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Table 323.50. | Master's degrees conferred to females 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 | 477,685 | 268,904 | 62,599 | 43,277 | 27,117 | 26,122 | 995 | 2,246 | 11,221 | 62,321 | 493,232 | 274,337 | 63,721 | 47,215 | 28,818 | 27,791 | 1,027 | 2,242 | 12,192 | 64,707 |
Agriculture and natural resources | 3,806 | 2,558 | 131 | 230 | 137 | 132 | 5 | 25 | 99 | 626 | 3,970 | 2,642 | 144 | 239 | 143 | 137 | 6 | 23 | 118 | 661 |
Architecture and related services | 3,874 | 1,579 | 163 | 333 | 251 | 247 | 4 | 14 | 78 | 1,456 | 3,801 | 1,488 | 177 | 333 | 250 | 244 | 6 | 5 | 103 | 1,445 |
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies | 1,123 | 485 | 112 | 150 | 82 | 79 | 3 | 47 | 48 | 199 | 1,108 | 458 | 124 | 167 | 54 | 53 | 1 | 45 | 50 | 210 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 9,443 | 4,767 | 824 | 727 | 1,209 | 1,200 | 9 | 24 | 285 | 1,607 | 10,152 | 5,055 | 902 | 830 | 1,354 | 1,342 | 12 | 24 | 326 | 1,661 |
Business | 88,637 | 40,136 | 15,913 | 7,659 | 6,460 | 6,222 | 238 | 413 | 1,894 | 16,162 | 92,324 | 42,137 | 15,707 | 8,321 | 6,797 | 6,573 | 224 | 390 | 2,130 | 16,842 |
Communication, journalism, and related programs | 7,181 | 3,529 | 998 | 662 | 292 | 287 | 5 | 27 | 218 | 1,455 | 7,320 | 3,482 | 1,092 | 715 | 253 | 245 | 8 | 18 | 233 | 1,527 |
Communications technologies | 262 | 84 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 122 | 265 | 72 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 138 |
Computer and information sciences | 14,381 | 2,026 | 884 | 349 | 1,161 | 1,148 | 13 | 24 | 165 | 9,772 | 15,071 | 2,330 | 929 | 398 | 1,203 | 1,185 | 18 | 19 | 184 | 10,008 |
Construction trades | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Education | 112,461 | 78,493 | 12,448 | 11,715 | 3,587 | 3,373 | 214 | 540 | 2,339 | 3,339 | 113,496 | 78,478 | 12,311 | 12,694 | 3,859 | 3,637 | 222 | 542 | 2,459 | 3,153 |
Engineering | 13,081 | 3,331 | 308 | 527 | 1,046 | 1,033 | 13 | 20 | 190 | 7,659 | 13,225 | 3,412 | 335 | 579 | 1,081 | 1,073 | 8 | 16 | 215 | 7,587 |
Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields1 |
1,942 | 549 | 112 | 81 | 115 | 112 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 1,040 | 2,115 | 641 | 128 | 98 | 118 | 117 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 1,097 |
English language and literature/letters | 5,506 | 4,021 | 361 | 456 | 201 | 196 | 5 | 39 | 181 | 247 | 5,660 | 4,035 | 437 | 470 | 195 | 191 | 4 | 30 | 234 | 259 |
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 2,859 | 1,750 | 440 | 282 | 115 | 102 | 13 | 14 | 67 | 191 | 2,841 | 1,749 | 418 | 291 | 113 | 108 | 5 | 11 | 76 | 183 |
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 2,101 | 965 | 51 | 351 | 74 | 74 | 0 | 8 | 61 | 591 | 2,177 | 962 | 52 | 412 | 101 | 98 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 595 |
Health professions and related programs | 97,258 | 62,973 | 13,383 | 7,768 | 7,399 | 7,158 | 241 | 475 | 2,300 | 2,960 | 102,448 | 65,469 | 13,958 | 8,678 | 8,072 | 7,784 | 288 | 493 | 2,486 | 3,292 |
