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Table 2. Bachelor's degrees awarded to men, by field of degree and citizenship status of recipients: 2005–15

Field 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
All fields 618,758 636,559 655,393 673,788 691,428 713,336 740,357 772,597 794,852 809,453 820,426
Science and engineering 241,621 247,959 253,242 259,943 265,227 278,199 295,487 315,726 334,253 349,013 361,095
Science 188,672 193,070 197,621 202,956 207,377 217,493 232,046 248,444 263,375 273,689 281,246
Computer sciences 42,429 38,061 34,652 32,038 31,602 32,801 35,886 39,283 42,377 45,986 49,446
Geosciences 2,554 2,602 2,673 2,829 3,064 3,232 3,588 3,968 4,310 4,585 4,937
Atmospheric sciences 436 432 483 473 486 455 461 472 500 493 469
Earth sciences 1,782 1,848 1,842 2,001 2,200 2,356 2,615 2,945 3,233 3,478 3,801
Ocean sciences 336 322 348 355 378 421 512 551 577 614 667
Life sciences 44,379 48,757 54,206 57,884 61,153 66,605 72,097 79,666 87,612 92,814 97,431
Agricultural sciences 9,012 9,026 9,392 9,700 10,221 10,682 11,898 12,642 13,886 14,387 14,379
Biological sciences 25,443 27,656 31,073 32,866 34,187 36,418 37,491 40,280 42,313 44,360 46,071
Health sciences 9,924 12,075 13,741 15,318 16,745 19,505 22,708 26,744 31,413 34,067 36,981
Mathematical sciences 8,207 8,435 8,724 8,884 9,237 9,584 10,276 11,283 12,270 12,715 13,214
Physical sciences 8,590 9,437 10,021 10,368 10,491 10,804 11,404 12,137 12,929 13,407 13,716
Astronomy 188 235 200 226 189 248 228 239 229 259 249
Chemistry 4,779 5,253 5,636 5,923 6,038 6,176 6,560 6,984 7,306 7,585 7,561
Physics 3,299 3,621 3,846 3,888 3,917 3,985 4,220 4,495 4,945 5,097 5,462
Other physical sciences 324 328 339 331 347 395 396 419 449 466 444
Social sciences 82,513 85,778 87,345 90,953 91,830 94,467 98,795 102,107 103,877 104,182 102,502
Anthropology 2,309 2,445 2,401 2,672 2,660 2,786 2,931 3,131 3,286 3,141 2,763
Economics 16,392 16,415 16,584 17,554 18,395 19,204 19,832 19,651 19,746 20,707 22,531
Political science 20,175 21,231 21,640 22,126 21,427 21,699 22,441 22,378 21,708 21,082 20,063
Psychology 19,099 19,975 20,446 21,307 21,579 22,410 23,401 25,601 27,044 27,554 27,080
Sociology 8,430 8,548 8,698 8,787 8,707 8,858 8,988 9,433 9,507 9,598 9,154
Other social sciences 16,108 17,164 17,576 18,507 19,062 19,510 21,202 21,913 22,586 22,100 20,911
Engineering 52,949 54,889 55,621 56,987 57,850 60,706 63,441 67,282 70,878 75,324 79,849
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1,980 2,252 2,376 2,493 2,600 2,744 2,903 3,082 3,011 3,077 3,356
Bioengineering 1,393 1,728 1,948 2,013 2,329 2,371 2,443 2,696 2,961 3,255 3,445
Chemical engineering 2,781 2,850 2,914 3,189 3,332 3,824 4,288 4,821 5,200 5,442 6,151
Civil engineering 6,506 7,279 7,801 8,356 8,787 9,230 10,095 10,259 10,615 10,278 10,020
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 12,421 12,274 11,770 11,131 10,595 10,357 10,446 10,876 11,543 12,328 12,987
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2,666 2,716 2,473 2,557 2,823 3,041 3,121 3,399 3,479 3,864 4,166
Materials science engineering 515 592 586 702 677 743 697 818 885 965 1,063
Mechanical engineering 12,873 13,961 14,813 15,513 15,592 16,634 17,197 18,259 19,532 21,497 23,232
Other engineering 11,814 11,237 10,940 11,033 11,115 11,762 12,251 13,072 13,652 14,618 15,429
Non-science and engineering 377,137 388,600 402,151 413,845 426,201 435,137 444,870 456,871 460,599 460,440 459,331
Education 31,016 32,125 32,534 32,744 32,846 32,201 32,484 33,891 34,705 34,216 32,801
