Table 322.30.

Bachelor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and field of study: 2017-18 and 2018-19

Field of study	2017-18										2018-19
	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	1,980,665	1,189,571	195,014	267,070	150,999	146,646	4,353	9,155	70,632	98,224	2,012,854	1,190,009	196,656	285,010	156,536	152,057	4,479	9,165	73,642	101,836
Agriculture and natural resources1	39,317	30,379	1,201	3,481	1,479	1,412	67	273	1,446	1,058	40,458	30,838	1,263	3,990	1,493	1,443	50	242	1,505	1,127
Architecture and related services	8,464	4,520	439	1,296	693	684	9	23	320	1,173	8,806	4,541	504	1,424	774	764	10	29	305	1,229
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	7,717	3,118	1,143	1,739	643	621	22	187	516	371	7,724	3,021	1,152	1,820	720	693	27	178	494	339
Biological and biomedical sciences	118,661	66,377	9,313	15,418	18,284	18,046	238	448	5,018	3,803	121,191	66,560	9,849	16,636	18,480	18,242	238	430	5,174	4,062
Business2	386,240	229,356	37,429	48,774	28,583	27,727	856	1,748	11,625	28,725	390,564	229,863	37,381	51,567	29,366	28,367	999	1,767	12,258	28,362
Communication, journalism, and related programs	92,289	57,019	10,780	12,829	3,935	3,765	170	298	3,797	3,631	92,528	56,561	10,936	13,256	4,037	3,875	162	283	3,843	3,612
Communications technologies	4,231	2,352	575	573	295	283	12	22	171	243	4,444	2,413	665	593	308	293	15	18	181	266
Computer and information sciences	79,597	42,077	6,863	8,086	12,609	12,444	165	262	2,905	6,795	88,633	45,121	7,720	9,379	14,793	14,592	201	258	3,395	7,967
Construction trades	151	98	2	41	3	2	1	0	0	7	208	123	8	46	3	2	1	1	3	24
Education	82,599	61,771	6,128	8,645	2,350	2,221	129	501	2,210	994	83,946	62,188	6,013	9,279	2,459	2,299	160	528	2,429	1,050
Engineering	121,953	72,481	4,836	12,779	14,080	13,909	171	360	4,138	13,279	126,687	74,164	5,042	14,143	14,857	14,693	164	322	4,518	13,641
Engineering technologies and engineering-related     fields3	18,229	11,956	1,536	1,837	836	795	41	118	485	1,461	19,089	12,435	1,590	2,038	923	889	34	82	564	1,457
English language and literature/letters	40,002	27,099	3,210	5,545	1,717	1,658	59	156	1,720	555	39,335	26,254	3,201	5,813	1,636	1,583	53	151	1,665	615
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	24,357	14,539	3,085	3,679	1,472	1,414	58	116	906	560	23,962	14,108	2,967	3,909	1,302	1,261	41	147	927	602
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	16,957	9,784	813	3,852	1,063	1,043	20	40	772	633	16,592	9,414	759	3,881	1,065	1,050	15	46	727	700
Health professions and related programs	244,893	158,466	27,905	28,318	19,132	18,342	790	1,160	7,090	2,822	251,355	160,071	28,719	31,125	19,798	19,025	773	1,240	7,467	2,935
Homeland security, law enforcement, and     firefighting	58,121	30,312	11,036	12,122	1,720	1,504	216	370	1,855	706	57,339	28,718	10,831	12,965	1,740	1,550	190	399	1,883	803
Legal professions and studies	4,242	2,344	670	743	220	209	11	30	171	64	4,242	2,286	657	821	192	181	11	29	162	95
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and     humanities	44,262	25,971	6,944	6,588	1,669	1,553	116	366	1,749	975	44,222	25,848	6,530	7,047	1,740	1,650	90	312	1,728	1,017
Library science	81	65	5	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	99	79	7	7	1	1	0	0	5	0
Mathematics and statistics	25,253	13,294	1,059	2,507	3,116	3,075	41	63	815	4,399	26,146	13,437	1,021	2,678	3,217	3,195	22	54	873	4,866
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians	348	262	18	23	10	10	0	8	14	13	323	222	22	45	11	11	0	4	10	9
Military technologies and applied sciences	655	486	44	59	17	16	1	5	32	12	767	549	73	79	15	13	2	4	32	15
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	51,982	28,645	6,571	8,747	3,793	3,679	114	267	2,149	1,810	53,298	28,523	6,303	9,499	4,336	4,219	117	270	2,157	2,210
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies	53,887	33,899	6,525	7,173	2,844	2,719	125	253	2,124	1,069	53,546	32,830	6,647	7,592	2,806	2,675	131	260	2,280	1,131
Philosophy and religious studies	9,603	6,278	729	1,227	590	570	20	40	420	319	9,615	6,092	739	1,301	592	555	37	47	462	382
Physical sciences and science technologies	31,542	20,007	1,688	3,420	3,004	2,947	57	143	1,321	1,959	31,148	19,375	1,651	3,644	2,891	2,843	48	125	1,306	2,156
Precision production	45	30	0	2	4	4	0	0	3	6	47	28	1	3	5	5	0	1	1	8
Psychology	116,436	63,255	14,383	22,432	7,784	7,549	235	563	4,759	3,260	116,536	62,304	14,466	23,068	7,806	7,547	259	577	4,886	3,429
Public administration and social services	35,637	18,783	7,518	6,180	1,242	1,128	114	282	1,186	446	35,177	18,290	7,270	6,473	1,207	1,109	98	264	1,233	440
Social sciences and history	159,962	89,637	14,878	26,060	11,566	11,240	326	615	6,472	10,734	160,628	88,633	14,664	27,407	11,655	11,334	321	652	6,689	10,928
Social sciences	136,580	72,580	13,628	22,962	10,829	10,535	294	512	5,666	10,403	137,459	71,875	13,482	24,209	10,951	10,653	298	537	5,839	10,566
History	23,382	17,057	1,250	3,098	737	705	32	103	806	331	23,169	16,758	1,182	3,198	704	681	23	115	850	362
Theology and religious vocations	9,521	7,511	713	574	263	245	18	32	216	212	9,418	7,529	648	555	236	207	29	38	204	208
Transportation and materials moving	4,924	3,355	294	441	253	237	16	32	147	402	5,051	3,436	317	507	221	203	18	24	166	380
Visual and performing arts	88,507	54,045	6,681	11,872	5,730	5,595	135	374	4,077	5,728	89,730	54,155	7,040	12,420	5,851	5,688	163	383	4,110	5,771
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 Includes Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences; and Natural resources and conservation.

2 Includes Business, management, marketing, and related support services; and Personal and culinary services.

3 Excludes "Construction trades" and "Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians," which are listed separately.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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 study, 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). 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 2018 and Fall 2019, Completions component. (This table was prepared June 2020.)