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Table 5. Bachelor's degrees awarded to male 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 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
Hispanic or Latino, all fields 42,580 44,881 47,474 50,285 52,933 57,416 62,127 69,135 76,703 83,284 89,640
Science and engineering 16,048 16,983 17,599 18,675 19,688 21,882 24,240 28,054 31,871 35,792 39,184
Science 12,576 13,226 13,823 14,668 15,372 17,280 19,330 22,492 25,687 28,762 31,433
Computer sciences 2,599 2,560 2,340 2,372 2,408 2,534 2,891 3,424 3,809 4,462 4,868
Geosciences 87 90 78 122 137 139 165 210 246 312 330
Atmospheric sciences 13 12 12 21 25 14 14 23 20 35 28
Earth sciences 54 57 48 82 92 97 123 153 190 237 252
Ocean sciences 20 21 18 19 20 28 28 34 36 40 50
Life sciences 2,684 2,976 3,355 3,726 3,995 4,974 5,635 6,885 8,201 9,452 10,774
Agricultural sciences 316 285 355 421 421 469 559 632 779 842 919
Biological sciences 1,651 1,814 2,018 2,237 2,418 2,748 2,978 3,401 3,899 4,485 5,069
Health sciences 717 877 982 1,068 1,156 1,757 2,098 2,852 3,523 4,125 4,786
Mathematical sciences 473 485 524 503 561 594 650 692 834 975 1,058
Physical sciences 453 476 563 574 579 598 711 776 967 1,078 1,147
Astronomy 9 7 11 25 12 18 18 11 24 23 23
Chemistry 287 298 340 357 371 357 441 484 551 648 663
Physics 140 158 200 181 183 209 230 258 349 365 420
Other physical sciences 17 13 12 11 13 14 22 23 43 42 41
Social sciences 6,280 6,639 6,963 7,371 7,692 8,441 9,278 10,505 11,630 12,483 13,256
Anthropology 167 174 191 239 220 242 290 336 421 433 411
Economics 864 914 951 1,005 1,054 1,203 1,237 1,374 1,457 1,579 1,876
Political science 1,436 1,509 1,654 1,715 1,780 1,887 2,054 2,236 2,448 2,440 2,572
Psychology 1,709 1,775 1,815 1,916 2,072 2,242 2,507 2,909 3,432 3,876 4,121
Sociology 768 835 819 853 899 1,010 1,060 1,250 1,303 1,452 1,521
Other social sciences 1,336 1,432 1,533 1,643 1,667 1,857 2,130 2,400 2,569 2,703 2,755
Engineering 3,472 3,757 3,776 4,007 4,316 4,602 4,910 5,562 6,184 7,030 7,751
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 113 124 129 138 160 192 187 234 241 294 322
Bioengineering 58 51 65 77 114 108 126 147 188 216 262
Chemical engineering 168 156 152 177 193 231 240 305 346 369 427
Civil engineering 592 662 694 730 800 909 961 1,079 1,233 1,186 1,207
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 960 988 988 924 981 895 986 1,057 1,148 1,329 1,393
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 183 245 182 195 260 257 278 334 338 394 408
Materials science engineering 35 26 21 28 26 35 23 44 46 65 49
Mechanical engineering 781 883 966 1,099 1,022 1,232 1,303 1,465 1,685 1,991 2,351
Other engineering 582 622 579 639 760 743 806 897 959 1,186 1,332
Non-science and engineering 26,532 27,898 29,875 31,610 33,245 35,534 37,887 41,081 44,832 47,492 50,456
Education 2,136 2,330 2,439 2,498 2,587 2,612 2,248 2,441 2,635 2,745 2,892
Humanities 6,738 6,927 7,297 7,738 8,034 8,453 9,310 9,844 11,009 11,280 11,324
