| Table 02-07: Associate Degrees by Race/Ethnicity | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-2007 | 2005-2006 | 2004-2005 | 2003-2004 | 2002-2003 | 2001-2002 | 1999-2000 | 1994-1995 | 1989-1990 | 1985-1986 | 1981-1982 | |||||||||||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
| Independent Institutions | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2-year Institutions | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-resident Alien | 5 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.2% | 5 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.2% | 12 | 1.5% | 13 | 2.2% | 25 | 3.3% | 44 | 4.6% | 25 | 1.9% | 24 | 1.6% | 12 | 0.8% | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 2 | 0.1% | 5 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 16 | 0.9% | 22 | 1.2% | 12 | 1.0% | 17 | 1.3% | 11 | 1.4% | 19 | 3.3% | 17 | 2.3% | 18 | 1.9% | 15 | 1.1% | 9 | 0.6% | 9 | 0.6% | |
| Hispanic | 50 | 2.9% | 52 | 2.9% | 21 | 1.7% | 16 | 1.3% | 17 | 2.2% | 15 | 2.6% | 12 | 1.6% | 19 | 2.0% | 23 | 1.8% | 21 | 1.4% | 12 | 0.8% | |
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 159 | 9.2% | 120 | 6.7% | 85 | 6.8% | 84 | 6.7% | 102 | 13.1% | 75 | 12.8% | 55 | 7.3% | 136 | 14.2% | 146 | 11.2% | 170 | 11.5% | 139 | 8.8% | |
| White, Non-Hispanic | 1,217 | 70.5% | 1,175 | 65.8% | 1,021 | 81.4% | 1,039 | 82.4% | 628 | 80.9% | 460 | 78.8% | 634 | 84.3% | 737 | 77.2% | 1,096 | 83.9% | 1,233 | 83.6% | 1,399 | 89.1% | |
| Unknown | 277 | 16.0% | 409 | 22.9% | 110 | 8.8% | 103 | 8.2% | 3 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 6 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 15 | 1.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 4-year Institutions | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-resident Alien | 18 | 0.7% | 28 | 1.2% | 26 | 1.1% | 29 | 1.2% | 29 | 1.1% | 37 | 1.3% | 34 | 1.2% | 19 | 1.1% | 14 | 1.1% | 30 | 1.5% | 14 | 0.8% | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 4 | 0.2% | 6 | 0.3% | 8 | 0.3% | 13 | 0.6% | 14 | 0.5% | 9 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 40 | 1.7% | 36 | 1.6% | 33 | 1.4% | 44 | 1.9% | 47 | 1.7% | 55 | 1.9% | 57 | 2.1% | 25 | 1.4% | 9 | 0.7% | 9 | 0.5% | 16 | 1.0% | |
| Hispanic | 88 | 3.6% | 81 | 3.5% | 92 | 4.0% | 78 | 3.3% | 89 | 3.3% | 71 | 2.4% | 71 | 2.6% | 18 | 1.0% | 21 | 1.7% | 4 | 0.2% | 10 | 0.6% | |
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 316 | 13.0% | 290 | 12.6% | 233 | 10.2% | 299 | 12.7% | 415 | 15.2% | 323 | 11.0% | 371 | 13.6% | 104 | 5.8% | 83 | 6.5% | 63 | 3.2% | 108 | 6.5% | |
| White, Non-Hispanic | 1,565 | 64.6% | 1,417 | 61.4% | 1,543 | 67.5% | 1,618 | 68.8% | 1,921 | 70.4% | 2,085 | 71.2% | 1,926 | 70.5% | 1,617 | 90.5% | 1,138 | 89.7% | 1,654 | 84.8% | 1,522 | 91.1% | |
| Unknown | 391 | 16.1% | 451 | 19.5% | 352 | 15.4% | 270 | 11.5% | 212 | 7.8% | 349 | 11.9% | 270 | 9.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 186 | 9.5% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Public Institutions | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Community Colleges | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-resident Alien | 113 | 1.0% | 128 | 1.2% | 122 | 1.1% | 138 | 1.4% | 102 | 1.1% | 70 | 0.8% | 61 | 0.7% | 17 | 0.2% | 8 | 0.1% | 23 | 0.3% | 19 | 0.2% | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 31 | 0.3% | 42 | 0.4% | 38 | 0.4% | 29 | 0.3% | 26 | 0.3% | 35 | 0.3% | 22 | 0.3% | 33 | 0.3% | 21 | 0.3% | 15 | 0.2% | 19 | 0.2% | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 332 | 2.9% | 298 | 2.7% | 273 | 2.5% | 238 | 2.3% | 228 | 2.5% | 212 | 2.4% | 198 | 2.3% | 205 | 2.0% | 103 | 1.2% | 103 | 1.2% | 81 | 1.0% | |
| Hispanic | 331 | 2.9% | 290 | 2.6% | 274 | 2.5% | 275 | 2.7% | 199 | 2.1% | 173 | 2.0% | 158 | 1.8% | 119 | 1.2% | 51 | 0.6% | 86 | 1.0% | 58 | 0.7% | |
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 1,390 | 12.0% | 1,238 | 11.2% | 1,259 | 11.6% | 1,297 | 12.7% | 1,061 | 11.4% | 920 | 10.5% | 952 | 11.0% | 862 | 8.6% | 547 | 6.6% | 806 | 9.5% | 737 | 9.3% | |
| White, Non-Hispanic | 8,758 | 75.7% | 8,547 | 77.2% | 8,420 | 77.6% | 7,820 | 76.8% | 7,400 | 79.5% | 7,188 | 81.9% | 7,148 | 82.6% | 8,810 | 87.7% | 7,574 | 91.2% | 7,480 | 87.9% | 6,977 | 88.4% | |
