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| Table 104.50. | Persons age 25 and over who hold a bachelor's or higher degree, by sex, race/ethnicity, age group, and field of bachelor's degree: 2014 |
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| Field of bachelor's degree | Total | Sex | Race/ethnicity | Age | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Males | Females | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/Pacific Islander | American Indian/Alaska Native | 25 to 29 years old |
30 to 49 years old |
50 years old and over |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total population, 25 and over (in thousands) |
213,806 | (50.0) | 103,072 | (31.3) | 110,734 | (31.9) | 142,046 | (14.8) | 24,637 | (23.9) | 30,698 | (21.0) | 11,821 | (21.2) | 1,290 | (12.0) | 21,843 | (23.1) | 83,187 | (30.3) | 108,776 | (37.8) | |||||||||||
| Percent of population with bachelor's degree |
30.1 | (0.01) | 29.9 | (0.06) | 30.2 | (0.07) | 33.6 | (0.06) | 19.8 | (0.12) | 14.4 | (0.10) | 50.8 | (0.22) | 14.3 | (0.38) | 32.4 | (0.15) | 33.2 | (0.09) | 27.2 | (0.05) | |||||||||||
| Number (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bachelor's degree holders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 64,303 | (137.5) | 30,831 | (71.4) | 33,472 | (81.9) | 47,757 | (92.0) | 4,867 | (30.8) | 4,432 | (33.3) | 6,001 | (28.6) | 185 | (5.4) | 7,078 | (33.6) | 27,645 | (78.4) | 29,581 | (63.2) | |||||||||||
| Agriculture/forestry | 671 | (9.6) | 461 | (7.0) | 210 | (5.7) | 565 | (8.2) | 23 | (1.8) | 27 | (2.1) | 43 | (2.8) | 3 | (0.6) | 66 | (3.5) | 248 | (6.5) | 358 | (5.5) | |||||||||||
| Art/architecture | 3,058 | (22.6) | 1,328 | (14.2) | 1,729 | (15.8) | 2,368 | (18.1) | 145 | (4.9) | 228 | (6.0) | 247 | (6.3) | 7 | (1.1) | 465 | (9.7) | 1,362 | (16.4) | 1,231 | (13.4) | |||||||||||
| Business/management | 13,117 | (40.1) | 7,331 | (30.2) | 5,786 | (23.7) | 9,525 | (32.6) | 1,156 | (15.0) | 1,045 | (13.4) | 1,162 | (11.6) | 36 | (2.4) | 1,356 | (16.4) | 6,041 | (30.2) | 5,719 | (24.5) | |||||||||||
| Communications | 2,396 | (18.8) | 991 | (12.2) | 1,404 | (14.6) | 1,851 | (14.8) | 223 | (7.4) | 156 | (4.9) | 117 | (4.3) | 3 | (0.7) | 391 | (8.1) | 1,277 | (13.9) | 728 | (10.0) | |||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 1,902 | (19.9) | 1,366 | (16.1) | 536 | (9.3) | 1,103 | (13.5) | 176 | (5.9) | 125 | (5.0) | 451 | (8.6) | 5 | (0.8) | 245 | (7.4) | 1,149 | (13.9) | 508 | (9.2) | |||||||||||
| Education | 8,635 | (39.5) | 2,115 | (17.9) | 6,519 | (34.0) | 7,082 | (32.2) | 626 | (9.7) | 508 | (10.0) | 298 | (6.8) | 32 | (1.8) | 550 | (7.9) | 2,656 | (22.0) | 5,430 | (27.8) | |||||||||||
| Engineering | 5,016 | (29.7) | 4,293 | (27.9) | 723 | (9.8) | 3,327 | (22.3) | 207 | (7.4) | 381 | (7.9) | 1,010 | (12.0) | 9 | (1.0) | 499 | (9.5) | 2,123 | (20.8) | 2,393 | (18.0) | |||||||||||
| English/literature | 2,077 | (17.3) | 690 | (9.4) | 1,388 | (14.2) | 1,689 | (15.4) | 112 | (4.7) | 90 | (3.6) | 146 | (4.8) | 4 | (0.7) | 219 | (5.6) | 848 | (11.9) | 1,010 | (10.3) | |||||||||||
