Table 5. Bachelor's degrees awarded to male 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 |
Male 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 |
Hispanic or Latino, all fields |
50,285 |
52,933 |
57,416 |
62,127 |
69,135 |
76,703 |
83,284 |
89,640 |
96,348 |
101,398 |
108,442 |
Science and engineering |
18,691 |
19,703 |
21,896 |
24,255 |
28,077 |
31,886 |
35,813 |
39,203 |
42,964 |
46,132 |
49,661 |
Science |
14,668 |
15,372 |
17,280 |
19,330 |
22,492 |
25,687 |
28,762 |
31,433 |
34,115 |
36,371 |
39,291 |
Computer and information sciences |
2,372 |
2,408 |
2,534 |
2,891 |
3,424 |
3,809 |
4,462 |
4,868 |
5,393 |
6,126 |
6,830 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences |
122 |
137 |
139 |
165 |
210 |
246 |
312 |
330 |
413 |
431 |
458 |
Atmospheric sciences |
21 |
25 |
14 |
14 |
23 |
20 |
35 |
28 |
24 |
27 |
16 |
Earth sciences |
82 |
92 |
97 |
123 |
153 |
190 |
237 |
252 |
336 |
345 |
385 |
Ocean sciences |
19 |
20 |
28 |
28 |
34 |
36 |
40 |
50 |
53 |
59 |
57 |
Life sciences |
3,726 |
3,995 |
4,974 |
5,635 |
6,885 |
8,201 |
9,452 |
10,774 |
11,943 |
12,845 |
13,859 |
Agricultural sciences and natural resources |
421 |
421 |
469 |
559 |
632 |
779 |
842 |
919 |
1,077 |
1,184 |
1,197 |
Biological and biomedical sciences |
2,237 |
2,418 |
2,748 |
2,978 |
3,401 |
3,899 |
4,485 |
5,069 |
5,546 |
5,778 |
6,460 |
Health sciences |
1,068 |
1,156 |
1,757 |
2,098 |
2,852 |
3,523 |
4,125 |
4,786 |
5,320 |
5,883 |
6,202 |
Mathematics and Statistics |
503 |
561 |
594 |
650 |
692 |
834 |
975 |
1,058 |
1,259 |
1,353 |
1,479 |
Physical sciences |
574 |
579 |
598 |
711 |
776 |
967 |
1,078 |
1,147 |
1,288 |
1,432 |
1,623 |
Astronomy |
25 |
12 |
18 |
18 |
11 |
24 |
23 |
23 |
25 |
39 |
39 |
Chemistry |
357 |
371 |
357 |
441 |
484 |
551 |
648 |
663 |
745 |
856 |
912 |
Physics |
181 |
183 |
209 |
230 |
258 |
349 |
365 |
420 |
488 |
509 |
631 |
Other physical sciences |
11 |
13 |
14 |
22 |
23 |
43 |
42 |
41 |
30 |
28 |
41 |
Psychology and social sciences |
7,371 |
7,692 |
8,441 |
9,278 |
10,505 |
11,630 |
12,483 |
13,256 |
13,819 |
14,184 |
15,042 |
Anthropology |
239 |
220 |
242 |
290 |
336 |
421 |
433 |
411 |
422 |
407 |
410 |
Economics |
1,005 |
1,054 |
1,203 |
1,237 |
1,374 |
1,457 |
1,579 |
1,876 |
1,952 |
2,119 |
2,410 |
Political science |
1,715 |
1,780 |
1,887 |
2,054 |
2,236 |
2,448 |
2,440 |
2,572 |
2,450 |
2,592 |
2,668 |
Psychology |
1,916 |
2,072 |
2,242 |
2,507 |
2,909 |
3,432 |
3,876 |
4,121 |
4,377 |
4,416 |
4,808 |
Sociology |
853 |
899 |
1,010 |
1,060 |
1,250 |
1,303 |
1,452 |
1,521 |
1,678 |
1,709 |
1,699 |
Other social sciences |
1,643 |
1,667 |
1,857 |
2,130 |
2,400 |
2,569 |
2,703 |
2,755 |
2,940 |
2,941 |
3,047 |
Engineering |
4,023 |
4,331 |
4,616 |
4,925 |
5,585 |
6,199 |
7,051 |
7,770 |
8,849 |
9,761 |
10,370 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering |
138 |
160 |
192 |
187 |
234 |
241 |
294 |
322 |
362 |
354 |
390 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering |
77 |
114 |
108 |
126 |
147 |
188 |
216 |
262 |
