Table 323.30.

Master'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	820,242	439,124	91,282	72,443	50,116	48,504	1,612	3,318	18,900	145,059	833,706	447,425	93,126	78,874	52,222	50,711	1,511	3,453	20,516	138,090
Agriculture and natural resources1	6,967	4,651	249	420	235	225	10	39	185	1,188	7,288	4,843	266	457	228	221	7	40	211	1,243
Architecture and related services	7,291	3,234	338	638	430	421	9	18	178	2,455	7,311	3,169	365	791	382	375	7	12	176	2,416
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender,     and group studies	1,675	717	172	255	81	80	1	67	74	309	1,590	659	171	232	91	90	1	59	93	285
Biological and biomedical sciences	17,180	8,865	1,336	1,410	2,353	2,335	18	33	514	2,669	18,090	9,071	1,531	1,637	2,501	2,487	14	61	590	2,699
Business2	192,191	96,462	25,641	16,269	14,460	14,012	448	746	4,116	34,497	197,089	99,111	25,973	17,582	14,826	14,395	431	731	4,524	34,342
Communication, journalism, and     related programs	10,241	5,037	1,438	1,028	336	325	11	32	314	2,056	10,463	5,304	1,366	1,092	363	348	15	31	299	2,008
Communications technologies	529	159	33	38	31	29	2	2	7	259	535	156	49	34	17	16	1	0	10	269
Computer and information sciences	46,468	9,411	2,601	1,492	3,484	3,441	43	53	609	28,818	45,667	10,545	2,874	1,744	3,832	3,790	42	55	662	25,955
Construction trades	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Education	146,368	101,252	15,958	16,211	4,870	4,573	297	687	3,245	4,145	146,432	100,614	15,834	17,141	4,913	4,642	271	733	3,395	3,802
Engineering	51,723	15,186	1,142	2,253	3,727	3,698	29	64	767	28,584	49,690	15,221	1,191	2,512	3,947	3,927	20	60	879	25,880
Engineering technologies and     engineering-related fields3	7,245	2,418	384	330	313	309	4	16	91	3,693	6,225	2,362	384	310	321	315	6	26	114	2,708
English language and literature/letters	8,300	6,020	581	709	257	253	4	47	310	376	8,217	5,886	601	738	301	288	13	53	281	357
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	3,308	2,018	488	326	133	127	6	14	88	241	3,287	2,065	460	341	124	119	5	12	82	203
Foreign languages, literatures, and     linguistics	3,261	1,540	75	569	131	127	4	6	68	872	3,080	1,428	87	543	105	102	3	4	69	844
Health professions and related programs	125,230	78,751	16,508	10,942	10,598	10,242	356	596	3,045	4,790	131,569	81,846	17,381	12,451	11,523	11,169	354	648	3,441	4,279
Homeland security, law enforcement,     and firefighting	10,293	5,773	2,412	1,200	308	265	43	69	321	210	10,303	5,714	2,309	1,343	316	286	30	71	309	241
Legal professions and studies	9,203	2,219	755	583	316	307	9	80	139	5,111	9,486	2,368	827	632	362	349	13	134	137	5,026
Liberal arts and sciences, general     studies, and humanities	2,473	1,585	316	232	73	71	2	30	81	156	2,109	1,347	262	197	61	59	2	20	71	151
Library science	4,953	3,881	240	446	133	128	5	18	154	81	5,164	3,954	293	500	166	162	4	16	170	65
Mathematics and statistics	10,443	2,965	188	363	720	716	4	4	124	6,079	11,380	3,117	225	431	803	800	3	6	196	6,602
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Military technologies and applied sciences	355	198	75	29	16	15	1	3	9	25	572	361	91	51	23	22	1	4	12	30
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	10,221	5,509	934	929	650	633	17	41	295	1,863	10,721	5,680	917	984	699	684	15	41	323	2,077
Parks, recreation, leisure, and     fitness studies	9,010	5,979	1,242	747	205	185	20	45	279	513	8,963	5,801	1,356	842	195	178	17	33	282	454
Philosophy and religious studies	1,693	1,144	131	141	77	74	3	6	44	150	1,691	1,119	106	145	69	67	2	6	58	188
Physical sciences and science technologies	7,196	3,879	197	443	414	406	8	11	193	2,059	7,121	3,910	194	525	417	411	6	18	201	1,856
Precision production	11	4	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	4	12	4	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	4
Psychology	27,918	16,755	3,911	3,783	1,302	1,223	79	145	931	1,091	29,135	17,344	4,037	4,127	1,377	1,311	66	149	992	1,109
Public administration and social services	46,300	24,597	9,026	6,619	1,842	1,738	104	289	1,376	2,551	48,890	25,969	9,300	7,384	1,815	1,718	97	265	1,496	2,661
Social sciences and history	19,884	10,588	1,456	1,820	844	826	18	60	566	4,550	20,301	10,667	1,436	1,809	881	865	16	67	611	4,830
Social sciences	16,612	8,012	1,313	1,544	786	771	15	50	484	4,423	16,961	8,124	1,276	1,520	815	801	14	49	514	4,663
History	3,272	2,576	143	276	58	55	3	10	82	127	3,340	2,543	160	289	66	64	2	18	97	167
Theology and religious vocations	13,828	8,624	2,215	766	808	778	30	45	271	1,099	13,431	8,392	2,075	855	704	674	30	50	289	1,066
Transportation and materials moving	815	507	71	72	35	33	2	6	32	92	774	483	71	69	34	31	3	0	23	94
Visual and performing arts	17,668	9,195	1,169	1,379	932	907	25	46	474	4,473	17,113	8,909	1,094	1,374	823	807	16	48	519	4,346
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.)