Technologies 1,128 1,070 1,144 1,266 1,255 1,343 1,487 1,607 1,914 1,979 2,109
Professional/other/unknown 16,530 17,571 18,995 20,108 21,369 23,126 24,842 27,189 29,274 31,488 34,131
Not Hispanic or Latino, all fields
American Indian or Alaska Native, all fields 3,887 3,936 4,215 4,222 4,515 4,517 4,468 4,181 4,342 3,944 3,856
Science and engineering 1,507 1,523 1,561 1,665 1,671 1,766 1,700 1,610 1,727 1,569 1,517
Science 1,238 1,241 1,323 1,373 1,399 1,477 1,461 1,370 1,451 1,331 1,277
Computer sciences 195 195 186 166 153 185 190 181 200 221 219
Geosciences 12 23 16 12 14 29 17 30 16 26 27
Atmospheric sciences 1 1 3 2 1 3 1 3 4 1 3
Earth sciences 10 20 10 8 12 24 14 26 12 20 22
Ocean sciences 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 0 5 2
Life sciences 356 354 401 423 444 473 480 450 515 434 451
Agricultural sciences 86 93 87 88 106 98 90 97 108 89 97
Biological sciences 187 159 202 214 222 226 228 214 217 185 171
Health sciences 83 102 112 121 116 149 162 139 190 160 183
Mathematical sciences 48 33 35 48 36 41 48 37 49 34 43
Physical sciences 61 56 58 55 84 65 65 49 49 56 46
Astronomy 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 3 0 0
Chemistry 33 35 36 36 52 35 40 27 28 31 35
Physics 26 19 18 15 28 28 23 19 17 22 9
Other physical sciences 1 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 2
Social sciences 566 580 627 669 668 684 661 623 622 560 491
Anthropology 28 28 33 38 46 34 34 33 38 22 24
Economics 57 66 65 66 79 78 81 55 59 53 60
Political science 145 150 146 154 122 141 144 113 111 105 63
Psychology 131 129 134 150 154 191 138 181 173 167 148
Sociology 68 72 73 68 94 75 62 67 61 65 45
Other social sciences 137 135 176 193 173 165 202 174 180 148 151
Engineering 269 282 238 292 272 289 239 240 276 238 240
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 12 9 8 13 17 17 14 14 7 7 9
Bioengineering 7 6 2 3 1 2 5 8 6 7 4
Chemical engineering 13 14 13 21 15 18 13 18 17 21 15
Civil engineering 46 36 49 46 35 53 57 39 49 45 27
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 46 56 36 53 47 46 35 31 43 36 33
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 18 15 9 15 14 16 5 8 15 5 13
Materials science engineering 2 5 4 6 2 1 0 1 1 1 1
Mechanical engineering 58 77 60 74 78 70 68 69 73 64 83
Other engineering 67 64 57 61 63 66 42 52 65 52 55
Non-science and engineering 2,380 2,413 2,654 2,557 2,844 2,751 2,768 2,571 2,615 2,375 2,339
Education 255 238 238 260 248 243 264 228 237 195 203
Humanities 697 667 755 729 836 745 713 736 685 637 576
Technologies 105 133 136 114 147 133 156 149 174 152 170
Professional/other/unknown 1,323 1,375 1,525 1,454 1,613 1,630 1,635 1,458 1,519 1,391 1,390
Asian or Pacific Islander, all fields 41,006 42,997 44,638 46,321 47,409 49,540 51,633 53,911 56,436 56,819 58,236
Science and engineering 22,784 23,211 23,854 25,122 25,573 26,782 28,406 29,945 32,330 33,416 34,645
Science 16,626 16,752 17,309 18,637 19,093 20,295 21,635 22,824 24,468 25,551 26,353
Computer sciences 4,707 3,569 2,843 2,536 2,321 2,381 2,836 3,094 3,751 4,339 5,032
