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Table 322.50. Bachelor's degrees conferred to females 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 1,068,245 682,989 123,147 122,113 71,818 68,881 2,937 6,613 27,285 34,280 1,082,265 679,928 123,440 130,990 72,883 70,125 2,758 6,145 31,966 36,913
Agriculture and natural resources 17,871 14,085 608 1,294 820 766 54 121 538 405 18,692 14,513 612 1,513 877 828 49 131 604 442
Architecture and related services 3,975 2,360 237 531 385 379 6 13 87 362 3,974 2,178 183 571 450 442 8 17 130 445
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 5,809 2,681 805 1,143 579 559 20 133 283 185 5,489 2,457 836 1,131 501 479 22 108 285 171
Biological and biomedical sciences 61,217 36,503 5,350 5,965 9,503 9,332 171 303 1,903 1,690 64,794 38,048 5,670 6,977 9,763 9,619 144 264 2,356 1,716
Business 169,664 97,933 22,920 19,366 13,110 12,515 595 1,112 3,447 11,776 172,489 98,864 22,562 20,536 13,215 12,704 511 996 3,955 12,361
                                         
Communication, journalism, and related programs 56,638 38,223 6,206 6,183 2,439 2,337 102 250 1,633 1,704 58,799 38,475 6,433 7,129 2,465 2,347 118 217 2,026 2,054
Communications technologies 1,572 963 208 145 125 119 6 7 62 62 1,768 1,083 198 185 130 123 7 11 93 68
Computer and information sciences 9,951 5,150 1,592 908 1,316 1,277 39 62 288 635 10,741 5,354 1,579 1,001 1,592 1,542 50 67 365 783
Construction trades 25 11 1 9 2 2 0 0 1 1 18 9 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 4
Education 78,481 62,449 5,901 5,942 1,720 1,550 170 597 1,211 661 73,150 57,400 5,583 5,896 1,648 1,507 141 534 1,402 687
                                         
Engineering 18,263 10,813 963 1,716 2,510 2,474 36 82 530 1,649 19,603 11,453 983 1,954 2,670 2,636 34 75 685 1,783
Engineering technologies and engineering-related
      fields1
1,726 1,072 266 176 80 76 4 21 32 79 1,918 1,185 300 192 97 94 3 15 54 75
English language and literature/letters 34,633 24,695 2,979 3,734 1,511 1,459 52 167 1,121 426 31,794 22,482 2,643 3,576 1,273 1,222 51 153 1,244 423
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 21,680 14,526 2,627 2,416 1,137 1,075 62 164 499 311 21,572 14,061 2,735 2,596 1,111 1,078 33 140 596 333
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics 14,066 8,773 661 3,029 799 776 23 44 451 309 13,426 8,052 676 2,989 806 791 15 47 521 335
                                         
Health professions and related programs 167,845 114,748 20,307 14,663 12,025 11,425 600 919 3,355 1,828 182,570 124,375 21,314 17,059 12,854 12,255 599 965 4,231 1,772
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting 29,009 14,127 7,490 5,612 658 553 105 217 691 214 29,083 13,697 7,423 6,027 669 576 93 239 835 193
Legal professions and studies 3,057 1,708 561 452 147 142 5 38 84 67 3,072 1,751 569 489 114 106 8 25 90 34
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and
      humanities
28,786 18,105 4,245 3,833 1,027 948 79 270 834 472 27,511 17,295 3,966 3,657 1,021 956 65 247 822 503
Library science 113 96 10 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 83 66 7 4 1 0 1 1 4 0
                                         
Mathematics and statistics 9,017 5,558 521 786 864 849 15 27 218 1,043 9,391 5,513 518 879 964 948 16 26 260 1,231
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 21 13 0 4 2 2 0 1 0 1 25 16 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 2
Military technologies and applied sciences 24 8 8 4 2 1 1 0 2 0 51 37 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 2
Multi/interdisciplinary studies 32,266 19,908 3,977 4,723 1,905 1,822 83 231 852 670 31,626 19,052 3,784 5,021 1,848 1,770 78 195 1,012 714
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies 21,330 15,526 1,952 1,992 889 825 64 160 515 296 23,058 16,306 2,175 2,335 1,010 951 59 140 774 318
                                         
Philosophy and religious studies 4,416 2,982 403 431 299 286 13 33 154 114 4,068 2,728 360 435 248 237 11 17 164 116
Physical sciences and science technologies 11,503 7,318 869 873 1,406 1,382 24 82 361 594 11,560 7,273 806 1,073 1,347 1,323 24 57 375 629
Precision production 16 11 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 15 6 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 1
Psychology 90,006 54,737 11,393 13,332 5,523 5,311 212 513 2,674 1,834 90,755 53,916 11,597 14,329 5,497 5,276 221 472 3,017 1,927
Public administration and social services 27,567 15,423 6,235 3,938 810 724 86 251 633 277 28,218 15,738 6,335 4,045 865 780 85 228 740 267
                                         
Social sciences and history 84,878 48,916 9,885 12,526 6,254 6,066 188 464 2,882 3,951 81,466 45,108 9,601 12,678 6,109 5,919 190 440 3,040 4,490
Social sciences 72,519 39,625 9,120 11,197 5,844 5,682 162 388 2,508 3,837 70,214 36,753 8,903 11,441 5,720 5,538 182 385 2,666 4,346
History 12,359 9,291 765 1,329 410 384 26 76 374 114 11,252 8,355 698 1,237 389 381 8 55 374 144
Theology and religious vocations 3,048 2,295 334 201 83 79 4 19 53 63 3,096 2,284 366 206 81 69 12 15 69 75
Transportation and materials moving 535 347 52 61 34 28 6 6 13 22 578 380 46 53 39 35 4 1 22 37
Visual and performing arts 59,237 40,926 3,581 6,120 3,852 3,740 112 304 1,876 2,578 57,812 38,773 3,568 6,443 3,613 3,507 106 300 2,193 2,922
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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