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Table 324.25. | Doctor'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 | 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 | 177,587 | 110,157 | 12,621 | 10,665 | 19,118 | 18,791 | 327 | 861 | 2,966 | 21,199 | 178,547 | 108,912 | 13,278 | 11,257 | 19,193 | 18,879 | 314 | 884 | 3,671 | 21,352 |
Agriculture and natural resources | 1,407 | 691 | 41 | 55 | 47 | 46 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 562 | 1,561 | 803 | 35 | 54 | 49 | 48 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 596 |
Architecture and related services | 247 | 76 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 112 | 272 | 97 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 112 |
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies | 336 | 151 | 53 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 54 | 312 | 153 | 45 | 29 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 48 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 8,302 | 4,493 | 299 | 376 | 721 | 707 | 14 | 18 | 119 | 2,276 | 8,053 | 4,266 | 243 | 442 | 745 | 736 | 9 | 26 | 122 | 2,209 |
Business | 3,039 | 1,440 | 592 | 127 | 188 | 187 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 665 | 3,116 | 1,444 | 619 | 141 | 228 | 224 | 4 | 19 | 27 | 638 |
Communication, journalism, and related programs | 611 | 381 | 32 | 35 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 139 | 644 | 399 | 43 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 146 |
Communications technologies | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 1,982 | 670 | 69 | 37 | 129 | 129 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1,060 | 1,998 | 628 | 76 | 51 | 130 | 130 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 1,086 |
Construction trades | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Education | 10,929 | 6,832 | 2,097 | 815 | 405 | 383 | 22 | 73 | 112 | 595 | 11,772 | 7,307 | 2,274 | 869 | 457 | 420 | 37 | 80 | 147 | 638 |
Engineering | 10,010 | 3,132 | 180 | 265 | 705 | 696 | 9 | 14 | 81 | 5,633 | 10,239 | 3,226 | 176 | 303 | 714 | 713 | 1 | 14 | 91 | 5,715 |
Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields1 |
107 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 123 | 48 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 |
English language and literature/letters | 1,393 | 1,092 | 48 | 56 | 49 | 48 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 122 | 1,418 | 1,111 | 41 | 60 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 117 |
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 335 | 199 | 35 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 335 | 189 | 35 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 75 |
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 1,230 | 678 | 19 | 118 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 341 | 1,243 | 644 | 16 | 150 | 47 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 366 |
Health professions and related programs | 67,447 | 44,234 | 4,031 | 3,571 | 12,020 | 11,870 | 150 | 297 | 1,167 | 2,127 | 71,003 | 46,238 | 4,375 | 3,948 | 12,344 | 12,186 | 158 | 275 | 1,441 | 2,382 |
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting | 152 | 98 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 193 | 126 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
Legal professions and studies | 44,169 | 30,985 | 3,303 | 3,910 | 3,360 | 3,256 | 104 | 313 | 1,105 | 1,193 | 40,329 | 27,325 | 3,373 | 3,865 | 2,893 | 2,826 | 67 | 333 | 1,407 | 1,133 |
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities |
90 | 72 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 96 | 63 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Library science | 52 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 44 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1,863 | 776 | 30 | 39 | 87 | 86 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 916 | 1,801 | 740 | 22 | 38 | 90 | 88 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 902 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 769 | 439 | 83 | 26 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 164 | 840 | 459 | 96 | 39 | 39 | 38 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 185 |
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies | 317 | 220 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 311 | 192 | 29 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 69 |
Philosophy and religious studies | 698 | 489 | 43 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 100 | 762 | 537 | 50 | 30 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 91 |
Physical sciences and science technologies | 5,806 | 2,730 | 137 | 174 | 280 | 277 | 3 | 19 | 57 | 2,409 | 5,823 | 2,845 | 131 | 186 | 298 | 292 | 6 | 16 | 61 | 2,286 |
Precision production | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 6,634 | 4,675 | 561 | 520 | 380 | 366 | 14 | 30 | 115 | 353 | 6,583 | 4,517 | 626 | 526 | 414 | 404 | 10 | 37 | 106 | 357 |
Public administration and social services | 1,047 | 569 | 229 | 48 | 40 | 39 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 142 | 1,123 | 610 | 245 | 44 | 49 | 48 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 156 |
Social sciences and history | 4,724 | 2,674 | 217 | 250 | 229 | 228 | 1 | 22 | 41 | 1,291 | 4,828 | 2,764 | 223 | 255 | 219 | 216 | 3 | 23 | 68 | 1,276 |
Social sciences | 3,684 | 1,938 | 164 | 181 | 192 | 192 | 0 | 19 | 33 | 1,157 | 3,842 | 2,049 | 168 | 197 | 185 | 182 | 3 | 20 | 53 | 1,170 |
History | 1,040 | 736 | 53 | 69 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 134 | 986 | 715 | 55 | 58 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 106 |
Theology and religious vocations | 2,103 | 1,162 | 402 | 65 | 132 | 131 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 319 | 1,927 | 1,030 | 386 | 77 | 137 | 133 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 282 |
Transportation and materials moving | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Visual and performing arts | 1,778 | 1,116 | 42 | 74 | 110 | 110 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 414 | 1,793 | 1,117 | 57 | 71 | 127 | 124 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 397 |
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.) |