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Table 319.30. | Bachelor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by field of study and state or jurisdiction: Academic year 2020-21 |
State or jurisdiction | Total | Humanities1 | Psychology | Social sciences and history | Natural sciences and mathematics2 | Computer and information sciences and support services | Engineering3 | Education | Business4 | Health professions and related programs | Other fields5 |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
United States | 2,066,445 | 263,894 | 126,944 | 160,827 | 187,829 | 104,874 | 145,041 | 89,398 | 391,375 | 268,018 | 328,245 |
Alabama | 34,821 | 2,785 | 1,523 | 1,593 | 2,851 | 1,195 | 3,832 | 1,813 | 8,272 | 4,513 | 6,444 |
Alaska | 1,812 | 273 | 110 | 124 | 159 | 29 | 166 | 57 | 320 | 261 | 313 |
Arizona | 68,101 | 6,191 | 2,848 | 3,118 | 4,153 | 2,815 | 2,996 | 3,780 | 16,575 | 13,917 | 11,708 |
Arkansas | 17,101 | 2,117 | 932 | 877 | 1,284 | 512 | 964 | 1,206 | 3,492 | 2,503 | 3,214 |
California | 233,473 | 36,528 | 18,472 | 28,510 | 24,801 | 10,674 | 16,111 | 6,217 | 38,924 | 18,168 | 35,068 |
Colorado |
35,815 | 3,591 | 2,075 | 2,964 | 3,952 | 2,136 | 3,077 | 812 | 8,024 | 3,293 | 5,891 |
Connecticut | 23,110 | 2,945 | 1,725 | 2,525 | 2,268 | 792 | 1,407 | 617 | 4,147 | 3,277 | 3,407 |
Delaware | 7,219 | 458 | 365 | 748 | 505 | 410 | 428 | 442 | 1,414 | 1,230 | 1,219 |
District of Columbia | 10,675 | 1,222 | 471 | 2,833 | 818 | 422 | 373 | 69 | 2,399 | 897 | 1,171 |
Florida | 114,202 | 13,058 | 7,937 | 7,604 | 9,529 | 5,031 | 7,021 | 4,271 | 24,499 | 16,957 | 18,295 |
Georgia |
56,514 | 7,241 | 3,558 | 3,735 | 5,445 | 3,603 | 3,985 | 2,738 | 11,492 | 6,186 | 8,531 |
Hawaii | 6,077 | 803 | 367 | 584 | 544 | 199 | 242 | 310 | 1,346 | 544 | 1,138 |
Idaho | 13,806 | 2,134 | 567 | 634 | 1,055 | 517 | 924 | 836 | 2,433 | 2,478 | 2,228 |
Illinois | 71,121 | 8,626 | 3,996 | 4,670 | 5,862 | 3,385 | 4,424 | 3,564 | 11,284 | 15,182 | 10,128 |
Indiana | 52,271 | 5,364 | 2,525 | 2,527 | 3,891 | 2,832 | 5,012 | 2,646 | 10,276 | 8,264 | 8,934 |
Iowa |
23,183 | 2,639 | 1,113 | 1,339 | 1,790 | 755 | 2,394 | 1,644 | 4,760 | 1,990 | 4,759 |
Kansas | 20,711 | 2,343 | 1,005 | 1,028 | 1,417 | 793 | 1,691 | 1,612 | 5,017 | 2,513 | 3,292 |
Kentucky | 24,251 | 2,729 | 1,401 | 1,318 | 1,824 | 771 | 1,504 | 1,764 | 4,163 | 3,747 | 5,030 |
Louisiana | 23,481 | 3,179 | 1,400 | 1,509 | 2,215 | 700 | 1,860 | 1,226 | 4,572 | 3,524 | 3,296 |
Maine | 7,681 | 1,052 | 424 | 877 | 871 | 188 | 503 | 369 | 1,014 | 1,247 | 1,136 |
Maryland |
35,906 | 3,410 | 2,415 | 3,649 | 3,268 | 5,667 | 1,951 | 1,022 | 6,074 | 3,278 | 5,172 |
Massachusetts | 60,801 | 7,970 | 3,997 | 6,702 | 6,777 | 3,898 | 4,930 | 1,473 | 10,994 | 6,575 | 7,485 |
Michigan | 60,012 | 5,924 | 3,146 | 3,735 | 5,960 | 3,187 | 6,208 | 2,208 | 11,745 | 7,553 | 10,346 |
Minnesota | 39,290 | 4,057 | 2,728 | 2,494 | 3,895 | 2,037 | 1,725 | 2,319 | 6,617 | 8,568 | 4,850 |
Mississippi | 17,319 | 2,013 | 906 | 759 | 1,555 | 348 | 1,370 | 1,441 | 3,368 | 2,122 | 3,437 |
Missouri |
37,902 | 4,743 | 2,355 | 1,995 | 3,054 | 1,738 | 2,300 | 2,644 | 7,528 | 5,561 | 5,984 |
Montana | 5,653 | 595 | 287 | 393 | 749 | 124 | 725 | 441 | 797 | 641 | 901 |
Nebraska | 15,125 | 1,486 | 731 | 674 | 1,198 | 821 | 588 | 1,125 | 3,752 | 1,758 | 2,992 |
Nevada | 10,430 | 900 | 720 | 821 | 928 | 258 | 756 | 457 | 2,065 | 1,878 | 1,647 |
New Hampshire | 23,335 | 3,190 | 2,170 | 1,525 | 1,105 | 1,336 | 528 | 324 | 6,510 | 3,265 | 3,382 |
New Jersey |
46,477 | 6,707 | 3,604 | 3,403 | 4,667 | 3,067 | 3,046 | 1,329 | 9,404 | 4,516 | 6,734 |
New Mexico | 8,325 | 1,392 | 628 | 458 | 764 | 203 | 744 | 550 | 1,175 | 1,278 | 1,133 |
New York | 144,819 | 24,552 | 11,220 | 14,431 | 13,237 | 8,438 | 8,253 | 5,114 | 24,376 | 14,701 | 20,497 |
North Carolina | 58,885 | 6,815 | 3,301 | 4,718 | 6,293 | 2,705 | 3,931 | 2,694 | 10,209 | 6,356 | 11,863 |
North Dakota | 6,584 | 543 | 275 | 187 | 442 | 178 | 707 | 607 | 1,122 | 946 | 1,577 |
Ohio |
