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Table 321.30. | Associate's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and field of study: 2013-14 and 2014-15 |
Field of study | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 1,005,155 | 601,959 | 134,621 | 168,106 | 50,368 | 46,637 | 3,731 | 10,338 | 22,695 | 17,068 | 1,013,971 | 590,390 | 137,892 | 180,515 | 51,750 | 48,367 | 3,383 | 9,993 | 25,494 | 17,937 |
Agriculture and natural resources | 7,057 | 6,347 | 92 | 312 | 58 | 50 | 8 | 124 | 91 | 33 | 7,693 | 6,726 | 114 | 415 | 72 | 58 | 14 | 136 | 110 | 120 |
Architecture and related services | 425 | 174 | 25 | 178 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 491 | 206 | 31 | 180 | 44 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 |
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies | 363 | 74 | 40 | 95 | 32 | 15 | 17 | 86 | 26 | 10 | 382 | 98 | 34 | 90 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 87 | 45 | 4 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4,557 | 2,077 | 385 | 1,247 | 569 | 549 | 20 | 72 | 103 | 104 | 4,882 | 2,146 | 427 | 1,438 | 583 | 556 | 27 | 65 | 132 | 91 |
Business | 129,957 | 72,740 | 21,125 | 19,584 | 8,116 | 7,577 | 539 | 1,465 | 2,725 | 4,202 | 132,363 | 71,969 | 21,941 | 21,211 | 8,553 | 8,070 | 483 | 1,386 | 3,116 | 4,187 |
Communication, journalism, and related programs | 4,970 | 2,539 | 501 | 1,310 | 285 | 271 | 14 | 25 | 162 | 148 | 6,034 | 2,860 | 636 | 1,765 | 338 | 324 | 14 | 40 | 228 | 167 |
Communications technologies | 4,713 | 2,769 | 629 | 741 | 181 | 168 | 13 | 33 | 271 | 89 | 4,628 | 2,654 | 772 | 719 | 194 | 177 | 17 | 31 | 176 | 82 |
Computer and information sciences | 37,646 | 23,040 | 6,090 | 4,721 | 2,060 | 1,920 | 140 | 383 | 800 | 552 | 36,401 | 21,803 | 6,028 | 4,695 | 2,144 | 2,029 | 115 | 316 | 861 | 554 |
Construction trades | 4,837 | 3,565 | 510 | 404 | 146 | 126 | 20 | 85 | 115 | 12 | 4,643 | 3,403 | 533 | 376 | 152 | 124 | 28 | 78 | 88 | 13 |
Education | 17,605 | 10,535 | 2,778 | 3,047 | 317 | 278 | 39 | 463 | 276 | 189 | 17,175 | 9,784 | 2,902 | 3,212 | 356 | 304 | 52 | 407 | 343 | 171 |
Engineering | 4,306 | 2,532 | 316 | 734 | 394 | 372 | 22 | 38 | 95 | 197 | 4,875 | 2,909 | 333 | 825 | 439 | 422 | 17 | 36 | 104 | 229 |
Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields1 |
31,792 | 21,808 | 3,891 | 3,783 | 1,123 | 1,051 | 72 | 373 | 550 | 264 | 31,958 | 21,358 | 4,204 | 3,930 | 1,182 | 1,113 | 69 | 387 | 623 | 274 |
English language and literature/letters | 2,082 | 1,060 | 185 | 589 | 117 | 111 | 6 | 13 | 83 | 35 | 2,324 | 1,086 | 197 | 745 | 148 | 143 | 5 | 22 | 92 | 34 |
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 8,669 | 4,169 | 1,727 | 2,036 | 394 | 372 | 22 | 103 | 132 | 108 | 8,752 | 4,197 | 1,674 | 2,174 | 390 | 370 | 20 | 72 | 150 | 95 |
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 2,284 | 1,254 | 112 | 670 | 91 | 84 | 7 | 19 | 59 | 79 | 2,102 | 979 | 114 | 765 | 94 | 88 | 6 | 20 | 84 | 46 |
Health professions and related programs | 208,885 | 138,334 | 28,389 | 25,536 | 9,774 | 9,024 | 750 | 1,987 | 3,549 | 1,316 | 199,991 | 130,700 | 28,108 | 25,018 | 9,227 | 8,579 | 648 | 1,827 | 3,945 | 1,166 |
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting |
45,771 | 24,959 | 7,768 | 10,383 | 1,117 | 955 | 162 | 439 | 924 | 181 | 43,039 | 22,826 | 7,154 | 10,538 | 1,021 | 877 | 144 | 383 | 962 | 155 |
Legal professions and studies | 10,502 | 6,582 | 1,596 | 1,674 | 250 | 226 | 24 | 104 | 233 | 63 | 9,095 | 5,484 | 1,503 | 1,545 | 213 | 191 | 22 | 77 | 212 | 61 |
