Transportation and materials moving 1 26 4 6 3 33 7 40 Visual and performing arts 5 2 9 4 1 3 4 1 1 209 201 129 111 356 324 680 Total 81 79 272 292 59 126 168 270 64 81 " 4,435 " " 7,528 " " 1,155 " " 1,082 " " 6,234 " " 9,458 " " 15,692 " Award of at least 2 but less than 4 academic years "Agriculture, agri. operations & related sciences" 1 63 7 2 66 7 73 "Business, management, and marketing" 1 28 32 4 6 32 39 71 "Communication, journalism, and related programs" 2 13 11 2 15 13 28 Communications technologies/technicians 3 3 3 Computer and information sciences 4 2 4 2 34 14 1 45 16 61 Construction trades 1 1 1 7 7 480 13 57 554 13 567 Engineering technologies/technicians 2 5 1 2 1 86 6 5 100 8 108 Health professions and related clinical sciences 10 36 10 36 46 Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 1 3 1 5 5 255 6 20 1 290 7 297 Precision production 1 31 3 2 34 3 37 Theology and religious vocations 4 4 4 Visual and performing arts 1 1 1 Total 4 13 2 3 17 5 16 " 1,007 " 129 93 7 " 1,153 " 143 " 1,296 " Bachelor's degree "Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences" 1 2 2 2 4 2 3 83 82 6 7 96 98 194 Architecture and related services 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 95 67 3 1 103 73 176 "Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies" 1 4 1 7 4 4 9 8 3 6 40 142 7 9 65 180 245 Biological and biomedical sciences 20 31 6 17 1 10 31 55 6 9 536 808 35 66 635 996 " 1,631 " "Business, management, and marketing" 138 117 57 70 11 23 68 108 33 21 " 2,164 " " 2,254 " 375 354 " 2,846 " " 2,947 " " 5,793 " "Communication, journalism, and related programs" 15 33 9 11 1 5 12 16 7 9 381 828 40 74 465 976 " 1,441 " Communications technologies/technicians 2 3 1 17 6 8 3 29 11 40 Computer and information sciences 103 28 30 9 3 3 72 17 12 6 549 118 138 31 907 212 " 1,119 " Construction trades 21 1 2 1 23 2 25 Education 6 11 13 12 1 11 9 36 6 21 661 " 2,116 " 95 309 791 " 2,516 " " 3,307 " Engineering 70 15 14 7 2 56 10 5 4 617 93 40 2 804 131 935 Engineering technologies/technicians 5 1 4 1 6 1 3 130 27 44 10 193 39 232 English language and literature/letters 7 8 6 13 2 5 9 27 4 11 424 776 50 70 502 910 " 1,412 " Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 1 2 9 1 1 3 13 3 11 182 1 14 19 222 241 "Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics" 3 9 3 5 1 1 4 15 7 10 182 480 15 29 215 549 764 Health professions and related clinical sciences 4 10 20 2 7 4 29 2 11 117 " 1,088 " 14 149 143 " 1,314 " " 1,457 " History 1 6 4 2 3 4 3 4 4 315 237 26 14 358 265 623 Legal professions and studies 1 1 2 1 21 67 3 8 25 79 104 "Liberal arts & sciences, general studies & humanities" 7 9 3 8 4 3 8 4 1 3 98 206 35 44 156 277 433 Mathematics and statistics 30 16 3 1 9 6 3 3 192 106 18 4 256 135 391 Multi/interdisciplinary studies 10 14 9 20 2 1 8 16 5 7 197 294 19 17 250 369 619 Natural resources and conservation 2 5 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 127 112 8 7 145 130 275 "Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies" 6 4 8 2 7 1 2 190 252 44 36 256 296 552 Personal and culinary services 13 9 3 1 16 10 26 Philosophy and religious studies 3 1 4 2 1 1 5 6 3 3 229 140 13 7 258 160 418 Physical sciences 28 17 11 3 1 1 13 10 1 297 191 15 16 366 238 604 Psychology 10 