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Table 4. Bachelor's degrees awarded to U.S. citizens and permanent residents, by field of degree, ethnicity, and race of recipients: 2005–15

Field 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
U.S. citizens and permanent residents, all fieldsa 1,411,002 1,456,517 1,495,740 1,536,007 1,573,094 1,620,629 1,681,535 1,751,821 1,796,133 1,821,458 1,840,490
Science and engineering 517,996 537,372 554,130 574,449 591,054 619,517 660,848 710,748 753,040 786,665 815,086
Science 456,584 473,856 490,245 508,721 524,525 549,620 588,000 633,816 671,975 700,271 723,735
Computer sciences 50,597 44,901 40,163 37,118 36,677 38,240 41,558 45,672 49,204 53,311 56,940
Geosciences 4,678 4,712 4,851 5,092 5,367 5,616 6,206 6,871 7,333 7,755 8,354
Atmospheric sciences 667 646 736 731 713 685 673 726 733 736 721
Earth sciences 3,061 3,130 3,118 3,359 3,588 3,816 4,243 4,743 5,084 5,466 5,909
Ocean sciences 950 936 997 1,002 1,066 1,115 1,290 1,402 1,516 1,553 1,724
Life sciences 154,422 169,742 185,316 198,546 210,681 227,027 248,651 276,220 302,927 325,481 348,839
Agricultural sciences 17,720 17,891 18,260 19,205 20,162 21,502 23,823 26,063 28,557 29,708 30,395
Biological sciences 65,206 70,052 76,183 79,220 82,238 86,142 89,844 95,902 100,440 105,350 110,671
Health sciences 71,496 81,799 90,873 100,121 108,281 119,383 134,984 154,255 173,930 190,423 207,773
Mathematical sciences 14,055 14,501 14,841 15,079 15,369 15,824 16,665 17,929 19,175 19,523 20,002
Physical sciences 14,337 15,626 16,265 16,879 17,146 17,601 18,318 19,456 20,188 21,085 21,256
Astronomy 311 353 319 330 322 375 348 384 345 401 377
Chemistry 9,526 10,421 10,799 11,364 11,615 11,791 12,315 13,115 13,331 13,937 13,907
Physics 3,999 4,323 4,647 4,647 4,633 4,793 4,966 5,231 5,758 5,952 6,267
Other physical sciences 501 529 500 538 576 642 689 726 754 795 705
Social sciences 218,495 224,374 228,809 236,007 239,285 245,312 256,602 267,668 273,148 273,116 268,344
Anthropology 7,453 7,803 7,789 8,518 8,828 9,234 9,696 10,747 11,199 10,939 9,823
Economics 22,087 21,721 21,845 23,124 23,994 24,981 25,284 24,295 24,032 24,940 26,898
Political science 37,602 38,813 39,384 39,782 38,645 38,875 39,345 39,019 37,638 36,511 34,507
Psychology 84,528 86,971 88,939 91,515 93,135 96,052 99,892 107,776 113,144 115,945 116,211
Sociology 28,227 28,151 28,652 28,543 28,480 28,633 29,243 30,163 30,544 30,125 28,959
Other social sciences 38,598 40,915 42,200 44,525 46,203 47,537 53,142 55,668 56,591 54,656 51,946
Engineering 61,412 63,516 63,885 65,728 66,529 69,897 72,848 76,932 81,065 86,394 91,351
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2,213 2,606 2,653 2,783 2,859 2,990 3,097 3,278 3,217 3,269 3,599
Bioengineering 2,261 2,741 2,947 3,108 3,492 3,577 3,797 4,230 4,588 5,149 5,504
Chemical engineering 4,186 4,098 4,214 4,544 4,776 5,425 5,947 6,551 6,949 7,443 8,207
Civil engineering 8,162 9,017 9,632 10,331 10,711 11,166 12,314 12,380 12,810 12,383 11,988
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 12,917 12,676 11,998 11,404 10,733 10,551 10,403 10,754 11,483 12,369 12,845
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,541 3,462 3,154 3,160 3,510 3,741 3,840 4,094 4,179 4,630 5,046
Materials science engineering 721 775 758 880 842 925 908 1,058 1,149 1,186 1,325