Humanities 98,794 100,938 103,008 106,449 108,758 109,378 110,422 111,870 112,132 108,303 103,377
Technologies 16,037 16,064 17,013 17,287 17,926 18,185 19,195 20,213 20,461 20,404 20,862
Professional/other/unknown 231,290 239,473 249,596 257,365 266,671 275,373 282,769 290,897 293,301 297,517 302,291
U.S. citizens and permanent residents, all fieldsa 595,492 613,313 632,880 652,091 669,080 689,916 714,163 742,895 762,482 774,290 781,745
Science and engineering 230,430 237,228 243,128 250,335 255,438 267,564 283,215 301,612 318,743 331,732 341,661
Science 181,261 186,022 191,011 196,717 200,834 210,433 223,961 239,360 253,156 262,325 268,598
Computer sciences 39,415 35,697 32,753 30,644 30,184 31,336 34,253 37,409 40,478 43,803 46,860
Geosciences 2,501 2,557 2,634 2,781 3,004 3,165 3,495 3,883 4,177 4,439 4,809
Atmospheric sciences 430 430 478 470 480 452 456 465 490 483 461
Earth sciences 1,745 1,809 1,819 1,967 2,155 2,299 2,533 2,879 3,120 3,358 3,687
Ocean sciences 326 318 337 344 369 414 506 539 567 598 661
Life sciences 43,369 47,565 52,915 56,567 59,778 65,063 70,446 77,882 85,720 90,914 95,383
Agricultural sciences 8,882 8,897 9,269 9,587 10,100 10,531 11,719 12,459 13,646 14,119 14,104
Biological sciences 24,729 26,871 30,224 31,980 33,264 35,409 36,426 39,131 41,132 43,219 44,868
Health sciences 9,758 11,797 13,422 15,000 16,414 19,123 22,301 26,292 30,942 33,576 36,411
Mathematical sciences 7,754 7,948 8,285 8,433 8,731 8,983 9,520 10,253 10,966 11,205 11,466
Physical sciences 8,211 9,010 9,593 9,908 10,029 10,359 10,907 11,576 12,311 12,760 13,002
Astronomy 179 225 192 214 186 241 217 237 224 245 239
Chemistry 4,596 5,054 5,423 5,701 5,790 5,928 6,292 6,693 6,977 7,234 7,205
Physics 3,154 3,432 3,678 3,706 3,743 3,823 4,026 4,247 4,680 4,835 5,138
Other physical sciences 282 299 300 287 310 367 372 399 430 446 420
Social sciences 80,011 83,245 84,831 88,384 89,108 91,527 95,340 98,357 99,504 99,204 97,078
Anthropology 2,275 2,413 2,376 2,631 2,633 2,756 2,902 3,103 3,258 3,091 2,722
Economics 15,108 15,142 15,308 16,247 16,985 17,641 17,967 17,532 17,245 17,838 19,301
Political science 19,875 20,891 21,330 21,827 21,106 21,354 21,996 21,944 21,214 20,610 19,514
Psychology 18,783 19,654 20,104 20,981 21,242 22,044 22,999 25,152 26,472 26,931 26,458
Sociology 8,333 8,435 8,580 8,675 8,588 8,740 8,866 9,297 9,361 9,406 8,973
Other social sciences 15,637 16,710 17,133 18,023 18,554 18,992 20,610 21,329 21,954 21,328 20,110
Engineering 49,169 51,206 52,117 53,618 54,604 57,131 59,254 62,252 65,587 69,407 73,063
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1,831 2,126 2,221 2,362 2,449 2,564 2,687 2,843 2,770 2,835 3,113
Bioengineering 1,301 1,616 1,829 1,894 2,213 2,258 2,321 2,566 2,810 3,097 3,289
Chemical engineering 2,598 2,634 2,710 2,955 3,139 3,564 3,999 4,419 4,742 4,975 5,588
Civil engineering 6,282 7,051 7,562 8,088 8,527 8,886 9,708 9,784 10,074 9,641 9,298
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 11,141 10,993 10,595 10,083 9,608 9,398 9,286 9,549 10,218 10,922 11,322
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2,389 2,421 2,204 2,231 2,534 2,716 2,772 2,956 3,046 3,355 3,591
Materials science engineering 488 570 559 679 634 694 649 767 807 860 953
Mechanical engineering 12,294 13,391 14,186 14,874 14,959 15,916 16,412 17,273 18,430 20,198 21,681
Other engineering 10,845 10,404 10,251 10,452 10,541 11,135 11,420 12,095 12,690 13,524 14,228
Non-science and engineering 365,062 376,085 389,752 401,756 413,642 422,352 430,948 441,283 443,739 442,558 440,084
