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Table 322.50. | Bachelor's degrees conferred to females 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 | 1,099,004 | 674,489 | 124,561 | 142,201 | 75,075 | 72,460 | 2,615 | 5,913 | 36,427 | 40,338 | 1,119,987 | 674,586 | 125,746 | 152,835 | 78,680 | 76,098 | 2,582 | 5,852 | 39,442 | 42,846 |
Agriculture and natural resources | 19,378 | 14,918 | 665 | 1,716 | 802 | 774 | 28 | 102 | 729 | 446 | 19,903 | 15,104 | 726 | 1,842 | 841 | 802 | 39 | 124 | 759 | 507 |
Architecture and related services | 3,972 | 2,139 | 194 | 581 | 425 | 422 | 3 | 10 | 143 | 480 | 3,988 | 2,016 | 186 | 624 | 407 | 395 | 12 | 10 | 145 | 600 |
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies | 5,615 | 2,478 | 838 | 1,163 | 514 | 502 | 12 | 112 | 319 | 191 | 5,606 | 2,285 | 843 | 1,290 | 501 | 477 | 24 | 98 | 391 | 198 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 68,181 | 39,284 | 6,128 | 7,843 | 10,129 | 10,000 | 129 | 304 | 2,534 | 1,959 | 71,244 | 40,155 | 6,532 | 8,707 | 10,554 | 10,424 | 130 | 285 | 2,837 | 2,174 |
Business | 175,381 | 99,125 | 21,815 | 22,002 | 13,710 | 13,204 | 506 | 1,006 | 4,847 | 12,876 | 179,467 | 100,706 | 21,614 | 23,412 | 14,243 | 13,757 | 486 | 957 | 5,250 | 13,285 |
Communication, journalism, and related programs | 60,110 | 38,322 | 6,692 | 7,760 | 2,517 | 2,427 | 90 | 230 | 2,336 | 2,253 | 61,300 | 38,084 | 6,917 | 8,434 | 2,588 | 2,471 | 117 | 186 | 2,637 | 2,454 |
Communications technologies | 1,725 | 1,046 | 202 | 185 | 114 | 110 | 4 | 9 | 85 | 84 | 1,736 | 955 | 228 | 231 | 129 | 125 | 4 | 8 | 78 | 107 |
Computer and information sciences | 12,072 | 5,810 | 1,530 | 1,145 | 2,029 | 1,977 | 52 | 50 | 523 | 985 | 13,654 | 6,237 | 1,660 | 1,349 | 2,554 | 2,523 | 31 | 60 | 560 | 1,234 |
Construction trades | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Education | 69,792 | 53,886 | 4,934 | 6,401 | 1,697 | 1,566 | 131 | 459 | 1,657 | 758 | 69,051 | 52,601 | 4,773 | 6,907 | 1,853 | 1,748 | 105 | 443 | 1,746 | 728 |
Engineering | 22,333 | 12,773 | 1,064 | 2,285 | 3,115 | 3,078 | 37 | 65 | 913 | 2,118 | 24,904 | 14,110 | 1,128 | 2,694 | 3,520 | 3,478 | 42 | 61 | 988 | 2,403 |
Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields1 |
2,003 | 1,211 | 284 | 221 | 111 | 105 | 6 | 21 | 62 | 93 | 2,282 | 1,352 | 283 | 273 | 132 | 131 | 1 | 19 | 72 | 151 |
English language and literature/letters | 30,020 | 20,882 | 2,530 | 3,593 | 1,237 | 1,190 | 47 | 136 | 1,234 | 408 | 29,070 | 19,946 | 2,299 | 3,776 | 1,279 | 1,236 | 43 | 117 | 1,266 | 387 |
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 22,407 | 14,394 | 2,750 | 2,928 | 1,122 | 1,088 | 34 | 127 | 698 | 388 | 22,055 | 13,645 | 2,767 | 3,183 | 1,167 | 1,125 | 42 | 114 | 770 | 409 |
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 12,681 | 7,340 | 671 | 2,957 | 743 | 733 | 10 | 47 | 568 | 355 | 12,081 | 6,839 | 637 | 2,925 | 742 | 731 | 11 | 30 | 541 | 367 |
Health professions and related programs | 192,645 | 129,055 | 22,532 | 19,964 | 13,417 | 12,841 | 576 | 905 | 4,893 | 1,879 | 200,256 | 132,972 | 23,317 | 21,742 | 14,018 | 13,432 | 586 | 1,015 | 5,309 | 1,883 |