Geosciences 52 62 72 74 91 91 103 128 149 143 184
Atmospheric sciences 8 10 11 7 11 8 8 15 10 11 13
Earth sciences 33 37 39 44 54 65 64 84 116 99 129
Ocean sciences 11 15 22 23 26 18 31 29 23 33 42
Life sciences 4,079 4,890 5,788 6,824 7,275 7,927 8,525 9,295 9,898 10,462 10,904
Agricultural sciences 157 215 231 273 322 339 421 466 449 494 486
Biological sciences 3,320 3,875 4,625 5,385 5,640 5,990 6,332 6,690 6,898 6,987 7,254
Health sciences 602 800 932 1,166 1,313 1,598 1,772 2,139 2,551 2,981 3,164
Mathematical sciences 792 770 790 860 917 971 1,095 1,104 1,297 1,352 1,397
Physical sciences 623 781 899 1,037 1,043 1,109 1,147 1,265 1,371 1,397 1,366
Astronomy 12 23 11 15 18 22 12 21 16 29 15
Chemistry 410 514 628 758 776 823 864 911 992 1,014 962
Physics 183 228 239 244 229 239 258 301 338 326 365
Other physical sciences 18 16 21 20 20 25 13 32 25 28 24
Social sciences 6,373 6,680 6,917 7,306 7,446 7,816 7,929 7,938 8,002 7,858 7,470
Anthropology 103 121 139 167 156 188 207 193 204 216 187
Economics 2,333 2,316 2,292 2,381 2,524 2,738 2,670 2,558 2,464 2,462 2,524
Political science 1,078 1,174 1,213 1,261 1,190 1,224 1,285 1,245 1,210 1,153 1,018
Psychology 1,193 1,358 1,504 1,649 1,645 1,721 1,804 1,987 2,071 2,078 1,957
Sociology 585 572 591 619 614 656 565 594 657 629 582
Other social sciences 1,081 1,139 1,178 1,229 1,317 1,289 1,398 1,361 1,396 1,320 1,202
Engineering 6,158 6,459 6,545 6,485 6,480 6,487 6,771 7,121 7,862 7,865 8,292
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 149 179 207 237 264 255 282 298 333 304 343
Bioengineering 386 536 550 588 689 708 714 808 823 831 768
Chemical engineering 248 310 376 397 438 502 521 631 689 692 819
Civil engineering 332 498 609 639 737 726 870 836 912 783 773
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 2,361 2,245 2,129 1,936 1,716 1,623 1,652 1,650 1,771 1,784 1,854
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 221 239 228 240 252 250 269 279 326 309 338
Materials science engineering 58 95 81 95 90 99 103 94 127 104 140
Mechanical engineering 852 1,016 1,205 1,276 1,278 1,317 1,343 1,430 1,647 1,700 1,763
Other engineering 1,551 1,341 1,160 1,077 1,016 1,007 1,017 1,095 1,234 1,358 1,494
Non-science and engineering 18,222 19,786 20,784 21,199 21,836 22,758 23,227 23,966 24,106 23,403 23,591
Education 534 624 714 684 774 758 854 877 962 1,021 1,080
Humanities 4,133 4,694 4,803 4,680 4,637 4,800 4,684 4,759 4,872 4,484 4,333
Technologies 813 774 797 858 850 854 909 966 971 989 1,069
Professional/other/unknown 12,742 13,694 14,470 14,977 15,575 16,346 16,780 17,364 17,301 16,909 17,109
Black or African American, all fields 42,905 44,986 46,447 48,716 49,761 51,969 55,004 59,258 63,172 64,424 65,589
Science and engineering 15,005 15,458 15,602 16,252 16,289 17,295 18,606 20,189 22,332 22,876 23,788
Science 12,883 13,235 13,403 14,048 14,051 15,018 16,318 17,833 19,682 20,210 20,909
Computer sciences 3,432 3,171 2,964 2,673 2,538 2,771 3,096 3,387 4,006 4,009 4,284
