Bachelor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and field of study: Academic years 2020-21 and 2021-22

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Table 322.30.Bachelor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and field of study: Academic years 2020-21 and 2021-22
Field of study	2020-21										2021-22
	Total	American Indian/Alaska Native	Asian/Pacific Islander			Black	Hispanic	White	Two or more races	Nonresident	Total	American Indian/Alaska Native	Asian/Pacific Islander			Black	Hispanic	White	Two or more races	Nonresident
	Total	American Indian/Alaska Native	Total	Asian	Pacific Islander	Black	Hispanic	White	Two or more races	Nonresident	Total	American Indian/Alaska Native	Total	Asian	Pacific Islander	Black	Hispanic	White	Two or more races	Nonresident
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
All fields, total	2,066,463	9,542	169,289	164,870	4,419	206,530	324,901	1,172,068	81,386	102,747	2,015,035	8,912	174,601	170,278	4,323	199,962	325,929	1,129,570	81,658	94,403
Agriculture and natural resources¹	41,921	267	1,620	1,566	54	1,518	4,752	30,958	1,693	1,113	40,675	243	1,602	1,539	63	1,453	4,671	29,960	1,734	1,012
Architecture and related services	9,296	25	835	809	26	532	1,700	4,858	342	1,004	9,462	34	860	847	13	572	1,727	4,862	399	1,008
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	7,390	149	616	584	32	1,164	1,905	2,678	533	345	6,658	153	559	543	16	978	1,868	2,302	493	305
Biological and biomedical sciences	131,515	474	19,944	19,723	221	11,301	20,145	69,106	6,147	4,398	131,462	413	20,756	20,548	208	10,903	20,784	67,906	6,306	4,394
Business²	391,352	1,852	30,701	29,743	958	37,982	57,112	224,517	13,307	25,881	375,418	1,727	30,609	29,718	891	36,341	56,794	215,026	13,062	21,859

Communication, journalism, and related programs	90,761	295	4,112	3,937	175	10,504	14,250	53,870	4,032	3,698	86,043	254	4,139	3,972	167	9,739	14,115	50,469	3,914	3,413
Communications technologies	4,556	18	376	354	22	631	633	2,386	198	314	4,851	16	418	411	7	680	666	2,448	242	381
Computer and information sciences and support services	104,883	345	18,790	18,576	214	9,142	12,110	49,539	4,167	10,790	108,503	307	20,828	20,609	219	9,594	12,892	49,667	4,482	10,733
Education	89,477	564	2,653	2,519	134	6,544	11,786	64,056	2,686	1,188	89,410	564	2,694	2,529	165	6,387	12,881	62,955	2,767	1,162
Engineering	126,042	317	15,085	14,952	133	5,377	16,003	71,584	5,040	12,636	123,017	281	15,630	15,474	156	5,480	16,028	69,695	5,042	10,861

Engineering technologies³	19,004	113	954	928	26	1,598	2,510	12,118	557	1,154	18,405	88	996	975	21	1,497	2,595	11,677	593	959
English language and literature/letters	35,764	156	1,629	1,574	55	2,973	5,823	22,928	1,695	560	33,429	125	1,663	1,611	52	2,670	5,646	21,186	1,652	487
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	22,319	94	1,277	1,226	51	2,681	3,917	12,930	902	518	20,630	104	1,163	1,115	48	2,419	3,868	11,781	860	435
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	15,514	30	986	975	11	777	3,796	8,516	763	646	13,912	29	946	930	16	636	3,612	7,393	692	604
Health professions and related programs	267,993	1,537	22,230	21,445	785	33,636	38,321	160,203	8,583	3,483	263,765	1,339	23,470	22,620	850	34,113	39,992	153,014	8,753	3,084

Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting	58,006	375	1,843	1,661	182	10,276	14,403	28,346	2,093	670	56,901	372	1,864	1,670	194	9,972	14,635	27,386	2,063	609
Legal professions and studies	4,585	35	254	247	7	682	968	2,361	207	78	4,444	32	232	220	12	642	936	2,295	231	76
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities	41,827	310	1,829	1,718	111	6,338	7,316	23,351	1,778	905	37,887	310	1,604	1,506	98	5,812	6,690	21,059	1,593	819
Library science	119	1	1	0	1	7	11	96	3	0	135	3	2	1	1	3	9	112	6	0
Mathematics and statistics	27,106	40	3,705	3,671	34	1,090	2,935	12,782	995	5,559	26,212	45	3,815	3,787	28	947	2,758	12,289	967	5,391

Military technologies and applied sciences	1,524	15	56	50	6	145	164	1,045	71	28	1,602	4	52	49	3	131	209	1,114	72	20
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	54,615	275	4,736	4,621	115	6,475	10,677	27,680	2,370	2,402	52,573	249	4,894	4,783	111	6,240	9,617	26,840	2,335	2,398
Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and kinesiology	54,268	274	2,923	2,778	145	6,987	8,778	31,631	2,344	1,331	52,776	276	2,855	2,719	136	6,754	8,419	30,862	2,282	1,328
Philosophy and religious studies	11,989	29	589	573	16	712	1,349	8,361	471	478	11,230	41	576	554	22	638	1,279	7,825	439	432
Physical sciences and science technologies	29,236	101	2,898	2,854	44	1,676	3,783	17,420	1,290	2,068	28,301	97	2,933	2,905	28	1,525	3,651	16,763	1,343	1,989

Precision production	28	2	4	4	0	0	1	16	0	5	12	0	1	1	0	0	3	8	0	0
Psychology	126,950	579	8,965	8,689	276	15,687	27,313	64,850	5,705	3,851	129,609	606	9,593	9,358	235	15,204	28,201	66,086	5,991	3,928
Public administration and social services	34,817	269	1,277	1,195	82	6,911	6,954	17,584	1,353	469	33,429	263	1,213	1,123	90	6,463	6,809	16,929	1,335	417
Social sciences and history	160,851	612	11,827	11,491	336	14,678	30,375	85,046	7,292	11,021	151,109	519	11,682	11,382	300	13,702	28,894	79,265	7,091	9,956
Social sciences	137,928	524	10,988	10,680	308	13,558	26,926	68,879	6,374	10,679	129,717	434	10,931	10,660	271	12,603	25,505	64,457	6,156	9,631
History	22,923	88	839	811	28	1,120	3,449	16,167	918	342	21,392	85	751	722	29	1,099	3,389	14,808	935	325

Theology and religious vocations	6,735	29	204	190	14	591	585	4,964	220	142	6,394	42	178	151	27	614	568	4,654	172	166
Transportation and materials moving	5,993	21	289	268	21	365	638	3,978	234	468	6,540	32	329	308	21	391	710	4,329	278	471
Visual and performing arts	90,027	339	6,081	5,949	132	7,550	13,888	52,310	4,315	5,544	90,241	344	6,445	6,320	125	7,462	14,402	51,413	4,469	5,706
Other and not classified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¹Includes Agricultural, animal, plant, veterinary science, and related fields; and Natural resources and conservation.
²Includes Business, management, marketing, and related support services; and Culinary, entertainment, and personal services.
³Includes 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 and U.S. service academies. 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), Completions component, Fall 2021 (final data) and Fall 2022 (provisional data). (This table was prepared September 2023.)

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