| Unknown | 608 | 5.3% | 529 | 4.8% | 466 | 4.3% | 389 | 3.8% | 289 | 3.1% | 188 | 2.1% | 114 | 1.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| State-Related Universities | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-resident Alien | 5 | 0.2% | 6 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.2% | 12 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.1% | 5 | 0.2% | 8 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.2% | 11 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.1% | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 1 | 0.0% | 10 | 0.5% | 9 | 0.4% | 7 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.2% | 7 | 0.3% | 7 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.1% | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 31 | 1.4% | 15 | 0.7% | 19 | 0.9% | 20 | 0.9% | 15 | 0.7% | 14 | 0.7% | 16 | 0.7% | 20 | 0.9% | 13 | 0.7% | 7 | 0.3% | 6 | 0.3% | |
| Hispanic | 31 | 1.4% | 26 | 1.2% | 19 | 0.9% | 16 | 0.7% | 18 | 0.8% | 15 | 0.7% | 13 | 0.6% | 8 | 0.3% | 6 | 0.3% | 9 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.3% | |
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 76 | 3.4% | 55 | 2.6% | 53 | 2.4% | 48 | 2.1% | 56 | 2.5% | 48 | 2.2% | 66 | 2.9% | 64 | 2.7% | 21 | 1.2% | 34 | 1.4% | 39 | 2.1% | |
| White, Non-Hispanic | 2,118 | 93.5% | 2,005 | 94.4% | 2,073 | 95.0% | 2,156 | 95.3% | 2,112 | 95.5% | 2,079 | 95.9% | 2,156 | 95.1% | 2,244 | 95.9% | 1,761 | 97.5% | 2,362 | 97.4% | 1,790 | 97.1% | |
| Unknown | 4 | 0.2% | 6 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| SSHE Universities | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-resident Alien | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 1.6% | 1 | 0.5% | 4 | 1.4% | 9 | 3.3% | 2 | 0.7% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.4% | 2 | 1.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 2 | 0.5% | 4 | 1.2% | 2 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.9% | 2 | 0.8% | 3 | 1.6% | 1 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.4% | 3 | 1.1% | 1 | 0.7% | |
| Hispanic | 4 | 1.1% | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.8% | 2 | 1.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 12 | 3.3% | 7 | 2.1% | 6 | 1.6% | 5 | 1.6% | 6 | 2.5% | 6 | 3.1% | 4 | 2.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 1.1% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| White, Non-Hispanic | 336 | 91.3% | 311 | 91.5% | 348 | 94.8% | 296 | 93.4% | 223 | 94.5% | 176 | 91.7% | 195 | 97.0% | 283 | 98.3% | 264 | 96.0% | 260 | 97.0% | 135 | 99.3% | |
| Unknown | 12 | 3.3% | 16 | 4.7% | 7 | 1.9% | 8 | 2.5% | 2 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Total for all Institutions | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-resident Alien | 142 | 0.8% | 167 | 0.9% | 160 | 0.9% | 184 | 1.1% | 146 | 1.0% | 128 | 0.9% | 129 | 0.9% | 87 | 0.6% | 59 | 0.5% | 90 | 0.6% | 47 | 0.4% | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 39 | 0.2% | 63 | 0.4% | 56 | 0.3% | 51 | 0.3% | 49 | 0.3% | 55 | 0.4% | 36 | 0.2% | 39 | 0.3% | 26 | 0.2% | 22 | 0.2% | 21 | 0.2% | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 421 | 2.3% | 375 | 2.1% | 339 | 2.0% | 322 | 2.0% | 303 | 2.0% | 303 | 2.1% | 289 | 2.0% | 268 | 1.7% | 141 | 1.1% | 131 | 0.9% | 113 | 0.9% | |
| Hispanic | 504 | 2.7% | 450 | 2.6% | 408 | 2.4% | 385 | 2.4% | 325 | 2.1% | 276 | 1.9% | 254 | 1.7% | 164 | 1.1% | 102 | 0.8% | 120 | 0.8% | 85 | 0.6% | |
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 1,953 | 10.6% | 1,710 | 9.7% | 1,636 | 9.7% | 1,733 | 10.6% | 1,640 | 10.8% | 1,372 | 9.4% | 1,448 | 9.9% | 1,167 | 7.6% | 797 | 6.1% | 1,074 | 7.4% | 1,023 | 7.8% | |
| White, Non-Hispanic | 13,994 | 76.3% | 13,455 | 76.3% | 13,405 | 79.1% | 12,929 | 78.9% | 12,284 | 80.5% | 11,988 | 81.8% | 12,059 | 82.6% | 13,691 | 88.8% | 11,833 | 91.3% | 12,989 | 88.8% | 11,823 | 90.2% | |
| Unknown | 1,292 | 7.0% | 1,411 | 8.0% | 939 | 5.5% | 774 | 4.7% | 508 | 3.3% | 537 | 3.7% | 390 | 2.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.0% | 201 | 1.4% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Total All Races/Ethnicities | 18,345 | 17,631 | 16,943 | 16,378 | 15,255 | 14,659 | 14,605 | 15,416 | 12,961 | 14,627 | 13,112 | ||||||||||||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics and National Science Foundation | |||||||||||||||||||||||