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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
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.)

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