71,018 | 7,294 | 3,436 | 4,375 | 6,025 | 1,950 | 6,858 | 4,402 | 13,597 | 11,841 | 11,240 |
Oklahoma | 21,533 | 3,014 | 1,160 | 900 | 1,808 | 734 | 1,864 | 1,171 | 4,597 | 2,349 | 3,936 |
Oregon | 22,899 | 3,362 | 1,628 | 2,580 | 2,246 | 1,260 | 1,694 | 710 | 3,366 | 2,108 | 3,945 |
Pennsylvania | 88,506 | 10,399 | 4,857 | 6,900 | 9,488 | 5,053 | 7,170 | 3,623 | 16,616 | 12,074 | 12,326 |
Rhode Island | 11,942 | 1,259 | 679 | 929 | 1,068 | 573 | 534 | 404 | 3,009 | 1,267 | 2,220 |
South Carolina |
27,176 | 2,858 | 1,667 | 1,982 | 3,065 | 890 | 1,864 | 1,652 | 5,941 | 3,071 | 4,186 |
South Dakota | 5,969 | 483 | 234 | 229 | 528 | 342 | 409 | 495 | 844 | 1,274 | 1,131 |
Tennessee | 35,526 | 5,784 | 1,921 | 2,244 | 2,626 | 935 | 2,081 | 1,508 | 6,421 | 4,843 | 7,163 |
Texas | 148,196 | 23,085 | 8,488 | 8,458 | 13,387 | 6,484 | 11,940 | 2,808 | 27,238 | 18,884 | 27,424 |
Utah | 53,313 | 3,353 | 1,481 | 2,323 | 2,461 | 5,424 | 1,862 | 5,629 | 10,391 | 15,440 | 4,949 |
Vermont |
6,256 | 979 | 332 | 722 | 706 | 473 | 318 | 218 | 686 | 489 | 1,333 |
Virginia | 61,611 | 10,776 | 4,618 | 5,837 | 5,540 | 3,566 | 3,898 | 1,933 | 10,693 | 5,541 | 9,209 |
Washington | 36,342 | 5,161 | 2,296 | 3,684 | 4,114 | 2,826 | 2,658 | 1,879 | 5,810 | 3,047 | 4,867 |
West Virginia | 17,661 | 2,200 | 758 | 893 | 952 | 867 | 1,012 | 546 | 4,172 | 1,633 | 4,628 |
Wisconsin | 36,389 | 3,803 | 1,894 | 2,710 | 4,059 | 1,544 | 2,805 | 2,499 | 7,223 | 4,278 | 5,574 |
Wyoming | 2,205 | 172 | 143 | 142 | 269 | 46 | 235 | 180 | 329 | 192 | 497 |
U.S. Service Academies |
3,615 | 337 | 55 | 858 | 361 | 143 | 1,163 | 0 | 283 | 0 | 415 |
Other jurisdictions |
20,282 | 1,278 | 1,167 | 478 | 2,711 | 678 | 1,357 | 1,187 | 4,002 | 4,303 | 3,121 |
American Samoa | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federated States of Micronesia |
28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guam | 502 | 35 | 24 | 19 | 67 | 15 | 0 | 51 | 122 | 46 | 123 |
Marshall Islands | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Northern Marianas | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Palau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Puerto Rico | 19,446 | 1,235 | 1,128 | 455 | 2,607 | 659 | 1,357 | 1,024 | 3,791 | 4,226 | 2,964 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 219 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 67 | 31 | 34 |
1Includes degrees in area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies; English language and literature/letters; foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics; liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities; multi/interdisciplinary studies; philosophy and religious studies; theology and religious vocations; and visual and performing arts. | |||||||||||
2Includes biological and biomedical sciences; physical sciences; science technologies/technicians; and mathematics and statistics. | |||||||||||
3Includes engineering; engineering technologies/technicians; mechanic and repair technologies/technicians; and construction trades. | |||||||||||
4Includes business, management, marketing, and related support services; and personal and culinary services. | |||||||||||
5Includes agricultural, animal, plant, veterinary science, and related fields; natural resources and conservation; architecture and related services; communication, journalism, and related programs; communications technologies/technicians and support services; family and consumer services/human sciences; homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting; legal professions and studies; library science; military technologies and applied sciences; parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and kinesiology; precision production; public administration and social service professions; and transportation and materials moving. | |||||||||||
NOTE: Data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. | |||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2021, Completions component. (This table was prepared January 2023.) |