Table 286. | Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex, race/ethnicity, and field of study: 2005–06 |
Field of study | Total | Males | Females | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/ Pacific Islander | American Indian/Alaska Native | Non- resident alien | Total | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/ Pacific Islander | American Indian/Alaska Native | Non- resident alien | Total | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/ Pacific Islander | American Indian/Alaska Native | Non- resident alien | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
All fields, total | 1,485,242 | 1,075,561 | 142,420 | 107,588 | 102,376 | 10,940 | 46,357 | 630,600 | 467,467 | 48,079 | 41,814 | 45,809 | 4,203 | 23,228 | 854,642 | 608,094 | 94,341 | 65,774 | 56,567 | 6,737 | 23,129 |
Agriculture and natural resources | 23,053 | 20,190 | 685 | 764 | 806 | 256 | 352 | 12,063 | 10,801 | 296 | 338 | 347 | 120 | 161 | 10,990 | 9,389 | 389 | 426 | 459 | 136 | 191 |
Architecture and related services | 9,515 | 6,991 | 455 | 826 | 794 | 46 | 403 | 5,414 | 4,094 | 267 | 463 | 355 | 18 | 217 | 4,101 | 2,897 | 188 | 363 | 439 | 28 | 186 |
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies | 7,879 | 4,307 | 1,167 | 1,081 | 1,004 | 146 | 174 | 2,420 | 1,336 | 371 | 317 | 309 | 38 | 49 | 5,459 | 2,971 | 796 | 764 | 695 | 108 | 125 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 69,178 | 46,877 | 5,409 | 4,203 | 10,165 | 489 | 2,035 | 26,651 | 18,801 | 1,398 | 1,573 | 3,957 | 164 | 758 | 42,527 | 28,076 | 4,011 | 2,630 | 6,208 | 325 | 1,277 |
Business | 318,042 | 216,567 | 36,195 | 23,100 | 24,154 | 2,087 | 15,939 | 159,683 | 115,773 | 13,138 | 10,355 | 11,234 | 926 | 8,257 | 158,359 | 100,794 | 23,057 | 12,745 | 12,920 | 1,161 | 7,682 |
Communications, journalism, and related programs | 73,955 | 56,648 | 7,325 | 4,758 | 3,224 | 423 | 1,577 | 26,135 | 20,366 | 2,492 | 1,609 | 1,036 | 146 | 486 | 47,820 | 36,282 | 4,833 | 3,149 | 2,188 | 277 | 1,091 |
Communications technologies | 2,981 | 2,191 | 295 | 222 | 181 | 15 | 77 | 2,007 | 1,509 | 159 | 147 | 131 | 11 | 50 | 974 | 682 | 136 | 75 | 50 | 4 | 27 |
Computer and information sciences | 47,480 | 29,864 | 5,875 | 3,164 | 5,180 | 304 | 3,093 | 37,705 | 25,237 | 3,502 | 2,455 | 3,937 | 215 | 2,359 | 9,775 | 4,627 | 2,373 | 709 | 1,243 | 89 | 734 |
Construction trades | 141 | 123 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 134 | 118 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Education | 107,238 | 91,279 | 6,864 | 5,196 | 1,954 | 902 | 1,043 | 22,448 | 18,950 | 1,693 | 934 | 397 | 197 | 277 | 84,790 | 72,329 | 5,171 | 4,262 | 1,557 | 705 | 766 |
Engineering | 67,045 | 45,465 | 3,355 | 4,051 | 9,070 | 364 | 4,740 | 54,036 | 37,681 | 2,335 | 3,179 | 6,849 | 290 | 3,702 | 13,009 | 7,784 | 1,020 | 872 | 2,221 | 74 | 1,038 |
Engineering technologies1 | 14,178 | 10,600 | 1,536 | 824 | 699 | 140 | 379 | 12,604 | 9,670 | 1,171 | 700 | 624 | 125 | 314 | 1,574 | 930 | 365 | 124 | 75 | 15 | 65 |
English language and literature/letters | 55,096 | 43,872 | 4,242 | 3,545 | 2,600 | 341 | 496 | 17,316 | 14,224 | 1,048 | 1,090 | 718 | 109 | 127 | 37,780 | 29,648 | 3,194 | 2,455 | 1,882 | 232 | 369 |
Family and consumer sciences | 20,775 | 16,083 | 2,227 | 1,163 | 898 | 160 | 244 | 2,436 | 1,810 | 328 | 123 | 116 | 14 | 45 | 18,339 | 14,273 | 1,899 | 1,040 | 782 | 146 | 199 |
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 19,410 | 13,819 | 799 | 3,231 | 1,039 | 82 | 440 | 5,842 | 4,320 | 200 | 849 | 310 | 28 | 135 | 13,568 | 9,499 | 599 | 2,382 | 729 | 54 | 305 |
