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Table 8. Master'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 234,829 239,418 239,892 248,971 263,478 277,170 293,301 303,802 303,230 304,556 308,283
Science and engineering 71,338 70,979 69,923 73,311 78,634 81,505 88,375 94,504 97,488 100,824 108,539
Science 45,051 46,195 45,966 47,771 50,363 52,293 56,432 61,228 64,397 66,450 71,614
Computer sciences 13,180 12,520 12,038 12,555 13,119 13,058 14,011 15,172 16,570 17,547 21,945
Geosciences 973 985 976 912 915 970 1,082 1,251 1,262 1,384 1,356
Atmospheric sciences 143 135 124 126 134 133 135 147 142 152 163
Earth sciences 728 730 701 647 630 656 776 923 927 1,018 982
Ocean sciences 102 120 151 139 151 181 171 181 193 214 211
Life sciences 13,778 14,838 14,659 15,166 16,383 17,298 18,917 20,892 22,109 23,261 24,108
Agricultural sciences 2,175 2,168 2,089 2,084 2,254 2,431 2,637 2,942 2,812 2,857 2,790
Biological sciences 3,187 3,550 3,456 3,889 4,079 4,403 4,694 5,158 5,541 5,810 5,945
Health sciences 8,416 9,120 9,114 9,193 10,050 10,464 11,586 12,792 13,756 14,594 15,373
Mathematical sciences 2,586 2,803 2,937 2,945 3,213 3,582 3,686 3,973 4,419 4,540 4,889
Physical sciences 2,540 2,652 2,680 2,809 2,587 2,702 2,816 3,020 3,111 2,929 3,066
Astronomy 97 80 93 104 82 94 115 77 94 94 94
Chemistry 973 1,073 1,139 1,201 1,134 1,120 1,243 1,361 1,348 1,309 1,382
Physics 1,372 1,414 1,375 1,421 1,286 1,400 1,367 1,470 1,583 1,437 1,498
Other physical sciences 98 85 73 83 85 88 91 112 86 89 92
Social sciences 11,994 12,397 12,676 13,384 14,146 14,683 15,920 16,920 16,926 16,789 16,250
Anthropology 362 382 362 365 395 380 376 408 362 393 395
Economics 1,889 1,790 1,815 1,980 1,922 2,046 2,207 2,344 2,286 2,454 2,407
Political science 998 1,081 1,135 1,162 1,176 1,210 1,401 1,399 1,357 1,323 1,203
Psychology 3,560 3,665 3,915 3,920 4,382 4,386 4,719 5,045 5,288 5,327 5,103
Sociology 477 455 474 508 529 468 529 579 527 523 479
Other social sciences 4,708 5,024 4,975 5,449 5,742 6,193 6,688 7,145 7,106 6,769 6,663
Engineering 26,287 24,784 23,957 25,540 28,271 29,212 31,943 33,276 33,091 34,374 36,925
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 771 781 742 864 906 941 1,110 1,217 1,076 1,104 1,140
Bioengineering 584 713 747 733 808 826 907 1,129 1,134 1,165 1,262
Chemical engineering 815 799 637 624 653 700 878 888 936 1,022 1,099
Civil engineering 2,862 2,734 2,580 2,647 2,797 3,032 3,628 3,963 3,879 4,044 3,900
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 7,272 6,530 6,319 6,932 7,479 7,380 7,919 7,871 7,664 7,838 9,212
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,018 2,640 2,628 2,734 3,247 3,676 3,731 3,906 3,923 4,092 4,065
Materials science engineering 520 504 520 496 549 552 612 631 721 781 782
Mechanical engineering 4,063 3,832 3,729 3,854 3,941 4,152 5,047 5,118 5,084 5,259 5,803
Other engineering 6,382 6,251 6,055 6,656 7,891 7,953 8,111 8,553 8,674 9,069 9,662
Non-science and engineering 163,491 168,439 169,969 175,660 184,844 195,665 204,926 209,298 205,742 203,732 199,744
Education 41,076 43,140 42,709 42,785 43,332 44,754 45,703 45,039 41,642 39,992 38,117
Humanities 16,456 17,170 17,637 19,773 21,309 23,594 24,499 25,102 25,999 25,657 25,245
