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Table 322.50. | Bachelor's degrees conferred to females by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and field of study: 2012-13 and 2013-14 |
Field of study | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 1,052,973 | 686,550 | 123,882 | 112,610 | 70,323 | 67,514 | 2,809 | 6,821 | 20,294 | 32,493 | 1,068,122 | 682,953 | 123,039 | 122,115 | 71,832 | 68,877 | 2,955 | 6,615 | 27,285 | 34,283 |
Agriculture and natural resources | 16,974 | 13,521 | 542 | 1,185 | 862 | 820 | 42 | 146 | 349 | 369 | 17,867 | 14,083 | 606 | 1,294 | 820 | 766 | 54 | 121 | 537 | 406 |
Architecture and related services | 4,176 | 2,567 | 221 | 501 | 445 | 438 | 7 | 13 | 81 | 348 | 3,971 | 2,356 | 237 | 531 | 385 | 379 | 6 | 13 | 87 | 362 |
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies | 6,227 | 3,011 | 828 | 1,169 | 679 | 648 | 31 | 141 | 256 | 143 | 5,809 | 2,682 | 803 | 1,144 | 580 | 560 | 20 | 133 | 283 | 184 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 58,841 | 35,583 | 5,286 | 5,314 | 9,326 | 9,182 | 144 | 318 | 1,237 | 1,777 | 61,206 | 36,500 | 5,341 | 5,965 | 9,501 | 9,330 | 171 | 303 | 1,904 | 1,692 |
Business | 173,044 | 100,968 | 25,167 | 18,595 | 13,202 | 12,592 | 610 | 1,099 | 2,615 | 11,398 | 169,661 | 97,930 | 22,906 | 19,362 | 13,125 | 12,515 | 610 | 1,112 | 3,446 | 11,780 |
Communication, journalism, and related programs | 54,670 | 37,822 | 5,796 | 5,525 | 2,486 | 2,358 | 128 | 281 | 1,155 | 1,605 | 56,649 | 38,216 | 6,208 | 6,201 | 2,437 | 2,335 | 102 | 250 | 1,632 | 1,705 |
Communications technologies | 1,465 | 953 | 176 | 141 | 90 | 87 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 69 | 1,572 | 966 | 205 | 145 | 125 | 119 | 6 | 7 | 62 | 62 |
Computer and information sciences | 9,087 | 4,763 | 1,657 | 881 | 1,028 | 1,001 | 27 | 74 | 202 | 482 | 9,974 | 5,164 | 1,598 | 917 | 1,311 | 1,272 | 39 | 62 | 286 | 636 |
Construction trades | 19 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Education | 82,874 | 66,729 | 6,407 | 5,874 | 1,664 | 1,514 | 150 | 556 | 953 | 691 | 78,501 | 62,470 | 5,899 | 5,943 | 1,720 | 1,550 | 170 | 597 | 1,211 | 661 |
Engineering | 16,557 | 9,929 | 883 | 1,476 | 2,377 | 2,339 | 38 | 82 | 339 | 1,471 | 18,259 | 10,810 | 962 | 1,716 | 2,510 | 2,474 | 36 | 82 | 530 | 1,649 |
Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields1 |
1,751 | 1,094 | 270 | 175 | 104 | 99 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 70 | 1,726 | 1,072 | 266 | 176 | 80 | 76 | 4 | 21 | 32 | 79 |
English language and literature/letters | 35,893 | 26,229 | 3,012 | 3,551 | 1,661 | 1,603 | 58 | 181 | 865 | 394 | 34,595 | 24,670 | 2,967 | 3,733 | 1,512 | 1,460 | 52 | 167 | 1,122 | 424 |
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 21,058 | 14,600 | 2,604 | 1,984 | 1,136 | 1,087 | 49 | 124 | 349 | 261 | 21,708 | 14,545 | 2,627 | 2,418 | 1,140 | 1,078 | 62 | 165 | 499 | 314 |
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 14,805 | 9,526 | 669 | 2,973 | 848 | 832 | 16 | 75 | 373 | 341 | 14,069 | 8,778 | 660 | 3,028 | 799 | 776 | 23 | 44 | 451 | 309 |
Health professions and related programs | 152,941 | 106,270 | 18,957 | 11,935 | 10,566 | 10,067 | 499 | 912 | 2,513 | 1,788 | 167,839 | 114,741 | 20,303 | 14,667 | 12,025 | 11,424 | 601 | 919 | 3,356 | 1,828 |
