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Table 322.30. | Bachelor'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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 1,956,114 | 1,195,977 | 196,338 | 252,203 | 144,093 | 139,541 | 4,552 | 9,589 | 66,532 | 91,382 | 1,980,644 | 1,189,619 | 195,014 | 267,065 | 150,999 | 146,648 | 4,351 | 9,157 | 70,553 | 98,237 |
Agriculture and natural resources | 37,734 | 29,586 | 1,180 | 3,196 | 1,383 | 1,317 | 66 | 250 | 1,235 | 904 | 39,314 | 30,377 | 1,201 | 3,481 | 1,479 | 1,412 | 67 | 273 | 1,445 | 1,058 |
Architecture and related services | 8,579 | 4,631 | 466 | 1,356 | 744 | 721 | 23 | 23 | 271 | 1,088 | 8,464 | 4,520 | 439 | 1,296 | 693 | 684 | 9 | 23 | 320 | 1,173 |
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies | 7,720 | 3,169 | 1,145 | 1,701 | 700 | 662 | 38 | 163 | 519 | 323 | 7,717 | 3,118 | 1,143 | 1,739 | 643 | 621 | 22 | 187 | 516 | 371 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 116,768 | 66,728 | 9,335 | 14,138 | 17,923 | 17,691 | 232 | 455 | 4,688 | 3,501 | 118,663 | 66,377 | 9,313 | 15,416 | 18,286 | 18,048 | 238 | 448 | 5,019 | 3,804 |
Business | 381,109 | 228,592 | 38,206 | 45,607 | 28,037 | 27,090 | 947 | 1,792 | 10,579 | 28,296 | 386,201 | 229,344 | 37,425 | 48,804 | 28,579 | 27,724 | 855 | 1,748 | 11,573 | 28,728 |
Communication, journalism, and related programs | 93,794 | 58,712 | 11,155 | 12,502 | 3,806 | 3,621 | 185 | 297 | 3,778 | 3,544 | 92,290 | 57,024 | 10,781 | 12,823 | 3,936 | 3,766 | 170 | 298 | 3,797 | 3,631 |
Communications technologies | 4,615 | 2,586 | 626 | 647 | 278 | 259 | 19 | 24 | 200 | 254 | 4,231 | 2,352 | 575 | 573 | 295 | 283 | 12 | 22 | 171 | 243 |
Computer and information sciences | 71,416 | 39,485 | 6,391 | 7,234 | 10,426 | 10,239 | 187 | 268 | 2,470 | 5,142 | 79,598 | 42,080 | 6,862 | 8,084 | 12,609 | 12,444 | 165 | 262 | 2,905 | 6,796 |
Construction trades | 153 | 103 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 151 | 98 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Education | 85,130 | 64,694 | 6,289 | 8,280 | 2,273 | 2,135 | 138 | 552 | 2,143 | 899 | 82,621 | 61,794 | 6,130 | 8,642 | 2,350 | 2,221 | 129 | 501 | 2,210 | 994 |
Engineering | 115,671 | 70,006 | 4,505 | 11,875 | 13,368 | 13,207 | 161 | 301 | 3,820 | 11,796 | 121,956 | 72,484 | 4,836 | 12,777 | 14,080 | 13,909 | 171 | 360 | 4,138 | 13,281 |
Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields1 |
17,667 | 11,766 | 1,522 | 1,709 | 778 | 749 | 29 | 119 | 440 | 1,333 | 18,228 | 11,959 | 1,536 | 1,833 | 836 | 795 | 41 | 118 | 485 | 1,461 |
English language and literature/letters | 41,314 | 28,421 | 3,260 | 5,353 | 1,803 | 1,740 | 63 | 185 | 1,718 | 574 | 40,002 | 27,105 | 3,210 | 5,538 | 1,718 | 1,659 | 59 | 156 | 1,720 | 555 |
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 25,080 | 15,306 | 3,221 | 3,620 | 1,388 | 1,338 | 50 | 133 | 891 | 521 | 24,349 | 14,536 | 3,088 | 3,676 | 1,472 | 1,414 | 58 | 116 | 901 | 560 |
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 17,643 | 10,274 | 859 | 4,074 | 1,071 | 1,051 | 20 | 48 | 781 | 536 | 16,958 | 9,788 | 813 | 3,849 | 1,063 | 1,043 | 20 | 40 | 772 | 633 |
Health professions and related programs | 237,979 | 155,642 | 27,359 | 26,378 | 18,289 | 17,532 | 757 | 1,199 | 6,457 | 2,655 | 244,909 | 158,507 | 27,908 | 28,279 | 19,136 | 18,346 | 790 | 1,162 | 7,095 | 2,822 |
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting |
