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Table 2. Bachelor's degrees awarded to men, by field of degree and citizenship status of recipients: 2008–18

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Male bachelor’s degree recipients, all fields 673,788 691,428 713,336 740,357 772,597 794,852 809,453 820,426 829,783 842,623 852,790
Science and engineering 260,161 265,485 278,467 295,762 315,986 334,517 349,294 361,357 371,691 384,654 395,374
Science 202,956 207,377 217,493 232,046 248,444 263,375 273,689 281,246 285,271 291,817 298,369
Computer and information sciences 32,038 31,602 32,801 35,886 39,283 42,377 45,986 49,446 52,964 58,327 64,270
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2,829 3,064 3,232 3,588 3,968 4,310 4,585 4,937 4,943 4,931 5,039
Atmospheric sciences 473 486 455 461 472 500 493 469 478 418 468
Earth sciences 2,001 2,200 2,356 2,615 2,945 3,233 3,478 3,801 3,888 3,924 4,014
Ocean sciences 355 378 421 512 551 577 614 667 577 589 557
Life sciences 57,884 61,153 66,605 72,097 79,666 87,612 92,814 97,431 100,343 102,542 102,711
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 9,700 10,221 10,682 11,898 12,642 13,886 14,387 14,379 14,671 14,851 15,050
Biological and biomedical sciences 32,866 34,187 36,418 37,491 40,280 42,313 44,360 46,071 46,555 46,359 46,038
Health sciences 15,318 16,745 19,505 22,708 26,744 31,413 34,067 36,981 39,117 41,332 41,623
Mathematics and Statistics 8,884 9,237 9,584 10,276 11,283 12,270 12,715 13,214 13,991 15,055 15,671
Physical sciences 10,368 10,491 10,804 11,404 12,137 12,929 13,407 13,716 13,858 14,053 14,049
Astronomy 226 189 248 228 239 229 259 249 313 360 383
Chemistry 5,923 6,038 6,176 6,560 6,984 7,306 7,585 7,561 7,552 7,651 7,360
Physics 3,888 3,917 3,985 4,220 4,495 4,945 5,097 5,462 5,621 5,663 5,964
Other physical sciences 331 347 395 396 419 449 466 444 372 379 342
Psychology and social sciences 90,953 91,830 94,467 98,795 102,107 103,877 104,182 102,502 99,172 96,909 96,629
Anthropology 2,672 2,660 2,786 2,931 3,131 3,286 3,141 2,763 2,464 2,279 2,276
Economics 17,554 18,395 19,204 19,832 19,651 19,746 20,707 22,531 22,868 23,231 24,002
Political science 22,126 21,427 21,699 22,441 22,378 21,708 21,082 20,063 18,607 18,145 18,428
Psychology 21,307 21,579 22,410 23,401 25,601 27,044 27,554 27,080 26,577 25,696 24,873
Sociology 8,787 8,707 8,858 8,988 9,433 9,507 9,598 9,154 8,460 8,265 7,916
Other social sciences 18,507 19,062 19,510 21,202 21,913 22,586 22,100 20,911 20,196 19,293 19,134
Engineering 57,205 58,108 60,974 63,716 67,542 71,142 75,605 80,111 86,420 92,837 97,005
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2,493 2,600 2,744 2,903 3,082 3,011 3,077 3,356 3,323 3,466 3,557
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2,013 2,329 2,371 2,443 2,696 2,961 3,255 3,445 3,794 3,865 4,009
Chemical engineering 3,189 3,332 3,824 4,288 4,821 5,200 5,442 6,151 6,719 7,363 7,582
Civil engineering 8,356 8,787 9,230 10,095 10,259 10,615 10,278 10,020 10,180 10,366 10,544
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 11,131 10,595 10,357 10,446 10,876 11,543 12,328 12,987 13,908 14,810 14,654
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2,557 2,823 3,041 3,121 3,399 3,479 3,864 4,166 4,479 4,794 5,049
Materials science engineering 702 677 743 697 818 885 965 1,063 1,167 1,190 1,148
Mechanical engineering 15,513 15,592 16,634 17,197 18,259 19,532 21,497 23,232 25,511 27,943 30,399
Other engineering 11,251 11,373 12,030 12,526 13,332 13,916 14,899 15,691 17,339 19,040 20,063
Non-science and engineering 413,627 425,943 434,869 444,595 456,611 460,335 460,159 459,069 458,092 457,969 457,416
Education 32,744 32,846 32,201 32,484 33,891 34,705 34,216 32,801 32,471 31,155 30,712