Mechanical engineering 14,165 15,399 16,098 16,872 16,838 17,980 18,510 19,667 20,955 23,119 24,910
Other engineering 13,246 12,742 12,431 12,646 12,768 13,542 14,032 14,920 15,735 16,846 17,927
Non-science and engineering 893,006 919,145 941,610 961,558 982,040 1,001,112 1,020,687 1,041,073 1,043,093 1,034,793 1,025,404
Education 122,148 125,680 125,232 123,591 123,365 122,411 124,239 127,232 127,066 122,729 116,159
Humanities 242,856 249,280 252,675 258,323 260,541 261,668 263,814 266,870 265,728 256,500 243,403
Technologies 26,599 27,452 28,933 29,412 30,571 30,956 32,600 35,622 35,640 36,461 37,860
Professional/other/unknown 501,403 516,733 534,770 550,232 567,563 586,077 600,034 611,349 614,659 619,103 627,982
Hispanic or Latino, all fields 111,616 118,057 124,787 131,695 137,746 147,205 159,936 176,719 194,919 211,710 226,900
Science and engineering 39,396 41,540 43,422 46,286 49,054 54,219 61,144 70,564 80,854 91,453 100,409
Science 34,768 36,612 38,460 41,052 43,477 48,271 54,827 63,391 72,947 82,469 90,449
Computer sciences 3,529 3,351 2,970 2,923 2,999 3,124 3,539 4,216 4,719 5,469 5,912
Geosciences 204 184 182 249 271 300 332 402 474 600 661
Atmospheric sciences 20 20 18 30 42 31 29 36 33 56 46
Earth sciences 119 118 112 151 172 199 218 268 334 418 460
Ocean sciences 65 46 52 68 57 70 85 98 107 126 155
Life sciences 9,955 10,869 11,909 13,230 14,224 16,864 19,722 23,734 28,289 33,179 38,140
Agricultural sciences 737 694 815 1,038 1,018 1,057 1,293 1,471 1,903 2,058 2,344
Biological sciences 4,766 5,043 5,406 5,938 6,334 7,070 7,694 8,812 9,997 11,437 13,049
Health sciences 4,452 5,132 5,688 6,254 6,872 8,737 10,735 13,451 16,389 19,684 22,747
Mathematical sciences 821 881 946 924 978 1,005 1,152 1,277 1,504 1,755 1,937
Physical sciences 938 989 1,032 1,122 1,169 1,161 1,278 1,428 1,633 1,828 2,050
Astronomy 17 12 18 30 21 33 26 21 31 36 38
Chemistry 704 739 748 830 879 841 940 1,052 1,104 1,273 1,416
Physics 183 206 246 229 235 258 276 314 426 446 528
Other physical sciences 34 32 20 33 34 29 36 41 72 73 68
Social sciences 19,321 20,338 21,421 22,604 23,836 25,817 28,804 32,334 36,328 39,638 41,749
Anthropology 573 601 626 713 768 860 1,044 1,178 1,374 1,491 1,526
Economics 1,325 1,380 1,471 1,499 1,567 1,778 1,778 1,983 2,117 2,321 2,713
Political science 3,083 3,095 3,395 3,567 3,676 3,833 4,118 4,423 4,840 4,962 4,987
Psychology 7,708 8,236 8,506 8,885 9,615 10,412 11,667 13,359 15,389 17,580 18,799
Sociology 2,874 2,969 3,150 3,283 3,398 3,746 4,065 4,603 5,198 5,438 5,699
Other social sciences 3,758 4,057 4,273 4,657 4,812 5,188 6,132 6,788 7,410 7,846 8,025
Engineering 4,628 4,928 4,962 5,234 5,577 5,948 6,317 7,173 7,907 8,984 9,960
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 139 153 172 172 194 232 217 279 288 345 396
Bioengineering 102 112 119 151 190 174 217 247 316 360 445
Chemical engineering 313 324 300 337 364 403 427 543 568 616 677
Civil engineering 817 881 930 1,000 1,095 1,220 1,300 1,442 1,628 1,593 1,661
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 1,148 1,171 1,170 1,085 1,123 1,033 1,118 1,222 1,306 1,502 1,590
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 364 391 337 326 428 431 463 540 543 605 645
Materials science engineering 46 36 27 38 36 41 37 65 65 86 74
Mechanical engineering 961 1,047 1,144 1,300 1,181 1,442 1,514 1,710 1,969 2,340 2,759
