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Table 4. Bachelor's degrees awarded to U.S. citizens and permanent residents, by field of degree, ethnicity, and race of recipients: 2008–18

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
U.S. citizens and permanent residents, all fieldsa 1,536,007 1,573,094 1,620,629 1,681,535 1,751,821 1,796,133 1,821,458 1,840,490 1,857,833 1,881,684 1,903,321
Science and engineering 574,730 591,388 619,829 661,172 711,049 753,347 787,019 815,404 838,333 861,400 885,538
Science 508,721 524,525 549,620 588,000 633,816 671,975 700,271 723,735 739,166 754,929 774,136
Computer and information sciences 37,118 36,677 38,240 41,558 45,672 49,204 53,311 56,940 61,100 66,988 73,474
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5,092 5,367 5,616 6,206 6,871 7,333 7,755 8,354 8,480 8,507 8,569
Atmospheric sciences 731 713 685 673 726 733 736 721 699 668 703
Earth sciences 3,359 3,588 3,816 4,243 4,743 5,084 5,466 5,909 6,075 6,139 6,204
Ocean sciences 1,002 1,066 1,115 1,290 1,402 1,516 1,553 1,724 1,706 1,700 1,662
Life sciences 198,546 210,681 227,027 248,651 276,220 302,927 325,481 348,839 364,247 376,656 387,186
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 19,205 20,162 21,502 23,823 26,063 28,557 29,708 30,395 31,342 31,877 33,091
Biological and biomedical sciences 79,220 82,238 86,142 89,844 95,902 100,440 105,350 110,671 114,233 116,610 119,571
Health sciences 100,121 108,281 119,383 134,984 154,255 173,930 190,423 207,773 218,672 228,169 234,524
Mathematics and Statistics 15,079 15,369 15,824 16,665 17,929 19,175 19,523 20,002 20,525 21,322 22,356
Physical sciences 16,879 17,146 17,601 18,318 19,456 20,188 21,085 21,256 21,429 21,912 22,059
Astronomy 330 322 375 348 384 345 401 377 424 500 547
Chemistry 11,364 11,615 11,791 12,315 13,115 13,331 13,937 13,907 13,852 14,230 14,054
Physics 4,647 4,633 4,793 4,966 5,231 5,758 5,952 6,267 6,527 6,567 6,895
Other physical sciences 538 576 642 689 726 754 795 705 626 615 563
Psychology and social sciences 236,007 239,285 245,312 256,602 267,668 273,148 273,116 268,344 263,385 259,544 260,492
Anthropology 8,518 8,828 9,234 9,696 10,747 11,199 10,939 9,823 9,001 8,259 8,293
Economics 23,124 23,994 24,981 25,284 24,295 24,032 24,940 26,898 27,199 27,583 28,634
Political science 39,782 38,645 38,875 39,345 39,019 37,638 36,511 34,507 32,949 33,119 33,756
Psychology 91,515 93,135 96,052 99,892 107,776 113,144 115,945 116,211 115,750 114,384 114,314
Sociology 28,543 28,480 28,633 29,243 30,163 30,544 30,125 28,959 27,899 27,228 27,085
Other social sciences 44,525 46,203 47,537 53,142 55,668 56,591 54,656 51,946 50,587 48,971 48,410
Engineering 66,009 66,863 70,209 73,172 77,233 81,372 86,748 91,669 99,167 106,471 111,402
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2,783 2,859 2,990 3,097 3,278 3,217 3,269 3,599 3,574 3,724 3,814
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 3,108 3,492 3,577 3,797 4,230 4,588 5,149 5,504 6,155 6,494 6,876
Chemical engineering 4,544 4,776 5,425 5,947 6,551 6,949 7,443 8,207 9,060 9,901 10,366
Civil engineering 10,331 10,711 11,166 12,314 12,380 12,810 12,383 11,988 12,302 12,445 12,673
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 11,404 10,733 10,551 10,403 10,754 11,483 12,369 12,845 13,775 14,845 14,711
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,160 3,510 3,741 3,840 4,094 4,179 4,630 5,046 5,445 5,867 6,170
Materials science engineering 880 842 925 908 1,058 1,149 1,186 1,325 1,437 1,483 1,491