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting | 28,469 | 14,052 | 7,512 | 5,281 | 634 | 539 | 95 | 277 | 536 | 177 | 29,026 | 14,140 | 7,491 | 5,615 | 658 | 553 | 105 | 217 | 691 | 214 |
Legal professions and studies | 3,117 | 1,869 | 562 | 442 | 135 | 128 | 7 | 20 | 56 | 33 | 3,057 | 1,708 | 561 | 452 | 147 | 142 | 5 | 38 | 84 | 67 |
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities |
29,799 | 19,094 | 4,227 | 3,751 | 1,132 | 1,045 | 87 | 343 | 667 | 585 | 28,775 | 18,096 | 4,244 | 3,832 | 1,027 | 948 | 79 | 270 | 834 | 472 |
Library science | 90 | 79 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 113 | 96 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 8,850 | 5,716 | 519 | 686 | 822 | 807 | 15 | 29 | 157 | 921 | 9,013 | 5,555 | 519 | 787 | 864 | 849 | 15 | 27 | 218 | 1,043 |
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians | 25 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Military technologies and applied sciences | 25 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 32,326 | 20,201 | 3,946 | 4,867 | 1,816 | 1,717 | 99 | 221 | 682 | 593 | 32,229 | 19,884 | 3,975 | 4,721 | 1,902 | 1,819 | 83 | 230 | 851 | 666 |
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies | 19,458 | 14,653 | 1,651 | 1,663 | 757 | 705 | 52 | 123 | 360 | 251 | 21,329 | 15,525 | 1,952 | 1,992 | 889 | 825 | 64 | 160 | 515 | 296 |
Philosophy and religious studies | 4,643 | 3,255 | 445 | 419 | 288 | 279 | 9 | 26 | 128 | 82 | 4,415 | 2,981 | 403 | 431 | 299 | 286 | 13 | 33 | 154 | 114 |
Physical sciences and science technologies | 10,911 | 7,149 | 849 | 781 | 1,273 | 1,245 | 28 | 85 | 229 | 545 | 11,502 | 7,318 | 868 | 873 | 1,406 | 1,382 | 24 | 82 | 361 | 594 |
Precision production | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Psychology | 87,632 | 55,087 | 11,220 | 11,791 | 5,423 | 5,222 | 201 | 522 | 1,934 | 1,655 | 89,994 | 54,743 | 11,371 | 13,335 | 5,523 | 5,311 | 212 | 514 | 2,675 | 1,833 |
Public administration and social services | 26,286 | 14,621 | 6,366 | 3,490 | 823 | 738 | 85 | 246 | 479 | 261 | 27,566 | 15,423 | 6,235 | 3,937 | 810 | 724 | 86 | 251 | 633 | 277 |
Social sciences and history | 87,624 | 52,224 | 10,277 | 12,082 | 6,610 | 6,424 | 186 | 533 | 2,269 | 3,629 | 84,863 | 48,923 | 9,861 | 12,526 | 6,253 | 6,065 | 188 | 465 | 2,884 | 3,951 |
Social sciences | 73,897 | 41,719 | 9,450 | 10,724 | 6,090 | 5,919 | 171 | 459 | 1,942 | 3,513 | 72,510 | 39,635 | 9,099 | 11,197 | 5,845 | 5,683 | 162 | 389 | 2,509 | 3,836 |
History | 13,727 | 10,505 | 827 | 1,358 | 520 | 505 | 15 | 74 | 327 | 116 | 12,353 | 9,288 | 762 | 1,329 | 408 | 382 | 26 | 76 | 375 | 115 |
Theology and religious vocations | 3,034 | 2,324 | 326 | 173 | 101 | 96 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 51 | 3,048 | 2,295 | 334 | 201 | 83 | 79 | 4 | 19 | 53 | 63 |
Transportation and materials moving | 553 | 377 | 53 | 54 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 535 | 347 | 52 | 61 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 22 |
Visual and performing arts | 59,736 | 42,238 | 3,434 | 5,836 | 4,003 | 3,872 | 131 | 360 | 1,388 | 2,477 | 59,165 | 40,893 | 3,566 | 6,090 | 3,859 | 3,745 | 114 | 304 | 1,876 | 2,577 |
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 2014.) |