Technologies 2,634 2,764 2,814 2,962 3,267 3,976 4,154 4,553 4,931 5,194 5,736
Professional/other/unknown 103,325 105,365 106,809 110,140 116,936 123,341 130,570 134,604 133,170 132,889 130,646
U.S. citizens and permanent residents, all fieldsa 192,090 198,115 200,992 207,325 217,598 230,698 244,503 254,109 250,928 248,227 243,739
Science and engineering 48,522 50,008 50,671 51,489 54,161 56,823 61,839 67,113 69,002 69,986 70,159
Science 33,782 35,389 35,644 36,231 37,884 39,769 43,206 47,049 49,205 50,201 51,197
Computer sciences 7,913 7,727 7,517 7,212 7,195 7,413 7,858 8,585 9,422 9,741 10,168
Geosciences 823 824 834 793 762 823 952 1,053 1,079 1,160 1,144
Atmospheric sciences 115 105 101 111 123 112 123 128 129 127 140
Earth sciences 617 619 603 560 513 554 681 760 773 844 814
Ocean sciences 91 100 130 122 126 157 148 165 177 189 190
Life sciences 11,985 12,929 12,899 13,185 14,230 15,064 16,455 18,362 19,554 20,656 21,518
Agricultural sciences 1,780 1,784 1,750 1,726 1,913 2,098 2,225 2,551 2,399 2,434 2,347
Biological sciences 2,721 3,073 2,946 3,323 3,385 3,665 3,912 4,270 4,698 4,947 5,084
Health sciences 7,484 8,072 8,203 8,136 8,932 9,301 10,318 11,541 12,457 13,275 14,087
Mathematical sciences 1,609 1,740 1,929 1,881 1,927 2,143 2,339 2,452 2,607 2,522 2,676
Physical sciences 1,654 1,772 1,791 1,868 1,749 1,834 1,892 1,993 2,101 1,974 2,053
Astronomy 67 59 68 78 69 73 81 65 70 71 75
Chemistry 650 732 766 798 770 758 809 910 871 829 911
Physics 853 901 891 919 840 932 916 933 1,102 1,004 1,002
Other physical sciences 84 80 66 73 70 71 86 85 58 70 65
Social sciences 9,798 10,397 10,674 11,292 12,021 12,492 13,710 14,604 14,442 14,148 13,638
Anthropology 333 346 332 325 358 343 338 366 318 352 349
Economics 962 986 990 1,147 1,105 1,171 1,351 1,408 1,294 1,268 1,214
Political science 832 925 977 1,012 1,024 1,063 1,239 1,246 1,184 1,148 1,027
Psychology 3,409 3,524 3,789 3,785 4,245 4,220 4,553 4,871 5,056 5,134 4,909
Sociology 425 400 418 452 477 414 468 523 484 459 422
Other social sciences 3,837 4,216 4,168 4,571 4,812 5,281 5,761 6,190 6,106 5,787 5,717
Engineering 14,740 14,619 15,027 15,258 16,277 17,054 18,633 20,064 19,797 19,785 18,962
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 526 568 599 654 708 712 836 935 837 826 849
Bioengineering 373 470 548 521 572 574 654 833 846 845 936
Chemical engineering 425 449 388 335 332 406 485 517 495 531 530
Civil engineering 1,863 1,862 1,796 1,824 1,963 2,150 2,629 2,924 2,856 2,792 2,433
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 3,264 3,098 3,157 3,155 3,029 3,000 3,195 3,186 3,068 3,005 2,882
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,564 1,505 1,578 1,526 1,634 2,045 2,069 2,292 2,324 2,381 2,082
Materials science engineering 281 277 302 272 298 312 332 340 371 381 374
Mechanical engineering 2,382 2,346 2,402 2,513 2,409 2,651 3,139 3,285 3,205 3,208 3,271
Other engineering 4,062 4,044 4,257 4,458 5,332 5,204 5,294 5,752 5,795 5,816 5,605
Non-science and engineering 143,568 148,107 150,321 155,836 163,437 173,875 182,664 186,996 181,926 178,241 173,580
Education 39,645 41,555 41,250 41,288 41,981 43,342 44,277 43,753 40,440 38,591 36,876