Mechanical engineering 16,872 16,838 17,980 18,510 19,667 20,955 23,119 24,910 27,301 29,684 32,101
Other engineering 12,927 13,102 13,854 14,356 15,221 16,042 17,200 18,245 20,118 22,028 23,200
Non-science and engineering 961,277 981,706 1,000,800 1,020,363 1,040,772 1,042,786 1,034,439 1,025,086 1,019,500 1,020,284 1,017,783
Education 123,591 123,365 122,411 124,239 127,232 127,066 122,729 116,159 112,913 110,887 109,321
Humanities and arts 258,323 260,541 261,668 263,814 266,870 265,728 256,500 243,403 232,417 225,675 220,616
Technologies 29,508 30,647 31,052 32,689 35,715 35,721 36,537 37,933 38,889 39,861 40,349
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 549,855 567,153 585,669 599,621 610,955 614,271 618,673 627,591 635,281 643,861 647,497
Hispanic or Latino, all fields 131,695 137,746 147,205 159,936 176,719 194,919 211,710 226,900 245,081 258,195 277,429
Science and engineering 46,310 49,074 54,236 61,162 70,597 80,872 91,484 100,438 110,603 118,265 128,263
Science 41,052 43,477 48,271 54,827 63,391 72,947 82,469 90,449 99,231 105,624 114,711
Computer and information sciences 2,923 2,999 3,124 3,539 4,216 4,719 5,469 5,912 6,612 7,544 8,370
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 249 271 300 332 402 474 600 661 796 808 896
Atmospheric sciences 30 42 31 29 36 33 56 46 39 46 40
Earth sciences 151 172 199 218 268 334 418 460 575 612 664
Ocean sciences 68 57 70 85 98 107 126 155 182 150 192
Life sciences 13,230 14,224 16,864 19,722 23,734 28,289 33,179 38,140 43,001 46,544 50,756
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1,038 1,018 1,057 1,293 1,471 1,903 2,058 2,344 2,661 2,907 3,192
Biological and biomedical sciences 5,938 6,334 7,070 7,694 8,812 9,997 11,437 13,049 14,415 15,238 17,458
Health sciences 6,254 6,872 8,737 10,735 13,451 16,389 19,684 22,747 25,925 28,399 30,106
Mathematics and Statistics 924 978 1,005 1,152 1,277 1,504 1,755 1,937 2,166 2,328 2,556
Physical sciences 1,122 1,169 1,161 1,278 1,428 1,633 1,828 2,050 2,138 2,387 2,723
Astronomy 30 21 33 26 21 31 36 38 45 54 67
Chemistry 830 879 841 940 1,052 1,104 1,273 1,416 1,455 1,641 1,803
Physics 229 235 258 276 314 426 446 528 585 635 786
Other physical sciences 33 34 29 36 41 72 73 68 53 57 67
Psychology and social sciences 22,604 23,836 25,817 28,804 32,334 36,328 39,638 41,749 44,518 46,013 49,410
Anthropology 713 768 860 1,044 1,178 1,374 1,491 1,526 1,584 1,495 1,550
Economics 1,499 1,567 1,778 1,778 1,983 2,117 2,321 2,713 2,868 3,015 3,417
Political science 3,567 3,676 3,833 4,118 4,423 4,840 4,962 4,987 5,079 5,518 5,711
Psychology 8,885 9,615 10,412 11,667 13,359 15,389 17,580 18,799 20,321 20,675 22,926
Sociology 3,283 3,398 3,746 4,065 4,603 5,198 5,438 5,699 6,320 6,622 6,962
Other social sciences 4,657 4,812 5,188 6,132 6,788 7,410 7,846 8,025 8,346 8,688 8,844
Engineering 5,258 5,597 5,965 6,335 7,206 7,925 9,015 9,989 11,372 12,641 13,552
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 172 194 232 217 279 288 345 396 420 411 448
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 151 190 174 217 247 316 360 445 543 615 681
Chemical engineering 337 364 403 427 543 568 616 677 899 959 1,057
Civil engineering 1,000 1,095 1,220 1,300 1,442 1,628 1,593 1,661 1,787 1,909 1,894
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 1,085 1,123 1,033 1,118 1,222 1,306 1,502 1,590 1,783 2,025 1,975
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 326 428 431 463 540 543 605 645 698 777 831