Geosciences 33 33 51 53 61 67 78 71 85 96 109
Atmospheric sciences 5 5 7 15 13 17 18 9 16 12 10
Earth sciences 21 22 32 27 39 38 41 45 53 60 84
Ocean sciences 7 6 12 11 9 12 19 17 16 24 15
Life sciences 2,419 2,662 2,987 3,338 3,494 3,976 4,289 4,895 5,617 5,964 6,404
Agricultural sciences 213 220 224 272 273 294 300 327 335 376 393
Biological sciences 1,293 1,389 1,544 1,619 1,716 1,924 1,930 2,089 2,286 2,311 2,578
Health sciences 913 1,053 1,219 1,447 1,505 1,758 2,059 2,479 2,996 3,277 3,433
Mathematical sciences 416 420 405 397 439 412 409 499 500 500 500
Physical sciences 379 414 444 450 476 460 479 507 530 563 558
Astronomy 1 5 3 3 5 5 5 2 4 1 9
Chemistry 252 269 304 335 343 311 337 384 374 393 395
Physics 109 122 120 99 106 114 111 99 119 143 125
Other physical sciences 17 18 17 13 22 30 26 22 33 26 29
Social sciences 6,204 6,535 6,552 7,137 7,043 7,332 7,967 8,474 8,944 9,078 9,054
Anthropology 77 83 91 80 101 109 145 115 121 115 102
Economics 734 797 745 821 802 873 852 853 905 892 1,039
Political science 1,256 1,431 1,379 1,446 1,410 1,506 1,633 1,668 1,734 1,747 1,682
Psychology 1,631 1,661 1,760 1,966 1,940 2,057 2,194 2,436 2,761 2,739 2,906
Sociology 1,249 1,264 1,327 1,408 1,352 1,390 1,447 1,561 1,561 1,664 1,558
Other social sciences 1,257 1,299 1,250 1,416 1,438 1,397 1,696 1,841 1,862 1,921 1,767
Engineering 2,122 2,223 2,199 2,204 2,238 2,277 2,288 2,356 2,650 2,666 2,879
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 61 66 56 64 69 85 75 58 78 71 87
Bioengineering 35 44 57 55 56 63 67 79 63 94 95
Chemical engineering 114 100 102 117 124 118 154 173 193 201 211
Civil engineering 166 192 239 247 268 316 330 335 355 345 362
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 736 767 731 701 718 649 595 569 660 704 693
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 156 147 163 138 143 166 151 180 153 172 165
Materials science engineering 5 12 9 15 17 15 13 20 14 24 18
Mechanical engineering 408 436 431 423 429 449 480 491 571 540 659
Other engineering 441 459 411 444 414 416 423 451 563 515 589
Non-science and engineering 27,900 29,528 30,845 32,464 33,472 34,674 36,398 39,069 40,840 41,548 41,801
Education 2,295 2,482 2,582 2,599 2,705 2,711 2,777 2,938 3,153 3,206 3,243
Humanities 5,627 5,965 6,098 6,579 6,773 6,773 7,058 7,365 7,722 8,022 7,924
Technologies 1,463 1,475 1,417 1,478 1,559 1,575 1,678 1,904 2,071 2,091 2,034
Professional/other/unknown 18,515 19,606 20,748 21,808 22,435 23,615 24,885 26,862 27,894 28,229 28,600
White, all fields 428,260 438,003 449,842 459,608 469,145 475,894 484,214 497,174 503,572 506,959 503,620
Science and engineering 160,973 165,647 169,472 172,661 175,385 180,803 188,572 198,633 207,497 213,996 217,366
Science 126,117 129,589 132,574 134,721 137,065 140,675 147,545 155,377 162,732 166,693 167,976
Computer sciences 24,686 22,845 21,413 19,954 19,840 20,209 21,668 23,128 24,743 26,479 28,160
Geosciences 2,206 2,213 2,283 2,365 2,529 2,662 2,902 3,227 3,439 3,608 3,839