| Foreign languages | 692 | (9.9) | 196 | (5.2) | 496 | (7.9) | 512 | (7.9) | 24 | (1.7) | 69 | (3.5) | 71 | (3.5) | ‡ | (†) | 75 | (3.1) | 275 | (6.3) | 342 | (6.5) | |||||||||||
| Health sciences | 4,633 | (28.3) | 827 | (11.4) | 3,806 | (24.0) | 3,311 | (22.9) | 425 | (8.6) | 283 | (7.3) | 525 | (8.3) | 14 | (1.4) | 491 | (8.5) | 1,955 | (19.6) | 2,188 | (17.2) | |||||||||||
| Liberal arts/humanities | 942 | (12.6) | 377 | (7.4) | 566 | (9.8) | 694 | (10.7) | 72 | (3.4) | 78 | (4.0) | 76 | (3.4) | 3 | (0.6) | 79 | (4.7) | 410 | (8.6) | 453 | (8.6) | |||||||||||
| Mathematics/statistics | 972 | (12.3) | 576 | (9.5) | 396 | (7.9) | 738 | (9.8) | 52 | (2.5) | 40 | (2.9) | 126 | (4.3) | ‡ | (†) | 75 | (3.3) | 347 | (7.6) | 549 | (8.5) | |||||||||||
| Natural sciences (biological and physical) |
5,032 | (27.0) | 2,852 | (19.6) | 2,180 | (16.3) | 3,605 | (21.3) | 301 | (6.9) | 284 | (8.3) | 736 | (10.9) | 11 | (1.3) | 624 | (9.5) | 2,151 | (18.9) | 2,257 | (15.8) | |||||||||||
| Philosophy/religion/theology | 904 | (11.8) | 635 | (10.0) | 268 | (6.9) | 712 | (10.3) | 73 | (3.3) | 47 | (3.0) | 56 | (2.9) | 2 | (0.5) | 90 | (4.0) | 331 | (7.4) | 483 | (8.7) | |||||||||||
| Pre-professional | 1,081 | (11.9) | 651 | (9.3) | 430 | (7.1) | 727 | (8.9) | 169 | (5.9) | 129 | (4.9) | 28 | (1.9) | 7 | (1.1) | 171 | (5.2) | 610 | (10.9) | 301 | (5.5) | |||||||||||
| Psychology | 3,013 | (20.1) | 947 | (11.4) | 2,066 | (18.9) | 2,248 | (15.5) | 281 | (6.6) | 245 | (6.9) | 169 | (4.8) | 8 | (1.1) | 409 | (7.9) | 1,425 | (15.2) | 1,180 | (11.9) | |||||||||||
| Social sciences/history | 6,156 | (33.1) | 3,465 | (24.0) | 2,691 | (18.1) | 4,730 | (27.6) | 434 | (8.8) | 409 | (8.3) | 455 | (7.1) | 15 | (1.4) | 705 | (12.2) | 2,590 | (19.4) | 2,860 | (20.6) | |||||||||||
| Other fields | 4,008 | (28.2) | 1,730 | (16.0) | 2,278 | (20.0) | 2,972 | (22.1) | 370 | (8.1) | 287 | (7.3) | 286 | (6.8) | 21 | (1.5) | 568 | (9.7) | 1,848 | (19.3) | 1,591 | (16.4) | |||||||||||
| Percentage distribution, by field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | |||||||||||
| Agriculture/forestry | 1.0 | (0.01) | 1.5 | (0.02) | 0.6 | (0.02) | 1.2 | (0.02) | 0.5 | (0.04) | 0.6 | (0.05) | 0.7 | (0.05) | 1.8 | (0.35) | 0.9 | (0.05) | 0.9 | (0.02) | 1.2 | (0.02) | |||||||||||
| Art/architecture | 4.8 | (0.03) | 4.3 | (0.04) | 5.2 | (0.04) | 5.0 | (0.04) | 3.0 | (0.10) | 5.1 | (0.12) | 4.1 | (0.10) | 4.0 | (0.59) | 6.6 | (0.14) | 4.9 | (0.06) | 4.2 | (0.04) | |||||||||||
| Business/management | 20.4 | (0.06) | 23.8 | (0.09) | 17.3 | (0.06) | 19.9 | (0.07) | 23.8 | (0.26) | 23.6 | (0.25) | 19.4 | (0.18) | 19.3 | (1.07) | 19.2 | (0.22) | 21.9 | (0.10) | 19.3 | (0.08) | |||||||||||
| Communications | 3.7 | (0.03) | 3.2 | (0.04) | 4.2 | (0.04) | 3.9 | (0.03) | 4.6 | (0.15) | 3.5 | (0.11) | 1.9 | (0.07) | 1.9 | (0.35) | 5.5 | (0.11) | 4.6 | (0.05) | 2.5 | (0.03) | |||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 3.0 | (0.03) | 4.4 | (0.05) | 1.6 | (0.03) | 2.3 | (0.03) | 3.6 | (0.12) | 2.8 | (0.12) | 7.5 | (0.14) | 2.7 | (0.43) | 3.5 | (0.10) | 4.2 | (0.05) | 1.7 | (0.03) | |||||||||||
