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Table 324.25.Doctor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and field of study: Academic years 2020-21 and 2021-22
Field of study2020-212021-22
TotalAmerican Indian/Alaska NativeAsian/Pacific IslanderBlackHispanicWhiteTwo or more racesNonresidentTotalAmerican Indian/Alaska NativeAsian/Pacific IslanderBlackHispanicWhiteTwo or more racesNonresident
TotalAsianPacific IslanderTotalAsianPacific Islander
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   All fields, total194,05269022,52922,25427517,04216,486108,0575,76923,479203,88472422,85322,57727618,49017,662112,5956,22225,338
Agriculture and natural resources14,8681722722341383603,3801356114,9732220220201353803,424168642
Architecture and related services2550191729157841302522222111412657130
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies2696181624033108145035852423156521331771
Biological and biomedical sciences7,4862067066552675583,9362121,8238,5502379979453427164,4072422,021
Business23,7111417517231,0042391,480917084,48520258245131,3422771,73473781
 
Communication, journalism, and related programs532325250422226721152601127270312531420183
Communications technologies00000000000000000000
Computer and information sciences and support services2,5731182181114478656311,4812,7902207205215474677401,636
Education13,64273560519413,2251,2727,42334074914,83988559527323,4231,5228,120379748
Engineering10,893868668331803702,9371766,53612,075575875712134193,2822307,168
 
Engineering technologies32051232302017208816802525020260457
English language and literature/letters1,0796424116369733391271,192752520667881233144
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences238210100322111214472780141314318139460
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics98524040021122415233621,0261393901411044618398
Health professions and related programs85,56927816,00015,8551456,8497,15449,8252,7582,70587,75029415,81115,6591527,2427,49051,3142,9392,660
 
Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting2390321602013971029147706127162624
Legal professions and studies35,9771822,4052,362432,7744,38423,6491,2521,33136,4011732,4902,439512,8904,49023,7331,2891,336
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and 
   humanities

90

1

2

2

0

18

8

51

3

7

107

0

4

4

0

13

9

71

3

7
Library science12000010803170000111104
Mathematics and statistics1,958110910902675649331,0652,209212812713272719501,206
 
Military technologies and applied sciences00000000002000000200
Multi/interdisciplinary studies1,0573605828573550192671,156581792987754229324
Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and kinesiology3260109128172031454323299023141911074
Philosophy and religious studies627128280453839510110649024231424140616120
Physical sciences and science technologies5,709827927811052792,5541292,3556,530736436221153242,8731362,711
 
Precision production00000000000000000000
Psychology6,3653337036287086883,9362473836,6852439439047737494,122254369
Public administration and social services1,4371088853423130588451531,568126664244815167530186
Social sciences and history4,161920219842092571,956871,4414,4801221921542232922,1021061,526
  Social sciences3,469818818441771971,507721,3203,758819919541842381,630841,415
  History692114140326044915121722420200395447222111
 
Theology and religious vocations2,100817416954781121,042302562,3471114114106231281,15159234
Transportation and materials moving200000111206200000011603
Visual and performing arts1,669312212204790903354691,762212912815311189260515
Other and not classified00000000000000000000
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. Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level, as well as such degrees as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees. 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 October 2023.)

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