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Table 10. Master'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 505,724 527,585 542,133 558,844 585,823 617,074 650,538 670,311 662,486 655,968 646,832
Science and engineering 116,212 121,796 125,659 129,982 137,839 145,295 157,581 171,415 179,117 185,129 188,227
Science 97,178 102,824 106,383 110,233 116,899 123,610 133,686 145,824 153,648 159,658 163,480
Computer sciences 10,975 10,489 10,027 9,746 9,641 10,066 10,786 11,650 12,725 13,409 14,199
Geosciences 1,510 1,595 1,604 1,504 1,533 1,658 1,775 1,940 1,984 2,138 2,141
Atmospheric sciences 166 161 158 173 203 184 200 201 201 219 204
Earth sciences 1,115 1,149 1,129 1,034 995 1,076 1,202 1,342 1,381 1,443 1,464
Ocean sciences 229 285 317 297 335 398 373 397 402 476 473
Life sciences 48,562 52,351 55,109 58,070 62,386 66,727 73,113 81,219 87,234 92,834 97,824
Agricultural sciences 3,826 3,785 3,858 3,801 4,058 4,337 4,786 5,447 5,281 5,385 5,240
Biological sciences 6,790 7,266 7,280 7,944 8,023 8,656 9,101 10,058 10,782 11,302 11,766
Health sciences 37,946 41,300 43,971 46,325 50,305 53,734 59,226 65,714 71,171 76,147 80,818
Mathematical sciences 2,820 3,084 3,266 3,268 3,245 3,480 3,765 3,961 4,120 4,092 4,177
Physical sciences 2,708 2,855 2,835 2,949 2,767 2,931 3,000 3,091 3,233 3,082 3,105
Astronomy 122 117 114 128 114 117 134 104 137 119 122
Chemistry 1,289 1,396 1,432 1,524 1,436 1,465 1,532 1,627 1,604 1,555 1,615
Physics 1,121 1,175 1,148 1,138 1,064 1,184 1,159 1,191 1,357 1,267 1,244
Other physical sciences 176 167 141 159 153 165 175 169 135 141 124
Social sciences 30,603 32,450 33,542 34,696 37,327 38,748 41,247 43,963 44,352 44,103 42,034
Anthropology 1,014 1,033 1,078 1,018 1,103 1,093 1,094 1,139 1,047 1,156 1,094
Economics 1,523 1,532 1,556 1,709 1,707 1,832 2,053 2,173 1,931 1,917 1,852
Political science 1,629 1,755 1,795 1,855 1,874 1,974 2,190 2,194 2,014 1,978 1,750
Psychology 15,827 16,672 17,931 18,182 20,115 20,348 21,649 23,337 24,212 24,491 23,209
Sociology 1,336 1,390 1,392 1,424 1,424 1,280 1,412 1,554 1,448 1,456 1,293
Other social sciences 9,274 10,068 9,790 10,508 11,104 12,221 12,849 13,566 13,700 13,105 12,836
Engineering 19,034 18,972 19,276 19,749 20,940 21,685 23,895 25,591 25,469 25,471 24,747
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 645 683 731 798 839 833 974 1,079 979 991 983
Bioengineering 684 792 894 904 928 941 1,067 1,350 1,353 1,323 1,565
Chemical engineering 633 643 580 504 525 584 682 740 721 734 778
Civil engineering 2,542 2,588 2,469 2,520 2,685 2,898 3,529 3,926 3,910 3,804 3,377
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 3,813 3,655 3,705 3,706 3,498 3,474 3,720 3,675 3,527 3,495 3,371
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2,178 2,102 2,165 2,077 2,264 2,713 2,838 3,113 3,128 3,186 2,894
Materials science engineering 398 389 401 392 416 429 454 506 541 542 529
Mechanical engineering 2,763 2,756 2,798 2,953 2,858 3,098 3,642 3,752 3,741 3,771 3,901
Other engineering 5,378 5,364 5,533 5,895 6,927 6,715 6,989 7,450 7,569 7,625 7,349
Non-science and engineering 389,512 405,789 416,474 428,862 447,984 471,779 492,957 498,896 483,369 470,839 458,605
Education 169,309 176,781 179,672 178,526 182,072 185,850 189,443 183,055 169,870 159,597 152,153
Humanities 34,041 35,643 36,248 39,355 41,510 45,189 46,570 48,171 48,600 47,249 45,606
