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Table 6. Bachelor's degrees awarded to female 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 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
Hispanic or Latino, all fields 69,036 73,176 77,313 81,410 84,813 89,789 97,809 107,584 118,216 128,426 137,260
Science and engineering 23,348 24,557 25,823 27,611 29,366 32,337 36,904 42,510 48,983 55,661 61,225
Science 22,192 23,386 24,637 26,384 28,105 30,991 35,497 40,899 47,260 53,707 59,016
Computer sciences 930 791 630 551 591 590 648 792 910 1,007 1,044
Geosciences 117 94 104 127 134 161 167 192 228 288 331
Atmospheric sciences 7 8 6 9 17 17 15 13 13 21 18
Earth sciences 65 61 64 69 80 102 95 115 144 181 208
Ocean sciences 45 25 34 49 37 42 57 64 71 86 105
Life sciences 7,271 7,893 8,554 9,504 10,229 11,890 14,087 16,849 20,088 23,727 27,366
Agricultural sciences 421 409 460 617 597 588 734 839 1,124 1,216 1,425
Biological sciences 3,115 3,229 3,388 3,701 3,916 4,322 4,716 5,411 6,098 6,952 7,980
Health sciences 3,735 4,255 4,706 5,186 5,716 6,980 8,637 10,599 12,866 15,559 17,961
Mathematical sciences 348 396 422 421 417 411 502 585 670 780 879
Physical sciences 485 513 469 548 590 563 567 652 666 750 903
Astronomy 8 5 7 5 9 15 8 10 7 13 15
Chemistry 417 441 408 473 508 484 499 568 553 625 753
Physics 43 48 46 48 52 49 46 56 77 81 108
Other physical sciences 17 19 8 22 21 15 14 18 29 31 27
Social sciences 13,041 13,699 14,458 15,233 16,144 17,376 19,526 21,829 24,698 27,155 28,493
Anthropology 406 427 435 474 548 618 754 842 953 1,058 1,115
Economics 461 466 520 494 513 575 541 609 660 742 837
Political science 1,647 1,586 1,741 1,852 1,896 1,946 2,064 2,187 2,392 2,522 2,415
Psychology 5,999 6,461 6,691 6,969 7,543 8,170 9,160 10,450 11,957 13,704 14,678
Sociology 2,106 2,134 2,331 2,430 2,499 2,736 3,005 3,353 3,895 3,986 4,178
Other social sciences 2,422 2,625 2,740 3,014 3,145 3,331 4,002 4,388 4,841 5,143 5,270
Engineering 1,156 1,171 1,186 1,227 1,261 1,346 1,407 1,611 1,723 1,954 2,209
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 26 29 43 34 34 40 30 45 47 51 74
Bioengineering 44 61 54 74 76 66 91 100 128 144 183
Chemical engineering 145 168 148 160 171 172 187 238 222 247 250
Civil engineering 225 219 236 270 295 311 339 363 395 407 454
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 188 183 182 161 142 138 132 165 158 173 197
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 181 146 155 131 168 174 185 206 205 211 237
Materials science engineering 11 10 6 10 10 6 14 21 19 21 25
Mechanical engineering 180 164 178 201 159 210 211 245 284 349 408
Other engineering 156 191 184 186 206 229 218 228 265 351 381
Non-science and engineering 45,688 48,619 51,490 53,799 55,447 57,452 60,905 65,074 69,233 72,765 76,035
Education 6,469 7,159 7,461 7,636 7,774 7,690 7,554 7,734 7,676 7,777 7,680
Humanities 11,562 12,445 12,688 13,282 13,298 13,789 14,790 16,101 17,078 17,779 17,700
Technologies 820 844 896 1,005 1,025 1,017 1,016 1,199 1,389 1,595 1,786
Professional/other/unknown 26,837 28,171 30,445 31,876 33,350 34,956 37,545 40,040 43,090 45,614 48,869
Not Hispanic or Latino, all fields
American Indian or Alaska Native, all fields 5,817 6,345 6,536 6,546 6,892 6,968 6,658 6,559 6,426 6,267 5,841
Science and engineering 2,141 2,346 2,377 2,388 2,588 2,615 2,501 2,556 2,594 2,513 2,413
Science 2,061 2,275 2,310 2,336 2,513 2,538 2,418 2,487 2,514 2,431 2,337
Computer sciences 86 79 63 55 60 63 36 50 67 57 62
Geosciences 18 21 14 19 21 20 24 25 24 22 20