Other engineering 738 813 763 825 966 972 1,024 1,125 1,224 1,537 1,713
Non-science and engineering 72,220 76,517 81,365 85,409 88,692 92,986 98,792 106,155 114,065 120,257 126,491
Education 8,605 9,489 9,900 10,134 10,361 10,302 9,802 10,175 10,311 10,522 10,572
Humanities 18,300 19,372 19,985 21,020 21,332 22,242 24,100 25,945 28,087 29,059 29,024
Technologies 1,948 1,914 2,040 2,271 2,280 2,360 2,503 2,806 3,303 3,574 3,895
Professional/other/unknown 43,367 45,742 49,440 51,984 54,719 58,082 62,387 67,229 72,364 77,102 83,000
Not Hispanic or Latino, all fields
American Indian or Alaska Native, all fields 9,704 10,281 10,751 10,768 11,407 11,485 11,126 10,740 10,768 10,211 9,697
Science and engineering 3,648 3,869 3,938 4,053 4,259 4,381 4,201 4,166 4,321 4,082 3,930
Science 3,299 3,516 3,633 3,709 3,912 4,015 3,879 3,857 3,965 3,762 3,614
Computer sciences 281 274 249 221 213 248 226 231 267 278 281
Geosciences 30 44 30 31 35 49 41 55 40 48 47
Atmospheric sciences 1 1 4 2 4 4 2 3 5 3 5
Earth sciences 23 34 21 25 23 39 29 44 26 38 35
Ocean sciences 6 9 5 4 8 6 10 8 9 7 7
Life sciences 1,160 1,252 1,369 1,399 1,557 1,562 1,562 1,622 1,721 1,656 1,677
Agricultural sciences 170 196 171 179 215 180 190 217 234 197 211
Biological sciences 494 471 527 505 571 545 536 568 521 488 432
Health sciences 496 585 671 715 771 837 836 837 966 971 1,034
Mathematical sciences 76 64 63 73 71 76 84 58 77 61 68
Physical sciences 103 102 117 107 134 108 102 87 103 109 77
Astronomy 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 3 5 0 0
Chemistry 65 73 90 80 94 66 68 59 69 79 64
Physics 33 24 22 22 32 35 31 23 25 27 10
Other physical sciences 2 4 4 4 6 4 2 2 4 3 3
Social sciences 1,649 1,780 1,805 1,878 1,902 1,972 1,864 1,804 1,757 1,610 1,464
Anthropology 95 111 114 105 130 104 101 98 106 71 70
Economics 86 94 97 97 120 107 106 83 90 71 79
Political science 259 295 268 297 257 279 259 212 197 178 149
Psychology 555 597 612 637 632 748 651 711 672 660 601
Sociology 259 271 249 268 299 267 228 228 211 202 165
Other social sciences 395 412 465 474 464 467 519 472 481 428 400
Engineering 349 353 305 344 347 366 322 309 356 320 316
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 16 14 9 16 19 20 16 17 10 11 12
Bioengineering 9 11 5 7 5 6 8 11 15 13 10
Chemical engineering 24 20 22 31 23 28 22 27 25 29 27
Civil engineering 61 52 61 53 56 63 78 52 64 59 36
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 50 60 43 57 54 57 39 39 52 46 37
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 27 17 14 23 18 21 10 16 20 16 19
Materials science engineering 3 7 4 7 4 1 1 3 1 1 1
Mechanical engineering 72 91 71 81 88 86 84 77 82 70 97
Other engineering 87 81 76 69 80 84 64 67 87 75 77
Non-science and engineering 6,056 6,412 6,813 6,715 7,148 7,104 6,925 6,574 6,447 6,129 5,767
Education 1,007 965 1,000 996 1,018 1,006 963 861 828 840 776
Humanities 1,645 1,734 1,858 1,839 2,016 1,874 1,791 1,774 1,676 1,490 1,350
Technologies 185 221 251 213 262 241 281 260 305 251 281
Professional/other/unknown 3,219 3,492 3,704 3,667 3,852 3,983 3,890 3,679 3,638 3,548 3,360
Asian or Pacific Islander, all fields 91,482 96,315 99,011 102,301 105,246 109,022 113,214 118,282 122,890 125,176 127,809
Science and engineering 46,399 48,361 50,079 52,749 54,632 57,332 59,981 64,251 68,556 71,550 74,152
Science 38,188 39,810 41,613 44,406 46,366 48,927 51,206 55,008 58,422 61,289 63,277