Atmospheric sciences 388 386 432 411 412 394 397 397 413 403 382
Earth sciences 1,545 1,569 1,587 1,690 1,826 1,941 2,109 2,405 2,578 2,765 2,960
Ocean sciences 273 258 264 264 291 327 396 425 448 440 497
Life sciences 31,662 34,239 37,487 39,131 41,073 43,623 46,739 50,967 55,670 58,499 60,183
Agricultural sciences 7,756 7,716 7,929 8,129 8,485 8,740 9,636 10,177 11,139 11,482 11,368
Biological sciences 17,081 18,318 20,260 20,768 21,401 22,318 22,492 24,059 25,088 26,381 26,714
Health sciences 6,825 8,205 9,298 10,234 11,187 12,565 14,611 16,731 19,443 20,636 22,101
Mathematical sciences 5,578 5,783 6,018 6,069 6,179 6,314 6,636 7,193 7,558 7,545 7,636
Physical sciences 6,245 6,766 7,045 7,166 7,253 7,362 7,653 8,124 8,553 8,795 8,987
Astronomy 145 175 146 157 129 169 164 181 164 177 175
Chemistry 3,418 3,685 3,826 3,917 3,945 4,037 4,204 4,465 4,585 4,668 4,678
Physics 2,471 2,677 2,839 2,874 2,946 2,890 3,060 3,215 3,499 3,627 3,838
Other physical sciences 211 229 234 218 233 266 225 263 305 323 296
Social sciences 55,740 57,743 58,328 60,036 60,191 60,505 61,947 62,738 62,769 61,767 59,171
Anthropology 1,705 1,799 1,722 1,888 1,863 1,938 1,967 2,132 2,199 2,050 1,777
Economics 10,178 10,115 10,267 10,884 11,329 11,453 11,552 11,191 11,040 11,484 12,339
Political science 14,820 15,295 15,574 15,771 15,194 15,021 15,245 14,989 14,203 13,717 12,741
Psychology 13,097 13,703 13,722 14,037 14,124 14,273 14,614 15,663 16,161 16,181 15,304
Sociology 5,215 5,251 5,260 5,248 5,098 5,005 5,065 5,125 5,110 4,919 4,538
Other social sciences 10,725 11,580 11,783 12,208 12,583 12,815 13,504 13,638 14,056 13,416 12,472
Engineering 34,856 36,058 36,898 37,940 38,320 40,128 41,027 43,256 44,765 47,303 49,390
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1,429 1,644 1,712 1,794 1,815 1,868 1,964 2,086 1,959 1,997 2,184
Bioengineering 732 884 1,053 1,061 1,201 1,234 1,235 1,352 1,526 1,751 1,953
Chemical engineering 1,950 1,936 1,946 2,110 2,207 2,521 2,839 3,032 3,256 3,384 3,801
Civil engineering 4,886 5,369 5,668 6,052 6,230 6,349 6,860 6,997 6,962 6,779 6,398
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 6,447 6,335 6,156 5,912 5,521 5,549 5,332 5,616 5,923 6,284 6,563
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,701 1,689 1,543 1,552 1,764 1,874 1,870 2,010 2,083 2,294 2,471
Materials science engineering 361 412 424 495 452 505 466 546 586 606 682
Mechanical engineering 9,636 10,351 10,898 11,275 11,383 11,961 12,126 12,744 13,357 14,629 15,484
Other engineering 7,714 7,438 7,498 7,689 7,747 8,267 8,335 8,873 9,113 9,579 9,854
Non-science and engineering 267,287 272,356 280,370 286,947 293,760 295,091 295,642 298,541 296,075 292,963 286,254
Education 24,042 24,544 24,669 24,801 24,583 23,822 23,967 25,202 25,360 24,704 22,990
Humanities 73,377 73,833 75,072 76,940 78,415 77,722 77,155 77,793 76,379 72,758 67,724
Technologies 11,222 11,320 12,047 12,130 12,535 12,629 13,190 13,473 13,293 13,063 13,020
Professional/other/unknown 158,646 162,659 168,582 173,076 178,227 180,918 181,330 182,073 181,043 182,438 182,520