Atmospheric sciences 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 2
Earth sciences 13 14 11 17 11 15 15 18 14 18 13
Ocean sciences 5 7 2 2 7 4 8 7 9 2 5
Life sciences 804 898 968 976 1,113 1,089 1,082 1,172 1,206 1,222 1,226
Agricultural sciences 84 103 84 91 109 82 100 120 126 108 114
Biological sciences 307 312 325 291 349 319 308 354 304 303 261
Health sciences 413 483 559 594 655 688 674 698 776 811 851
Mathematical sciences 28 31 28 25 35 35 36 21 28 27 25
Physical sciences 42 46 59 52 50 43 37 38 54 53 31
Astronomy 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0
Chemistry 32 38 54 44 42 31 28 32 41 48 29
Physics 7 5 4 7 4 7 8 4 8 5 1
Other physical sciences 1 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 3 0 1
Social sciences 1,083 1,200 1,178 1,209 1,234 1,288 1,203 1,181 1,135 1,050 973
Anthropology 67 83 81 67 84 70 67 65 68 49 46
Economics 29 28 32 31 41 29 25 28 31 18 19
Political science 114 145 122 143 135 138 115 99 86 73 86
Psychology 424 468 478 487 478 557 513 530 499 493 453
Sociology 191 199 176 200 205 192 166 161 150 137 120
Other social sciences 258 277 289 281 291 302 317 298 301 280 249
Engineering 80 71 67 52 75 77 83 69 80 82 76
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 4 5 1 3 2 3 2 3 3 4 3
Bioengineering 2 5 3 4 4 4 3 3 9 6 6
Chemical engineering 11 6 9 10 8 10 9 9 8 8 12
Civil engineering 15 16 12 7 21 10 21 13 15 14 9
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 4 4 7 4 7 11 4 8 9 10 4
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 9 2 5 8 4 5 5 8 5 11 6
Materials science engineering 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0
Mechanical engineering 14 14 11 7 10 16 16 8 9 6 14
Other engineering 20 17 19 8 17 18 22 15 22 23 22
Non-science and engineering 3,676 3,999 4,159 4,158 4,304 4,353 4,157 4,003 3,832 3,754 3,428
Education 752 727 762 736 770 763 699 633 591 645 573
Humanities 948 1,067 1,103 1,110 1,180 1,129 1,078 1,038 991 853 774
Technologies 80 88 115 99 115 108 125 111 131 99 111
Professional/other/unknown 1,896 2,117 2,179 2,213 2,239 2,353 2,255 2,221 2,119 2,157 1,970
Asian or Pacific Islander, all fields 50,476 53,318 54,373 55,980 57,837 59,482 61,581 64,371 66,454 68,357 69,573
Science and engineering 23,615 25,150 26,225 27,627 29,059 30,550 31,575 34,306 36,226 38,134 39,507
Science 21,562 23,058 24,304 25,769 27,273 28,632 29,571 32,184 33,954 35,738 36,924
Computer sciences 1,644 1,103 738 597 573 634 704 874 928 1,204 1,474
Geosciences 69 71 79 92 99 112 95 98 116 132 132
Atmospheric sciences 7 2 6 6 3 7 3 5 5 6 11
Earth sciences 36 38 39 57 61 66 68 69 79 83 85
Ocean sciences 26 31 34 29 35 39 24 24 32 43 36
Life sciences 8,507 9,807 11,133 12,303 13,563 14,430 15,003 17,290 18,627 20,085 21,161
Agricultural sciences 306 340 388 388 473 545 580 694 802 766 821
Biological sciences 5,480 6,172 6,902 7,436 7,891 8,292 8,342 8,941 9,101 9,355 9,635
Health sciences 2,721 3,295 3,843 4,479 5,199 5,593 6,081 7,655 8,724 9,964 10,705
Mathematical sciences 627 677 649 652 648 659 747 779 840 882 982
Physical sciences 693 837 903 930 1,003 1,008 1,052 1,088 1,103 1,238 1,184
Astronomy 9 14 5 6 9 14 8 12 16 9 12
Chemistry 614 753 792 838 895 903 932 966 968 1,108 1,044
Physics 53 53 88 63 77 71 89 81 101 81 106
Other physical sciences 17 17 18 23 22 20 23 29 18 40 22
Social sciences 10,022 10,563 10,802 11,195 11,387 11,789 11,970 12,055 12,340 12,197 11,991
Anthropology 313 368 388 408 437 486 471 508 551 530 460
Economics 1,655 1,584 1,569 1,566 1,630 1,854 1,754 1,573 1,623 1,684 1,719
Political science 1,303 1,341 1,332 1,320 1,315 1,275 1,336 1,271 1,231 1,126 1,028
