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Table 321.30. Associate's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and field of study: 2018-19 and 2019-20
Field of study 2018-19 2019-20
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 1,036,640 530,675 125,205 246,881 63,940 60,890 3,050 9,064 36,422 24,453 1,018,233 509,466 119,826 254,561 64,582 61,712 2,870 8,451 37,768 23,579
Agriculture and natural resources1 13,229 10,578 240 1,623 190 178 12 151 397 50 12,738 9,984 244 1,755 190 175 15 127 372 66
Architecture and related services 585 208 18 278 34 32 2 8 14 25 613 229 42 225 59 57 2 2 11 45
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 713 154 86 256 40 27 13 97 74 6 666 149 83 269 39 25 14 56 53 17
Biological and biomedical sciences 7,299 2,626 564 2,523 951 939 12 76 292 267 7,443 2,522 586 2,566 1,108 1,092 16 60 307 294
Business2 116,799 56,009 16,957 24,434 9,327 8,982 345 1,186 3,657 5,229 112,120 52,331 16,028 24,802 9,189 8,867 322 1,101 3,766 4,903

Communication, journalism, and related programs
8,548 3,178 812 3,205 640 605 35 51 439 223 9,012 3,188 826 3,585 705 671 34 44 439 225
Communications technologies 4,256 2,220 639 905 192 185 7 20 169 111 4,097 2,026 604 945 197 191 6 21 190 114
Computer and information sciences and support
    services
32,001 17,839 4,036 4,816 2,802 2,704 98 249 1,077 1,182 32,016 17,025 4,152 5,116 3,025 2,926 99 230 1,238 1,230
Education 16,210 8,596 2,149 4,029 428 383 45 331 458 219 16,177 8,386 2,165 4,198 407 380 27 329 465 227

Engineering
6,367 3,284 472 1,316 619 607 12 42 219 415 6,506 3,459 450 1,297 639 629 10 56 225 380
Engineering technologies3 53,252 34,709 4,391 8,805 2,214 2,038 176 633 1,789 711 49,401 31,576 3,973 8,833 2,134 1,965 169 578 1,646 661
English language and literature/letters 3,340 1,245 219 1,387 247 241 6 7 194 41 3,425 1,331 199 1,457 214 208 6 13 181 30
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 9,365 3,446 1,339 3,558 536 516 20 81 238 167 9,261 3,161 1,248 3,855 527 512 15 75 244 151
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics 2,798 1,086 118 1,292 115 112 3 19 114 54 2,905 979 122 1,497 155 151 4 14 94 44

Health professions and related programs
177,506 104,763 25,651 28,686 10,035 9,420 615 1,707 5,368 1,296 172,207 100,921 24,410 28,498 10,025 9,449 576 1,517 5,411 1,425
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting 35,197 16,448 4,881 11,358 1,044 928 116 295 969 202 34,892 15,793 4,378 11,985 1,172 1,062 110 295 1,085 184
Legal professions and studies 5,646 3,050 859 1,254 161 146 15 53 193 76 5,534 2,935 853 1,221 157 141 16 71 218 79
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and
    humanities
410,632 207,539 50,408 102,742 21,431 20,311 1,120 3,032 15,383 10,097 402,669 200,118 48,312 104,700 21,182 20,155 1,027 2,838 15,896 9,623
Library science 195 124 12 33 11 11 0 2 13 0 202 131 11 42 15 15 0 2 1 0

Mathematics and statistics
4,632 1,502 120 1,550 936 926 10 18 203 303 4,841 1,479 110 1,726 960 953 7 19 215 332
Military technologies and applied sciences 1,202 732 166 198 45 39 6 5 56 0 992 617 110 181 34 33 1 8 42 0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies 33,390 12,739 2,158 11,460 4,714 4,604 110 188 1,330 801 33,655 12,312 2,172 12,221 4,617 4,522 95 189 1,423 721
Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and
    kinesiology
5,634 1,961 558 2,232 487 461 26 44 214 138 5,668 1,983 536 2,201 510 489 21 38 271 129

Philosophy and religious studies
1,417 1,050 57 192 39 39 0 5 36 38 1,625 1,225 58 215 35 30 5 4 37 51
Physical sciences and science technologies 10,557 4,290 1,065 2,756 1,336 1,320 16 94 430 586 10,744 4,497 990 2,819 1,350 1,321 29 91 441 556
Precision production 5,386 3,941 222 796 170 162 8 82 152 23 4,748 3,443 190 756 143 135 8 59 141 16
Psychology 14,486 4,517 971 6,975 1,077 1,039 38 132 626 188 16,202 4,922 1,084 7,797 1,339 1,295 44 119 740 201
Public administration and social services 6,822 2,806 2,007 1,452 149 132 17 139 213 56 6,321 2,590 1,743 1,449 170 151 19 145 194 30

Social sciences and history
25,974 8,372 1,847 11,306 2,498 2,374 124 169 1,160 622 28,212 8,763 1,943 12,526 2,745 2,624 121 196 1,364 675
Social sciences 23,561 7,294 1,780 10,307 2,375 2,255 120 154 1,041 610 25,710 7,659 1,874 11,501 2,614 2,500 114 181 1,226 655
History 2,413 1,078 67 999 123 119 4 15 119 12 2,502 1,104 69 1,025 131 124 7 15 138 20
Theology and religious vocations 1,131 701 241 106 20 18 2 10 31 22 1,079 637 229 120 18 13 5 14 33 28
Transportation and materials moving 1,926 1,190 127 336 72 70 2 14 80 107 1,720 1,073 108 265 89 87 2 6 67 112
Visual and performing arts 20,145 9,772 1,815 5,022 1,380 1,341 39 124 834 1,198 20,542 9,681 1,867 5,439 1,433 1,388 45 134 958 1,030
1 Includes Agricultural, animal, plant, veterinary science, and related fields; and Natural resources and conservation.
2 Includes Business, management, marketing, and related support services; and Culinary, entertainment, and personal services.
3 Includes Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields; Construction trades; and Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians.
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. Degree counts are limited to degree-granting institutions. 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. Data in this table are based on the 2020 Classification of Instructional Programs. 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 2019 and Fall 2020, Completions component. (This table was prepared August 2021.)

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