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Table 321.30. | Associate's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and field of study: 2014-15 and 2015-16 |
Field of study | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 1,014,341 | 590,616 | 137,920 | 180,598 | 51,767 | 48,375 | 3,392 | 9,996 | 25,505 | 17,939 | 1,008,314 | 566,705 | 134,004 | 196,047 | 53,756 | 50,501 | 3,255 | 9,491 | 28,937 | 19,374 |
Agriculture and natural resources | 7,693 | 6,726 | 114 | 415 | 72 | 58 | 14 | 136 | 110 | 120 | 7,858 | 6,885 | 124 | 473 | 47 | 43 | 4 | 113 | 170 | 46 |
Architecture and related services | 491 | 206 | 31 | 180 | 44 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 478 | 187 | 26 | 212 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies | 382 | 98 | 34 | 90 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 87 | 45 | 4 | 419 | 101 | 42 | 106 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 83 | 45 | 13 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4,883 | 2,145 | 428 | 1,438 | 584 | 557 | 27 | 65 | 132 | 91 | 5,266 | 2,270 | 451 | 1,601 | 618 | 605 | 13 | 57 | 155 | 114 |
Business | 132,374 | 71,974 | 21,944 | 21,210 | 8,555 | 8,070 | 485 | 1,386 | 3,118 | 4,187 | 128,249 | 66,822 | 20,772 | 22,367 | 8,946 | 8,521 | 425 | 1,366 | 3,646 | 4,330 |
Communication, journalism, and related programs | 6,034 | 2,860 | 636 | 1,765 | 338 | 324 | 14 | 40 | 228 | 167 | 6,759 | 2,914 | 702 | 2,142 | 469 | 447 | 22 | 29 | 292 | 211 |
Communications technologies | 4,628 | 2,654 | 772 | 719 | 194 | 177 | 17 | 31 | 176 | 82 | 4,569 | 2,492 | 737 | 838 | 181 | 170 | 11 | 44 | 193 | 84 |
Computer and information sciences | 36,420 | 21,807 | 6,029 | 4,707 | 2,146 | 2,030 | 116 | 316 | 861 | 554 | 30,569 | 18,482 | 4,161 | 3,862 | 2,169 | 2,080 | 89 | 294 | 928 | 673 |
Construction trades | 4,643 | 3,405 | 533 | 376 | 151 | 123 | 28 | 77 | 88 | 13 | 4,699 | 3,319 | 500 | 479 | 185 | 165 | 20 | 70 | 135 | 11 |
Education | 17,178 | 9,790 | 2,900 | 3,210 | 357 | 304 | 53 | 407 | 343 | 171 | 17,029 | 9,644 | 2,549 | 3,524 | 322 | 293 | 29 | 449 | 372 | 169 |
Engineering | 4,875 | 2,909 | 333 | 825 | 439 | 422 | 17 | 36 | 104 | 229 | 5,285 | 2,966 | 424 | 994 | 483 | 465 | 18 | 29 | 151 | 238 |
Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields1 |
31,958 | 21,358 | 4,204 | 3,930 | 1,182 | 1,113 | 69 | 387 | 623 | 274 | 27,241 | 18,861 | 2,840 | 3,276 | 989 | 929 | 60 | 282 | 622 | 371 |
English language and literature/letters | 2,324 | 1,086 | 197 | 745 | 148 | 143 | 5 | 22 | 92 | 34 | 2,551 | 1,087 | 160 | 941 | 184 | 174 | 10 | 17 | 113 | 49 |
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 8,750 | 4,195 | 1,674 | 2,174 | 390 | 370 | 20 | 72 | 150 | 95 | 8,930 | 4,053 | 1,647 | 2,431 | 428 | 411 | 17 | 94 | 159 | 118 |
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 2,102 | 979 | 114 | 765 | 94 | 88 | 6 | 20 | 84 | 46 | 2,208 | 988 | 96 | 874 | 98 | 95 | 3 | 19 | 90 | 43 |
Health professions and related programs | 200,018 | 130,702 | 28,114 | 25,037 | 9,227 | 8,579 | 648 | 1,827 | 3,945 | 1,166 | 191,460 | 122,155 | 27,440 | 25,482 | 9,088 | 8,437 | 651 | 1,736 | 4,449 | 1,110 |
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting |
43,041 | 22,826 | 7,153 | 10,539 | 1,022 | 878 | 144 | 384 | 962 | 155 | 39,927 | 20,331 | 6,375 | 10,623 | 1,036 | 907 | 129 | 338 | 1,031 | 193 |
Legal professions and studies | 9,095 | 5,484 | 1,503 | 1,545 | 213 | 191 | 22 | 77 | 212 | 61 | 8,017 | 4,747 | 1,321 | 1,464 | 176 | 167 | 9 | 64 | 192 | 53 |
