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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: 2012 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Field of bachelor's degree | Total | Sex | Race/ethnicity1 | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total population, 25 and over (in thousands) |
208,841 | (47.5) | 100,655 | (28.5) | 108,186 | (29.5) | 140,914 | (12.8) | 23,783 | (22.8) | 28,924 | (20.0) | 10,893 | (18.1) | 1,284 | (10.9) | 21,186 | (22.7) | 83,438 | (30.0) | 104,217 | (38.9) | |||||||||||
| Percent of population with bachelor's degree |
29.2 | (0.02) | 29.2 | (0.06) | 29.2 | (0.06) | 32.6 | (0.06) | 18.8 | (0.13) | 13.9 | (0.11) | 49.9 | (0.24) | 14.1 | (0.35) | 31.8 | (0.17) | 31.8 | (0.08) | 26.5 | (0.05) | |||||||||||
| Bachelor's degree holders | Number (in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 60,946 | (117.0) | 29,400 | (64.4) | 31,545 | (68.1) | 45,909 | (83.4) | 4,462 | (29.9) | 4,028 | (33.8) | 5,438 | (30.1) | 181 | (4.8) | 6,738 | (36.8) | 26,547 | (69.7) | 27,660 | (60.0) | |||||||||||
| Agriculture/forestry | 644 | (9.5) | 443 | (8.0) | 201 | (5.2) | 549 | (8.7) | 23 | (2.1) | 25 | (2.2) | 38 | (2.4) | 3 | (0.6) | 62 | (2.6) | 238 | (6.1) | 343 | (6.4) | |||||||||||
| Art/architecture | 2,941 | (18.8) | 1,271 | (10.6) | 1,670 | (15.4) | 2,300 | (16.8) | 136 | (4.9) | 205 | (6.9) | 241 | (7.0) | 7 | (1.0) | 433 | (9.7) | 1,329 | (14.7) | 1,179 | (12.8) | |||||||||||
| Business/management | 12,488 | (43.0) | 7,065 | (34.9) | 5,423 | (26.5) | 9,196 | (38.0) | 1,086 | (12.7) | 944 | (12.7) | 1,063 | (14.0) | 32 | (2.1) | 1,320 | (14.0) | 5,997 | (30.8) | 5,170 | (27.1) | |||||||||||
| Communications | 2,189 | (18.3) | 914 | (10.5) | 1,274 | (14.1) | 1,732 | (15.3) | 179 | (6.9) | 143 | (4.9) | 97 | (4.1) | 5 | (1.0) | 359 | (7.6) | 1,211 | (14.6) | 618 | (9.4) | |||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 1,701 | (18.1) | 1,205 | (14.2) | 497 | (9.1) | 994 | (13.0) | 158 | (5.7) | 119 | (4.2) | 394 | (8.9) | 3 | (0.7) | 227 | (7.8) | 1,074 | (13.6) | 401 | (6.7) | |||||||||||
| Education | 8,517 | (36.6) | 2,108 | (19.7) | 6,409 | (28.5) | 7,014 | (32.5) | 618 | (9.3) | 487 | (9.7) | 280 | (5.9) | 34 | (2.1) | 581 | (10.7) | 2,604 | (21.0) | 5,331 | (28.1) | |||||||||||
| Engineering | 4,759 | (27.1) | 4,101 | (25.8) | 658 | (10.2) | 3,188 | (21.2) | 193 | (7.0) | 347 | (8.0) | 938 | (12.3) | 9 | (1.1) | 467 | (9.0) | 2,073 | (17.7) | 2,218 | (17.4) | |||||||||||
| English/literature | 1,994 | (17.7) | 677 | (9.5) | 1,316 | (14.5) | 1,639 | (14.7) | 98 | (4.9) | 86 | (3.9) | 134 | (5.3) | 4 | (0.8) | 203 | (5.8) | 794 | (10.1) | 996 | (12.4) | |||||||||||
| Foreign languages | 675 | (9.4) | 188 | (5.2) | 487 | (7.6) | 505 | (7.6) | 28 | (2.3) | 66 | (3.2) | 65 | (3.4) | † | (†) | 74 | (3.6) | 255 | (5.9) | 345 | (5.6) | |||||||||||