Computer sciences 6,351 4,672 3,581 3,133 2,894 3,015 3,540 3,968 4,679 5,543 6,506
Geosciences 121 133 151 166 190 203 198 226 265 275 316
Atmospheric sciences 15 12 17 13 14 15 11 20 15 17 24
Earth sciences 69 75 78 101 115 131 132 153 195 182 214
Ocean sciences 37 46 56 52 61 57 55 53 55 76 78
Life sciences 12,586 14,697 16,921 19,127 20,838 22,357 23,528 26,585 28,525 30,547 32,065
Agricultural sciences 463 555 619 661 795 884 1,001 1,160 1,251 1,260 1,307
Biological sciences 8,800 10,047 11,527 12,821 13,531 14,282 14,674 15,631 15,999 16,342 16,889
Health sciences 3,323 4,095 4,775 5,645 6,512 7,191 7,853 9,794 11,275 12,945 13,869
Mathematical sciences 1,419 1,447 1,439 1,512 1,565 1,630 1,842 1,883 2,137 2,234 2,379
Physical sciences 1,316 1,618 1,802 1,967 2,046 2,117 2,199 2,353 2,474 2,635 2,550
Astronomy 21 37 16 21 27 36 20 33 32 38 27
Chemistry 1,024 1,267 1,420 1,596 1,671 1,726 1,796 1,877 1,960 2,122 2,006
Physics 236 281 327 307 306 310 347 382 439 407 471
Other physical sciences 35 33 39 43 42 45 36 61 43 68 46
Social sciences 16,395 17,243 17,719 18,501 18,833 19,605 19,899 19,993 20,342 20,055 19,461
Anthropology 416 489 527 575 593 674 678 701 755 746 647
Economics 3,988 3,900 3,861 3,947 4,154 4,592 4,424 4,131 4,087 4,146 4,243
Political science 2,381 2,515 2,545 2,581 2,505 2,499 2,621 2,516 2,441 2,279 2,046
Psychology 4,797 5,305 5,615 5,931 6,042 6,231 6,413 6,916 7,245 7,374 7,237
Sociology 1,853 1,907 1,908 1,994 1,950 1,992 1,907 1,859 1,896 1,847 1,801
Other social sciences 2,960 3,127 3,263 3,473 3,589 3,617 3,856 3,870 3,918 3,663 3,487
Engineering 8,211 8,551 8,466 8,343 8,266 8,405 8,775 9,243 10,134 10,261 10,875
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 184 223 250 278 294 309 328 348 394 340 399
Bioengineering 631 848 893 915 1,026 1,075 1,121 1,223 1,287 1,335 1,255
Chemical engineering 471 537 626 661 708 849 839 992 1,064 1,056 1,240
Civil engineering 537 715 842 903 1,002 978 1,171 1,123 1,238 1,090 1,062
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 2,875 2,790 2,520 2,294 1,980 1,879 1,901 1,908 2,066 2,106 2,174
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 352 362 333 315 360 343 390 395 432 427 460
Materials science engineering 95 144 133 130 131 148 135 150 197 166 206
Mechanical engineering 1,077 1,244 1,410 1,483 1,482 1,535 1,588 1,707 1,907 1,994 2,109
Other engineering 1,989 1,688 1,459 1,364 1,283 1,289 1,302 1,397 1,549 1,747 1,970
Non-science and engineering 45,083 47,954 48,932 49,552 50,614 51,690 53,233 54,031 54,334 53,626 53,657
Education 2,147 2,409 2,565 2,698 2,633 2,630 2,997 2,886 2,990 3,165 3,208
Humanities 11,529 12,838 12,711 12,539 12,490 12,573 12,417 12,475 12,743 11,881 11,232
Technologies 1,394 1,374 1,491 1,572 1,648 1,657 1,765 1,870 1,910 1,937 2,107
Professional/other/unknown 30,013 31,333 32,165 32,743 33,843 34,830 36,054 36,800 36,691 36,643 37,110
Black or African American, all fields 127,978 133,743 137,566 142,576 145,988 152,404 161,005 172,869 179,517 180,812 182,778
Science and engineering 46,241 47,450 48,787 50,909 51,876 54,562 59,396 64,728 69,306 71,388 73,602
Science 43,035 44,241 45,623 47,808 48,780 51,480 56,299 61,510 65,801 67,789 69,750
Computer sciences 5,815 5,275 4,588 4,011 3,868 4,066 4,418 4,851 5,497 5,472 5,746