Materials science engineering 38 36 41 37 65 65 86 74 112 103 105
Mechanical engineering 1,300 1,181 1,442 1,514 1,710 1,969 2,340 2,759 3,095 3,544 3,992
Other engineering 849 986 989 1,042 1,158 1,242 1,568 1,742 2,035 2,298 2,569
Non-science and engineering 85,385 88,672 92,969 98,774 106,122 114,047 120,226 126,462 134,478 139,930 149,166
Education 10,134 10,361 10,302 9,802 10,175 10,311 10,522 10,572 11,679 11,933 13,154
Humanities and arts 21,020 21,332 22,242 24,100 25,945 28,087 29,059 29,024 30,239 30,462 31,906
Technologies 2,276 2,284 2,365 2,511 2,811 3,304 3,580 3,899 4,373 4,746 5,064
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 51,955 54,695 58,060 62,361 67,191 72,345 77,065 82,967 88,187 92,789 99,042
Not Hispanic or Latino, all fields
American Indian or Alaska Native, all fields 10,768 11,407 11,485 11,126 10,740 10,768 10,211 9,697 9,316 9,194 8,838
Science and engineering 4,054 4,261 4,384 4,203 4,167 4,322 4,082 3,930 3,857 3,910 3,823
Science 3,709 3,912 4,015 3,879 3,857 3,965 3,762 3,614 3,543 3,615 3,463
Computer and information sciences 221 213 248 226 231 267 278 281 229 255 250
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 31 35 49 41 55 40 48 47 49 42 50
Atmospheric sciences 2 4 4 2 3 5 3 5 1 2 3
Earth sciences 25 23 39 29 44 26 38 35 29 30 38
Ocean sciences 4 8 6 10 8 9 7 7 19 10 9
Life sciences 1,399 1,557 1,562 1,562 1,622 1,721 1,656 1,677 1,636 1,788 1,739
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 179 215 180 190 217 234 197 211 188 209 236
Biological and biomedical sciences 505 571 545 536 568 521 488 432 460 447 448
Health sciences 715 771 837 836 837 966 971 1,034 988 1,132 1,055
Mathematics and Statistics 73 71 76 84 58 77 61 68 51 61 61
Physical sciences 107 134 108 102 87 103 109 77 91 75 85
Astronomy 1 2 3 1 3 5 0 0 0 1 0
Chemistry 80 94 66 68 59 69 79 64 65 52 62
Physics 22 32 35 31 23 25 27 10 23 16 21
Other physical sciences 4 6 4 2 2 4 3 3 3 6 2
Psychology and social sciences 1,878 1,902 1,972 1,864 1,804 1,757 1,610 1,464 1,487 1,394 1,278
Anthropology 105 130 104 101 98 106 71 70 65 60 59
Economics 97 120 107 106 83 90 71 79 84 57 58
Political science 297 257 279 259 212 197 178 149 149 129 120
Psychology 637 632 748 651 711 672 660 601 629 609 547
Sociology 268 299 267 228 228 211 202 165 202 183 143
Other social sciences 474 464 467 519 472 481 428 400 358 356 351
Engineering 345 349 369 324 310 357 320 316 314 295 360
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 16 19 20 16 17 10 11 12 6 11 7
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 7 5 6 8 11 15 13 10 7 10 8
Chemical engineering 31 23 28 22 27 25 29 27 27 25 29
Civil engineering 53 56 63 78 52 64 59 36 52 49 49
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 57 54 57 39 39 52 46 37 36 37 53
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 23 18 21 10 16 20 16 19 11 21 22
Materials science engineering 7 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 1 4
Mechanical engineering 81 88 86 84 77 82 70 97 92 67 107
Other engineering 70 82 87 66 68 88 75 77 78 74 81
Non-science and engineering 6,714 7,146 7,101 6,923 6,573 6,446 6,129 5,767 5,459 5,284 5,015
Education 996 1,018 1,006 963 861 828 840 776 690 690 607
Humanities and arts 1,839 2,016 1,874 1,791 1,774 1,676 1,490 1,350 1,244 1,141 1,059
Technologies 213 262 241 282 260 306 251 281 250 241 232
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 3,666 3,850 3,980 3,887 3,678 3,636 3,548 3,360 3,275 3,212 3,117