Psychology 3,604 3,947 4,111 4,282 4,397 4,510 4,609 4,929 5,174 5,296 5,280
Sociology 1,268 1,335 1,317 1,375 1,336 1,336 1,342 1,265 1,239 1,218 1,219
Other social sciences 1,879 1,988 2,085 2,244 2,272 2,328 2,458 2,509 2,522 2,343 2,285
Engineering 2,053 2,092 1,921 1,858 1,786 1,918 2,004 2,122 2,272 2,396 2,583
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 35 44 43 41 30 54 46 50 61 36 56
Bioengineering 245 312 343 327 337 367 407 415 464 504 487
Chemical engineering 223 227 250 264 270 347 318 361 375 364 421
Civil engineering 205 217 233 264 265 252 301 287 326 307 289
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 514 545 391 358 264 256 249 258 295 322 320
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 131 123 105 75 108 93 121 116 106 118 122
Materials science engineering 37 49 52 35 41 49 32 56 70 62 66
Mechanical engineering 225 228 205 207 204 218 245 277 260 294 346
Other engineering 438 347 299 287 267 282 285 302 315 389 476
Non-science and engineering 26,861 28,168 28,148 28,353 28,778 28,932 30,006 30,065 30,228 30,223 30,066
Education 1,613 1,785 1,851 2,014 1,859 1,872 2,143 2,009 2,028 2,144 2,128
Humanities 7,396 8,144 7,908 7,859 7,853 7,773 7,733 7,716 7,871 7,397 6,899
Technologies 581 600 694 714 798 803 856 904 939 948 1,038
Professional/other/unknown 17,271 17,639 17,695 17,766 18,268 18,484 19,274 19,436 19,390 19,734 20,001
Black or African American, all fields 85,073 88,757 91,119 93,860 96,227 100,435 106,001 113,611 116,345 116,388 117,189
Science and engineering 31,236 31,992 33,185 34,657 35,587 37,267 40,790 44,539 46,974 48,512 49,814
Science 30,152 31,006 32,220 33,760 34,729 36,462 39,981 43,677 46,119 47,579 48,841
Computer sciences 2,383 2,104 1,624 1,338 1,330 1,295 1,322 1,464 1,491 1,463 1,462
Geosciences 49 53 62 56 46 53 57 75 77 81 80
Atmospheric sciences 3 9 8 6 7 6 5 9 5 7 4
Earth sciences 33 21 29 37 26 33 33 48 52 55 59
Ocean sciences 13 23 25 13 13 14 19 18 20 19 17
Life sciences 10,545 11,649 12,775 13,893 14,515 15,600 17,596 19,741 21,792 23,291 24,570
Agricultural sciences 309 325 327 349 312 384 351 459 474 547 544
Biological sciences 3,745 3,949 4,279 4,364 4,518 4,487 4,717 4,957 5,180 5,318 5,649
Health sciences 6,491 7,375 8,169 9,180 9,685 10,729 12,528 14,325 16,138 17,426 18,377
Mathematical sciences 439 427 427 399 403 422 412 465 515 522 516
Physical sciences 586 626 599 634 657 628 646 798 729 757 694
Astronomy 3 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 1
Chemistry 508 558 548 575 592 582 581 717 670 675 614
Physics 57 49 43 45 43 29 38 43 29 52 47
Other physical sciences 18 15 8 11 22 15 27 37 29 28 32
Social sciences 16,150 16,147 16,733 17,440 17,778 18,464 19,948 21,134 21,515 21,465 21,519
Anthropology 240 253 264 323 330 336 344 382 385 400 362
Economics 565 522 474 495 469 485 486 445 467 465 528
Political science 2,149 2,097 2,078 2,086 2,070 2,004 1,972 2,089 2,064 2,044 1,969
Psychology 7,510 7,436 7,969 8,305 8,601 9,009 9,449 10,276 10,652 10,878 11,116
Sociology 3,290 3,363 3,394 3,434 3,409 3,489 3,824 3,896 3,887 3,818 3,778
Other social sciences 2,396 2,476 2,554 2,797 2,899 3,141 3,873 4,046 4,060 3,860 3,766
Engineering 1,084 986 965 897 858 805 809 862 855 933 973
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 10 19 16 20 21 16 13 15 13 11 26
Bioengineering 44 57 59 64 59 55 66 76 62 78 91
Chemical engineering 150 127 123 120 119 116 112 135 125 138 127
Civil engineering 104 86 123 121 112 115 128 126 116 125 132