Geosciences 82 86 113 109 107 120 135 146 162 177 189
Atmospheric sciences 8 14 15 21 20 23 23 18 21 19 14
Earth sciences 54 43 61 64 65 71 74 93 105 115 143
Ocean sciences 20 29 37 24 22 26 38 35 36 43 32
Life sciences 12,964 14,311 15,762 17,231 18,009 19,576 21,885 24,636 27,409 29,255 30,974
Agricultural sciences 522 545 551 621 585 678 651 786 809 923 937
Biological sciences 5,038 5,338 5,823 5,983 6,234 6,411 6,647 7,046 7,466 7,629 8,227
Health sciences 7,404 8,428 9,388 10,627 11,190 12,487 14,587 16,804 19,134 20,703 21,810
Mathematical sciences 855 847 832 796 842 834 821 964 1,015 1,022 1,016
Physical sciences 965 1,040 1,043 1,084 1,133 1,088 1,125 1,305 1,259 1,320 1,252
Astronomy 4 9 3 6 5 7 5 3 5 3 10
Chemistry 760 827 852 910 935 893 918 1,101 1,044 1,068 1,009
Physics 166 171 163 144 149 143 149 142 148 195 172
Other physical sciences 35 33 25 24 44 45 53 59 62 54 61
Social sciences 22,354 22,682 23,285 24,577 24,821 25,796 27,915 29,608 30,459 30,543 30,573
Anthropology 317 336 355 403 431 445 489 497 506 515 464
Economics 1,299 1,319 1,219 1,316 1,271 1,358 1,338 1,298 1,372 1,357 1,567
Political science 3,405 3,528 3,457 3,532 3,480 3,510 3,605 3,757 3,798 3,791 3,651
Psychology 9,141 9,097 9,729 10,271 10,541 11,066 11,643 12,712 13,413 13,617 14,022
Sociology 4,539 4,627 4,721 4,842 4,761 4,879 5,271 5,457 5,448 5,482 5,336
Other social sciences 3,653 3,775 3,804 4,213 4,337 4,538 5,569 5,887 5,922 5,781 5,533
Engineering 3,206 3,209 3,164 3,101 3,096 3,082 3,097 3,218 3,505 3,599 3,852
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 71 85 72 84 90 101 88 73 91 82 113
Bioengineering 79 101 116 119 115 118 133 155 125 172 186
Chemical engineering 264 227 225 237 243 234 266 308 318 339 338
Civil engineering 270 278 362 368 380 431 458 461 471 470 494
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 1,015 998 942 867 866 775 722 704 794 830 833
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 297 273 252 229 230 262 245 258 236 255 272
Materials science engineering 15 25 14 24 28 22 25 31 29 36 37
Mechanical engineering 534 565 570 558 537 550 585 607 693 666 792
Other engineering 661 657 611 615 607 589 575 621 748 749 787
Non-science and engineering 81,737 86,293 88,779 91,667 94,112 97,842 101,609 108,141 110,211 109,424 109,176
Education 7,505 8,103 8,205 8,170 8,401 8,418 8,777 9,396 10,183 9,856 9,680
Humanities 16,335 17,053 17,424 18,128 18,460 18,452 18,850 19,626 19,719 20,104 19,377
Technologies 2,831 2,936 2,847 2,896 3,115 3,143 3,187 3,773 3,920 3,965 4,019
Professional/other/unknown 55,066 58,201 60,303 62,473 64,136 67,829 70,795 75,346 76,389 75,499 76,100
White, all fields 987,957 1,011,497 1,032,791 1,051,236 1,069,016 1,082,145 1,102,792 1,133,084 1,150,239 1,154,363 1,150,065
Science and engineering 352,909 365,479 375,084 384,977 393,104 404,715 425,130 451,675 473,858 489,337 500,888
Science 310,718 321,953 331,104 339,594 347,457 356,738 375,729 399,323 419,514 431,526 440,292
Computer sciences 29,742 26,948 25,033 23,189 23,021 23,702 25,293 27,128 29,031 31,206 33,112
Geosciences 4,023 4,011 4,132 4,221 4,449 4,614 5,069 5,609 5,945 6,159 6,576
Atmospheric sciences 597 575 662 639 610 586 575 620 619 608 593
Earth sciences 2,647 2,673 2,672 2,801 2,985 3,134 3,472 3,873 4,121 4,379 4,673
Ocean sciences 779 763 798 781 854 894 1,022 1,116 1,205 1,172 1,310