Technologies 7,113 7,847 8,153 8,929 9,656 12,514 13,122 14,644 16,302 17,697 18,777
Professional/other/unknown 179,049 185,518 192,401 202,052 214,746 228,226 243,822 253,026 248,597 246,296 242,069
Hispanic or Latino, all fields 32,435 34,081 36,456 37,354 40,395 43,037 46,594 50,398 52,804 56,007 58,619
Science and engineering 6,822 7,285 7,579 7,937 8,418 9,285 10,714 12,068 13,253 14,601 15,401
Science 5,677 6,191 6,359 6,694 7,101 7,838 9,005 10,083 11,178 12,392 13,111
Computer sciences 498 506 491 473 497 651 659 810 815 921 1,056
Geosciences 53 67 52 74 54 64 99 94 87 115 122
Atmospheric sciences 3 2 5 11 6 2 9 9 8 15 12
Earth sciences 43 46 33 42 30 44 62 70 67 74 76
Ocean sciences 7 19 14 21 18 18 28 15 12 26 34
Life sciences 2,661 2,860 2,961 3,173 3,338 3,684 4,286 4,903 5,462 6,422 6,797
Agricultural sciences 193 205 188 165 216 233 279 319 307 320 325
Biological sciences 356 357 408 449 448 508 563 666 747 854 898
Health sciences 2,112 2,298 2,365 2,559 2,674 2,943 3,444 3,918 4,408 5,248 5,574
Mathematical sciences 130 165 179 181 158 166 216 233 291 275 298
Physical sciences 140 168 145 156 165 161 174 154 187 197 232
Astronomy 2 6 3 6 4 3 6 4 5 5 5
Chemistry 84 107 79 90 89 96 107 82 99 116 123
Physics 49 54 60 53 67 56 54 65 77 71 100
Other physical sciences 5 1 3 7 5 6 7 3 6 5 4
Social sciences 2,195 2,425 2,531 2,637 2,889 3,112 3,571 3,889 4,336 4,462 4,606
Anthropology 61 58 66 59 81 80 88 80 107 82 98
Economics 103 91 74 73 82 84 137 144 148 131 153
Political science 109 114 116 112 139 142 159 190 171 198 155
Psychology 1,222 1,331 1,466 1,543 1,670 1,812 2,051 2,147 2,547 2,566 2,664
Sociology 111 122 107 105 137 106 155 185 168 195 188
Other social sciences 589 709 702 745 780 888 981 1,143 1,195 1,290 1,348
Engineering 1,145 1,094 1,220 1,243 1,317 1,447 1,709 1,985 2,075 2,209 2,290
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 38 26 38 32 34 45 61 68 81 78 88
Bioengineering 29 43 47 47 50 47 54 73 100 78 111
Chemical engineering 37 42 37 39 34 32 39 46 43 52 68
Civil engineering 174 163 169 182 195 232 267 344 356 411 375
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 215 213 235 235 220 215 243 289 270 293 285
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 239 212 238 256 283 318 327 406 394 445 397
Materials science engineering 23 17 19 18 15 24 34 34 50 42 43
Mechanical engineering 148 150 168 158 183 198 219 273 295 303 332
Other engineering 242 228 269 276 303 336 465 452 486 507 591
Non-science and engineering 25,613 26,796 28,877 29,417 31,977 33,752 35,880 38,330 39,551 41,406 43,218
Education 11,969 12,235 12,984 12,616 13,197 13,211 13,431 13,909 13,917 14,013 14,573
Humanities 1,824 1,919 2,009 2,075 2,436 2,568 2,821 3,105 3,291 3,528 3,504
Technologies 400 472 483 560 646 897 826 940 1,095 1,250 1,490
Professional/other/unknown 11,420 12,170 13,401 14,166 15,698 17,076 18,802 20,376 21,248 22,615 23,651
Not Hispanic or Latino, all fields
American Indian or Alaska Native, all fields 2,969 3,142 3,178 3,324 3,310 3,464 3,507 3,282 3,350 3,188 3,116
Science and engineering 644 726 712 763 748 842 798 828 856 819 795
Science 562 639 639 677 659 755 720 736 777 764 736
Computer sciences 47 58 40 44 36 45 48 52 45 56 53
Geosciences 11 5 9 8 12 9 14 18 17 7 7
Atmospheric sciences 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Earth sciences 10 4 8 7 9 7 9 16 12 3 6
Ocean sciences 0 1 0 1 3 2 3 2 3 4 1