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities |
353,946 | 208,521 | 45,513 | 64,176 | 16,725 | 15,401 | 1,324 | 3,151 | 8,987 | 6,873 | 367,626 | 210,424 | 48,124 | 71,173 | 16,951 | 15,780 | 1,171 | 3,259 | 10,136 | 7,559 |
Library science | 194 | 146 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 170 | 121 | 11 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2,148 | 880 | 64 | 708 | 325 | 322 | 3 | 22 | 54 | 95 | 2,697 | 1,142 | 92 | 807 | 449 | 443 | 6 | 15 | 97 | 95 |
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians | 20,100 | 13,752 | 1,792 | 2,929 | 739 | 631 | 108 | 286 | 465 | 137 | 19,983 | 13,584 | 1,778 | 3,027 | 692 | 588 | 104 | 261 | 492 | 149 |
Military technologies and applied sciences | 1,084 | 679 | 155 | 151 | 34 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 1,229 | 772 | 174 | 178 | 53 | 40 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 0 |
Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 28,167 | 14,866 | 2,257 | 6,617 | 2,983 | 2,869 | 114 | 194 | 759 | 491 | 29,139 | 14,826 | 2,440 | 6,854 | 3,295 | 3,194 | 101 | 179 | 999 | 546 |
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies | 4,383 | 2,447 | 519 | 950 | 212 | 191 | 21 | 44 | 142 | 69 | 4,669 | 2,547 | 429 | 1,131 | 316 | 294 | 22 | 55 | 146 | 45 |
Philosophy and religious studies | 435 | 206 | 107 | 89 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 697 | 448 | 92 | 82 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 34 |
Physical sciences and science technologies | 6,916 | 3,549 | 713 | 1,241 | 766 | 740 | 26 | 71 | 225 | 351 | 7,568 | 3,644 | 697 | 1,549 | 937 | 910 | 27 | 82 | 246 | 413 |
Precision production | 3,903 | 3,185 | 178 | 305 | 106 | 93 | 13 | 48 | 77 | 4 | 4,382 | 3,506 | 175 | 412 | 113 | 104 | 9 | 61 | 99 | 16 |
Psychology | 7,604 | 3,256 | 610 | 2,790 | 520 | 497 | 23 | 106 | 242 | 80 | 8,739 | 3,346 | 720 | 3,487 | 600 | 580 | 20 | 128 | 343 | 115 |
Public administration and social services | 8,914 | 4,540 | 2,554 | 1,364 | 106 | 90 | 16 | 125 | 168 | 57 | 8,437 | 4,181 | 2,304 | 1,441 | 144 | 121 | 23 | 131 | 188 | 48 |
Social sciences and history | 16,554 | 6,921 | 1,481 | 5,527 | 1,508 | 1,398 | 110 | 229 | 617 | 271 | 17,885 | 7,125 | 1,644 | 6,191 | 1,710 | 1,603 | 107 | 222 | 669 | 324 |
Social sciences | 15,473 | 6,319 | 1,438 | 5,194 | 1,471 | 1,368 | 103 | 217 | 567 | 267 | 16,602 | 6,447 | 1,577 | 5,782 | 1,652 | 1,549 | 103 | 207 | 617 | 320 |
History | 1,081 | 602 | 43 | 333 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 12 | 50 | 4 | 1,283 | 678 | 67 | 409 | 58 | 54 | 4 | 15 | 52 | 4 |
Theology and religious vocations | 944 | 627 | 207 | 78 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 1,133 | 657 | 282 | 136 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 10 |
Transportation and materials moving | 2,102 | 1,356 | 172 | 318 | 88 | 79 | 9 | 19 | 69 | 80 | 1,801 | 1,149 | 130 | 276 | 89 | 79 | 10 | 13 | 69 | 75 |
Visual and performing arts | 21,340 | 12,470 | 2,128 | 3,796 | 1,173 | 1,094 | 79 | 212 | 612 | 949 | 20,988 | 11,730 | 2,095 | 4,100 | 1,187 | 1,122 | 65 | 180 | 658 | 1,038 |
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 degree-granting postsecondary institutions, which are institutions that grant associate's or higher degrees and participate 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 2014 and Fall 2015, Completions component. (This table was prepared September 2016.) |