Life sciences 110,358 120,135 129,320 136,239 143,281 151,458 163,836 179,414 194,922 207,070 219,891
Agricultural sciences 15,090 15,100 15,221 15,798 16,488 17,406 19,072 20,721 22,544 23,338 23,643
Biological sciences 43,102 45,844 49,113 49,711 51,025 52,457 54,358 57,472 59,757 62,372 64,292
Health sciences 52,166 59,191 64,986 70,730 75,768 81,595 90,406 101,221 112,621 121,360 131,956
Mathematical sciences 10,144 10,452 10,731 10,875 10,913 11,173 11,628 12,575 13,199 13,138 13,186
Physical sciences 10,278 11,015 11,319 11,545 11,710 11,931 12,223 12,858 13,334 13,767 13,877
Astronomy 234 269 248 251 233 260 272 291 249 291 275
Chemistry 6,586 7,023 7,135 7,322 7,463 7,560 7,821 8,181 8,287 8,489 8,510
Physics 3,092 3,333 3,545 3,572 3,599 3,636 3,734 3,917 4,285 4,438 4,612
Other physical sciences 366 390 391 400 415 475 396 469 513 549 480
Social sciences 146,173 149,392 150,569 153,525 154,083 153,860 157,680 161,739 163,083 160,186 153,650
Anthropology 5,453 5,642 5,500 5,964 6,202 6,318 6,475 7,231 7,475 7,130 6,264
Economics 13,983 13,715 13,798 14,707 15,193 15,271 15,361 14,672 14,448 15,102 16,135
Political science 26,312 26,954 27,279 27,183 26,189 25,849 25,721 25,094 23,609 22,688 21,052
Psychology 58,089 59,416 59,761 60,763 60,729 60,764 62,207 65,884 68,542 68,565 66,908
Sociology 17,231 16,963 16,985 16,556 16,413 15,802 15,676 15,866 15,667 15,031 13,762
Other social sciences 25,105 26,702 27,246 28,352 29,357 29,856 32,240 32,992 33,342 31,670 29,529
Engineering 42,191 43,526 43,980 45,383 45,647 47,977 49,401 52,352 54,344 57,811 60,596
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1,723 2,005 2,017 2,088 2,113 2,155 2,257 2,379 2,254 2,297 2,484
Bioengineering 1,311 1,523 1,664 1,747 1,928 1,986 2,022 2,314 2,531 2,938 3,254
Chemical engineering 2,968 2,824 2,867 3,063 3,219 3,630 4,066 4,313 4,616 4,923 5,443
Civil engineering 6,142 6,714 7,039 7,517 7,601 7,817 8,505 8,646 8,658 8,474 8,026
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 7,137 6,967 6,691 6,474 6,015 6,056 5,850 6,186 6,505 7,009 7,311
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2,353 2,312 2,107 2,148 2,346 2,491 2,475 2,678 2,757 3,088 3,368
Materials science engineering 521 536 546 632 581 665 651 721 802 812 918
Mechanical engineering 10,875 11,733 12,174 12,608 12,677 13,363 13,503 14,342 15,041 16,588 17,561
Other engineering 9,161 8,912 8,875 9,106 9,167 9,814 10,072 10,773 11,180 11,682 12,231
Non-science and engineering 635,048 646,018 657,707 666,259 675,912 677,430 677,662 681,409 676,381 665,026 649,177
Education 98,379 99,964 98,743 96,581 95,938 94,448 95,025 97,451 96,179 91,724 85,362
Humanities 178,864 180,792 182,679 185,563 186,893 184,934 183,363 184,150 180,796 172,381 160,666
Technologies 18,888 19,537 20,673 20,761 21,386 21,570 22,638 23,774 23,890 24,235 24,931
Professional/other/unknown 338,917 345,725 355,612 363,354 371,695 376,478 376,636 376,034 375,516 376,686 378,218
Other race or unknown, all fields 82,265 86,624 90,834 97,431 103,691 118,368 133,462 140,127 137,800 139,186 143,241
Science and engineering 29,403 30,673 32,820 35,475 38,129 44,308 50,996 55,364 56,145 58,855 62,105
Science 26,576 27,724 29,812 32,152 34,533 40,189 46,060 50,727 51,326 53,436 56,353
Computer sciences 4,879 4,381 3,742 3,641 3,682 4,085 4,542 5,278 5,011 5,343 5,383