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 279 231 211 166 148 126 127 135 134 126 140
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 141 126 89 91 87 96 94 78 83 83 107
Materials science engineering 10 13 5 9 11 7 12 11 15 12 19
Mechanical engineering 126 129 139 135 108 101 105 116 122 126 133
Other engineering 220 198 200 171 193 173 152 170 185 234 198
Non-science and engineering 53,837 56,765 57,934 59,203 60,640 63,168 65,211 69,072 69,371 67,876 67,375
Education 5,210 5,621 5,623 5,571 5,696 5,707 6,000 6,458 7,030 6,650 6,437
Humanities 10,708 11,088 11,326 11,549 11,687 11,679 11,792 12,261 11,997 12,082 11,453
Technologies 1,368 1,461 1,430 1,418 1,556 1,568 1,509 1,869 1,849 1,874 1,985
Professional/other/unknown 36,551 38,595 39,555 40,665 41,701 44,214 45,910 48,484 48,495 47,270 47,500
White, all fields 559,697 573,494 582,949 591,628 599,871 606,251 618,578 635,910 646,667 647,404 646,445
Science and engineering 191,936 199,832 205,612 212,316 217,719 223,912 236,558 253,042 266,361 275,341 283,522
Science 184,601 192,364 198,530 204,873 210,392 216,063 228,184 243,946 256,782 264,833 272,316
Computer sciences 5,056 4,103 3,620 3,235 3,181 3,493 3,625 4,000 4,288 4,727 4,952
Geosciences 1,817 1,798 1,849 1,856 1,920 1,952 2,167 2,382 2,506 2,551 2,737
Atmospheric sciences 209 189 230 228 198 192 178 223 206 205 211
Earth sciences 1,102 1,104 1,085 1,111 1,159 1,193 1,363 1,468 1,543 1,614 1,713
Ocean sciences 506 505 534 517 563 567 626 691 757 732 813
Life sciences 78,696 85,896 91,833 97,108 102,208 107,835 117,097 128,447 139,252 148,571 159,708
Agricultural sciences 7,334 7,384 7,292 7,669 8,003 8,666 9,436 10,544 11,405 11,856 12,275
Biological sciences 26,021 27,526 28,853 28,943 29,624 30,139 31,866 33,413 34,669 35,991 37,578
Health sciences 45,341 50,986 55,688 60,496 64,581 69,030 75,795 84,490 93,178 100,724 109,855
Mathematical sciences 4,566 4,669 4,713 4,806 4,734 4,859 4,992 5,382 5,641 5,593 5,550
Physical sciences 4,033 4,249 4,274 4,379 4,457 4,569 4,570 4,734 4,781 4,972 4,890
Astronomy 89 94 102 94 104 91 108 110 85 114 100
Chemistry 3,168 3,338 3,309 3,405 3,518 3,523 3,617 3,716 3,702 3,821 3,832
Physics 621 656 706 698 653 746 674 702 786 811 774
Other physical sciences 155 161 157 182 182 209 171 206 208 226 184
Social sciences 90,433 91,649 92,241 93,489 93,892 93,355 95,733 99,001 100,314 98,419 94,479
Anthropology 3,748 3,843 3,778 4,076 4,339 4,380 4,508 5,099 5,276 5,080 4,487
Economics 3,805 3,600 3,531 3,823 3,864 3,818 3,809 3,481 3,408 3,618 3,796
Political science 11,492 11,659 11,705 11,412 10,995 10,828 10,476 10,105 9,406 8,971 8,311
Psychology 44,992 45,713 46,039 46,726 46,605 46,491 47,593 50,221 52,381 52,384 51,604
Sociology 12,016 11,712 11,725 11,308 11,315 10,797 10,611 10,741 10,557 10,112 9,224
Other social sciences 14,380 15,122 15,463 16,144 16,774 17,041 18,736 19,354 19,286 18,254 17,057
Engineering 7,335 7,468 7,082 7,443 7,327 7,849 8,374 9,096 9,579 10,508 11,206
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 294 361 305 294 298 287 293 293 295 300 300
Bioengineering 579 639 611 686 727 752 787 962 1,005 1,187 1,301
Chemical engineering 1,018 888 921 953 1,012 1,109 1,227 1,281 1,360 1,539 1,642
Civil engineering 1,256 1,345 1,371 1,465 1,371 1,468 1,645 1,649 1,696 1,695 1,628
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 690 632 535 562 494 507 518 570 582 725 748
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 652 623 564 596 582 617 605 668 674 794 897
Materials science engineering 160 124 122 137 129 160 185 175 216 206 236