Life sciences 273 320 330 382 353 397 398 407 440 431 443
Agricultural sciences 30 36 36 32 28 40 34 34 37 21 40
Biological sciences 29 45 32 54 36 51 39 47 37 46 42
Health sciences 214 239 262 296 289 306 325 326 366 364 361
Mathematical sciences 9 11 14 11 8 11 14 11 9 5 9
Physical sciences 11 14 12 14 19 9 12 11 16 12 7
Astronomy 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
Chemistry 6 9 8 8 9 5 5 6 10 7 4
Physics 3 3 3 5 8 3 3 4 5 4 3
Other physical sciences 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0
Social sciences 211 231 234 218 231 284 234 237 250 253 217
Anthropology 14 20 25 16 16 19 13 14 12 13 4
Economics 7 2 10 7 7 7 8 4 7 3 2
Political science 10 10 13 9 12 20 8 9 9 3 6
Psychology 118 118 114 104 116 123 116 112 140 154 119
Sociology 7 10 9 12 8 11 8 15 7 6 7
Other social sciences 55 71 63 70 72 104 81 83 75 74 79
Engineering 82 87 73 86 89 87 78 92 79 55 59
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 8 5 1 7 9 3 1 6 3 3
Bioengineering 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 2 5 1
Chemical engineering 4 2 5 3 3 3 2 2 1 0 1
Civil engineering 9 15 11 9 16 9 15 16 11 11 9
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 17 12 4 14 11 19 9 11 7 5 6
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 18 9 13 14 13 12 15 20 13 10 11
Materials science engineering 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 3 0 2
Mechanical engineering 6 11 12 10 9 12 13 11 10 8 5
Other engineering 24 26 22 32 29 19 18 25 26 13 21
Non-science and engineering 2,325 2,416 2,466 2,561 2,562 2,622 2,709 2,454 2,494 2,369 2,321
Education 923 1,051 1,038 1,093 975 959 1,018 869 907 800 759
Humanities 188 203 186 185 207 242 234 202 217 202 187
Technologies 51 68 60 62 65 96 103 82 88 97 131
Professional/other/unknown 1,163 1,094 1,182 1,221 1,315 1,325 1,354 1,301 1,282 1,270 1,244
Asian or Pacific Islander, all fields 29,378 30,362 32,056 32,942 35,086 37,307 38,745 40,522 40,637 40,555 40,707
Science and engineering 11,410 11,373 11,962 12,019 13,043 13,587 14,612 15,352 16,138 16,535 17,169
Science 8,316 8,187 8,607 8,525 9,114 9,851 10,651 11,522 12,237 12,926 13,665
Computer sciences 2,244 1,856 1,754 1,627 1,477 1,470 1,646 1,584 1,762 1,916 2,212
Geosciences 35 33 29 44 29 50 46 45 48 53 64
Atmospheric sciences 4 5 5 5 3 3 7 5 5 4 5
Earth sciences 25 23 16 27 17 36 29 34 27 34 44
Ocean sciences 6 5 8 12 9 11 10 6 16 15 15
Life sciences 3,818 3,961 4,311 4,400 5,033 5,590 6,110 6,874 7,272 7,942 8,514
Agricultural sciences 118 91 138 106 149 179 215 243 206 202 194
Biological sciences 791 817 879 971 1,032 1,240 1,262 1,436 1,570 1,634 1,734
Health sciences 2,909 3,053 3,294 3,323 3,852 4,171 4,633 5,195 5,496 6,106 6,586
Mathematical sciences 324 396 457 416 431 459 515 509 560 547 557
Physical sciences 243 220 279 236 259 291 308 258 321 281 274
Astronomy 7 2 4 2 12 7 8 6 14 9 10
Chemistry 154 137 177 154 178 186 208 174 206 197 184
Physics 74 78 94 78 66 93 81 74 96 72 74
Other physical sciences 8 3 4 2 3 5 11 4 5 3 6
Social sciences 1,652 1,721 1,777 1,802 1,885 1,991 2,026 2,252 2,274 2,187 2,044
Anthropology 44 38 51 45 58 51 42 42 28 38 39
Economics 178 200 181 207 209 180 209 256 227 206 215
Political science 89 99 73 67 83 101 104 78 99 95 80
Psychology 597 651 733 724 765 781 796 929 967 957 893
Sociology 78 68 60 67 66 55 69 60 77 59 58
Other social sciences 666 665 679 692 704 823 806 887 876 832 759
