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Table 323.30. | Master'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 | Nonresi- 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 | 754,582 | 444,771 | 88,606 | 55,962 | 44,533 | 42,754 | 1,779 | 3,512 | 13,417 | 103,781 | 758,708 | 433,106 | 87,265 | 58,684 | 44,517 | 42,911 | 1,606 | 3,412 | 14,622 | 117,102 |
Agriculture and natural resources | 6,544 | 4,673 | 228 | 294 | 218 | 212 | 6 | 25 | 125 | 981 | 6,426 | 4,496 | 219 | 303 | 209 | 198 | 11 | 44 | 144 | 1,011 |
Architecture and related services | 8,048 | 4,426 | 335 | 718 | 527 | 517 | 10 | 22 | 168 | 1,852 | 8,006 | 4,186 | 334 | 734 | 494 | 484 | 10 | 20 | 181 | 2,057 |
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies | 1,844 | 872 | 169 | 262 | 114 | 104 | 10 | 44 | 71 | 312 | 1,847 | 933 | 171 | 239 | 103 | 98 | 5 | 40 | 71 | 290 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 13,964 | 7,681 | 900 | 877 | 1,871 | 1,851 | 20 | 55 | 302 | 2,278 | 14,650 | 7,915 | 967 | 932 | 1,991 | 1,970 | 21 | 43 | 365 | 2,437 |
Business | 189,364 | 99,177 | 27,571 | 13,501 | 14,374 | 13,857 | 517 | 817 | 2,861 | 31,063 | 185,222 | 95,422 | 26,214 | 13,858 | 13,873 | 13,355 | 518 | 805 | 3,347 | 31,703 |
Communication, journalism, and related programs | 9,353 | 5,133 | 1,119 | 763 | 358 | 349 | 9 | 32 | 258 | 1,690 | 9,581 | 5,140 | 1,103 | 750 | 355 | 343 | 12 | 32 | 242 | 1,959 |
Communications technologies | 577 | 231 | 51 | 32 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 223 | 554 | 185 | 48 | 48 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 235 |
Computer and information sciences | 24,514 | 7,728 | 2,054 | 931 | 2,185 | 2,145 | 40 | 64 | 331 | 11,221 | 31,474 | 8,007 | 2,126 | 1,088 | 2,458 | 2,415 | 43 | 59 | 384 | 17,352 |
Construction trades | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Education | 154,655 | 110,815 | 17,994 | 13,226 | 4,770 | 4,379 | 391 | 830 | 2,417 | 4,603 | 146,561 | 103,645 | 16,770 | 13,754 | 4,618 | 4,293 | 325 | 782 | 2,578 | 4,414 |
Engineering | 42,376 | 15,637 | 1,162 | 1,991 | 3,751 | 3,718 | 33 | 50 | 574 | 19,211 | 46,115 | 14,967 | 1,216 | 2,023 | 3,578 | 3,540 | 38 | 55 | 584 | 23,692 |
Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields1 |
4,967 | 2,353 | 387 | 240 | 288 | 282 | 6 | 24 | 84 | 1,591 | 5,324 | 2,355 | 413 | 279 | 298 | 295 | 3 | 29 | 63 | 1,887 |
English language and literature/letters | 9,294 | 7,160 | 511 | 678 | 313 | 294 | 19 | 35 | 258 | 339 | 8,928 | 6,790 | 505 | 656 | 285 | 278 | 7 | 49 | 273 | 370 |
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 3,082 | 2,008 | 449 | 201 | 113 | 104 | 9 | 14 | 67 | 230 | 3,148 | 1,971 | 505 | 241 | 151 | 143 | 8 | 25 | 46 | 209 |
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 3,482 | 1,862 | 98 | 549 | 138 | 124 | 14 | 13 | 77 | 745 | 3,566 | 1,813 | 75 | 584 | 121 | 121 | 0 | 6 | 80 | 887 |
Health professions and related programs | 97,416 | 64,676 | 12,467 | 6,659 | 7,552 | 7,240 | 312 | 497 | 1,791 | 3,774 | 102,897 | 67,913 | 13,160 | 7,276 | 8,214 | 7,953 | 261 | 525 | 2,018 | 3,791 |
