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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.)

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