Engineering 3,094 3,186 3,355 3,494 3,929 3,736 3,961 3,830 3,901 3,609 3,504
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 55 64 74 74 82 87 109 128 112 111 98
Bioengineering 135 204 245 235 222 267 296 329 335 351 365
Chemical engineering 97 101 97 81 93 101 128 141 140 142 144
Civil engineering 267 242 274 273 277 308 430 472 457 388 350
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 974 944 1,016 941 794 797 895 807 852 684 725
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 332 319 313 301 272 301 362 338 377 334 292
Materials science engineering 63 56 62 61 63 69 71 65 103 97 87
Mechanical engineering 321 353 339 368 357 384 464 427 435 430 477
Other engineering 850 903 935 1,160 1,769 1,422 1,206 1,123 1,090 1,072 966
Non-science and engineering 17,968 18,989 20,094 20,923 22,043 23,720 24,133 25,170 24,499 24,020 23,538
Education 3,996 4,208 4,404 4,207 4,571 4,737 4,741 4,885 4,781 4,717 4,572
Humanities 1,448 1,485 1,550 1,807 1,883 2,040 2,064 2,067 2,122 2,059 2,030
Technologies 312 419 418 465 488 683 692 777 865 888 1,045
Professional/other/unknown 12,212 12,877 13,722 14,444 15,101 16,260 16,636 17,441 16,731 16,356 15,891
Black or African American, all fields 49,109 52,844 55,624 57,473 61,713 66,817 71,393 75,931 79,618 80,576 79,680
Science and engineering 9,288 9,878 10,620 11,300 12,059 13,136 14,098 15,786 17,729 18,751 19,421
Science 8,419 8,995 9,694 10,323 11,088 12,038 12,918 14,541 16,474 17,523 18,098
Computer sciences 887 853 898 950 919 1,111 1,212 1,420 1,776 1,801 1,913
Geosciences 22 32 29 33 31 24 35 42 49 44 47
Atmospheric sciences 3 7 3 4 6 4 4 4 6 6 4
Earth sciences 13 21 18 22 17 13 25 33 36 31 40
Ocean sciences 6 4 8 7 8 7 6 5 7 7 3
Life sciences 3,862 4,426 4,887 5,224 5,700 6,310 6,908 7,943 9,346 10,124 10,860
Agricultural sciences 100 113 141 114 147 152 197 178 207 206 200
Biological sciences 372 404 432 496 469 506 593 669 748 780 845
Health sciences 3,390 3,909 4,314 4,614 5,084 5,652 6,118 7,096 8,391 9,138 9,815
Mathematical sciences 135 154 158 156 140 154 164 181 207 193 204
Physical sciences 101 152 123 145 143 125 138 174 141 132 139
Astronomy 2 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 3 1
Chemistry 55 93 74 110 97 90 93 129 84 102 97
Physics 39 51 43 30 36 30 40 34 49 22 34
Other physical sciences 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 9 7 5 7
Social sciences 3,412 3,378 3,599 3,815 4,155 4,314 4,461 4,781 4,955 5,229 4,935
Anthropology 30 32 41 43 29 33 30 41 31 30 28
Economics 81 83 73 104 88 97 104 108 129 108 123
Political science 143 157 139 123 158 154 163 193 162 164 145
Psychology 2,142 1,996 2,253 2,411 2,724 2,640 2,856 3,127 3,179 3,313 3,089
Sociology 202 200 190 200 202 204 195 198 216 249 194
Other social sciences 814 910 903 934 954 1,186 1,113 1,114 1,238 1,365 1,356
Engineering 869 883 926 977 971 1,098 1,180 1,245 1,255 1,228 1,323
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 19 22 26 25 19 30 25 18 22 29 18
Bioengineering 27 30 38 35 45 41 38 47 46 38 57
Chemical engineering 50 25 23 28 18 32 29 33 42 29 40
Civil engineering 77 80 89 97 88 107 125 143 137 144 121
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 177 171 199 212 189 174 237 211 182 188 191
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 152 171 152 155 166 214 232 230 233 239 255
Materials science engineering 18 11 9 15 21 14 14 19 14 20 20