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting | 9,310 | 5,515 | 2,126 | 905 | 268 | 233 | 35 | 75 | 212 | 209 | 9,643 | 5,683 | 2,324 | 953 | 235 | 204 | 31 | 62 | 211 | 175 |
Legal professions and studies | 7,654 | 2,111 | 535 | 383 | 283 | 279 | 4 | 31 | 67 | 4,244 | 7,924 | 2,005 | 621 | 364 | 247 | 238 | 9 | 58 | 70 | 4,559 |
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities |
3,002 | 2,034 | 404 | 232 | 75 | 71 | 4 | 26 | 55 | 176 | 2,794 | 1,862 | 333 | 236 | 75 | 72 | 3 | 18 | 79 | 191 |
Library science | 5,840 | 4,727 | 267 | 355 | 239 | 218 | 21 | 35 | 122 | 95 | 5,259 | 4,146 | 275 | 432 | 169 | 163 | 6 | 28 | 125 | 84 |
Mathematics and statistics | 7,273 | 2,822 | 195 | 267 | 546 | 543 | 3 | 5 | 69 | 3,369 | 7,589 | 2,782 | 200 | 282 | 537 | 533 | 4 | 8 | 100 | 3,680 |
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Military technologies and applied sciences | 29 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 71 | 54 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 8,120 | 5,044 | 742 | 588 | 395 | 370 | 25 | 37 | 246 | 1,068 | 8,098 | 4,877 | 751 | 657 | 439 | 419 | 20 | 39 | 186 | 1,149 |
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies | 7,609 | 5,445 | 912 | 478 | 168 | 153 | 15 | 54 | 168 | 384 | 7,639 | 5,446 | 936 | 427 | 188 | 167 | 21 | 44 | 209 | 389 |
Philosophy and religious studies | 2,095 | 1,445 | 221 | 129 | 91 | 84 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 154 | 1,912 | 1,403 | 137 | 109 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 170 |
Physical sciences and science technologies | 6,984 | 4,020 | 185 | 311 | 358 | 353 | 5 | 17 | 120 | 1,973 | 7,100 | 3,975 | 206 | 358 | 357 | 353 | 4 | 15 | 131 | 2,058 |
Precision production | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Psychology | 27,926 | 18,422 | 3,814 | 2,792 | 1,164 | 1,084 | 80 | 175 | 616 | 943 | 26,773 | 17,353 | 3,611 | 2,928 | 1,092 | 1,019 | 73 | 140 | 655 | 994 |
Public administration and social services | 44,508 | 24,954 | 8,779 | 5,060 | 1,734 | 1,640 | 94 | 312 | 1,138 | 2,531 | 46,083 | 25,698 | 9,030 | 5,615 | 1,764 | 1,676 | 88 | 294 | 1,169 | 2,513 |
Social sciences and history | 21,497 | 12,548 | 1,609 | 1,617 | 938 | 911 | 27 | 93 | 539 | 4,153 | 20,533 | 11,802 | 1,547 | 1,602 | 890 | 866 | 24 | 74 | 522 | 4,096 |
Social sciences | 17,542 | 9,377 | 1,471 | 1,317 | 857 | 835 | 22 | 62 | 442 | 4,016 | 16,830 | 8,812 | 1,405 | 1,351 | 819 | 800 | 19 | 49 | 428 | 3,966 |
History | 3,955 | 3,171 | 138 | 300 | 81 | 76 | 5 | 31 | 97 | 137 | 3,703 | 2,990 | 142 | 251 | 71 | 66 | 5 | 25 | 94 | 130 |
Theology and religious vocations | 14,128 | 9,435 | 2,200 | 642 | 708 | 679 | 29 | 51 | 163 | 929 | 14,271 | 9,304 | 2,272 | 711 | 732 | 704 | 28 | 41 | 220 | 991 |
Transportation and materials moving | 1,243 | 893 | 103 | 108 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 65 | 960 | 652 | 81 | 66 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 10 | 44 | 72 |
Visual and performing arts | 17,869 | 10,893 | 1,019 | 1,171 | 920 | 891 | 29 | 61 | 438 | 3,367 | 17,756 | 10,325 | 1,106 | 1,176 | 911 | 882 | 29 | 62 | 494 | 3,682 |
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.) |