321 |
324 |
367 |
Chemical engineering |
177 |
193 |
231 |
240 |
305 |
346 |
369 |
427 |
576 |
615 |
646 |
Civil engineering |
730 |
800 |
909 |
961 |
1,079 |
1,233 |
1,186 |
1,207 |
1,284 |
1,362 |
1,364 |
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering |
924 |
981 |
895 |
986 |
1,057 |
1,148 |
1,329 |
1,393 |
1,573 |
1,749 |
1,698 |
Industrial and manufacturing engineering |
195 |
260 |
257 |
278 |
334 |
338 |
394 |
408 |
437 |
501 |
529 |
Materials science engineering |
28 |
26 |
35 |
23 |
44 |
46 |
65 |
49 |
76 |
71 |
75 |
Mechanical engineering |
1,099 |
1,022 |
1,232 |
1,303 |
1,465 |
1,685 |
1,991 |
2,351 |
2,631 |
3,026 |
3,354 |
Other engineering |
655 |
775 |
757 |
821 |
920 |
974 |
1,207 |
1,351 |
1,589 |
1,759 |
1,947 |
Non-science and engineering |
31,594 |
33,230 |
35,520 |
37,872 |
41,058 |
44,817 |
47,471 |
50,437 |
53,384 |
55,266 |
58,781 |
Education |
2,498 |
2,587 |
2,612 |
2,248 |
2,441 |
2,635 |
2,745 |
2,892 |
3,238 |
3,247 |
3,612 |
Humanities and arts |
7,738 |
8,034 |
8,453 |
9,310 |
9,844 |
11,009 |
11,280 |
11,324 |
11,900 |
11,817 |
12,276 |
Technologies |
1,269 |
1,259 |
1,348 |
1,493 |
1,610 |
1,914 |
1,982 |
2,113 |
2,203 |
2,333 |
2,449 |
Other non-science and engineering/unknown |
20,089 |
21,350 |
23,107 |
24,821 |
27,163 |
29,259 |
31,464 |
34,108 |
36,043 |
37,869 |
40,444 |
Not Hispanic or Latino, all fields |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native, all fields |
4,222 |
4,515 |
4,517 |
4,468 |
4,181 |
4,342 |
3,944 |
3,856 |
3,650 |
3,573 |
3,378 |
Science and engineering |
1,666 |
1,673 |
1,767 |
1,701 |
1,611 |
1,728 |
1,569 |
1,517 |
1,464 |
1,462 |
1,431 |
Science |
1,373 |
1,399 |
1,477 |
1,461 |
1,370 |
1,451 |
1,331 |
1,277 |
1,215 |
1,226 |
1,161 |
Computer and information sciences |
166 |
153 |
185 |
190 |
181 |
200 |
221 |
219 |
182 |
198 |
188 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences |
12 |
14 |
29 |
17 |
30 |
16 |
26 |
27 |
23 |
22 |
32 |
Atmospheric sciences |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
Earth sciences |
8 |
12 |
24 |
14 |
26 |
12 |
20 |
22 |
18 |
17 |
22 |
Ocean sciences |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
Life sciences |
423 |
444 |
473 |
480 |
450 |
515 |
434 |
451 |
428 |
472 |
462 |
Agricultural sciences and natural resources |
88 |
106 |
98 |
90 |
97 |
108 |
89 |
97 |
95 |
102 |
102 |
Biological and biomedical sciences |
214 |
222 |
226 |
228 |
214 |
217 |
185 |
171 |
163 |
167 |
175 |
Health sciences |
121 |
116 |
149 |
162 |
139 |
190 |
160 |
183 |
170 |
203 |
185 |
Mathematics and Statistics |
48 |
36 |
41 |
48 |
37 |
49 |
34 |
43 |
34 |
46 |
30 |
Physical sciences |
55 |
84 |
65 |
65 |
49 |
49 |
56 |
46 |
57 |
39 |
41 |
Astronomy |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Chemistry |
36 |
52 |
35 |
40 |
27 |
28 |
31 |
35 |
35 |
22 |
30 |
Physics |
15 |
28 |
28 |
23 |
19 |
17 |
22 |
9 |
20 |
13 |
11 |
Other physical sciences |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
Psychology and social sciences |