Mechanical engineering 79 86 85 100 86 87 101 114 99 102 114
Other engineering 270 287 305 310 339 399 379 430 480 439 507
Non-science and engineering 39,821 42,966 45,004 46,173 49,654 53,681 57,295 60,145 61,889 61,825 60,259
Education 15,889 16,970 16,921 16,503 17,176 17,620 18,365 18,351 18,004 17,544 16,544
Humanities 1,804 1,887 1,988 2,301 2,491 3,200 3,399 3,814 3,791 4,149 4,062
Technologies 698 782 868 912 935 1,380 1,478 1,609 1,953 2,188 2,192
Professional/other/unknown 21,430 23,327 25,227 26,457 29,052 31,481 34,053 36,371 38,141 37,944 37,461
White, all fields 342,100 352,593 355,075 362,206 374,920 389,668 410,814 419,809 413,610 405,699 396,460
Science and engineering 77,809 80,991 82,955 84,799 88,729 92,009 100,140 108,863 112,465 115,594 116,953
Science 65,611 68,907 71,006 72,722 76,301 79,090 85,561 92,841 96,909 100,003 101,690
Computer sciences 5,818 5,715 5,463 5,176 5,080 5,183 5,553 5,997 6,525 6,797 7,223
Geosciences 1,296 1,353 1,388 1,234 1,301 1,351 1,442 1,576 1,637 1,742 1,739
Atmospheric sciences 149 141 140 148 177 164 170 172 169 179 166
Earth sciences 949 972 982 848 847 871 979 1,080 1,127 1,181 1,189
Ocean sciences 198 240 266 238 277 316 293 324 341 382 384
Life sciences 34,576 36,580 38,118 39,901 42,333 44,401 48,382 53,384 56,785 59,488 62,205
Agricultural sciences 3,137 3,077 3,089 3,153 3,243 3,356 3,698 4,266 4,090 4,193 4,048
Biological sciences 4,777 5,112 4,917 5,122 5,146 5,424 5,674 6,279 6,635 6,903 7,082
Health sciences 26,662 28,391 30,112 31,626 33,944 35,621 39,010 42,839 46,060 48,392 51,075
Mathematical sciences 1,982 2,115 2,187 2,192 2,178 2,322 2,452 2,608 2,633 2,727 2,730
Physical sciences 1,991 2,095 2,010 2,090 1,894 2,005 2,061 2,231 2,264 2,183 2,147
Astronomy 98 97 91 106 80 93 98 82 101 90 95
Chemistry 886 963 977 1,032 941 926 964 1,110 1,061 997 1,058
Physics 851 883 820 838 754 855 868 901 995 990 903
Other physical sciences 156 152 122 114 119 131 131 138 107 106 91
Social sciences 19,948 21,049 21,840 22,129 23,515 23,828 25,671 27,045 27,065 27,066 25,646
Anthropology 761 762 782 746 816 791 771 824 734 834 808
Economics 890 880 958 973 1,051 1,024 1,255 1,319 1,171 1,212 1,119
Political science 1,120 1,168 1,274 1,279 1,273 1,329 1,505 1,462 1,358 1,313 1,193
Psychology 10,410 11,048 11,646 11,561 12,581 12,484 13,227 13,983 14,542 14,848 13,955
Sociology 851 897 901 910 884 787 835 945 864 830 732
Other social sciences 5,916 6,294 6,279 6,660 6,910 7,413 8,078 8,512 8,396 8,029 7,839
Engineering 12,198 12,084 11,949 12,077 12,428 12,919 14,579 16,022 15,556 15,591 15,263
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 490 506 534 601 650 600 699 805 694 708 711
Bioengineering 432 440 492 481 507 493 573 761 738 732 881
Chemical engineering 389 426 374 307 326 357 421 452 438 457 450
Civil engineering 1,826 1,900 1,733 1,775 1,835 1,947 2,428 2,651 2,525 2,517 2,260
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 2,050 1,961 1,885 1,904 1,841 1,812 1,915 2,000 1,862 1,804 1,841
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,226 1,207 1,218 1,168 1,255 1,515 1,540 1,786 1,766 1,804 1,701
Materials science engineering 271 275 284 259 283 280 298 338 337 353 335
Mechanical engineering 1,993 1,919 1,962 2,052 1,977 2,130 2,554 2,636 2,577 2,549 2,597
Other engineering 3,521 3,450 3,467 3,530 3,754 3,785 4,151 4,593 4,619 4,667 4,487