Geosciences 218 254 243 316 315 330 431 433 447 496 565
Atmospheric sciences 26 24 20 26 23 26 33 29 40 33 39
Earth sciences 149 187 174 217 228 242 318 312 303 334 384
Ocean sciences 43 43 49 73 64 62 80 92 104 129 142
Life sciences 7,399 8,478 10,035 11,320 12,772 15,210 18,118 20,229 22,061 23,774 26,092
Agricultural sciences 738 801 883 908 1,061 1,297 1,616 1,708 1,816 1,932 1,953
Biological sciences 3,006 3,309 3,787 4,262 4,543 5,377 5,935 6,373 6,700 7,082 7,782
Health sciences 3,655 4,368 5,365 6,150 7,168 8,536 10,567 12,148 13,545 14,760 16,357
Mathematical sciences 740 810 830 899 1,000 1,106 1,138 1,172 1,243 1,313 1,416
Physical sciences 737 862 952 1,054 954 1,196 1,391 1,425 1,385 1,426 1,450
Astronomy 32 25 33 21 34 36 24 33 23 33 27
Chemistry 387 492 554 626 573 705 772 845 867 906 902
Physics 289 308 344 373 312 411 429 453 435 439 474
Other physical sciences 29 37 21 34 35 44 166 94 60 48 47
Social sciences 12,603 12,939 14,010 14,922 15,810 18,262 20,440 22,190 21,179 21,084 21,447
Anthropology 599 624 667 758 704 833 909 1,042 983 986 852
Economics 1,406 1,313 1,399 1,558 1,689 1,875 2,277 2,128 1,918 1,943 2,161
Political science 2,162 2,426 2,440 2,622 2,538 2,905 3,021 3,017 2,753 2,613 2,622
Psychology 4,238 4,320 4,716 5,028 5,576 6,831 7,311 8,194 7,883 8,149 8,644
Sociology 1,471 1,414 1,639 1,600 1,659 1,947 2,096 2,150 2,124 2,125 2,196
Other social sciences 2,727 2,842 3,149 3,356 3,644 3,871 4,826 5,659 5,518 5,268 4,972
Engineering 2,827 2,949 3,008 3,323 3,596 4,119 4,936 4,637 4,819 5,419 5,752
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 80 126 133 145 149 173 191 182 180 194 195
Bioengineering 129 146 150 169 228 218 296 280 314 331 354
Chemical engineering 146 166 174 215 219 281 327 368 358 480 482
Civil engineering 335 377 398 490 577 657 802 656 751 697 709
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 692 690 632 627 695 751 773 695 760 876 900
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 148 107 111 119 128 193 257 207 191 239 282
Materials science engineering 41 27 34 49 62 48 59 88 55 85 89
Mechanical engineering 646 719 729 842 873 1,004 1,236 1,224 1,263 1,461 1,592
Other engineering 610 591 647 667 665 794 995 937 947 1,056 1,149
Non-science and engineering 52,862 55,951 58,014 61,956 65,562 74,060 82,466 84,763 81,655 80,331 81,136
Education 4,505 4,750 4,819 5,012 5,014 5,607 6,675 6,463 6,575 6,622 6,561
Humanities 16,183 17,491 18,018 19,234 19,350 21,593 23,293 22,900 22,707 21,585 21,754
Technologies 1,353 1,470 1,631 1,699 1,880 1,985 2,226 3,139 2,312 2,499 2,627
Professional/other/unknown 30,821 32,240 33,546 36,011 39,318 44,875 50,272 52,261 50,061 49,625 50,194
a Ethnicity and race categories are as designated on survey form. Hispanic or Latino may be of any race or unreported race. American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, black or African American, and white are single race and not Hispanic; persons indicating a single race and not indicating ethnicity are also reported in their racial designation. Other race or unknown category includes persons whose ethnicity and race are both unknown, persons who are not Hispanic and did not indicate their race, and persons who are not Hispanic and indicated more than one race category. Ethnicity and race 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.