Mechanical engineering 1,239 1,382 1,276 1,333 1,294 1,402 1,377 1,598 1,684 1,959 2,077
Other engineering 1,447 1,474 1,377 1,417 1,420 1,547 1,737 1,900 2,067 2,103 2,377
Non-science and engineering 367,761 373,662 377,337 379,312 382,152 382,339 382,020 382,868 380,306 372,063 362,923
Education 74,337 75,420 74,074 71,780 71,355 70,626 71,058 72,249 70,819 67,020 62,372
Humanities 105,487 106,959 107,607 108,623 108,478 107,212 106,208 106,357 104,417 99,623 92,942
Technologies 7,666 8,217 8,626 8,631 8,851 8,941 9,448 10,301 10,597 11,172 11,911
Professional/other/unknown 180,271 183,066 187,030 190,278 193,468 195,560 195,306 193,961 194,473 194,248 195,698
Other race or unknown, all fields 45,411 48,114 50,570 54,492 58,374 67,788 76,745 80,891 79,543 80,326 82,437
Science and engineering 15,290 16,267 17,780 19,515 21,297 25,272 29,305 32,183 33,159 34,772 36,944
Science 14,755 15,745 17,233 18,882 20,679 24,501 28,388 31,263 32,190 33,658 35,703
Computer sciences 1,083 1,024 735 698 758 829 970 1,083 1,042 1,050 1,086
Geosciences 107 118 109 161 143 153 201 216 205 242 245
Atmospheric sciences 11 8 7 12 5 10 15 11 13 12 14
Earth sciences 67 83 71 101 96 108 136 146 132 157 144
Ocean sciences 29 27 31 48 42 35 50 59 60 73 87
Life sciences 5,230 6,034 7,138 8,195 9,275 11,120 13,340 14,839 16,242 17,671 19,425
Agricultural sciences 384 433 440 504 568 706 903 948 980 1,096 1,112
Biological sciences 1,809 1,993 2,212 2,505 2,676 3,174 3,469 3,695 3,956 4,212 4,700
Health sciences 3,037 3,608 4,486 5,186 6,031 7,240 8,968 10,196 11,306 12,363 13,613
Mathematical sciences 293 353 317 343 401 455 456 444 515 514 584
Physical sciences 287 345 368 428 360 431 539 570 544 555 552
Astronomy 21 10 13 8 14 9 7 13 10 18 10
Chemistry 191 239 265 328 270 340 366 423 420 426 430
Physics 64 80 82 80 61 68 85 98 77 87 93
Other physical sciences 11 16 8 12 15 14 81 36 37 24 19
Social sciences 7,755 7,871 8,566 9,057 9,742 11,513 12,882 14,111 13,642 13,626 13,811
Anthropology 404 416 467 539 457 588 650 748 708 731 631
Economics 464 379 411 468 492 579 702 627 598 575 698
Political science 1,022 1,094 1,076 1,142 1,128 1,330 1,386 1,324 1,245 1,165 1,184
Psychology 3,216 3,292 3,547 3,765 4,269 5,271 5,569 6,218 6,009 6,259 6,622
Sociology 1,023 973 1,129 1,121 1,128 1,343 1,429 1,450 1,455 1,448 1,467
Other social sciences 1,626 1,717 1,936 2,022 2,268 2,402 3,146 3,744 3,627 3,448 3,209
Engineering 535 522 547 633 618 771 917 920 969 1,114 1,241
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 13 22 24 29 25 26 26 29 28 32 27
Bioengineering 46 51 48 59 76 75 122 108 110 133 147
Chemical engineering 41 48 53 82 57 107 95 108 117 172 167
Civil engineering 75 83 95 116 120 124 172 158 188 194 178
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 101 88 77 70 70 115 87 69 87 91 114
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 38 21 32 28 27 40 58 62 60 58 86
Materials science engineering 14 7 14 9 15 9 15 26 22 25 26
Mechanical engineering 87 91 103 115 104 117 144 150 166 187 251
Other engineering 120 111 101 125 124 158 198 210 191 222 245
Non-science and engineering 30,121 31,847 32,790 34,977 37,077 42,516 47,440 48,708 46,384 45,554 45,493
Education 3,144 3,299 3,370 3,553 3,546 3,978 4,793 4,757 4,682 4,771 4,676
Humanities 9,822 10,588 10,954 11,520 11,517 12,922 13,964 13,624 13,479 12,816 12,743
Technologies 527 539 564 636 765 816 943 1,618 976 1,076 1,135
Professional/other/unknown 16,628 17,421 17,902 19,268 21,249 24,800 27,740 28,709 27,247 26,891 26,939
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.