Humanities 14,832 15,627 16,058 18,085 19,491 21,502 22,383 22,928 23,740 23,281 22,642
Technologies 2,310 2,464 2,489 2,548 2,706 3,511 3,678 4,045 4,409 4,678 5,040
Professional/other/unknown 86,781 88,461 90,524 93,915 99,259 105,520 112,326 116,270 113,337 111,691 109,022
Temporary visa holders, all fields 42,739 41,303 38,900 41,646 45,880 46,472 48,798 49,693 52,302 56,329 64,544
Science and engineering 22,816 20,971 19,252 21,822 24,473 24,682 26,536 27,391 28,486 30,838 38,380
Science 11,269 10,806 10,322 11,540 12,479 12,524 13,226 14,179 15,192 16,249 20,417
Computer sciences 5,267 4,793 4,521 5,343 5,924 5,645 6,153 6,587 7,148 7,806 11,777
Geosciences 150 161 142 119 153 147 130 198 183 224 212
Atmospheric sciences 28 30 23 15 11 21 12 19 13 25 23
Earth sciences 111 111 98 87 117 102 95 163 154 174 168
Ocean sciences 11 20 21 17 25 24 23 16 16 25 21
Life sciences 1,793 1,909 1,760 1,981 2,153 2,234 2,462 2,530 2,555 2,605 2,590
Agricultural sciences 395 384 339 358 341 333 412 391 413 423 443
Biological sciences 466 477 510 566 694 738 782 888 843 863 861
Health sciences 932 1,048 911 1,057 1,118 1,163 1,268 1,251 1,299 1,319 1,286
Mathematical sciences 977 1,063 1,008 1,064 1,286 1,439 1,347 1,521 1,812 2,018 2,213
Physical sciences 886 880 889 941 838 868 924 1,027 1,010 955 1,013
Astronomy 30 21 25 26 13 21 34 12 24 23 19
Chemistry 323 341 373 403 364 362 434 451 477 480 471
Physics 519 513 484 502 446 468 451 537 481 433 496
Other physical sciences 14 5 7 10 15 17 5 27 28 19 27
Social sciences 2,196 2,000 2,002 2,092 2,125 2,191 2,210 2,316 2,484 2,641 2,612
Anthropology 29 36 30 40 37 37 38 42 44 41 46
Economics 927 804 825 833 817 875 856 936 992 1,186 1,193
Political science 166 156 158 150 152 147 162 153 173 175 176
Psychology 151 141 126 135 137 166 166 174 232 193 194
Sociology 52 55 56 56 52 54 61 56 43 64 57
Other social sciences 871 808 807 878 930 912 927 955 1,000 982 946
Engineering 11,547 10,165 8,930 10,282 11,994 12,158 13,310 13,212 13,294 14,589 17,963
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 245 213 143 210 198 229 274 282 239 278 291
Bioengineering 211 243 199 212 236 252 253 296 288 320 326
Chemical engineering 390 350 249 289 321 294 393 371 441 491 569
Civil engineering 999 872 784 823 834 882 999 1,039 1,023 1,252 1,467
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 4,008 3,432 3,162 3,777 4,450 4,380 4,724 4,685 4,596 4,833 6,330
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,454 1,135 1,050 1,208 1,613 1,631 1,662 1,614 1,599 1,711 1,983
Materials science engineering 239 227 218 224 251 240 280 291 350 400 408
Mechanical engineering 1,681 1,486 1,327 1,341 1,532 1,501 1,908 1,833 1,879 2,051 2,532
Other engineering 2,320 2,207 1,798 2,198 2,559 2,749 2,817 2,801 2,879 3,253 4,057
Non-science and engineering 19,923 20,332 19,648 19,824 21,407 21,790 22,262 22,302 23,816 25,491 26,164
Education 1,431 1,585 1,459 1,497 1,351 1,412 1,426 1,286 1,202 1,401 1,241
Humanities 1,624 1,543 1,579 1,688 1,818 2,092 2,116 2,174 2,259 2,376 2,603
Technologies 324 300 325 414 561 465 476 508 522 516 696
Professional/other/unknown 16,544 16,904 16,285 16,225 17,677 17,821 18,244 18,334 19,833 21,198 21,624
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.