Asian or Pacific Islander, all fields 102,301 105,246 109,022 113,214 118,282 122,890 125,176 127,809 132,780 138,753 146,185
Science and engineering 52,835 54,739 57,458 60,107 64,365 68,655 71,659 74,243 77,871 82,282 87,789
Science 44,406 46,366 48,927 51,206 55,008 58,422 61,289 63,277 65,789 69,230 73,963
Computer and information sciences 3,133 2,894 3,015 3,540 3,968 4,679 5,543 6,506 8,127 9,893 12,060
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 166 190 203 198 226 265 275 316 327 325 329
Atmospheric sciences 13 14 15 11 20 15 17 24 23 25 14
Earth sciences 101 115 131 132 153 195 182 214 228 229 231
Ocean sciences 52 61 57 55 53 55 76 78 76 71 84
Life sciences 19,127 20,838 22,357 23,528 26,585 28,525 30,547 32,065 33,124 34,446 35,938
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 661 795 884 1,001 1,160 1,251 1,260 1,307 1,236 1,288 1,386
Biological and biomedical sciences 12,821 13,531 14,282 14,674 15,631 15,999 16,342 16,889 17,322 17,746 18,296
Health sciences 5,645 6,512 7,191 7,853 9,794 11,275 12,945 13,869 14,566 15,412 16,256
Mathematics and Statistics 1,512 1,565 1,630 1,842 1,883 2,137 2,234 2,379 2,521 2,719 3,227
Physical sciences 1,967 2,046 2,117 2,199 2,353 2,474 2,635 2,550 2,533 2,523 2,611
Astronomy 21 27 36 20 33 32 38 27 38 37 38
Chemistry 1,596 1,671 1,726 1,796 1,877 1,960 2,122 2,006 1,976 1,979 1,967
Physics 307 306 310 347 382 439 407 471 477 474 564
Other physical sciences 43 42 45 36 61 43 68 46 42 33 42
Psychology and social sciences 18,501 18,833 19,605 19,899 19,993 20,342 20,055 19,461 19,157 19,324 19,798
Anthropology 575 593 674 678 701 755 746 647 599 578 583
Economics 3,947 4,154 4,592 4,424 4,131 4,087 4,146 4,243 4,230 4,349 4,573
Political science 2,581 2,505 2,499 2,621 2,516 2,441 2,279 2,046 1,902 1,845 1,900
Psychology 5,931 6,042 6,231 6,413 6,916 7,245 7,374 7,237 7,348 7,548 7,567
Sociology 1,994 1,950 1,992 1,907 1,859 1,896 1,847 1,801 1,682 1,626 1,714
Other social sciences 3,473 3,589 3,617 3,856 3,870 3,918 3,663 3,487 3,396 3,378 3,461
Engineering 8,429 8,373 8,531 8,901 9,357 10,233 10,370 10,966 12,082 13,052 13,826
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 278 294 309 328 348 394 340 399 357 430 397
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 915 1,026 1,075 1,121 1,223 1,287 1,335 1,255 1,467 1,443 1,537
Chemical engineering 661 708 849 839 992 1,064 1,056 1,240 1,294 1,420 1,466
Civil engineering 903 1,002 978 1,171 1,123 1,238 1,090 1,062 1,119 1,145 1,146
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 2,294 1,980 1,879 1,901 1,908 2,066 2,106 2,174 2,440 2,573 2,602
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 315 360 343 390 395 432 427 460 527 555 586
Materials science engineering 130 131 148 135 150 197 166 206 199 210 232
Mechanical engineering 1,483 1,482 1,535 1,588 1,707 1,907 1,994 2,109 2,360 2,562 2,814
Other engineering 1,450 1,390 1,415 1,428 1,511 1,648 1,856 2,061 2,319 2,714 3,046
Non-science and engineering 49,466 50,507 51,564 53,107 53,917 54,235 53,517 53,566 54,909 56,471 58,396
Education 2,698 2,633 2,630 2,997 2,886 2,990 3,165 3,208 3,305 3,594 3,835
Humanities and arts 12,539 12,490 12,573 12,417 12,475 12,743 11,881 11,232 11,035 11,015 11,156
Technologies 1,576 1,650 1,658 1,765 1,873 1,915 1,939 2,109 2,305 2,286 2,361
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 32,653 33,734 34,703 35,928 36,683 36,587 36,532 37,017 38,264 39,576 41,044
Black or African American, all fields 142,576 145,988 152,404 161,005 172,869 179,517 180,812 182,778 185,880 188,414 188,072