Education 30,623 31,669 32,091 32,301 32,365 31,775 31,992 33,392 34,240 33,722 32,293
Humanities 96,933 98,989 101,089 104,380 106,528 107,164 108,249 109,773 109,895 105,950 100,892
Technologies 15,557 15,703 16,608 16,909 17,461 17,703 18,703 19,620 19,759 19,697 19,894
Professional/other/unknown 221,949 229,724 239,964 248,166 257,288 265,710 272,004 278,498 279,845 283,189 287,005
Temporary visa holders, all fields 23,266 23,246 22,513 21,697 22,348 23,420 26,194 29,702 32,370 35,163 38,681
Science and engineering 11,191 10,731 10,114 9,608 9,789 10,635 12,272 14,114 15,510 17,281 19,434
Science 7,411 7,048 6,610 6,239 6,543 7,060 8,085 9,084 10,219 11,364 12,648
Computer sciences 3,014 2,364 1,899 1,394 1,418 1,465 1,633 1,874 1,899 2,183 2,586
Geosciences 53 45 39 48 60 67 93 85 133 146 128
Atmospheric sciences 6 2 5 3 6 3 5 7 10 10 8
Earth sciences 37 39 23 34 45 57 82 66 113 120 114
Ocean sciences 10 4 11 11 9 7 6 12 10 16 6
Life sciences 1,010 1,192 1,291 1,317 1,375 1,542 1,651 1,784 1,892 1,900 2,048
Agricultural sciences 130 129 123 113 121 151 179 183 240 268 275
Biological sciences 714 785 849 886 923 1,009 1,065 1,149 1,181 1,141 1,203
Health sciences 166 278 319 318 331 382 407 452 471 491 570
Mathematical sciences 453 487 439 451 506 601 756 1,030 1,304 1,510 1,748
Physical sciences 379 427 428 460 462 445 497 561 618 647 714
Astronomy 9 10 8 12 3 7 11 2 5 14 10
Chemistry 183 199 213 222 248 248 268 291 329 351 356
Physics 145 189 168 182 174 162 194 248 265 262 324
Other physical sciences 42 29 39 44 37 28 24 20 19 20 24
Social sciences 2,502 2,533 2,514 2,569 2,722 2,940 3,455 3,750 4,373 4,978 5,424
Anthropology 34 32 25 41 27 30 29 28 28 50 41
Economics 1,284 1,273 1,276 1,307 1,410 1,563 1,865 2,119 2,501 2,869 3,230
Political science 300 340 310 299 321 345 445 434 494 472 549
Psychology 316 321 342 326 337 366 402 449 572 623 622
Sociology 97 113 118 112 119 118 122 136 146 192 181
Other social sciences 471 454 443 484 508 518 592 584 632 772 801
Engineering 3,780 3,683 3,504 3,369 3,246 3,575 4,187 5,030 5,291 5,917 6,786
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 149 126 155 131 151 180 216 239 241 242 243
Bioengineering 92 112 119 119 116 113 122 130 151 158 156
Chemical engineering 183 216 204 234 193 260 289 402 458 467 563
Civil engineering 224 228 239 268 260 344 387 475 541 637 722
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 1,280 1,281 1,175 1,048 987 959 1,160 1,327 1,325 1,406 1,665
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 277 295 269 326 289 325 349 443 433 509 575
Materials science engineering 27 22 27 23 43 49 48 51 78 105 110
Mechanical engineering 579 570 627 639 633 718 785 986 1,102 1,299 1,551
Other engineering 969 833 689 581 574 627 831 977 962 1,094 1,201
Non-science and engineering 12,075 12,515 12,399 12,089 12,559 12,785 13,922 15,588 16,860 17,882 19,247
Education 393 456 443 443 481 426 492 499 465 494 508
Humanities 1,861 1,949 1,919 2,069 2,230 2,214 2,173 2,097 2,237 2,353 2,485
Technologies 480 361 405 378 465 482 492 593 702 707 968
Professional/other/unknown 9,341 9,749 9,632 9,199 9,383 9,663 10,765 12,399 13,456 14,328 15,286
a These categories include U.S. citizens and foreign citizens on permanent visas (i.e., resident aliens who have been admitted for permanent residency).
NOTE: See table A-1 for specific fields included in each category.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, special tabulations (2019) of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Completions Survey, Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics.