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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
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.)

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