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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
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.)

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