Science and engineering 50,918 51,887 54,570 59,410 64,742 69,316 71,401 73,608 76,000 78,154 79,384
Science 47,808 48,780 51,480 56,299 61,510 65,801 67,789 69,750 71,784 73,703 74,578
Computer and information sciences 4,011 3,868 4,066 4,418 4,851 5,497 5,472 5,746 5,658 6,068 6,558
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 109 107 120 135 146 162 177 189 185 201 244
Atmospheric sciences 21 20 23 23 18 21 19 14 22 14 34
Earth sciences 64 65 71 74 93 105 115 143 123 145 168
Ocean sciences 24 22 26 38 35 36 43 32 40 42 42
Life sciences 17,231 18,009 19,576 21,885 24,636 27,409 29,255 30,974 33,232 34,855 35,646
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 621 585 678 651 786 809 923 937 989 1,036 1,078
Biological and biomedical sciences 5,983 6,234 6,411 6,647 7,046 7,466 7,629 8,227 8,774 9,308 9,328
Health sciences 10,627 11,190 12,487 14,587 16,804 19,134 20,703 21,810 23,469 24,511 25,240
Mathematics and Statistics 796 842 834 821 964 1,015 1,022 1,016 1,007 1,035 1,089
Physical sciences 1,084 1,133 1,088 1,125 1,305 1,259 1,320 1,252 1,239 1,369 1,377
Astronomy 6 5 7 5 3 5 3 10 10 11 8
Chemistry 910 935 893 918 1,101 1,044 1,068 1,009 963 1,084 1,123
Physics 144 149 143 149 142 148 195 172 217 224 210
Other physical sciences 24 44 45 53 59 62 54 61 49 50 36
Psychology and social sciences 24,577 24,821 25,796 27,915 29,608 30,459 30,543 30,573 30,463 30,175 29,664
Anthropology 403 431 445 489 497 506 515 464 495 463 425
Economics 1,316 1,271 1,358 1,338 1,298 1,372 1,357 1,567 1,455 1,558 1,526
Political science 3,532 3,480 3,510 3,605 3,757 3,798 3,791 3,651 3,467 3,445 3,546
Psychology 10,271 10,541 11,066 11,643 12,712 13,413 13,617 14,022 14,187 14,256 13,936
Sociology 4,842 4,761 4,879 5,271 5,457 5,448 5,482 5,336 5,060 4,865 4,738
Other social sciences 4,213 4,337 4,538 5,569 5,887 5,922 5,781 5,533 5,799 5,588 5,493
Engineering 3,110 3,107 3,090 3,111 3,232 3,515 3,612 3,858 4,216 4,451 4,806
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 84 90 101 88 73 91 82 113 116 116 106
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 119 115 118 133 155 125 172 186 253 237 250
Chemical engineering 237 243 234 266 308 318 339 338 348 408 454
Civil engineering 368 380 431 458 461 471 470 494 517 522 543
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 867 866 775 722 704 794 830 833 831 869 921
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 229 230 262 245 258 236 255 272 303 317 324
Materials science engineering 24 28 22 25 31 29 36 37 40 42 37
Mechanical engineering 558 537 550 585 607 693 666 792 911 1,000 1,108
Other engineering 624 618 597 589 635 758 762 793 897 940 1,063
Non-science and engineering 91,658 94,101 97,834 101,595 108,127 110,201 109,411 109,170 109,880 110,260 108,688
Education 8,170 8,401 8,418 8,777 9,396 10,183 9,856 9,680 9,530 9,279 9,216
Humanities and arts 18,128 18,460 18,452 18,850 19,626 19,719 20,104 19,377 19,500 19,486 19,260
Technologies 2,915 3,124 3,153 3,199 3,778 3,922 3,967 4,025 3,953 4,049 4,067
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 62,445 64,116 67,811 70,769 75,327 76,377 75,484 76,088 76,897 77,446 76,145
White, all fields 1,051,236 1,069,016 1,082,145 1,102,792 1,133,084 1,150,239 1,154,363 1,150,065 1,145,220 1,148,033 1,147,499
Science and engineering 385,122 393,262 404,847 425,277 451,792 474,024 489,501 501,054 507,621 514,972 523,095
Science 339,594 347,457 356,738 375,729 399,323 419,514 431,526 440,292 442,909 446,134 451,433