31 11 24 3 8 13 55 7 29 304 " 1,137 " 35 105 383 " 1,389 " " 1,772 " Public administration and social service professions 2 3 20 1 4 3 9 4 34 348 8 79 49 466 515 Security and protective services 1 7 7 1 6 6 12 7 6 163 182 59 39 244 252 496 Social sciences 86 63 34 43 9 10 74 85 32 42 " 1,138 " " 1,066 " 97 78 " 1,470 " " 1,387 " " 2,857 " Theology and religious vocations 2 3 8 5 1 8 10 1 2 306 330 19 7 345 357 702 Transportation and materials moving 3 1 1 1 69 10 21 4 96 14 110 Visual and performing arts 10 18 4 8 5 6 18 31 7 14 492 864 53 78 589 " 1,019 " " 1,608 " Total 576 455 262 329 63 117 469 591 166 235 " 10,213 " " 14,619 " " 1,349 " " 1,673 " " 13,098 " " 18,019 " " 31,117 " Postbaccalaureate certificate "Business, management, and marketing" 1 5 1 6 1 1 7 48 8 6 19 65 84 "Communication, journalism, and related programs" 1 1 1 Computer and information sciences 1 2 7 2 1 9 4 13 Education 3 9 3 14 1 3 45 219 10 37 61 283 344 Engineering 1 5 3 6 3 9 English language and literature/letters 1 1 1 Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 3 4 1 8 8 Health professions and related clinical sciences 6 5 2 7 2 1 5 1 5 21 78 4 9 35 111 146 Legal professions and studies 1 5 1 5 6 Library science 1 1 1 Multi/interdisciplinary studies 1 1 3 1 4 5 Natural resources and conservation 1 19 5 5 2 24 8 32 Philosophy and religious studies 1 1 2 2 Psychology 4 1 1 1 21 3 5 3 33 36 Public administration and social service professions 1 4 1 4 5 Security and protective services 2 3 2 3 5 Social sciences 1 2 1 1 3 4 Theology and religious vocations 4 6 1 1 5 7 12 Visual and performing arts 4 10 1 3 5 13 18 Total 12 21 6 34 3 4 8 2 10 118 414 33 67 175 557 732 Master's degree "Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences" 9 9 1 11 14 21 23 44 Architecture and related services 8 7 1 1 1 40 33 4 52 43 95 "Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies" 1 1 1 3 3 1 8 9 Biological and biomedical sciences 6 21 3 1 6 2 2 28 47 2 4 39 83 122 "Business, management, and marketing" 153 104 44 51 3 4 43 25 23 16 742 621 195 117 " 1,203 " 938 " 2,141 " "Communication, journalism, and related programs" 4 10 1 1 1 2 1 13 40 5 19 59 78 Communications technologies/technicians 1 1 5 1 2 8 2 10 Computer and information sciences 101 35 13 8 1 2 35 6 9 130 49 46 12 335 112 447 Education 20 35 41 215 9 16 16 49 26 103 950 " 3,883 " 265 763 " 1,327 " " 5,064 " " 6,391 " Engineering 96 33 4 3 25 7 11 2 204 34 9 1 349 80 429 Engineering technologies/technicians 4 1 1 9 5 1 16 5 21 English language and literature/letters 2 9 1 1 2 1 34 76 13 23 50 112 162 Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 1 2 1 2 6 32 11 6 49 55 "Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics" 9 1 1 1 3 13 1 5 24 29 Health professions and related clinical sciences 25 24 7 18 1 2 8 26 4 6 106 550 14 72 165 698 863 History 2 1 11 5 3 2 16 8 24 Legal professions and studies 13 12 1 13 13 26 "Liberal arts & sciences, general studies & humanities" 5 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 13 42 4 1 26 53 79 Mathematics and statistics 17 11 2 1 15 7 2 37 18 55 Multi/interdisciplinary studies 6 3 1 13 37 4 19 45 64 Natural resources and conservation 1 2 2 1 1 11 15 2 4 17 22 39 "Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies" 