Humanities and arts 106,449 108,758 109,378 110,422 111,870 112,132 108,303 103,377 98,618 94,768 92,531
Technologies 17,360 17,986 18,264 19,260 20,284 20,525 20,459 20,921 20,977 21,427 21,608
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 257,074 266,353 275,026 282,429 290,566 292,973 297,181 301,970 306,026 310,619 312,565
U.S. citizens and permanent residents, all fieldsa 652,091 669,080 689,916 714,163 742,895 762,482 774,290 781,745 785,845 794,082 800,241
Science and engineering 250,520 255,666 267,788 283,437 301,820 318,955 331,955 341,870 349,416 359,077 366,705
Science 196,717 200,834 210,433 223,961 239,360 253,156 262,325 268,598 271,045 275,716 280,365
Computer and information sciences 30,644 30,184 31,336 34,253 37,409 40,478 43,803 46,860 49,862 54,420 59,334
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2,781 3,004 3,165 3,495 3,883 4,177 4,439 4,809 4,789 4,772 4,836
Atmospheric sciences 470 480 452 456 465 490 483 461 465 411 463
Earth sciences 1,967 2,155 2,299 2,533 2,879 3,120 3,358 3,687 3,757 3,782 3,838
Ocean sciences 344 369 414 506 539 567 598 661 567 579 535
Life sciences 56,567 59,778 65,063 70,446 77,882 85,720 90,914 95,383 98,056 100,081 100,024
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 9,587 10,100 10,531 11,719 12,459 13,646 14,119 14,104 14,356 14,511 14,648
Biological and biomedical sciences 31,980 33,264 35,409 36,426 39,131 41,132 43,219 44,868 45,237 44,984 44,554
Health sciences 15,000 16,414 19,123 22,301 26,292 30,942 33,576 36,411 38,463 40,586 40,822
Mathematics and Statistics 8,433 8,731 8,983 9,520 10,253 10,966 11,205 11,466 11,940 12,599 13,070
Physical sciences 9,908 10,029 10,359 10,907 11,576 12,311 12,760 13,002 13,101 13,177 13,077
Astronomy 214 186 241 217 237 224 245 239 298 335 355
Chemistry 5,701 5,790 5,928 6,292 6,693 6,977 7,234 7,205 7,181 7,217 6,922
Physics 3,706 3,743 3,823 4,026 4,247 4,680 4,835 5,138 5,266 5,260 5,473
Other physical sciences 287 310 367 372 399 430 446 420 356 365 327
Psychology and social sciences 88,384 89,108 91,527 95,340 98,357 99,504 99,204 97,078 93,297 90,667 90,024
Anthropology 2,631 2,633 2,756 2,902 3,103 3,258 3,091 2,722 2,425 2,242 2,222
Economics 16,247 16,985 17,641 17,967 17,532 17,245 17,838 19,301 19,377 19,630 20,208
Political science 21,827 21,106 21,354 21,996 21,944 21,214 20,610 19,514 18,052 17,568 17,735
Psychology 20,981 21,242 22,044 22,999 25,152 26,472 26,931 26,458 25,869 24,926 24,098
Sociology 8,675 8,588 8,740 8,866 9,297 9,361 9,406 8,973 8,272 7,992 7,664
Other social sciences 18,023 18,554 18,992 20,610 21,329 21,954 21,328 20,110 19,302 18,309 18,097
Engineering 53,803 54,832 57,355 59,476 62,460 65,799 69,630 73,272 78,371 83,361 86,340
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2,362 2,449 2,564 2,687 2,843 2,770 2,835 3,113 3,071 3,224 3,293
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,894 2,213 2,258 2,321 2,566 2,810 3,097 3,289 3,583 3,637 3,721
Chemical engineering 2,955 3,139 3,564 3,999 4,419 4,742 4,975 5,588 6,075 6,625 6,700
Civil engineering 8,088 8,527 8,886 9,708 9,784 10,074 9,641 9,298 9,289 9,351 9,379
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 10,083 9,608 9,398 9,286 9,549 10,218 10,922 11,322 12,097 12,831 12,657
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2,231 2,534 2,716 2,772 2,956 3,046 3,355 3,591 3,824 4,031 4,216
Materials science engineering 679 634 694 649 767 807 860 953 1,022 1,034 1,019
Mechanical engineering 14,874 14,959 15,916 16,412 17,273 18,430 20,198 21,681 23,561 25,359 27,409
Other engineering 10,637 10,769 11,359 11,642 12,303 12,902 13,747 14,437 15,849 17,269 17,946
Non-science and engineering 401,571 413,414 422,128 430,726 441,075 443,527 442,335 439,875 436,429 435,005 433,536