59,553 | 31,286 | 11,539 | 12,161 | 1,696 | 1,465 | 231 | 440 | 1,828 | 603 | 58,114 | 30,316 | 11,036 | 12,122 | 1,719 | 1,504 | 215 | 370 | 1,845 | 706 |
Legal professions and studies | 4,272 | 2,387 | 659 | 779 | 201 | 194 | 7 | 39 | 155 | 52 | 4,239 | 2,341 | 669 | 746 | 220 | 209 | 11 | 30 | 169 | 64 |
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities |
44,103 | 26,946 | 6,684 | 6,131 | 1,605 | 1,463 | 142 | 360 | 1,550 | 827 | 44,262 | 25,942 | 6,943 | 6,622 | 1,665 | 1,549 | 116 | 365 | 1,750 | 975 |
Library science | 99 | 80 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 81 | 65 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 24,075 | 13,190 | 1,022 | 2,321 | 2,620 | 2,598 | 22 | 59 | 772 | 4,091 | 25,256 | 13,294 | 1,059 | 2,506 | 3,116 | 3,075 | 41 | 63 | 816 | 4,402 |
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians | 299 | 213 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 348 | 262 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 13 |
Military technologies and applied sciences | 469 | 351 | 39 | 40 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 655 | 486 | 44 | 59 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 12 |
Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 49,631 | 28,160 | 6,391 | 7,944 | 3,404 | 3,281 | 123 | 269 | 1,990 | 1,473 | 51,909 | 28,627 | 6,570 | 8,744 | 3,777 | 3,663 | 114 | 267 | 2,141 | 1,783 |
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies | 53,292 | 34,485 | 6,219 | 6,582 | 2,557 | 2,434 | 123 | 323 | 2,072 | 1,054 | 53,883 | 33,899 | 6,524 | 7,171 | 2,845 | 2,720 | 125 | 253 | 2,122 | 1,069 |
Philosophy and religious studies | 9,711 | 6,454 | 791 | 1,124 | 571 | 554 | 17 | 40 | 421 | 310 | 9,603 | 6,278 | 729 | 1,227 | 590 | 570 | 20 | 40 | 420 | 319 |
Physical sciences and science technologies | 31,272 | 20,449 | 1,653 | 3,119 | 2,934 | 2,901 | 33 | 126 | 1,200 | 1,791 | 31,542 | 20,007 | 1,688 | 3,419 | 3,004 | 2,947 | 57 | 143 | 1,322 | 1,959 |
Precision production | 32 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Psychology | 116,859 | 65,183 | 14,809 | 20,787 | 7,814 | 7,520 | 294 | 633 | 4,585 | 3,048 | 116,432 | 63,253 | 14,382 | 22,435 | 7,782 | 7,547 | 235 | 563 | 4,757 | 3,260 |
Public administration and social services | 35,461 | 19,015 | 7,662 | 5,824 | 1,106 | 1,003 | 103 | 287 | 1,140 | 427 | 35,629 | 18,783 | 7,516 | 6,185 | 1,243 | 1,129 | 114 | 282 | 1,174 | 446 |
Social sciences and history | 159,097 | 90,382 | 15,206 | 25,064 | 11,177 | 10,861 | 316 | 728 | 6,372 | 10,168 | 159,967 | 89,641 | 14,880 | 26,056 | 11,566 | 11,240 | 326 | 616 | 6,471 | 10,737 |
Social sciences | 135,043 | 72,594 | 13,902 | 22,119 | 10,420 | 10,139 | 281 | 591 | 5,537 | 9,880 | 136,585 | 72,584 | 13,630 | 22,958 | 10,829 | 10,535 | 294 | 513 | 5,665 | 10,406 |
History | 24,054 | 17,788 | 1,304 | 2,945 | 757 | 722 | 35 | 137 | 835 | 288 | 23,382 | 17,057 | 1,250 | 3,098 | 737 | 705 | 32 | 103 | 806 | 331 |
Theology and religious vocations | 9,518 | 7,488 | 806 | 561 | 240 | 223 | 17 | 45 | 161 | 217 | 9,521 | 7,511 | 713 | 574 | 263 | 245 | 18 | 32 | 216 | 212 |
Transportation and materials moving | 4,708 | 3,304 | 280 | 355 | 205 | 187 | 18 | 25 | 201 | 338 | 4,924 | 3,355 | 294 | 441 | 253 | 237 | 16 | 32 | 147 | 402 |
Visual and performing arts | 91,291 | 56,879 | 7,025 | 11,667 | 5,665 | 5,478 | 187 | 396 | 4,065 | 5,594 | 88,582 | 54,066 | 6,682 | 11,874 | 5,747 | 5,612 | 135 | 374 | 4,084 | 5,755 |
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.) |