| Education | 13.4 | (0.05) | 6.9 | (0.05) | 19.5 | (0.09) | 14.8 | (0.06) | 12.9 | (0.19) | 11.5 | (0.21) | 5.0 | (0.11) | 17.6 | (0.95) | 7.8 | (0.10) | 9.6 | (0.07) | 18.4 | (0.09) | |||||||||||
| Engineering | 7.8 | (0.04) | 13.9 | (0.08) | 2.2 | (0.03) | 7.0 | (0.04) | 4.2 | (0.16) | 8.6 | (0.17) | 16.8 | (0.16) | 4.6 | (0.51) | 7.1 | (0.13) | 7.7 | (0.07) | 8.1 | (0.06) | |||||||||||
| English/literature | 3.2 | (0.03) | 2.2 | (0.03) | 4.1 | (0.04) | 3.5 | (0.03) | 2.3 | (0.09) | 2.0 | (0.08) | 2.4 | (0.08) | 2.1 | (0.39) | 3.1 | (0.08) | 3.1 | (0.04) | 3.4 | (0.03) | |||||||||||
| Foreign languages | 1.1 | (0.01) | 0.6 | (0.02) | 1.5 | (0.02) | 1.1 | (0.02) | 0.5 | (0.03) | 1.6 | (0.08) | 1.2 | (0.06) | 0.5 | ! | (0.20) | 1.1 | (0.04) | 1.0 | (0.02) | 1.2 | (0.02) | ||||||||||
| Health sciences | 7.2 | (0.04) | 2.7 | (0.04) | 11.4 | (0.07) | 6.9 | (0.05) | 8.7 | (0.17) | 6.4 | (0.16) | 8.7 | (0.14) | 7.7 | (0.73) | 6.9 | (0.12) | 7.1 | (0.07) | 7.4 | (0.06) | |||||||||||
| Liberal arts/humanities | 1.5 | (0.02) | 1.2 | (0.02) | 1.7 | (0.03) | 1.5 | (0.02) | 1.5 | (0.07) | 1.8 | (0.09) | 1.3 | (0.06) | 1.6 | (0.33) | 1.1 | (0.07) | 1.5 | (0.03) | 1.5 | (0.03) | |||||||||||
| Mathematics/statistics | 1.5 | (0.02) | 1.9 | (0.03) | 1.2 | (0.02) | 1.5 | (0.02) | 1.1 | (0.05) | 0.9 | (0.06) | 2.1 | (0.07) | 0.9 | (0.21) | 1.1 | (0.05) | 1.3 | (0.03) | 1.9 | (0.03) | |||||||||||
| Natural sciences (biological and physical) |
7.8 | (0.04) | 9.2 | (0.06) | 6.5 | (0.05) | 7.5 | (0.04) | 6.2 | (0.13) | 6.4 | (0.17) | 12.3 | (0.17) | 6.1 | (0.68) | 8.8 | (0.13) | 7.8 | (0.06) | 7.6 | (0.05) | |||||||||||
| Philosophy/religion/theology | 1.4 | (0.02) | 2.1 | (0.03) | 0.8 | (0.02) | 1.5 | (0.02) | 1.5 | (0.07) | 1.1 | (0.07) | 0.9 | (0.05) | 1.3 | (0.28) | 1.3 | (0.06) | 1.2 | (0.03) | 1.6 | (0.03) | |||||||||||
| Pre-professional | 1.7 | (0.02) | 2.1 | (0.03) | 1.3 | (0.02) | 1.5 | (0.02) | 3.5 | (0.12) | 2.9 | (0.11) | 0.5 | (0.03) | 3.8 | (0.58) | 2.4 | (0.07) | 2.2 | (0.04) | 1.0 | (0.02) | |||||||||||
| Psychology | 4.7 | (0.03) | 3.1 | (0.04) | 6.2 | (0.05) | 4.7 | (0.03) | 5.8 | (0.14) | 5.5 | (0.15) | 2.8 | (0.08) | 4.4 | (0.60) | 5.8 | (0.11) | 5.2 | (0.05) | 4.0 | (0.04) | |||||||||||
| Social sciences/history | 9.6 | (0.05) | 11.2 | (0.07) | 8.0 | (0.05) | 9.9 | (0.05) | 8.9 | (0.17) | 9.2 | (0.18) | 7.6 | (0.12) | 8.4 | (0.69) | 10.0 | (0.16) | 9.4 | (0.07) | 9.7 | (0.06) | |||||||||||
| Other fields | 6.2 | (0.04) | 5.6 | (0.05) | 6.8 | (0.06) | 6.2 | (0.05) | 7.6 | (0.15) | 6.5 | (0.16) | 4.8 | (0.11) | 11.5 | (0.78) | 8.0 | (0.13) | 6.7 | (0.07) | 5.4 | (0.06) | |||||||||||
| †Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| !Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases for a reliable estimate). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not separately shown. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2014. (This table was prepared December 2015.) |