| Health sciences | 4,316 | (24.9) | 766 | (11.1) | 3,550 | (21.7) | 3,138 | (20.3) | 358 | (8.8) | 256 | (7.8) | 490 | (8.2) | 13 | (1.2) | 445 | (8.3) | 1,840 | (19.4) | 2,030 | (15.7) | |||||||||||
| Liberal arts/humanities | 890 | (10.7) | 354 | (7.3) | 536 | (8.9) | 663 | (9.5) | 63 | (3.1) | 77 | (3.5) | 70 | (3.9) | 3 | (0.7) | 84 | (4.4) | 396 | (7.2) | 411 | (6.9) | |||||||||||
| Mathematics/statistics | 930 | (11.5) | 551 | (8.7) | 379 | (7.0) | 706 | (9.6) | 55 | (2.9) | 39 | (2.6) | 117 | (5.0) | † | (†) | 87 | (3.6) | 330 | (6.3) | 513 | (8.2) | |||||||||||
| Natural sciences (biological and physical) |
4,748 | (25.3) | 2,741 | (18.4) | 2,007 | (16.5) | 3,476 | (20.1) | 265 | (7.2) | 256 | (6.5) | 651 | (10.5) | 13 | (1.3) | 575 | (9.8) | 2,049 | (16.0) | 2,124 | (16.7) | |||||||||||
| Philosophy/religion/theology | 823 | (10.9) | 578 | (9.0) | 245 | (5.9) | 651 | (10.2) | 65 | (3.2) | 43 | (2.7) | 47 | (2.7) | † | (†) | 86 | (4.0) | 305 | (7.0) | 432 | (7.5) | |||||||||||
| Pre-professional | 967 | (11.7) | 583 | (9.2) | 384 | (8.5) | 678 | (9.4) | 146 | (5.8) | 99 | (4.5) | 23 | (1.9) | 5 | (1.0) | 161 | (5.5) | 540 | (9.7) | 266 | (5.9) | |||||||||||
| Psychology | 2,832 | (19.7) | 901 | (11.1) | 1,931 | (16.9) | 2,158 | (17.2) | 240 | (5.9) | 219 | (5.4) | 148 | (4.4) | 12 | (1.4) | 394 | (8.5) | 1,353 | (13.6) | 1,085 | (11.9) | |||||||||||
| Social sciences/history | 5,871 | (29.7) | 3,352 | (19.5) | 2,519 | (18.9) | 4,591 | (24.4) | 401 | (8.6) | 359 | (8.2) | 401 | (7.9) | 16 | (1.3) | 673 | (9.0) | 2,448 | (18.0) | 2,750 | (19.0) | |||||||||||
| Other fields | 3,661 | (22.4) | 1,601 | (15.7) | 2,060 | (17.3) | 2,732 | (19.3) | 350 | (8.2) | 257 | (7.0) | 244 | (5.8) | 17 | (1.4) | 506 | (8.5) | 1,709 | (15.3) | 1,446 | (13.2) | |||||||||||
| 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 | 1.1 | (0.02) | 1.5 | (0.03) | 0.6 | (0.02) | 1.2 | (0.02) | 0.5 | (0.05) | 0.6 | (0.05) | 0.7 | (0.04) | 1.5 | (0.35) | 0.9 | (0.04) | 0.9 | (0.02) | 1.2 | (0.02) | |||||||||||
| Art/architecture | 4.8 | (0.03) | 4.3 | (0.03) | 5.3 | (0.05) | 5.0 | (0.04) | 3.1 | (0.11) | 5.1 | (0.17) | 4.4 | (0.13) | 3.7 | (0.51) | 6.4 | (0.14) | 5.0 | (0.06) | 4.3 | (0.05) | |||||||||||
| Business/management | 20.5 | (0.06) | 24.0 | (0.11) | 17.2 | (0.08) | 20.0 | (0.07) | 24.3 | (0.27) | 23.4 | (0.27) | 19.6 | (0.22) | 17.7 | (1.10) | 19.6 | (0.18) | 22.6 | (0.10) | 18.7 | (0.09) | |||||||||||
| Communications | 3.6 | (0.03) | 3.1 | (0.03) | 4.0 | (0.04) | 3.8 | (0.03) | 4.0 | (0.15) | 3.5 | (0.12) | 1.8 | (0.08) | 2.9 | (0.55) | 5.3 | (0.12) | 4.6 | (0.05) | 2.2 | (0.03) | |||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 2.8 | (0.03) | 4.1 | (0.05) | 1.6 | (0.03) | 2.2 | (0.03) | 3.5 | (0.13) | 3.0 | (0.10) | 7.2 | (0.16) | 1.9 | (0.38) | 3.4 | (0.11) | 4.0 | (0.05) | 1.4 | (0.02) | |||||||||||