Health professions and related clinical sciences | 91,973 | 69,092 | 10,268 | 5,230 | 5,102 | 673 | 1,608 | 12,914 | 9,248 | 1,339 | 920 | 1,001 | 100 | 306 | 79,059 | 59,844 | 8,929 | 4,310 | 4,101 | 573 | 1,302 |
Legal professions and studies | 3,302 | 2,081 | 578 | 335 | 247 | 35 | 26 | 982 | 643 | 132 | 108 | 81 | 9 | 9 | 2,320 | 1,438 | 446 | 227 | 166 | 26 | 17 |
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities | 44,898 | 30,162 | 5,701 | 4,938 | 2,808 | 501 | 788 | 14,144 | 10,074 | 1,614 | 1,140 | 875 | 150 | 291 | 30,754 | 20,088 | 4,087 | 3,798 | 1,933 | 351 | 497 |
Library science | 76 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 14,770 | 10,700 | 871 | 892 | 1,491 | 68 | 748 | 8,115 | 5,905 | 437 | 482 | 790 | 35 | 466 | 6,655 | 4,795 | 434 | 410 | 701 | 33 | 282 |
Mechanics and repair technologies | 246 | 173 | 19 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 239 | 167 | 19 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Military technologies | 33 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 32,012 | 22,495 | 2,746 | 3,431 | 2,252 | 254 | 834 | 9,959 | 7,206 | 815 | 732 | 780 | 86 | 340 | 22,053 | 15,289 | 1,931 | 2,699 | 1,472 | 168 | 494 |
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies | 25,490 | 20,189 | 2,271 | 1,646 | 767 | 205 | 412 | 13,310 | 10,312 | 1,348 | 949 | 367 | 108 | 226 | 12,180 | 9,877 | 923 | 697 | 400 | 97 | 186 |
Philosophy and religious studies | 11,985 | 9,801 | 689 | 654 | 622 | 66 | 153 | 7,428 | 6,117 | 395 | 425 | 354 | 39 | 98 | 4,557 | 3,684 | 294 | 229 | 268 | 27 | 55 |
Physical sciences and science technologies | 20,318 | 15,421 | 1,178 | 903 | 1,818 | 155 | 843 | 11,831 | 9,421 | 477 | 494 | 884 | 83 | 472 | 8,487 | 6,000 | 701 | 409 | 934 | 72 | 371 |
Precision production | 55 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Psychology | 88,134 | 62,645 | 9,663 | 8,051 | 5,568 | 628 | 1,579 | 19,865 | 14,474 | 1,764 | 1,741 | 1,430 | 136 | 320 | 68,269 | 48,171 | 7,899 | 6,310 | 4,138 | 492 | 1,259 |
Public administration and social service professions | 21,986 | 13,168 | 5,187 | 2,365 | 716 | 239 | 311 | 4,126 | 2,543 | 861 | 448 | 162 | 49 | 63 | 17,860 | 10,625 | 4,326 | 1,917 | 554 | 190 | 248 |
Security and protective services | 35,319 | 23,208 | 6,412 | 4,005 | 1,013 | 356 | 325 | 17,498 | 12,659 | 2,212 | 1,769 | 563 | 145 | 150 | 17,821 | 10,549 | 4,200 | 2,236 | 450 | 211 | 175 |
Social sciences and history | 161,485 | 115,808 | 14,683 | 12,818 | 12,416 | 1,307 | 4,453 | 80,799 | 61,029 | 5,554 | 5,598 | 5,851 | 561 | 2,206 | 80,686 | 54,779 | 9,129 | 7,220 | 6,565 | 746 | 2,247 |
Social sciences | 128,332 | 88,131 | 12,995 | 10,808 | 11,095 | 1,072 | 4,231 | 61,365 | 44,460 | 4,735 | 4,503 | 5,155 | 431 | 2,081 | 66,967 | 43,671 | 8,260 | 6,305 | 5,940 | 641 | 2,150 |
History | 33,153 | 27,677 | 1,688 | 2,010 | 1,321 | 235 | 222 | 19,434 | 16,569 | 819 | 1,095 | 696 | 130 | 125 | 13,719 | 11,108 | 869 | 915 | 625 | 105 | 97 |
Theology and religious vocations | 8,548 | 7,275 | 553 | 329 | 176 | 42 | 173 | 5,593 | 4,846 | 310 | 182 | 114 | 22 | 119 | 2,955 | 2,429 | 243 | 147 | 62 | 20 | 54 |
Transportation and materials moving | 5,349 | 4,382 | 305 | 290 | 194 | 42 | 136 | 4,717 | 3,876 | 272 | 246 | 169 | 38 | 116 | 632 | 506 | 33 | 44 | 25 | 4 | 20 |
Visual and performing arts | 83,297 | 63,934 | 4,855 | 5,541 | 5,392 | 612 | 2,963 | 32,117 | 24,190 | 2,125 | 2,419 | 2,047 | 239 | 1,097 | 51,180 | 39,744 | 2,730 | 3,122 | 3,345 | 373 | 1,866 |
1 Excludes "Construction trades" and "Mechanics and repair technologies" which are listed separately. NOTE: 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, 2005-06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2006. (This table was prepared June 2007.) |