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Table 322.30. | Bachelor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and field of study: 2015-16 and 2016-17 |
Field of study | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 1,920,750 | 1,197,323 | 194,408 | 235,190 | 138,257 | 133,601 | 4,656 | 9,735 | 61,584 | 84,253 | 1,956,032 | 1,196,007 | 196,300 | 252,166 | 144,078 | 139,527 | 4,551 | 9,582 | 66,526 | 91,373 |
Agriculture and natural resources | 36,995 | 29,477 | 1,105 | 2,922 | 1,320 | 1,266 | 54 | 212 | 1,169 | 790 | 37,719 | 29,577 | 1,180 | 3,192 | 1,381 | 1,315 | 66 | 250 | 1,235 | 904 |
Architecture and related services | 8,825 | 4,998 | 469 | 1,318 | 787 | 772 | 15 | 30 | 273 | 950 | 8,573 | 4,630 | 466 | 1,355 | 742 | 719 | 23 | 23 | 271 | 1,086 |
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies | 7,840 | 3,470 | 1,154 | 1,602 | 713 | 686 | 27 | 188 | 428 | 285 | 7,720 | 3,171 | 1,142 | 1,700 | 701 | 663 | 38 | 163 | 519 | 324 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 113,794 | 66,584 | 8,781 | 12,883 | 17,563 | 17,325 | 238 | 474 | 4,262 | 3,247 | 116,759 | 66,725 | 9,334 | 14,138 | 17,920 | 17,688 | 232 | 455 | 4,688 | 3,499 |
Business | 371,690 | 224,640 | 38,239 | 42,557 | 27,215 | 26,211 | 1,004 | 1,847 | 9,779 | 27,413 | 381,353 | 228,806 | 38,204 | 45,609 | 28,045 | 27,098 | 947 | 1,791 | 10,590 | 28,308 |
Communication, journalism, and related programs | 92,551 | 59,360 | 10,813 | 11,598 | 3,748 | 3,591 | 157 | 341 | 3,453 | 3,238 | 93,778 | 58,701 | 11,153 | 12,500 | 3,806 | 3,622 | 184 | 296 | 3,778 | 3,544 |
Communications technologies | 4,824 | 2,912 | 572 | 586 | 255 | 239 | 16 | 27 | 255 | 217 | 4,615 | 2,586 | 626 | 647 | 278 | 259 | 19 | 24 | 200 | 254 |
Computer and information sciences | 64,402 | 37,033 | 6,004 | 6,221 | 8,615 | 8,411 | 204 | 243 | 2,202 | 4,084 | 71,420 | 39,492 | 6,391 | 7,233 | 10,425 | 10,238 | 187 | 268 | 2,471 | 5,140 |
Construction trades | 225 | 168 | 5 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 153 | 103 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Education | 87,221 | 66,992 | 6,611 | 7,841 | 2,140 | 1,962 | 178 | 595 | 2,100 | 942 | 85,118 | 64,688 | 6,287 | 8,277 | 2,272 | 2,134 | 138 | 552 | 2,143 | 899 |
Engineering | 106,789 | 65,841 | 4,267 | 10,502 | 12,368 | 12,207 | 161 | 315 | 3,400 | 10,096 | 115,640 | 69,987 | 4,505 | 11,871 | 13,364 | 13,203 | 161 | 301 | 3,819 | 11,793 |
Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields1 |
16,548 | 11,244 | 1,519 | 1,498 | 806 | 778 | 28 | 122 | 353 | 1,006 | 17,665 | 11,765 | 1,522 | 1,708 | 778 | 749 | 29 | 119 | 440 | 1,333 |
English language and literature/letters | 42,797 | 29,855 | 3,456 | 5,226 | 1,771 | 1,700 | 71 | 201 | 1,716 | 572 | 41,317 | 28,424 | 3,258 | 5,352 | 1,804 | 1,741 | 63 | 185 | 1,720 | 574 |
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 25,389 | 16,146 | 3,201 | 3,269 | 1,347 | 1,295 | 52 | 137 | 798 | 491 | 25,077 | 15,305 | 3,221 | 3,619 | 1,388 | 1,338 | 50 | 133 | 890 | 521 |
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 18,436 | 11,005 | 913 | 4,097 | 1,058 | 1,039 | 19 | 73 | 786 | 504 | 17,642 | 10,273 | 859 | 4,074 | 1,071 | 1,051 | 20 | 48 | 781 | 536 |
Health professions and related programs | 228,907 | 151,186 | 26,469 | 24,113 | 17,492 | 16,738 | 754 | 1,075 | 5,943 | 2,629 | 238,014 | 155,670 | 27,363 | 26,381 | 18,290 | 17,533 | 757 | 1,198 | 6,459 | 2,653 |
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting |
61,159 | 33,017 | 12,056 | 11,656 | 1,703 | 1,448 | 255 | 435 | 1,758 | 534 | 59,581 | 31,302 | 11,544 | 12,166 | 1,697 | 1,465 | 232 | 440 | 1,829 | 603 |
Legal professions and studies | 4,243 | 2,398 | 720 | 672 | 213 | 207 | 6 | 28 | 148 | 64 | 4,272 | 2,386 | 659 | 779 | 201 | 194 | 7 | 39 | 156 | 52 |
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities |
43,669 | 27,129 | 6,550 | 5,750 | 1,567 | 1,457 | 110 | 389 | 1,408 | 876 | 43,841 | 26,759 | 6,658 | 6,117 | 1,598 | 1,457 | 141 | 359 | 1,526 | 824 |
Library science | 85 | 65 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 86 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 22,778 | 13,034 | 992 | 2,153 | 2,441 | 2,417 | 24 | 52 | 684 | 3,422 | 24,073 | 13,191 | 1,021 | 2,320 | 2,620 | 2,598 | 22 | 59 | 771 | 4,091 |
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians | 386 | 256 | 30 | 27 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 303 | 216 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 |
Military technologies and applied sciences | 358 | 270 | 41 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 469 | 351 | 39 | 40 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 7 |
Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 48,833 | 28,551 | 6,352 | 7,472 | 3,106 | 2,990 | 116 | 282 | 1,751 | 1,319 | 49,658 | 28,178 | 6,397 | 7,945 | 3,405 | 3,282 | 123 | 269 | 1,993 | 1,471 |
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies | 50,912 | 34,107 | 5,844 | 5,759 | 2,313 | 2,196 | 117 | 265 | 1,780 | 844 | 53,264 | 34,468 | 6,215 | 6,578 | 2,555 | 2,432 | 123 | 323 | 2,072 | 1,053 |
Philosophy and religious studies | 10,155 | 6,857 | 836 | 1,165 | 559 | 528 | 31 | 49 | 389 | 300 | 9,712 | 6,455 | 791 | 1,124 | 570 | 553 | 17 | 40 | 422 | 310 |
Physical sciences and science technologies | 30,483 | 20,408 | 1,483 | 2,768 | 2,948 | 2,901 | 47 | 145 | 1,119 | 1,612 | 31,268 | 20,447 | 1,655 | 3,117 | 2,934 | 2,901 | 33 | 126 | 1,200 | 1,789 |
Precision production | 51 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Psychology | 117,447 | 67,396 | 14,718 | 19,815 | 7,617 | 7,347 | 270 | 653 | 4,355 | 2,893 | 116,861 | 65,187 | 14,807 | 20,784 | 7,814 | 7,520 | 294 | 632 | 4,588 | 3,049 |
Public administration and social services | 34,433 | 18,703 | 7,662 | 5,265 | 1,087 | 976 | 111 | 254 | 1,072 | 390 | 35,464 | 19,018 | 7,662 | 5,824 | 1,106 | 1,003 | 103 | 287 | 1,140 | 427 |
Social sciences and history | 161,211 | 93,924 | 15,513 | 23,770 | 11,264 | 10,920 | 344 | 776 | 6,104 | 9,860 | 159,099 | 90,393 | 15,200 | 25,062 | 11,176 | 10,860 | 316 | 728 | 6,373 | 10,167 |
Social sciences | 135,622 | 74,729 | 14,121 | 20,847 | 10,469 | 10,166 | 303 | 650 | 5,251 | 9,555 | 135,041 | 72,601 | 13,898 | 22,117 | 10,419 | 10,138 | 281 | 590 | 5,537 | 9,879 |
History | 25,589 | 19,195 | 1,392 | 2,923 | 795 | 754 | 41 | 126 | 853 | 305 | 24,058 | 17,792 | 1,302 | 2,945 | 757 | 722 | 35 | 138 | 836 | 288 |
Theology and religious vocations | 9,804 | 7,754 | 868 | 556 | 221 | 199 | 22 | 38 | 165 | 202 | 9,491 | 7,476 | 802 | 558 | 238 | 221 | 17 | 44 | 159 | 214 |
Transportation and materials moving | 4,531 | 3,214 | 310 | 366 | 171 | 153 | 18 | 19 | 167 | 284 | 4,710 | 3,306 | 280 | 355 | 204 | 186 | 18 | 25 | 201 | 339 |
Visual and performing arts | 92,979 | 59,294 | 6,847 | 11,687 | 5,819 | 5,614 | 205 | 459 | 3,732 | 5,141 | 91,262 | 56,861 | 7,025 | 11,666 | 5,663 | 5,476 | 187 | 395 | 4,059 | 5,593 |
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 2016 and Fall 2017, Completions component. (This table was prepared August 2018.) |