4 1 21 12 4 6 29 19 48 Philosophy and religious studies 2 1 14 23 3 6 19 30 49 Physical sciences 6 3 1 1 13 9 20 13 33 Psychology 6 12 7 31 2 5 2 12 75 302 30 96 120 460 580 Public administration and social service professions 26 26 16 26 10 4 10 3 15 86 349 28 67 163 503 666 Science technologies/technicians 2 1 4 3 4 7 Security and protective services 2 3 4 1 1 16 18 14 10 35 34 69 Social sciences 8 11 1 3 3 2 22 25 8 6 39 50 89 Theology and religious vocations 10 2 4 4 5 9 2 76 113 2 2 97 132 229 Visual and performing arts 3 8 1 1 1 3 3 2 33 51 3 9 45 73 118 Total 539 393 149 378 16 40 146 160 87 168 " 2,702 " " 6,413 " 655 " 1,225 " " 4,294 " " 8,777 " " 13,071 " Post-master's certificate "Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies" 1 2 1 2 3 Education 2 5 10 2 1 1 1 1 89 105 27 16 125 135 260 Health professions and related clinical sciences 1 4 15 7 5 22 27 Psychology 1 1 2 3 1 4 Public administration and social service professions 1 1 1 Total 2 6 10 2 1 1 1 2 95 123 29 23 135 160 295 Doctorate degree "Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences" 9 6 6 4 15 10 25 "Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies" 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 6 Biological and biomedical sciences 14 9 1 3 3 4 31 37 49 53 102 "Business, management, and marketing" 9 6 5 10 4 1 1 50 35 12 4 81 56 137 "Communication, journalism, and related programs" 1 3 4 1 7 8 Computer and information sciences 9 3 5 1 2 16 4 20 Education 10 7 8 17 1 2 5 3 1 55 107 4 17 82 155 237 Engineering 53 7 1 3 4 1 25 4 2 84 16 100 English language and literature/letters 1 4 1 1 3 3 1 5 9 14 Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 3 1 2 3 1 3 7 10 "Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics" 2 1 1 3 3 4 7 Health professions and related clinical sciences 5 5 1 7 1 4 1 24 51 2 1 33 69 102 History 2 6 2 8 2 10 Mathematics and statistics 11 4 1 1 1 1 13 6 19 Multi/interdisciplinary studies 2 1 1 7 7 1 9 10 19 Natural resources and conservation 2 1 5 1 7 2 9 "Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies" 2 1 5 2 7 3 10 Philosophy and religious studies 3 1 3 1 4 Physical sciences 12 3 2 1 24 13 38 17 55 Psychology 3 3 2 10 1 2 2 3 2 4 59 113 4 13 73 148 221 Public administration and social service professions 2 2 4 1 7 3 2 12 9 21 Security and protective services 1 1 1 1 2 Social sciences 15 3 3 9 10 3 24 19 43 Theology and religious vocations 6 1 19 3 2 1 28 4 32 Visual and performing arts 2 6 2 1 1 9 5 13 13 26 Total 171 77 20 49 1 3 20 27 9 14 358 415 31 44 610 629 " 1,239 " First-professional degree Legal professions and studies 5 7 16 13 3 5 22 27 11 17 354 351 14 16 425 436 861 Health professions and related clinical sciences 10 5 9 10 2 4 20 17 3 5 284 300 16 18 344 359 703 Theology and religious vocations 4 6 2 6 3 106 66 2 127 68 195 Total 19 12 31 25 5 9 48 44 17 22 744 717 32 34 896 863 " 1,759 " First-professional certificate Health professions and related clinical sciences 2 2 1 1 9 6 3 33 36 1 48 46 94 Grand Total " 1,441 " " 1,098 " " 1,071 " " 1,589 " 210 406 " 1,057 " " 1,384 " 458 666 " 23,084 " " 37,074 " " 3,800 " " 4,755 " " 31,121 " " 46,972 " " 78,093 " Includes double majors. "Source: US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS Completion Surveys"