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities |
367,852 | 210,601 | 48,140 | 71,199 | 16,954 | 15,781 | 1,173 | 3,261 | 10,136 | 7,561 | 381,197 | 210,211 | 50,187 | 79,871 | 18,014 | 16,832 | 1,182 | 3,117 | 11,517 | 8,280 |
Library science | 170 | 121 | 11 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 146 | 107 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2,697 | 1,142 | 92 | 807 | 449 | 443 | 6 | 15 | 97 | 95 | 3,029 | 1,110 | 104 | 1,038 | 496 | 489 | 7 | 14 | 112 | 155 |
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians | 19,984 | 13,584 | 1,778 | 3,027 | 692 | 588 | 104 | 261 | 493 | 149 | 20,578 | 13,780 | 1,816 | 3,262 | 714 | 606 | 108 | 262 | 537 | 207 |
Military technologies and applied sciences | 1,229 | 772 | 174 | 178 | 53 | 40 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 0 | 1,047 | 648 | 158 | 134 | 45 | 40 | 5 | 14 | 48 | 0 |
Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 29,139 | 14,826 | 2,440 | 6,854 | 3,295 | 3,194 | 101 | 179 | 999 | 546 | 30,484 | 14,627 | 2,438 | 8,058 | 3,471 | 3,350 | 121 | 180 | 1,120 | 590 |
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies | 4,669 | 2,547 | 429 | 1,131 | 316 | 294 | 22 | 55 | 146 | 45 | 4,771 | 2,376 | 453 | 1,271 | 377 | 357 | 20 | 38 | 187 | 69 |
Philosophy and religious studies | 697 | 448 | 92 | 82 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 34 | 814 | 554 | 90 | 106 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 23 |
Physical sciences and science technologies | 7,568 | 3,644 | 698 | 1,548 | 936 | 909 | 27 | 82 | 247 | 413 | 8,485 | 3,948 | 853 | 1,930 | 984 | 946 | 38 | 73 | 293 | 404 |
Precision production | 4,382 | 3,506 | 175 | 412 | 113 | 104 | 9 | 61 | 99 | 16 | 4,840 | 3,794 | 231 | 515 | 127 | 117 | 10 | 54 | 102 | 17 |
Psychology | 8,780 | 3,358 | 722 | 3,505 | 607 | 584 | 23 | 129 | 344 | 115 | 10,603 | 3,691 | 855 | 4,665 | 778 | 736 | 42 | 130 | 382 | 102 |
Public administration and social services | 8,436 | 4,181 | 2,303 | 1,441 | 144 | 121 | 23 | 131 | 188 | 48 | 7,988 | 3,690 | 2,373 | 1,325 | 151 | 143 | 8 | 142 | 244 | 63 |
Social sciences and history | 17,916 | 7,141 | 1,646 | 6,201 | 1,711 | 1,604 | 107 | 222 | 671 | 324 | 20,056 | 7,306 | 1,668 | 7,694 | 1,901 | 1,794 | 107 | 190 | 862 | 435 |
Social sciences | 16,631 | 6,463 | 1,578 | 5,792 | 1,653 | 1,550 | 103 | 207 | 618 | 320 | 18,451 | 6,513 | 1,615 | 7,098 | 1,822 | 1,718 | 104 | 169 | 806 | 428 |
History | 1,285 | 678 | 68 | 409 | 58 | 54 | 4 | 15 | 53 | 4 | 1,605 | 793 | 53 | 596 | 79 | 76 | 3 | 21 | 56 | 7 |
Theology and religious vocations | 1,135 | 659 | 282 | 136 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 1,089 | 680 | 265 | 84 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 13 |
Transportation and materials moving | 1,810 | 1,152 | 130 | 277 | 90 | 80 | 10 | 13 | 73 | 75 | 1,497 | 928 | 105 | 225 | 75 | 69 | 6 | 11 | 63 | 90 |
Visual and performing arts | 20,988 | 11,730 | 2,095 | 4,100 | 1,187 | 1,122 | 65 | 180 | 658 | 1,038 | 20,176 | 10,951 | 2,037 | 4,155 | 1,110 | 1,045 | 65 | 167 | 672 | 1,084 |
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 degree-granting postsecondary institutions, which are institutions that grant associate's or higher degrees and participate 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 2015 and Fall 2016, Completions component. (This table was prepared August 2017.) |