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting | 5,033 | 2,480 | 1,524 | 601 | 149 | 131 | 18 | 32 | 150 | 97 | 5,017 | 2,459 | 1,503 | 618 | 138 | 120 | 18 | 36 | 174 | 89 |
Legal professions and studies | 4,763 | 1,025 | 461 | 282 | 178 | 176 | 2 | 32 | 51 | 2,734 | 5,067 | 1,091 | 489 | 345 | 182 | 178 | 4 | 58 | 83 | 2,819 |
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities |
1,536 | 1,008 | 189 | 170 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 11 | 33 | 90 | 1,593 | 1,001 | 210 | 148 | 46 | 44 | 2 | 29 | 51 | 108 |
Library science | 4,001 | 3,151 | 220 | 326 | 104 | 101 | 3 | 22 | 125 | 53 | 4,097 | 3,197 | 218 | 369 | 103 | 99 | 4 | 16 | 134 | 60 |
Mathematics and statistics | 3,969 | 1,040 | 75 | 112 | 321 | 320 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 2,365 | 4,484 | 1,030 | 72 | 132 | 313 | 310 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 2,894 |
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Military technologies and applied sciences | 62 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 90 | 48 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 5,857 | 3,319 | 611 | 530 | 312 | 303 | 9 | 30 | 210 | 845 | 6,498 | 3,588 | 637 | 591 | 421 | 411 | 10 | 28 | 189 | 1,044 |
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies | 3,676 | 2,513 | 451 | 277 | 88 | 75 | 13 | 16 | 137 | 194 | 3,901 | 2,596 | 499 | 315 | 87 | 74 | 13 | 20 | 142 | 242 |
Philosophy and religious studies | 597 | 401 | 49 | 47 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 61 | 582 | 378 | 53 | 44 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 52 |
Physical sciences and science technologies | 2,720 | 1,440 | 92 | 157 | 165 | 161 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 804 | 2,704 | 1,409 | 83 | 175 | 190 | 187 | 3 | 4 | 84 | 759 |
Precision production | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Psychology | 21,953 | 13,443 | 3,112 | 2,790 | 938 | 860 | 78 | 116 | 712 | 842 | 22,315 | 13,285 | 3,239 | 3,039 | 997 | 938 | 59 | 118 | 762 | 875 |
Public administration and social services | 34,567 | 18,579 | 6,976 | 4,819 | 1,355 | 1,280 | 75 | 220 | 1,031 | 1,587 | 35,602 | 18,909 | 7,282 | 5,204 | 1,361 | 1,288 | 73 | 226 | 1,076 | 1,544 |
Social sciences and history | 10,099 | 5,247 | 921 | 929 | 487 | 477 | 10 | 39 | 298 | 2,178 | 10,052 | 4,990 | 934 | 991 | 482 | 477 | 5 | 38 | 329 | 2,288 |
Social sciences | 8,547 | 4,042 | 857 | 799 | 453 | 443 | 10 | 34 | 250 | 2,112 | 8,550 | 3,845 | 849 | 866 | 453 | 448 | 5 | 31 | 284 | 2,222 |
History | 1,552 | 1,205 | 64 | 130 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 66 | 1,502 | 1,145 | 85 | 125 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 45 | 66 |
Theology and religious vocations | 4,805 | 2,792 | 1,140 | 224 | 249 | 244 | 5 | 18 | 98 | 284 | 4,805 | 2,757 | 1,094 | 251 | 260 | 251 | 9 | 17 | 111 | 315 |
Transportation and materials moving | 167 | 106 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 158 | 91 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 20 |
Visual and performing arts | 9,955 | 5,084 | 595 | 693 | 548 | 539 | 9 | 20 | 277 | 2,738 | 10,287 | 5,096 | 644 | 728 | 582 | 567 | 15 | 22 | 282 | 2,933 |
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.) |