Bachelor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by field of study and state or jurisdiction: Academic year 2021-22

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Table 319.30.Bachelor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by field of study and state or jurisdiction: Academic year 2021-22
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
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
United States	2,015,035	252,324	129,609	151,109	185,975	108,503	141,422	89,410	375,418	263,765	317,500
Alabama	32,855	2,762	1,496	1,522	2,668	1,233	3,442	1,828	7,649	4,219	6,036
Alaska	1,558	238	107	77	143	43	139	58	270	218	265
Arizona	67,868	5,733	3,117	2,922	4,177	3,171	2,978	3,620	16,326	14,593	11,231
Arkansas	16,546	1,972	914	778	1,167	589	941	1,182	3,558	2,385	3,060
California	226,062	34,903	19,042	26,569	24,623	10,760	15,850	6,190	36,031	18,476	33,618

Colorado	35,173	3,225	2,144	2,817	3,840	2,378	3,173	758	7,863	3,313	5,662
Connecticut	22,981	2,851	1,705	2,623	2,277	789	1,338	545	3,903	3,671	3,279
Delaware	7,049	455	378	682	469	487	454	418	1,418	1,071	1,217
District of Columbia	10,089	1,069	532	2,704	650	415	316	80	2,230	908	1,185
Florida	113,115	13,334	8,140	7,340	9,507	5,076	7,134	4,000	23,864	16,899	17,821

Georgia	56,155	6,772	3,666	3,468	5,523	3,763	4,028	2,822	11,233	6,146	8,734
Hawaii	6,106	760	388	555	529	185	258	317	1,395	534	1,185
Idaho	13,950	2,154	640	619	1,227	761	696	766	2,434	2,333	2,320
Illinois	67,515	7,932	3,785	4,649	5,596	3,421	4,384	3,541	10,681	13,776	9,750
Indiana	50,683	4,994	2,605	2,370	4,128	2,854	5,155	2,559	9,911	7,958	8,149

Iowa	22,369	2,727	915	1,193	1,874	698	2,315	1,649	4,670	1,944	4,384
Kansas	19,131	2,241	948	922	1,350	732	1,450	1,768	4,475	2,369	2,876
Kentucky	24,523	2,898	1,541	1,199	1,749	744	1,411	1,757	4,278	3,808	5,138
Louisiana	23,378	3,074	1,555	1,449	2,266	645	1,662	1,194	4,523	3,503	3,507
Maine	7,647	1,056	426	862	844	219	559	406	931	1,203	1,141

Maryland	35,613	3,250	2,603	3,390	3,309	6,093	1,828	940	5,684	3,300	5,216
Massachusetts	60,465	8,037	3,955	6,429	6,835	4,236	5,026	1,306	10,681	6,424	7,536
Michigan	57,355	5,568	3,306	3,243	5,859	3,208	6,119	2,332	10,986	7,050	9,684
Minnesota	38,684	3,949	2,761	2,221	3,708	1,975	1,711	2,151	6,414	9,213	4,581
Mississippi	16,318	1,817	871	627	1,558	303	1,263	1,538	3,027	2,043	3,271

Missouri	35,685	4,470	2,176	1,924	2,919	1,719	2,207	2,537	6,805	5,362	5,566
Montana	5,458	568	283	359	654	142	710	420	805	654	863
Nebraska	14,766	1,531	746	660	1,192	753	599	1,098	3,476	1,962	2,749
Nevada	10,317	792	703	674	847	419	609	532	1,901	2,142	1,698
New Hampshire	25,667	3,456	2,756	1,460	1,044	1,696	514	348	7,238	3,346	3,809

New Jersey	45,265	6,149	3,445	3,113	4,585	3,127	3,107	1,281	9,009	4,991	6,458
New Mexico	7,883	1,279	565	383	701	234	741	559	1,008	1,341	1,072
New York	140,785	23,699	11,505	13,446	13,292	8,647	8,154	5,274	22,759	14,220	19,789
North Carolina	57,975	6,486	3,447	4,456	6,333	2,695	3,841	2,640	10,285	6,161	11,631
North Dakota	6,196	550	289	159	366	160	678	599	1,040	913	1,442

Ohio	68,766	7,027	3,566	4,159	6,113	2,007	6,465	4,221	12,903	11,252	11,053
Oklahoma	21,121	2,848	1,293	904	1,713	754	1,828	1,095	4,434	2,285	3,967
Oregon	22,313	3,192	1,678	2,301	2,111	1,350	1,644	696	3,261	2,382	3,698
Pennsylvania	85,886	9,718	4,863	6,574	9,167	5,127	6,893	3,862	15,792	11,971	11,919
Rhode Island	11,369	1,168	639	968	1,082	591	542	406	2,756	1,190	2,027

South Carolina	26,764	2,695	1,693	1,894	3,023	896	1,818	1,504	6,018	2,890	4,333
South Dakota	5,876	451	248	221	479	313	486	552	820	1,199	1,107
Tennessee	34,460	5,509	1,961	2,178	2,710	985	2,092	1,445	6,075	4,699	6,806
Texas	144,662	21,214	8,520	7,837	13,527	6,836	11,503	3,433	26,259	18,981	26,552
Utah	51,129	3,266	1,601	2,250	2,480	5,468	1,830	6,099	9,690	13,584	4,861

Vermont	6,119	937	360	669	712	485	311	229	713	471	1,232
Virginia	59,291	10,369	4,410	5,668	5,291	3,577	3,603	1,815	10,274	5,284	9,000
Washington	35,620	4,957	2,370	3,528	4,296	2,977	2,369	1,873	5,739	3,008	4,503
West Virginia	17,121	2,065	761	802	918	856	1,001	461	4,237	1,637	4,383
Wisconsin	35,520	3,622	2,000	2,390	3,900	1,654	2,798	2,516	7,092	4,278	5,270
Wyoming	2,132	187	131	117	257	33	194	190	363	205	455

U.S. Service Academies	3,701	348	60	785	387	224	1,255	0	231	0	411

Other jurisdictions	18,868	1,409	1,104	360	2,602	806	1,371	922	3,409	3,991	2,894
American Samoa	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0
Federated States of Micronesia	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0
Guam	451	34	15	11	47	23	19	55	113	48	86
Marshall Islands	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0
Northern Marianas	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	30	0	0
Palau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Puerto Rico	18,141	1,372	1,072	345	2,511	778	1,352	796	3,215	3,909	2,791
U.S. Virgin Islands	183	3	17	4	44	5	0	8	51	34	17
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 and U.S. service academies.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Completions component, Fall 2022 (provisional data). (This table was prepared November 2023.)

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