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Table 322.40. Bachelor's degrees conferred to males 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 801,905 536,009 68,290 80,312 59,844 57,614 2,230 4,171 18,137 35,142 812,669 530,595 69,275 86,728 61,113 58,881 2,232 4,066 22,235 38,657
Agriculture and natural resources 17,254 14,591 446 969 534 505 29 108 314 292 17,585 14,724 470 1,034 536 492 44 121 386 314
Architecture and related services 5,174 3,391 275 752 352 344 8 19 80 305 5,116 3,139 261 798 404 395 9 31 146 337
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 2,466 1,147 369 425 263 243 20 58 123 81 2,293 1,100 299 361 256 233 23 65 133 79
Biological and biomedical sciences 43,440 27,321 2,372 4,044 7,223 7,122 101 192 1,171 1,117 45,102 27,548 2,614 4,571 7,447 7,303 144 175 1,568 1,179
Business 188,468 123,533 16,942 18,048 13,349 12,835 514 883 3,411 12,302 191,310 123,773 16,627 19,439 13,438 12,925 513 836 4,161 13,036
                                         
Communication, journalism, and related programs 30,974 21,731 3,469 3,006 1,179 1,107 72 130 722 737 31,851 21,374 3,821 3,581 1,182 1,111 71 121 906 866
Communications technologies 3,419 2,158 432 469 129 116 13 22 109 100 3,367 2,026 419 439 174 163 11 18 196 95
Computer and information sciences 45,320 28,653 4,321 4,183 4,684 4,531 153 239 1,058 2,182 48,840 30,156 4,587 4,582 5,376 5,239 137 235 1,318 2,586
Construction trades 243 187 8 32 11 9 2 1 4 0 229 177 4 40 4 4 0 1 3 0
Education 20,357 16,227 1,767 1,222 448 392 56 127 339 227 18,473 14,349 1,677 1,302 433 394 39 148 356 208
                                         
Engineering 73,906 48,729 2,724 6,415 8,207 8,056 151 240 1,663 5,928 78,255 50,479 2,954 7,113 8,586 8,474 112 241 2,096 6,786
Engineering technologies and engineering-related
      fields1
14,495 10,226 1,433 1,254 639 608 31 125 237 581 14,693 10,150 1,326 1,323 638 593 45 136 304 816
English language and literature/letters 15,831 11,532 1,103 1,777 700 663 37 93 478 148 14,053 10,138 1,032 1,600 551 524 27 72 494 166
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 3,009 1,850 462 315 224 212 12 16 65 77 3,012 1,814 456 334 235 228 7 13 86 74
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics 6,266 4,159 249 1,179 329 314 15 31 188 131 6,067 4,023 231 1,055 331 316 15 21 257 149
                                         
Health professions and related programs 30,932 19,686 3,448 2,962 3,455 3,284 171 165 663 553 33,658 21,118 3,601 3,575 3,714 3,526 188 174 845 631
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting 33,407 21,239 4,971 4,957 1,142 1,005 137 224 646 228 33,640 20,819 5,043 5,470 1,116 950 166 218 748 226
Legal professions and studies 1,456 898 210 198 70 67 3 14 27 39 1,348 850 167 185 64 59 5 12 35 35
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and
      humanities
16,495 11,009 2,432 1,598 535 491 44 170 381 370 16,136 10,529 2,521 1,607 555 507 48 149 428 347
Library science 14 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
                                         
Mathematics and statistics 11,970 7,448 490 972 1,331 1,317 14 35 299 1,395 12,462 7,556 493 1,061 1,364 1,347 17 45 348 1,595
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 297 225 16 16 8 8 0 2 9 21 355 253 27 25 14 14 0 1 12 23
Military technologies and applied sciences 161 111 30 12 2 1 1 0 3 3 225 164 26 24 3 2 1 2 3 3
Multi/interdisciplinary studies 16,126 10,482 1,789 1,862 1,013 944 69 89 443 448 15,930 10,052 1,845 1,969 1,003 948 55 124 510 427
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies 24,717 17,482 2,663 2,445 1,081 1,001 80 128 523 395 25,948 17,896 2,903 2,686 1,154 1,063 91 137 706 466
                                         
Philosophy and religious studies 7,583 5,537 517 749 365 344 21 31 232 152 7,004 5,026 471 719 363 344 19 35 223 167
Physical sciences and science technologies 17,804 12,787 694 1,363 1,609 1,583 26 84 459 808 18,478 13,211 703 1,469 1,615 1,588 27 82 540 858
Precision production 21 15 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 33 25 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 3
Psychology 27,306 16,909 2,866 3,777 2,169 2,099 70 174 789 622 26,802 15,979 3,034 4,011 2,037 1,954 83 154 967 620
Public administration and social services 5,916 3,432 1,215 778 238 213 25 53 131 69 6,145 3,378 1,292 875 261 239 22 57 165 117
                                         
Social sciences and history 88,254 58,908 6,767 9,496 6,041 5,830 211 429 2,372 4,241 85,478 55,494 6,551 10,016 5,716 5,509 207 355 2,654 4,692
Social sciences 69,491 44,042 5,901 7,748 5,474 5,287 187 332 1,902 4,092 68,692 42,371 5,774 8,327 5,199 5,015 184 272 2,197 4,552
History 18,763 14,866 866 1,748 567 543 24 97 470 149 16,786 13,123 777 1,689 517 494 23 83 457 140
Theology and religious vocations 6,594 5,438 429 298 159 146 13 30 78 162 6,612 5,498 419 296 149 142 7 33 72 145
Transportation and materials moving 4,053 3,029 270 297 168 147 21 28 109 152 4,133 3,061 272 315 151 136 15 22 122 190
Visual and performing arts 38,177 25,927 3,110 4,438 2,186 2,076 110 231 1,010 1,275 38,020 24,703 3,126 4,852 2,240 2,156 84 231 1,447 1,421
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 2014 and Fall 2015, Completions component. (This table was prepared September 2016.)

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