Computer and information sciences 23,189 23,021 23,702 25,293 27,128 29,031 31,206 33,112 34,904 37,470 40,196
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 4,221 4,449 4,614 5,069 5,609 5,945 6,159 6,576 6,554 6,515 6,444
Atmospheric sciences 639 610 586 575 620 619 608 593 576 546 573
Earth sciences 2,801 2,985 3,134 3,472 3,873 4,121 4,379 4,673 4,732 4,707 4,660
Ocean sciences 781 854 894 1,022 1,116 1,205 1,172 1,310 1,246 1,262 1,211
Life sciences 136,239 143,281 151,458 163,836 179,414 194,922 207,070 219,891 227,160 232,481 236,156
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 15,798 16,488 17,406 19,072 20,721 22,544 23,338 23,643 24,210 24,343 25,027
Biological and biomedical sciences 49,711 51,025 52,457 54,358 57,472 59,757 62,372 64,292 65,665 65,972 66,115
Health sciences 70,730 75,768 81,595 90,406 101,221 112,621 121,360 131,956 137,285 142,166 145,014
Mathematics and Statistics 10,875 10,913 11,173 11,628 12,575 13,199 13,138 13,186 13,310 13,544 13,876
Physical sciences 11,545 11,710 11,931 12,223 12,858 13,334 13,767 13,877 13,850 13,967 13,741
Astronomy 251 233 260 272 291 249 291 275 288 348 384
Chemistry 7,322 7,463 7,560 7,821 8,181 8,287 8,489 8,510 8,449 8,522 8,183
Physics 3,572 3,599 3,636 3,734 3,917 4,285 4,438 4,612 4,712 4,683 4,808
Other physical sciences 400 415 475 396 469 513 549 480 401 414 366
Psychology and social sciences 153,525 154,083 153,860 157,680 161,739 163,083 160,186 153,650 147,131 142,157 141,020
Anthropology 5,964 6,202 6,318 6,475 7,231 7,475 7,130 6,264 5,473 4,965 4,983
Economics 14,707 15,193 15,271 15,361 14,672 14,448 15,102 16,135 16,418 16,322 16,962
Political science 27,183 26,189 25,849 25,721 25,094 23,609 22,688 21,052 19,945 19,694 20,175
Psychology 60,763 60,729 60,764 62,207 65,884 68,542 68,565 66,908 64,829 62,733 61,251
Sociology 16,556 16,413 15,802 15,676 15,866 15,667 15,031 13,762 12,562 11,949 11,660
Other social sciences 28,352 29,357 29,856 32,240 32,992 33,342 31,670 29,529 27,904 26,494 25,989
Engineering 45,528 45,805 48,109 49,548 52,469 54,510 57,975 60,762 64,712 68,838 71,662
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2,088 2,113 2,155 2,257 2,379 2,254 2,297 2,484 2,456 2,471 2,589
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,747 1,928 1,986 2,022 2,314 2,531 2,938 3,254 3,468 3,731 3,914
Chemical engineering 3,063 3,219 3,630 4,066 4,313 4,616 4,923 5,443 5,896 6,457 6,721
Civil engineering 7,517 7,601 7,817 8,505 8,646 8,658 8,474 8,026 8,087 8,013 8,306
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 6,474 6,015 6,056 5,850 6,186 6,505 7,009 7,311 7,712 8,239 8,099
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2,148 2,346 2,491 2,475 2,678 2,757 3,088 3,368 3,597 3,831 4,061
Materials science engineering 632 581 665 651 721 802 812 918 962 1,016 1,007
Mechanical engineering 12,608 12,677 13,363 13,503 14,342 15,041 16,588 17,561 19,085 20,563 22,031
Other engineering 9,251 9,325 9,946 10,219 10,890 11,346 11,846 12,397 13,449 14,517 14,934
Non-science and engineering 666,114 675,754 677,298 677,515 681,292 676,215 664,862 649,011 637,599 633,061 624,404
Education 96,581 95,938 94,448 95,025 97,451 96,179 91,724 85,362 81,211 79,100 76,319
Humanities and arts 185,563 186,893 184,934 183,363 184,150 180,796 172,381 160,666 150,657 144,839 139,918
Technologies 20,823 21,442 21,642 22,700 23,846 23,956 24,297 24,990 25,507 25,977 26,170
