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Table 322.30. Bachelor'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 2,013,086 1,190,080 196,654 285,024 156,099 151,619 4,480 9,167 73,665 102,397 2,038,431 1,183,959 197,444 302,615 161,444 157,062 4,382 9,151 77,619 106,199
Agriculture and natural resources1 41,373 31,559 1,298 4,089 1,522 1,472 50 247 1,525 1,133 41,848 31,372 1,396 4,448 1,581 1,525 56 269 1,558 1,224
Architecture and related services 8,806 4,542 504 1,424 760 750 10 29 305 1,242 9,045 4,823 482 1,506 739 725 14 19 326 1,150
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 7,733 3,021 1,153 1,826 717 690 27 178 494 344 7,767 2,883 1,208 2,010 653 617 36 130 516 367
Biological and biomedical sciences 121,233 66,572 9,850 16,642 18,486 18,248 238 430 5,175 4,078 126,590 68,857 10,466 18,094 18,845 18,608 237 392 5,591 4,345
Business2 390,490 229,814 37,364 51,547 29,220 28,221 999 1,767 12,273 28,505 387,851 226,504 36,574 53,393 29,080 28,186 894 1,721 12,600 27,979

Communication, journalism, and related programs
92,528 56,560 10,937 13,255 3,984 3,822 162 283 3,844 3,665 91,752 54,972 10,682 13,847 4,101 3,929 172 275 3,965 3,910
Communications technologies 4,444 2,413 665 593 308 293 15 18 181 266 4,424 2,285 639 632 347 339 8 15 204 302
Computer and information sciences and support
    services
88,638 45,120 7,720 9,379 14,766 14,565 201 258 3,395 8,000 97,047 47,596 8,120 10,593 17,083 16,884 199 269 3,765 9,621
Education 83,952 62,194 6,013 9,279 2,448 2,288 160 528 2,429 1,061 85,057 62,324 6,017 10,131 2,425 2,277 148 520 2,532 1,108
Engineering 126,692 74,166 5,041 14,142 14,820 14,656 164 322 4,518 13,683 128,332 73,854 5,274 15,239 15,002 14,830 172 303 4,742 13,918

Engineering technologies3
19,620 12,780 1,619 2,128 934 899 35 87 577 1,495 19,788 12,675 1,570 2,383 995 966 29 125 626 1,414
English language and literature/letters 39,344 26,259 3,201 5,817 1,635 1,582 53 151 1,665 616 38,036 24,983 2,973 5,842 1,745 1,687 58 165 1,756 572
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 23,956 14,101 2,967 3,910 1,298 1,257 41 147 927 606 23,245 13,549 2,880 3,940 1,282 1,240 42 119 870 605
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics 16,605 9,420 759 3,883 1,066 1,051 15 46 727 704 16,305 9,242 674 3,890 1,002 983 19 47 736 714
Health professions and related programs 250,650 159,459 28,701 31,038 19,809 19,035 774 1,236 7,454 2,953 257,282 159,911 30,055 34,110 20,587 19,786 801 1,361 8,108 3,150

Homeland security, law enforcement, and
    firefighting
57,333 28,713 10,830 12,962 1,739 1,549 190 399 1,885 805 57,044 28,545 10,111 13,527 1,675 1,500 175 352 1,993 841
Legal professions and studies 4,235 2,280 656 819 192 181 11 29 164 95 4,262 2,242 620 870 216 203 13 34 201 79
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and
    humanities
44,222 25,848 6,530 7,046 1,740 1,650 90 312 1,728 1,018 42,903 24,846 6,217 7,037 1,736 1,631 105 362 1,720 985
Library science 99 79 7 7 1 1 0 0 5 0 118 85 11 15 3 2 1 0 4 0
Mathematics and statistics 26,155 13,440 1,021 2,677 3,163 3,141 22 54 874 4,926 27,216 13,300 1,084 2,818 3,401 3,362 39 48 931 5,634

Military technologies and applied sciences
767 549 73 79 15 13 2 4 32 15 1,156 799 101 121 43 30 13 8 63 21
Multi/interdisciplinary studies 53,303 28,526 6,303 9,498 4,336 4,219 117 270 2,157 2,213 55,022 28,553 6,546 10,192 4,657 4,519 138 223 2,463 2,388
Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and
    kinesiology
53,540 32,823 6,646 7,592 2,798 2,667 131 260 2,279 1,142 53,749 31,959 6,870 8,243 2,906 2,774 132 288 2,262 1,221
Philosophy and religious studies 11,981 8,443 732 1,292 585 549 36 46 458 425 11,889 8,342 711 1,308 605 580 25 33 449 441
Physical sciences and science technologies 31,155 19,379 1,651 3,643 2,885 2,837 48 125 1,307 2,165 30,738 18,693 1,616 3,850 2,904 2,872 32 134 1,345 2,196

Precision production
47 28 1 3 5 5 0 1 1 8 39 18 1 8 3 3 0 0 3 6
Psychology 116,550 62,303 14,466 23,072 7,788 7,529 259 579 4,890 3,452 119,968 62,837 14,561 24,428 8,448 8,190 258 620 5,281 3,793
Public administration and social services 35,104 18,241 7,263 6,469 1,204 1,106 98 264 1,223 440 34,356 17,355 7,012 6,616 1,202 1,113 89 307 1,358 506
Social sciences and history 160,678 88,646 14,672 27,425 11,562 11,241 321 652 6,690 11,031 161,164 87,242 14,552 29,019 11,713 11,413 300 612 7,002 11,024
Social sciences 137,504 71,887 13,490 24,225 10,858 10,560 298 537 5,840 10,667 137,959 70,739 13,371 25,710 10,910 10,629 281 486 6,084 10,659
History 23,174 16,759 1,182 3,200 704 681 23 115 850 364 23,205 16,503 1,181 3,309 803 784 19 126 918 365

Theology and religious vocations
7,061 5,199 653 558 239 209 30 38 207 167 6,855 4,941 608 602 227 204 23 57 248 172
Transportation and materials moving 5,051 3,436 317 507 221 203 18 24 166 380 5,251 3,591 322 572 232 210 22 23 178 333
Visual and performing arts 89,741 54,167 7,041 12,423 5,853 5,690 163 383 4,110 5,764 92,332 54,781 7,491 13,331 6,006 5,874 132 320 4,223 6,180
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 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. 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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