| Education | 14.0 | (0.05) | 7.2 | (0.07) | 20.3 | (0.08) | 15.3 | (0.06) | 13.8 | (0.18) | 12.1 | (0.22) | 5.1 | (0.11) | 19.1 | (1.11) | 8.6 | (0.15) | 9.8 | (0.07) | 19.3 | (0.10) | |||||||||||
| Engineering | 7.8 | (0.04) | 13.9 | (0.08) | 2.1 | (0.03) | 6.9 | (0.04) | 4.3 | (0.15) | 8.6 | (0.18) | 17.3 | (0.20) | 4.8 | (0.58) | 6.9 | (0.13) | 7.8 | (0.06) | 8.0 | (0.06) | |||||||||||
| English/literature | 3.3 | (0.03) | 2.3 | (0.03) | 4.2 | (0.04) | 3.6 | (0.03) | 2.2 | (0.11) | 2.1 | (0.10) | 2.5 | (0.10) | 2.4 | (0.43) | 3.0 | (0.08) | 3.0 | (0.04) | 3.6 | (0.04) | |||||||||||
| Foreign languages | 1.1 | (0.01) | 0.6 | (0.02) | 1.5 | (0.02) | 1.1 | (0.02) | 0.6 | (0.05) | 1.6 | (0.08) | 1.2 | (0.06) | 0.5 | ! | (0.17) | 1.1 | (0.05) | 1.0 | (0.02) | 1.2 | (0.02) | ||||||||||
| Health sciences | 7.1 | (0.04) | 2.6 | (0.04) | 11.3 | (0.07) | 6.8 | (0.05) | 8.0 | (0.18) | 6.4 | (0.18) | 9.0 | (0.14) | 6.9 | (0.67) | 6.6 | (0.12) | 6.9 | (0.07) | 7.3 | (0.05) | |||||||||||
| Liberal arts/humanities | 1.5 | (0.02) | 1.2 | (0.02) | 1.7 | (0.03) | 1.4 | (0.02) | 1.4 | (0.07) | 1.9 | (0.08) | 1.3 | (0.07) | 1.7 | (0.36) | 1.2 | (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) | 1.2 | (0.06) | 1.0 | (0.06) | 2.1 | (0.09) | 0.9 | (0.21) | 1.3 | (0.05) | 1.2 | (0.02) | 1.9 | (0.03) | |||||||||||
| Natural sciences (biological and physical) |
7.8 | (0.04) | 9.3 | (0.06) | 6.4 | (0.05) | 7.6 | (0.04) | 5.9 | (0.16) | 6.4 | (0.16) | 12.0 | (0.18) | 7.0 | (0.67) | 8.5 | (0.14) | 7.7 | (0.06) | 7.7 | (0.06) | |||||||||||
| Philosophy/religion/theology | 1.4 | (0.02) | 2.0 | (0.03) | 0.8 | (0.02) | 1.4 | (0.02) | 1.5 | (0.07) | 1.1 | (0.07) | 0.9 | (0.05) | 1.7 | (0.36) | 1.3 | (0.06) | 1.1 | (0.03) | 1.6 | (0.03) | |||||||||||
| Pre-professional | 1.6 | (0.02) | 2.0 | (0.03) | 1.2 | (0.03) | 1.5 | (0.02) | 3.3 | (0.13) | 2.5 | (0.11) | 0.4 | (0.04) | 2.8 | (0.55) | 2.4 | (0.08) | 2.0 | (0.04) | 1.0 | (0.02) | |||||||||||
| Psychology | 4.6 | (0.03) | 3.1 | (0.04) | 6.1 | (0.05) | 4.7 | (0.04) | 5.4 | (0.13) | 5.4 | (0.13) | 2.7 | (0.08) | 6.4 | (0.76) | 5.8 | (0.12) | 5.1 | (0.05) | 3.9 | (0.04) | |||||||||||
| Social sciences/history | 9.6 | (0.04) | 11.4 | (0.06) | 8.0 | (0.05) | 10.0 | (0.05) | 9.0 | (0.18) | 8.9 | (0.17) | 7.4 | (0.14) | 8.8 | (0.69) | 10.0 | (0.12) | 9.2 | (0.06) | 9.9 | (0.06) | |||||||||||
| Other fields | 6.0 | (0.04) | 5.4 | (0.05) | 6.5 | (0.05) | 5.9 | (0.04) | 7.8 | (0.18) | 6.4 | (0.17) | 4.5 | (0.11) | 9.2 | (0.74) | 7.5 | (0.12) | 6.4 | (0.06) | 5.2 | (0.05) | |||||||||||
| †Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| !Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not separately shown. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: 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, 2012. (This table was prepared January 2014.) |