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting | 28,559 | 13,384 | 7,114 | 6,024 | 679 | 564 | 115 | 223 | 907 | 228 | 27,996 | 12,771 | 6,827 | 6,354 | 665 | 576 | 89 | 243 | 932 | 204 |
Legal professions and studies | 2,947 | 1,639 | 548 | 476 | 135 | 130 | 5 | 22 | 98 | 29 | 2,917 | 1,584 | 486 | 552 | 125 | 121 | 4 | 24 | 112 | 34 |
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities |
27,519 | 16,853 | 3,968 | 4,016 | 1,025 | 964 | 61 | 247 | 881 | 529 | 27,842 | 16,640 | 4,107 | 4,313 | 1,056 | 968 | 88 | 224 | 990 | 512 |
Library science | 79 | 60 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 75 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 9,688 | 5,454 | 489 | 907 | 987 | 981 | 6 | 18 | 281 | 1,552 | 10,071 | 5,366 | 494 | 968 | 1,064 | 1,057 | 7 | 16 | 318 | 1,845 |
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians | 27 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Military technologies and applied sciences | 68 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 32,589 | 18,726 | 4,316 | 5,283 | 2,070 | 1,993 | 77 | 175 | 1,202 | 817 | 32,858 | 18,266 | 4,304 | 5,756 | 2,161 | 2,093 | 68 | 183 | 1,307 | 881 |
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies | 24,204 | 16,524 | 2,502 | 2,733 | 1,023 | 970 | 53 | 148 | 926 | 348 | 25,874 | 16,962 | 2,804 | 3,297 | 1,162 | 1,116 | 46 | 187 | 1,045 | 417 |
Philosophy and religious studies | 3,784 | 2,441 | 381 | 434 | 240 | 227 | 13 | 18 | 166 | 104 | 3,704 | 2,349 | 348 | 416 | 273 | 265 | 8 | 12 | 173 | 133 |
Physical sciences and science technologies | 11,812 | 7,438 | 795 | 1,073 | 1,322 | 1,299 | 23 | 61 | 449 | 674 | 12,408 | 7,575 | 901 | 1,255 | 1,377 | 1,356 | 21 | 60 | 511 | 729 |
Precision production | 23 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Psychology | 91,170 | 52,292 | 11,750 | 15,572 | 5,498 | 5,289 | 209 | 512 | 3,360 | 2,186 | 91,335 | 51,048 | 11,771 | 16,370 | 5,829 | 5,600 | 229 | 485 | 3,552 | 2,280 |
Public administration and social services | 28,410 | 15,369 | 6,400 | 4,427 | 842 | 758 | 84 | 215 | 876 | 281 | 29,226 | 15,595 | 6,427 | 4,857 | 837 | 754 | 83 | 233 | 956 | 321 |
Social sciences and history | 79,919 | 42,602 | 9,371 | 13,602 | 5,785 | 5,611 | 174 | 422 | 3,323 | 4,814 | 79,531 | 41,550 | 9,078 | 14,327 | 5,786 | 5,632 | 154 | 405 | 3,495 | 4,890 |
Social sciences | 69,616 | 35,105 | 8,722 | 12,359 | 5,438 | 5,283 | 155 | 373 | 2,930 | 4,689 | 69,779 | 34,535 | 8,464 | 13,106 | 5,464 | 5,322 | 142 | 352 | 3,092 | 4,766 |
History | 10,303 | 7,497 | 649 | 1,243 | 347 | 328 | 19 | 49 | 393 | 125 | 9,752 | 7,015 | 614 | 1,221 | 322 | 310 | 12 | 53 | 403 | 124 |
Theology and religious vocations | 3,055 | 2,205 | 400 | 233 | 78 | 74 | 4 | 15 | 68 | 56 | 2,872 | 2,040 | 387 | 224 | 93 | 83 | 10 | 16 | 66 | 46 |
Transportation and materials moving | 552 | 368 | 51 | 46 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 43 | 574 | 357 | 44 | 62 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 38 |
Visual and performing arts | 56,267 | 36,394 | 3,622 | 6,600 | 3,687 | 3,564 | 123 | 250 | 2,319 | 3,395 | 55,966 | 35,328 | 3,839 | 6,673 | 3,681 | 3,583 | 98 | 230 | 2,590 | 3,625 |
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.) |