Education 32,301 32,365 31,775 31,992 33,392 34,240 33,722 32,293 31,956 30,593 30,072
Humanities and arts 104,380 106,528 107,164 108,249 109,773 109,895 105,950 100,892 95,745 91,680 89,285
Technologies 16,982 17,518 17,780 18,766 19,688 19,822 19,752 19,953 19,865 20,072 20,155
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 247,908 257,003 265,409 271,719 278,222 279,570 282,911 286,737 288,863 292,660 294,024
Temporary visa holders, all fields 21,697 22,348 23,420 26,194 29,702 32,370 35,163 38,681 43,938 48,541 52,549
Science and engineering 9,641 9,819 10,679 12,325 14,166 15,562 17,339 19,487 22,275 25,577 28,669
Science 6,239 6,543 7,060 8,085 9,084 10,219 11,364 12,648 14,226 16,101 18,004
Computer and information sciences 1,394 1,418 1,465 1,633 1,874 1,899 2,183 2,586 3,102 3,907 4,936
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 48 60 67 93 85 133 146 128 154 159 203
Atmospheric sciences 3 6 3 5 7 10 10 8 13 7 5
Earth sciences 34 45 57 82 66 113 120 114 131 142 176
Ocean sciences 11 9 7 6 12 10 16 6 10 10 22
Life sciences 1,317 1,375 1,542 1,651 1,784 1,892 1,900 2,048 2,287 2,461 2,687
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 113 121 151 179 183 240 268 275 315 340 402
Biological and biomedical sciences 886 923 1,009 1,065 1,149 1,181 1,141 1,203 1,318 1,375 1,484
Health sciences 318 331 382 407 452 471 491 570 654 746 801
Mathematics and Statistics 451 506 601 756 1,030 1,304 1,510 1,748 2,051 2,456 2,601
Physical sciences 460 462 445 497 561 618 647 714 757 876 972
Astronomy 12 3 7 11 2 5 14 10 15 25 28
Chemistry 222 248 248 268 291 329 351 356 371 434 438
Physics 182 174 162 194 248 265 262 324 355 403 491
Other physical sciences 44 37 28 24 20 19 20 24 16 14 15
Psychology and social sciences 2,569 2,722 2,940 3,455 3,750 4,373 4,978 5,424 5,875 6,242 6,605
Anthropology 41 27 30 29 28 28 50 41 39 37 54
Economics 1,307 1,410 1,563 1,865 2,119 2,501 2,869 3,230 3,491 3,601 3,794
Political science 299 321 345 445 434 494 472 549 555 577 693
Psychology 326 337 366 402 449 572 623 622 708 770 775
Sociology 112 119 118 122 136 146 192 181 188 273 252
Other social sciences 484 508 518 592 584 632 772 801 894 984 1,037
Engineering 3,402 3,276 3,619 4,240 5,082 5,343 5,975 6,839 8,049 9,476 10,665
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 131 151 180 216 239 241 242 243 252 242 264
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 119 116 113 122 130 151 158 156 211 228 288
Chemical engineering 234 193 260 289 402 458 467 563 644 738 882
Civil engineering 268 260 344 387 475 541 637 722 891 1,015 1,165
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 1,048 987 959 1,160 1,327 1,325 1,406 1,665 1,811 1,979 1,997
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 326 289 325 349 443 433 509 575 655 763 833
Materials science engineering 23 43 49 48 51 78 105 110 145 156 129
Mechanical engineering 639 633 718 785 986 1,102 1,299 1,551 1,950 2,584 2,990
Other engineering 614 604 671 884 1,029 1,014 1,152 1,254 1,490 1,771 2,117
Non-science and engineering 12,056 12,529 12,741 13,869 15,536 16,808 17,824 19,194 21,663 22,964 23,880
Education 443 481 426 492 499 465 494 508 515 562 640
Humanities and arts 2,069 2,230 2,214 2,173 2,097 2,237 2,353 2,485 2,873 3,088 3,246
Technologies 378 468 484 494 596 703 707 968 1,112 1,355 1,453
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 9,166 9,350 9,617 10,710 12,344 13,403 14,270 15,233 17,163 17,959 18,541
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 technical table A-1 for specific fields included in each category.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, special tabulations (2020) of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Completions Survey, National Center for Education Statistics.