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 363,147 371,481 376,274 376,427 375,845 375,284 376,460 377,993 380,224 383,145 381,997
Other race or unknown, all fields 97,431 103,691 118,368 133,462 140,127 137,800 139,186 143,241 139,556 139,095 135,298
Science and engineering 35,491 38,165 44,334 51,013 55,386 56,158 58,892 62,131 62,381 63,817 63,184
Science 32,152 34,533 40,189 46,060 50,727 51,326 53,436 56,353 55,910 56,623 55,988
Computer and information sciences 3,641 3,682 4,085 4,542 5,278 5,011 5,343 5,383 5,570 5,758 6,040
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 316 315 330 431 433 447 496 565 569 616 606
Atmospheric sciences 26 23 26 33 29 40 33 39 38 35 39
Earth sciences 217 228 242 318 312 303 334 384 388 416 443
Ocean sciences 73 64 62 80 92 104 129 142 143 165 124
Life sciences 11,320 12,772 15,210 18,118 20,229 22,061 23,774 26,092 26,094 26,542 26,951
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 908 1,061 1,297 1,616 1,708 1,816 1,932 1,953 2,058 2,094 2,172
Biological and biomedical sciences 4,262 4,543 5,377 5,935 6,373 6,700 7,082 7,782 7,597 7,899 7,926
Health sciences 6,150 7,168 8,536 10,567 12,148 13,545 14,760 16,357 16,439 16,549 16,853
Mathematics and Statistics 899 1,000 1,106 1,138 1,172 1,243 1,313 1,416 1,470 1,635 1,547
Physical sciences 1,054 954 1,196 1,391 1,425 1,385 1,426 1,450 1,578 1,591 1,522
Astronomy 21 34 36 24 33 23 33 27 43 49 50
Chemistry 626 573 705 772 845 867 906 902 944 952 916
Physics 373 312 411 429 453 435 439 474 513 535 506
Other physical sciences 34 35 44 166 94 60 48 47 78 55 50
Psychology and social sciences 14,922 15,810 18,262 20,440 22,190 21,179 21,084 21,447 20,629 20,481 19,322
Anthropology 758 704 833 909 1,042 983 986 852 785 698 693
Economics 1,558 1,689 1,875 2,277 2,128 1,918 1,943 2,161 2,144 2,282 2,098
Political science 2,622 2,538 2,905 3,021 3,017 2,753 2,613 2,622 2,407 2,488 2,304
Psychology 5,028 5,576 6,831 7,311 8,194 7,883 8,149 8,644 8,436 8,563 8,087
Sociology 1,600 1,659 1,947 2,096 2,150 2,124 2,125 2,196 2,073 1,983 1,868
Other social sciences 3,356 3,644 3,871 4,826 5,659 5,518 5,268 4,972 4,784 4,467 4,272
Engineering 3,339 3,632 4,145 4,953 4,659 4,832 5,456 5,778 6,471 7,194 7,196
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 145 149 173 191 182 180 194 195 219 285 267
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 169 228 218 296 280 314 331 354 417 458 486
Chemical engineering 215 219 281 327 368 358 480 482 596 632 639
Civil engineering 490 577 657 802 656 751 697 709 740 807 735
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 627 695 751 773 695 760 876 900 973 1,102 1,061
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 119 128 193 257 207 191 239 282 309 366 346
Materials science engineering 49 62 48 59 88 55 85 89 119 111 106
Mechanical engineering 842 873 1,004 1,236 1,224 1,263 1,461 1,592 1,758 1,948 2,049
Other engineering 683 701 820 1,012 959 960 1,093 1,175 1,340 1,485 1,507
Non-science and engineering 61,940 65,526 74,034 82,449 84,741 81,642 80,294 81,110 77,175 75,278 72,114
Education 5,012 5,014 5,607 6,675 6,463 6,575 6,622 6,561 6,498 6,291 6,190
Humanities and arts 19,234 19,350 21,593 23,293 22,900 22,707 21,585 21,754 19,742 18,732 17,317
Technologies 1,705 1,885 1,993 2,232 3,147 2,318 2,503 2,629 2,501 2,562 2,455
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 35,989 39,277 44,841 50,249 52,231 50,042 49,584 50,166 48,434 47,693 46,152
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 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.