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Table 322.40. Bachelor's degrees conferred to males by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and field of study: 2012-13 and 2013-14
Field of study 2012-13 2013-14
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 787,408 535,358 67,351 74,067 59,806 57,560 2,246 4,611 13,834 32,381 801,692 535,839 68,259 80,297 59,848 57,610 2,238 4,171 18,138 35,140
Agriculture and natural resources 16,618 14,127 418 864 496 463 33 139 300 274 17,249 14,587 446 968 534 505 29 108 314 292
Architecture and related services 5,581 3,685 284 756 446 432 14 22 82 306 5,173 3,391 275 751 352 344 8 19 80 305
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 2,623 1,292 320 419 329 309 20 84 104 75 2,466 1,147 368 425 264 243 21 58 123 81
Biological and biomedical sciences 41,556 26,198 2,363 3,578 7,183 7,074 109 221 857 1,156 43,427 27,310 2,371 4,043 7,223 7,120 103 192 1,171 1,117
Business 187,843 124,498 17,299 16,842 13,879 13,310 569 979 2,672 11,674 188,418 123,490 16,935 18,042 13,354 12,833 521 883 3,412 12,302
                                         
Communication, journalism, and related programs 30,148 21,603 3,317 2,698 1,165 1,091 74 144 535 686 30,955 21,709 3,468 3,012 1,179 1,107 72 130 721 736
Communications technologies 3,522 2,213 446 468 152 150 2 20 86 137 3,415 2,158 428 468 129 116 13 22 109 101
Computer and information sciences 41,874 26,960 4,359 3,619 4,075 3,933 142 218 744 1,899 45,393 28,681 4,339 4,205 4,690 4,537 153 239 1,057 2,182
Construction trades 225 173 6 30 5 3 2 1 9 1 243 187 8 32 11 9 2 1 4 0
Education 21,824 17,473 1,892 1,296 463 417 46 170 296 234 20,353 16,222 1,767 1,221 448 392 56 127 341 227
                                         
Engineering 69,430 46,200 2,738 5,565 8,214 8,056 158 277 1,130 5,306 73,903 48,727 2,724 6,415 8,207 8,056 151 240 1,662 5,928
Engineering technologies and engineering-related
      fields1
14,742 10,668 1,414 1,194 624 594 30 149 166 527 14,495 10,226 1,433 1,254 639 608 31 125 237 581
English language and literature/letters 16,508 12,295 1,090 1,757 768 732 36 99 340 159 15,809 11,512 1,103 1,777 700 663 37 93 476 148
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 2,872 1,809 429 283 199 187 12 17 59 76 3,014 1,852 462 317 225 213 12 16 65 77
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics 6,842 4,608 295 1,162 426 412 14 43 176 132 6,266 4,159 249 1,179 329 314 15 31 188 131
                                         
Health professions and related programs 28,208 18,305 3,104 2,502 3,050 2,900 150 189 503 555 30,931 19,686 3,448 2,962 3,454 3,284 170 165 663 553
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting 31,795 20,474 4,784 4,555 1,123 1,013 110 205 467 187 33,383 21,222 4,969 4,954 1,140 1,003 137 224 646 228
Legal professions and studies 1,308 844 197 148 67 66 1 10 31 11 1,456 898 210 198 70 67 3 14 27 39
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and
      humanities
16,991 11,615 2,397 1,550 554 502 52 168 356 351 16,485 11,003 2,428 1,598 535 491 44 170 381 370
Library science 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
                                         
Mathematics and statistics 11,599 7,558 503 840 1,295 1,271 24 49 194 1,160 11,967 7,446 490 971 1,331 1,317 14 35 299 1,395
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 248 185 10 11 12 11 1 6 3 21 297 225 16 16 8 8 0 2 9 21
Military technologies and applied sciences 80 54 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 161 111 30 12 2 1 1 0 3 3
Multi/interdisciplinary studies 15,332 10,321 1,629 1,608 938 886 52 138 324 374 16,119 10,479 1,789 1,859 1,012 943 69 89 443 448
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies 23,170 16,810 2,485 2,065 914 850 64 137 414 345 24,713 17,480 2,661 2,445 1,081 1,001 80 128 523 395
                                         
Philosophy and religious studies 8,149 5,972 582 756 461 442 19 50 187 141 7,582 5,536 517 749 365 344 21 31 232 152
Physical sciences and science technologies 17,142 12,515 670 1,201 1,610 1,576 34 71 308 767 17,802 12,785 694 1,363 1,610 1,584 26 83 459 808
Precision production 23 18 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 21 15 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1
Psychology 26,814 16,994 2,903 3,381 2,171 2,090 81 182 611 572 27,304 16,905 2,864 3,780 2,169 2,099 70 174 790 622
Public administration and social services 5,664 3,228 1,161 740 295 277 18 54 110 76 5,917 3,432 1,215 778 238 213 25 54 131 69
                                         
Social sciences and history 90,143 61,907 6,681 9,256 6,269 6,042 227 474 1,842 3,714 88,233 58,895 6,761 9,494 6,041 5,830 211 429 2,374 4,239
Social sciences 69,682 45,350 5,849 7,481 5,622 5,431 191 366 1,442 3,572 69,480 44,037 5,896 7,747 5,474 5,287 187 332 1,904 4,090
History 20,461 16,557 832 1,775 647 611 36 108 400 142 18,753 14,858 865 1,747 567 543 24 97 470 149
Theology and religious vocations 6,351 5,349 363 271 143 122 21 33 50 142 6,594 5,438 429 298 159 146 13 30 78 162
Transportation and materials moving 4,108 3,065 307 310 207 177 30 17 94 108 4,053 3,029 270 297 168 147 21 28 109 152
Visual and performing arts 38,063 26,331 2,890 4,330 2,270 2,169 101 245 784 1,213 38,081 25,884 3,091 4,410 2,180 2,071 109 231 1,010 1,275
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 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): "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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2013 and Fall 2014, Completions component. (This table was prepared September 2015.)

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