Other race or unknown, all fields 36,854 38,510 40,264 42,939 45,317 50,580 56,717 59,236 58,257 58,860 60,804
Science and engineering 14,113 14,406 15,040 15,960 16,832 19,036 21,691 23,181 22,986 24,083 25,161
Science 11,821 11,979 12,579 13,270 13,854 15,688 17,672 19,464 19,136 19,778 20,650
Computer sciences 3,796 3,357 3,007 2,943 2,924 3,256 3,572 4,195 3,969 4,293 4,297
Geosciences 111 136 134 155 172 177 230 217 242 254 320
Atmospheric sciences 15 16 13 14 18 16 18 18 27 21 25
Earth sciences 82 104 103 116 132 134 182 166 171 177 240
Ocean sciences 14 16 18 25 22 27 30 33 44 56 55
Life sciences 2,169 2,444 2,897 3,125 3,497 4,090 4,778 5,390 5,819 6,103 6,667
Agricultural sciences 354 368 443 404 493 591 713 760 836 836 841
Biological sciences 1,197 1,316 1,575 1,757 1,867 2,203 2,466 2,678 2,744 2,870 3,082
Health sciences 618 760 879 964 1,137 1,296 1,599 1,952 2,239 2,397 2,744
Mathematical sciences 447 457 513 556 599 651 682 728 728 799 832
Physical sciences 450 517 584 626 594 765 852 855 841 871 898
Astronomy 11 15 20 13 20 27 17 20 13 15 17
Chemistry 196 253 289 298 303 365 406 422 447 480 472
Physics 225 228 262 293 251 343 344 355 358 352 381
Other physical sciences 18 21 13 22 20 30 85 58 23 24 28
Social sciences 4,848 5,068 5,444 5,865 6,068 6,749 7,558 8,079 7,537 7,458 7,636
Anthropology 195 208 200 219 247 245 259 294 275 255 221
Economics 942 934 988 1,090 1,197 1,296 1,575 1,501 1,320 1,368 1,463
Political science 1,140 1,332 1,364 1,480 1,410 1,575 1,635 1,693 1,508 1,448 1,438
Psychology 1,022 1,028 1,169 1,263 1,307 1,560 1,742 1,976 1,874 1,890 2,022
Sociology 448 441 510 479 531 604 667 700 669 677 729
Other social sciences 1,101 1,125 1,213 1,334 1,376 1,469 1,680 1,915 1,891 1,820 1,763
Engineering 2,292 2,427 2,461 2,690 2,978 3,348 4,019 3,717 3,850 4,305 4,511
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 67 104 109 116 124 147 165 153 152 162 168
Bioengineering 83 95 102 110 152 143 174 172 204 198 207
Chemical engineering 105 118 121 133 162 174 232 260 241 308 315
Civil engineering 260 294 303 374 457 533 630 498 563 503 531
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 591 602 555 557 625 636 686 626 673 785 786
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 110 86 79 91 101 153 199 145 131 181 196
Materials science engineering 27 20 20 40 47 39 44 62 33 60 63
Mechanical engineering 559 628 626 727 769 887 1,092 1,074 1,097 1,274 1,341
Other engineering 490 480 546 542 541 636 797 727 756 834 904
Non-science and engineering 22,741 24,104 25,224 26,979 28,485 31,544 35,026 36,055 35,271 34,777 35,643
Education 1,361 1,451 1,449 1,459 1,468 1,629 1,882 1,706 1,893 1,851 1,885
Humanities 6,361 6,903 7,064 7,714 7,833 8,671 9,329 9,276 9,228 8,769 9,011
Technologies 826 931 1,067 1,063 1,115 1,169 1,283 1,521 1,336 1,423 1,492
Professional/other/unknown 14,193 14,819 15,644 16,743 18,069 20,075 22,532 23,552 22,814 22,734 23,255
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.