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Table 321.30. Associate's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and field of study: 2016-17 and 2017-18
Field of study 2016-17 2017-18
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 1,005,687 551,057 129,880 209,159 55,814 52,633 3,181 9,265 29,603 20,909 1,011,487 536,256 125,517 225,462 58,952 55,840 3,112 9,285 32,971 23,044
Agriculture and natural resources 8,208 7,189 127 524 65 56 9 107 153 43 8,076 6,988 126 578 73 61 12 108 158 45
Architecture and related services 503 195 26 211 31 31 0 1 17 22 539 204 24 222 56 55 1 6 9 18
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 420 115 47 118 30 19 11 66 37 7 559 122 67 177 38 28 10 81 67 7
Biological and biomedical sciences 5,550 2,213 473 1,783 682 670 12 66 194 139 6,390 2,401 501 2,173 842 811 31 80 225 168
Business 122,252 61,949 18,952 23,190 8,966 8,539 427 1,205 3,430 4,560 117,782 58,058 17,186 23,443 9,190 8,805 385 1,243 3,618 5,044
                                         
Communication, journalism, and related programs 7,379 3,036 857 2,433 541 519 22 39 276 197 7,785 3,073 764 2,781 573 546 27 27 365 202
Communications technologies 4,307 2,385 662 780 169 161 8 31 154 126 4,197 2,207 627 884 177 170 7 31 162 109
Computer and information sciences 31,171 18,464 4,038 4,279 2,390 2,281 109 269 947 784 31,479 18,014 3,971 4,521 2,640 2,542 98 277 981 1,075
Construction trades 5,308 3,660 519 507 275 230 45 125 198 24 5,277 3,889 367 530 197 175 22 99 171 24
Education 16,603 9,254 2,444 3,582 400 359 41 365 397 161 16,182 8,677 2,298 3,885 396 366 30 335 408 183
                                         
Engineering 5,915 3,162 407 1,204 589 582 7 48 152 353 6,408 3,323 476 1,304 651 635 16 35 191 428
Engineering technologies and engineering-related
   fields1
27,021 18,689 2,688 3,296 1,001 920 81 257 645 445 26,745 18,479 2,422 3,448 1,097 1,031 66 254 660 385
English language and literature/letters 2,870 1,154 200 1,110 219 214 5 12 124 51 3,133 1,197 190 1,345 208 201 7 15 137 41
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 8,871 3,767 1,499 2,791 411 392 19 93 187 123 8,854 3,606 1,351 3,035 431 410 21 99 193 139
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics 2,363 1,026 106 991 92 88 4 10 84 54 2,607 1,079 106 1,164 108 105 3 14 100 36
                                         
Health professions and related programs 186,312 115,554 27,392 26,827 9,130 8,536 594 1,760 4,487 1,162 181,056 109,919 26,293 27,809 9,265 8,649 616 1,641 4,905 1,224
Homeland security, law enforcement, and
   firefighting
37,362 18,629 5,476 10,837 1,060 924 136 314 881 165 35,276 16,992 4,725 10,991 1,039 932 107 355 957 217
Legal professions and studies 6,904 4,023 1,072 1,350 160 141 19 64 175 60 6,237 3,376 958 1,290 275 257 18 47 182 109
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and
   humanities
386,746 208,757 49,492 85,562 18,684 17,555 1,129 3,145 12,277 8,829 397,926 208,180 49,958 93,087 19,665 18,510 1,155 3,228 14,064 9,744
Library science 158 109 10 25 7 7 0 2 5 0 156 107 7 25 10 10 0 5 2 0
                                         
Mathematics and statistics 3,454 1,221 108 1,149 629 615 14 15 121 211 4,135 1,312 119 1,456 798 788 10 23 167 260
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 20,821 13,817 1,828 3,469 700 608 92 268 522 217 21,295 13,856 1,659 3,878 787 692 95 278 623 214
Military technologies and applied sciences 1,093 702 144 141 50 43 7 11 45 0 1,226 756 166 211 58 52 6 9 26 0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies 30,780 13,961 2,416 8,875 3,643 3,567 76 153 1,096 636 31,068 12,859 2,206 9,947 3,973 3,884 89 173 1,239 671
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies 5,037 2,242 489 1,606 394 366 28 38 188 80 5,095 1,928 489 1,852 462 438 24 53 214 97
                                         
Philosophy and religious studies 1,002 719 78 123 31 29 2 4 23 24 1,049 720 59 176 31 28 3 2 23 38
Physical sciences and science technologies 9,223 4,226 942 2,136 1,036 1,011 25 73 312 498 10,116 4,314 1,014 2,613 1,208 1,185 23 84 371 512
Precision production 5,251 3,970 256 663 140 125 15 81 129 12 5,333 4,013 238 674 169 164 5 73 149 17
Psychology 11,283 3,758 864 5,085 891 844 47 117 445 123 12,489 3,928 924 5,938 937 908 29 106 494 162
Public administration and social services 7,591 3,420 2,206 1,475 121 99 22 140 191 38 7,136 2,991 2,238 1,410 133 111 22 139 193 32
                                         
Social sciences and history 21,392 7,467 1,715 8,635 1,973 1,870 103 209 913 480 23,683 7,902 1,868 9,914 2,120 1,996 124 221 1,033 625
Social sciences 19,636 6,586 1,661 7,983 1,894 1,795 99 199 841 472 21,545 6,923 1,807 9,050 2,017 1,897 120 198 937 613
History 1,756 881 54 652 79 75 4 10 72 8 2,138 979 61 864 103 99 4 23 96 12
Theology and religious vocations 1,546 1,071 288 98 29 27 2 16 29 15 1,435 976 271 96 20 15 5 8 34 30
Transportation and materials moving 1,547 948 116 230 107 91 16 10 51 85 1,610 1,014 110 236 86 78 8 14 49 101
Visual and performing arts 19,444 10,205 1,943 4,074 1,168 1,114 54 151 718 1,185 19,153 9,796 1,739 4,369 1,239 1,202 37 122 801 1,087
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 2017 and Fall 2018, Completions component. (This table was prepared October 2019.)

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