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Table 324.25. Doctor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and field of study: 2010-11 and 2011-12
Field of study 2010-11 2011-12
Total White Black His- panic Asian/Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaska Native Two or more races Non- resi- dent alien Total White Black His- panic Asian/Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaska Native Two or more races Non- resi- dent alien
Total Asian Pacific Islander Total Asian Pacific Islander
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
All fields, total 163,765 105,932 10,925 8,650 17,078 16,730 348 947 1,271 18,962 170,062 109,270 11,740 9,215 17,893 17,559 334 913 1,569 19,462
Agriculture and natural resources 1,246 610 25 48 40 39 1 7 6 510 1,333 637 42 47 41 41 0 9 4 553
Architecture and related services 205 68 8 9 41 41 0 0 4 75 255 95 12 9 28 27 1 1 5 105
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 278 141 38 16 27 26 1 7 2 47 302 134 42 29 28 28 0 8 4 57
Biological and biomedical sciences 7,693 4,214 285 342 688 673 15 28 49 2,087 7,935 4,304 300 352 746 738 8 35 63 2,135
Business 2,286 1,089 338 96 148 145 3 10 6 599 2,531 1,237 397 83 170 167 3 15 12 617
                                         
Communication, journalism, and related programs 577 358 36 14 17 17 0 4 2 146 563 352 33 23 29 27 2 2 8 116
Communications technologies 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Computer and information sciences 1,588 581 41 21 146 144 2 3 3 793 1,698 597 46 31 146 146 0 2 5 871
Construction trades 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Education 9,623 6,172 1,743 593 326 310 16 81 63 645 9,990 6,365 1,901 678 361 346 15 72 71 542
                                         
Engineering 8,369 2,599 155 200 644 640 4 15 36 4,720 8,722 2,775 185 198 623 621 2 11 43 4,887
Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields1 56 32 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 19 134 74 9 2 5 5 0 2 2 40
English language and literature/letters 1,344 1,044 59 54 50 50 0 5 17 115 1,427 1,085 64 71 49 47 2 11 10 137
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 320 189 30 7 11 11 0 1 1 81 325 191 41 3 17 16 1 1 2 70
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics 1,158 625 23 84 48 47 1 1 3 374 1,231 657 17 117 60 59 1 2 12 366
                                         
Health professions and related programs 60,153 41,177 3,480 2,875 9,933 9,799 134 340 430 1,918 62,090 41,820 3,771 2,942 10,591 10,452 139 344 550 2,072
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting 131 89 16 4 5 5 0 0 1 16 117 81 7 7 1 1 0 1 1 19
Legal professions and studies 44,877 32,762 3,207 3,290 3,686 3,532 154 361 480 1,091 46,836 34,329 3,398 3,561 3,679 3,545 134 330 560 979
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities 95 73 4 1 5 5 0 0 1 11 93 68 7 2 3 3 0 3 1 9
Library science 50 26 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 21 60 32 0 1 6 6 0 0 1 20
                                         
Mathematics and statistics 1,586 685 25 31 98 97 1 5 2 740 1,669 696 23 43 79 77 2 0 10 818
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Military technologies and applied sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies 660 372 71 34 38 38 0 3 9 133 727 432 67 38 34 32 2 5 6 145
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies 257 163 19 5 6 6 0 1 1 62 288 187 17 8 8 7 1 0 3 65
                                         
Philosophy and religious studies 805 550 54 25 23 23 0 1 9 143 778 541 36 27 33 33 0 2 9 130
Physical sciences and science technologies 5,295 2,579 100 144 272 265 7 13 30 2,157 5,370 2,622 104 155 288 283 5 9 40 2,152
Precision production 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Psychology 5,851 4,303 430 376 300 299 1 34 56 352 5,928 4,306 441 396 357 354 3 27 70 331
Public administration and social services 851 458 145 50 45 45 0 3 6 144 884 493 140 50 44 43 1 0 9 148
                                         
Social sciences and history 4,390 2,509 194 194 202 197 5 16 37 1,238 4,597 2,611 214 214 210 207 3 12 39 1,297
Social sciences 3,482 1,846 148 152 175 170 5 11 25 1,125 3,628 1,918 149 172 179 178 1 10 30 1,170
History 908 663 46 42 27 27 0 5 12 113 969 693 65 42 31 29 2 2 9 127
Theology and religious vocations 2,374 1,417 362 74 167 165 2 1 8 345 2,447 1,468 386 65 155 149 6 7 19 347
Transportation and materials moving 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Visual and performing arts 1,646 1,047 35 61 108 107 1 7 9 379 1,728 1,077 40 63 102 99 3 2 10 434
Other and not classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Excludes "Construction trades" and "Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians," which are listed separately.
NOTE: Data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Reported racial/ethnic distributions of students by level of degree, field of degree, and sex were used to estimate race/ethnicity for students whose race/ethnicity was not reported. To facilitate trend comparisons, certain aggregations have been made of the degree fields as reported in the IPEDS Fall survey: "Agriculture and natural resources" includes Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences and Natural resources and conservation; and "Business" includes Business management, marketing, and related support services and Personal and culinary services.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2011 and Fall 2012, Completions component. (This table was prepared July 2013.)

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