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Table 3. Bachelor's degrees awarded to women, 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 837,643 866,363 886,311 906,625 927,600 954,891 993,872 1,038,807 1,066,182 1,081,488 1,095,703
Science and engineering 295,873 308,979 319,944 332,534 344,598 361,244 387,975 420,883 447,295 468,985 488,663
Science 282,670 295,641 307,291 319,613 331,848 347,551 373,317 404,902 430,361 450,359 468,606
Computer sciences 12,159 9,939 7,944 6,884 6,894 7,306 7,700 8,751 9,209 10,144 10,863
Geosciences 2,238 2,200 2,260 2,356 2,414 2,505 2,760 3,045 3,225 3,418 3,656
Atmospheric sciences 241 219 262 263 235 236 217 263 249 258 265
Earth sciences 1,344 1,347 1,323 1,422 1,461 1,556 1,744 1,899 2,012 2,193 2,313
Ocean sciences 653 634 675 671 718 713 799 883 964 967 1,078
Life sciences 113,265 124,808 135,536 144,853 154,057 165,134 181,600 201,901 221,022 238,369 257,313
Agricultural sciences 9,001 9,147 9,169 9,747 10,227 11,150 12,313 13,839 15,258 15,969 16,701
Biological sciences 41,696 44,501 47,419 48,661 50,451 52,262 55,114 58,466 61,146 63,887 67,615
Health sciences 62,568 71,160 78,948 86,445 93,379 101,722 114,173 129,596 144,618 158,513 172,997
Mathematical sciences 6,609 6,875 6,827 6,957 6,971 7,248 7,745 8,536 9,297 9,511 9,922
Physical sciences 6,415 6,953 6,986 7,284 7,451 7,598 7,794 8,284 8,347 8,815 8,765
Astronomy 143 131 132 120 146 140 136 153 128 170 144
Chemistry 5,144 5,634 5,614 5,909 6,106 6,162 6,328 6,730 6,718 7,097 7,108
Physics 900 945 1,024 988 925 1,015 1,001 1,062 1,162 1,186 1,219
Other physical sciences 228 243 216 267 274 281 329 339 339 362 294
Social sciences 141,984 144,866 147,738 151,279 154,061 157,760 165,718 174,385 179,261 180,102 178,087
Anthropology 5,258 5,479 5,497 5,967 6,267 6,563 6,859 7,733 8,016 7,946 7,195
Economics 7,875 7,426 7,376 7,754 7,937 8,454 8,729 8,385 8,753 9,318 10,193
Political science 18,070 18,327 18,425 18,293 17,915 17,892 17,825 17,551 16,928 16,431 15,496
Psychology 66,932 68,576 70,052 71,682 73,164 75,336 78,167 84,181 88,329 90,851 91,688
Sociology 20,126 19,993 20,352 20,121 20,129 20,142 20,626 21,169 21,522 21,074 20,389
Other social sciences 23,723 25,065 26,036 27,462 28,649 29,373 33,512 35,366 35,713 34,482 33,126
Engineering 13,203 13,338 12,653 12,921 12,750 13,693 14,658 15,981 16,934 18,626 20,057
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 404 501 452 441 437 463 439 463 479 488 515
Bioengineering 1,025 1,205 1,201 1,290 1,366 1,404 1,580 1,768 1,877 2,175 2,378
Chemical engineering 1,706 1,605 1,657 1,730 1,805 2,014 2,128 2,355 2,478 2,760 2,919
Civil engineering 1,952 2,045 2,128 2,319 2,254 2,377 2,721 2,731 2,894 2,926 2,879
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 2,021 1,963 1,615 1,503 1,288 1,336 1,333 1,479 1,548 1,741 1,861
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,270 1,174 1,056 1,009 1,056 1,133 1,162 1,273 1,280 1,450 1,635
Materials science engineering 243 222 214 214 224 242 276 314 377 363 415
Mechanical engineering 1,938 2,087 1,996 2,073 1,959 2,145 2,191 2,523 2,676 3,088 3,429
Other engineering 2,644 2,536 2,334 2,342 2,361 2,579 2,828 3,075 3,325 3,635 4,026
Non-science and engineering 541,770 557,384 566,367 574,091 583,002 593,647 605,897 617,924 618,887 612,503 607,040
