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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
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.)

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