Non-science and engineering 264,291 271,602 272,120 277,407 286,191 297,659 310,674 310,946 301,145 290,105 279,507
Education 121,461 125,343 124,950 123,812 125,306 127,072 129,793 124,885 116,589 108,282 101,774
Humanities 25,642 26,519 26,663 28,671 29,830 31,751 32,785 33,488 33,616 32,286 30,778
Technologies 4,967 5,401 5,595 5,971 6,543 8,118 8,507 9,661 10,475 11,196 12,011
Professional/other/unknown 112,221 114,339 114,912 118,953 124,512 130,718 139,589 142,912 140,465 138,341 134,944
Other race or unknown, all fields 49,733 54,563 59,744 65,545 70,399 76,781 79,485 80,369 72,467 69,943 68,250
Science and engineering 10,239 11,543 11,831 13,164 14,842 16,436 17,219 18,518 18,676 18,829 18,488
Science 8,593 9,905 10,078 11,292 12,636 14,038 14,831 16,101 16,073 16,050 16,180
Computer sciences 1,481 1,501 1,381 1,476 1,632 1,606 1,668 1,787 1,802 1,918 1,742
Geosciences 93 105 97 111 106 160 139 165 146 177 162
Atmospheric sciences 6 6 4 5 11 11 8 11 11 15 17
Earth sciences 75 83 72 88 75 105 98 109 112 120 109
Ocean sciences 12 16 21 18 20 44 33 45 23 42 36
Life sciences 3,372 4,204 4,502 4,990 5,629 6,345 7,029 7,708 7,929 8,427 9,005
Agricultural sciences 248 263 266 231 275 377 363 407 434 443 433
Biological sciences 465 531 612 852 892 927 970 961 1,045 1,085 1,165
Health sciences 2,659 3,410 3,624 3,907 4,462 5,041 5,696 6,340 6,450 6,899 7,407
Mathematical sciences 240 243 271 312 330 368 404 419 420 345 379
Physical sciences 222 206 266 308 287 340 307 263 304 277 306
Astronomy 12 9 16 14 13 13 20 10 15 12 11
Chemistry 104 87 117 130 122 162 155 126 144 136 149
Physics 105 106 128 134 133 147 113 113 135 108 130
Other physical sciences 1 4 5 30 19 18 19 14 10 21 16
Social sciences 3,185 3,646 3,561 4,095 4,652 5,219 5,284 5,759 5,472 4,906 4,586
Anthropology 104 123 113 109 103 119 150 138 135 159 117
Economics 264 276 260 345 270 440 340 342 249 257 240
Political science 158 207 180 265 209 228 251 262 215 205 171
Psychology 1,338 1,528 1,719 1,839 2,259 2,508 2,603 3,039 2,837 2,653 2,489
Sociology 87 93 125 130 127 117 150 151 116 117 114
Other social sciences 1,234 1,419 1,164 1,407 1,684 1,807 1,790 1,827 1,920 1,515 1,455
Engineering 1,646 1,638 1,753 1,872 2,206 2,398 2,388 2,417 2,603 2,779 2,308
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 41 57 54 65 47 62 77 59 64 62 65
Bioengineering 60 72 71 105 103 90 103 136 132 119 150
Chemical engineering 56 47 44 46 51 59 63 66 57 54 75
Civil engineering 189 188 193 184 274 295 264 300 424 333 262
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 380 354 366 400 443 457 421 357 354 521 323
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 211 184 231 183 275 353 362 333 345 354 238
Materials science engineering 22 29 27 37 34 41 37 48 34 30 42
Mechanical engineering 216 237 232 265 246 287 291 291 325 379 376
Other engineering 471 470 535 587 733 754 770 827 868 927 777
Non-science and engineering 39,494 43,020 47,913 52,381 55,557 60,345 62,266 61,851 53,791 51,114 49,762
Education 15,071 16,974 19,375 20,295 20,847 22,251 22,095 20,156 15,672 14,241 13,931
Humanities 3,135 3,630 3,852 4,316 4,663 5,388 5,267 5,495 5,563 5,025 5,045
Technologies 685 705 729 959 979 1,340 1,516 1,575 1,826 2,078 1,908
Professional/other/unknown 20,603 21,711 23,957 26,811 29,068 31,366 33,388 34,625 30,730 29,770 28,878
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.