Education 92,255 94,903 93,997 92,144 91,880 91,506 93,285 94,864 93,670 89,820 84,725
Humanities 149,119 153,476 154,787 157,426 157,685 158,199 159,173 160,843 159,790 154,547 146,926
Technologies 11,230 11,979 12,547 12,727 13,345 13,499 14,158 16,250 16,167 17,031 18,233
Professional/other/unknown 289,166 297,026 305,036 311,794 320,092 330,443 339,281 345,967 349,260 351,105 357,156
U.S. citizens and permanent residents, all fieldsa 815,510 843,204 862,860 883,916 904,014 930,713 967,372 1,008,926 1,033,651 1,047,168 1,058,745
Science and engineering 287,566 300,144 311,002 324,114 335,616 351,953 377,633 409,136 434,297 454,933 473,425
Science 275,323 287,834 299,234 312,004 323,691 339,187 364,039 394,456 418,819 437,946 455,137
Computer sciences 11,182 9,204 7,410 6,474 6,493 6,904 7,305 8,263 8,726 9,508 10,080
Geosciences 2,177 2,155 2,217 2,311 2,363 2,451 2,711 2,988 3,156 3,316 3,545
Atmospheric sciences 237 216 258 261 233 233 217 261 243 253 260
Earth sciences 1,316 1,321 1,299 1,392 1,433 1,517 1,710 1,864 1,964 2,108 2,222
Ocean sciences 624 618 660 658 697 701 784 863 949 955 1,063
Life sciences 111,053 122,177 132,401 141,979 150,903 161,964 178,205 198,338 217,207 234,567 253,456
Agricultural sciences 8,838 8,994 8,991 9,618 10,062 10,971 12,104 13,604 14,911 15,589 16,291
Biological sciences 40,477 43,181 45,959 47,240 48,974 50,733 53,418 56,771 59,308 62,131 65,803
Health sciences 61,738 70,002 77,451 85,121 91,867 100,260 112,683 127,963 142,988 156,847 171,362
Mathematical sciences 6,301 6,553 6,556 6,646 6,638 6,841 7,145 7,676 8,209 8,318 8,536
Physical sciences 6,126 6,616 6,672 6,971 7,117 7,242 7,411 7,880 7,877 8,325 8,254
Astronomy 132 128 127 116 136 134 131 147 121 156 138
Chemistry 4,930 5,367 5,376 5,663 5,825 5,863 6,023 6,422 6,354 6,703 6,702
Physics 845 891 969 941 890 970 940 984 1,078 1,117 1,129
Other physical sciences 219 230 200 251 266 275 317 327 324 349 285
Social sciences 138,484 141,129 143,978 147,623 150,177 153,785 161,262 169,311 173,644 173,912 171,266
Anthropology 5,178 5,390 5,413 5,887 6,195 6,478 6,794 7,644 7,941 7,848 7,101
Economics 6,979 6,579 6,537 6,877 7,009 7,340 7,317 6,763 6,787 7,102 7,597
Political science 17,727 17,922 18,054 17,955 17,539 17,521 17,349 17,075 16,424 15,901 14,993
Psychology 65,745 67,317 68,835 70,534 71,893 74,008 76,893 82,624 86,672 89,014 89,753
Sociology 19,894 19,716 20,072 19,868 19,892 19,893 20,377 20,866 21,183 20,719 19,986
Other social sciences 22,961 24,205 25,067 26,502 27,649 28,545 32,532 34,339 34,637 33,328 31,836
Engineering 12,243 12,310 11,768 12,110 11,925 12,766 13,594 14,680 15,478 16,987 18,288
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 382 480 432 421 410 426 410 435 447 434 486
Bioengineering 960 1,125 1,118 1,214 1,279 1,319 1,476 1,664 1,778 2,052 2,215
Chemical engineering 1,588 1,464 1,504 1,589 1,637 1,861 1,948 2,132 2,207 2,468 2,619
Civil engineering 1,880 1,966 2,070 2,243 2,184 2,280 2,606 2,596 2,736 2,742 2,690
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 1,776 1,683 1,403 1,321 1,125 1,153 1,117 1,205 1,265 1,447 1,523
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,152 1,041 950 929 976 1,025 1,068 1,138 1,133 1,275 1,455
Materials science engineering 233 205 199 201 208 231 259 291 342 326 372
Mechanical engineering 1,871 2,008 1,912 1,998 1,879 2,064 2,098 2,394 2,525 2,921 3,229
Other engineering 2,401 2,338 2,180 2,194 2,227 2,407 2,612 2,825 3,045 3,322 3,699
Non-science and engineering 527,944 543,060 551,858 559,802 568,398 578,760 589,739 599,790 599,354 592,235 585,320
Education 91,525 94,011 93,141 91,290 91,000 90,636 92,247 93,840 92,826 89,007 83,866
Humanities 145,923 150,291 151,586 153,943 154,013 154,504 155,565 157,097 155,833 150,550 142,511
Technologies 11,042 11,749 12,325 12,503 13,110 13,253 13,897 16,002 15,881 16,764 17,966
Professional/other/unknown 279,454 287,009 294,806 302,066 310,275 320,367 328,030 332,851 334,814 335,914 340,977
Temporary visa holders, all fields 22,133 23,159 23,451 22,709 23,586 24,178 26,500 29,881 32,531 34,320 36,958
Science and engineering 8,307 8,835 8,942 8,420 8,982 9,291 10,342 11,747 12,998 14,052 15,238
Science 7,347 7,807 8,057 7,609 8,157 8,364 9,278 10,446 11,542 12,413 13,469
Computer sciences 977 735 534 410 401 402 395 488 483 636 783
Geosciences 61 45 43 45 51 54 49 57 69 102 111
Atmospheric sciences 4 3 4 2 2 3 0 2 6 5 5
Earth sciences 28 26 24 30 28 39 34 35 48 85 91
Ocean sciences 29 16 15 13 21 12 15 20 15 12 15
Life sciences 2,212 2,631 3,135 2,874 3,154 3,170 3,395 3,563 3,815 3,802 3,857
Agricultural sciences 163 153 178 129 165 179 209 235 347 380 410
Biological sciences 1,219 1,320 1,460 1,421 1,477 1,529 1,696 1,695 1,838 1,756 1,812
Health sciences 830 1,158 1,497 1,324 1,512 1,462 1,490 1,633 1,630 1,666 1,635
Mathematical sciences 308 322 271 311 333 407 600 860 1,088 1,193 1,386
Physical sciences 289 337 314 313 334 356 383 404 470 490 511
Astronomy 11 3 5 4 10 6 5 6 7 14 6
Chemistry 214 267 238 246 281 299 305 308 364 394 406
Physics 55 54 55 47 35 45 61 78 84 69 90
Other physical sciences 9 13 16 16 8 6 12 12 15 13 9
Social sciences 3,500 3,737 3,760 3,656 3,884 3,975 4,456 5,074 5,617 6,190 6,821
Anthropology 80 89 84 80 72 85 65 89 75 98 94
Economics 896 847 839 877 928 1,114 1,412 1,622 1,966 2,216 2,596
Political science 343 405 371 338 376 371 476 476 504 530 503
Psychology 1,187 1,259 1,217 1,148 1,271 1,328 1,274 1,557 1,657 1,837 1,935
Sociology 232 277 280 253 237 249 249 303 339 355 403
Other social sciences 762 860 969 960 1,000 828 980 1,027 1,076 1,154 1,290
Engineering 960 1,028 885 811 825 927 1,064 1,301 1,456 1,639 1,769
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 22 21 20 20 27 37 29 28 32 54 29
Bioengineering 65 80 83 76 87 85 104 104 99 123 163
Chemical engineering 118 141 153 141 168 153 180 223 271 292 300
Civil engineering 72 79 58 76 70 97 115 135 158 184 189
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 245 280 212 182 163 183 216 274 283 294 338
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 118 133 106 80 80 108 94 135 147 175 180
Materials science engineering 10 17 15 13 16 11 17 23 35 37 43
Mechanical engineering 67 79 84 75 80 81 93 129 151 167 200
Other engineering 243 198 154 148 134 172 216 250 280 313 327
Non-science and engineering 13,826 14,324 14,509 14,289 14,604 14,887 16,158 18,134 19,533 20,268 21,720
Education 730 892 856 854 880 870 1,038 1,024 844 813 859
Humanities 3,196 3,185 3,201 3,483 3,672 3,695 3,608 3,746 3,957 3,997 4,415
Technologies 188 230 222 224 235 246 261 248 286 267 267
Professional/other/unknown 9,712 10,017 10,230 9,728 9,817 10,076 11,251 13,116 14,446 15,191 16,179
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.