669 |
668 |
684 |
661 |
623 |
622 |
560 |
491 |
491 |
449 |
408 |
Anthropology |
38 |
46 |
34 |
34 |
33 |
38 |
22 |
24 |
18 |
16 |
17 |
Economics |
66 |
79 |
78 |
81 |
55 |
59 |
53 |
60 |
58 |
37 |
43 |
Political science |
154 |
122 |
141 |
144 |
113 |
111 |
105 |
63 |
74 |
69 |
53 |
Psychology |
150 |
154 |
191 |
138 |
181 |
173 |
167 |
148 |
136 |
142 |
134 |
Sociology |
68 |
94 |
75 |
62 |
67 |
61 |
65 |
45 |
60 |
50 |
37 |
Other social sciences |
193 |
173 |
165 |
202 |
174 |
180 |
148 |
151 |
145 |
135 |
124 |
Engineering |
293 |
274 |
290 |
240 |
241 |
277 |
238 |
240 |
249 |
236 |
270 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering |
13 |
17 |
17 |
14 |
14 |
7 |
7 |
9 |
6 |
8 |
5 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering |
3 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
6 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
Chemical engineering |
21 |
15 |
18 |
13 |
18 |
17 |
21 |
15 |
20 |
16 |
17 |
Civil engineering |
46 |
35 |
53 |
57 |
39 |
49 |
45 |
27 |
37 |
40 |
34 |
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering |
53 |
47 |
46 |
35 |
31 |
43 |
36 |
33 |
33 |
32 |
45 |
Industrial and manufacturing engineering |
15 |
14 |
16 |
5 |
8 |
15 |
5 |
13 |
7 |
15 |
13 |
Materials science engineering |
6 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
Mechanical engineering |
74 |
78 |
70 |
68 |
69 |
73 |
64 |
83 |
79 |
60 |
86 |
Other engineering |
62 |
65 |
67 |
43 |
53 |
66 |
52 |
55 |
61 |
58 |
63 |
Non-science and engineering |
2,556 |
2,842 |
2,750 |
2,767 |
2,570 |
2,614 |
2,375 |
2,339 |
2,186 |
2,111 |
1,947 |
Education |
260 |
248 |
243 |
264 |
228 |
237 |
195 |
203 |
181 |
166 |
163 |
Humanities and arts |
729 |
836 |
745 |
713 |
736 |
685 |
637 |
576 |
533 |
500 |
434 |
Technologies |
114 |
147 |
133 |
157 |
149 |
175 |
152 |
170 |
145 |
131 |
121 |
Other non-science and engineering/unknown |
1,453 |
1,611 |
1,629 |
1,633 |
1,457 |
1,517 |
1,391 |
1,390 |
1,327 |
1,314 |
1,229 |
Asian or Pacific Islander, all fields |
46,321 |
47,409 |
49,540 |
51,633 |
53,911 |
56,436 |
56,819 |
58,236 |
60,609 |
62,901 |
65,931 |
Science and engineering |
25,175 |
25,638 |
26,867 |
28,488 |
30,024 |
32,400 |
33,483 |
34,702 |
36,928 |
38,822 |
41,291 |
Science |
18,637 |
19,093 |
20,295 |
21,635 |
22,824 |
24,468 |
25,551 |
26,353 |
27,903 |
29,219 |
31,256 |
Computer and information sciences |
2,536 |
2,321 |
2,381 |
2,836 |
3,094 |
3,751 |
4,339 |
5,032 |
6,223 |
7,484 |
9,000 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences |
74 |
91 |
91 |
103 |
128 |
149 |
143 |
184 |
157 |
168 |
175 |
Atmospheric sciences |
7 |
11 |
8 |
8 |
15 |
10 |
11 |
13 |
18 |
17 |
10 |
Earth sciences |
44 |
54 |
65 |
64 |
84 |
116 |
99 |
129 |
114 |
121 |
129 |
Ocean sciences |
23 |
26 |
18 |
31 |
29 |
23 |
33 |
42 |
25 |
30 |
36 |
Life sciences |
6,824 |
7,275 |
7,927 |
8,525 |
9,295 |
9,898 |
10,462 |
10,904 |
11,237 |
11,448 |
11,461 |
Agricultural sciences and natural resources |
273 |
322 |
339 |
421 |
466 |
449 |
494 |
486 |
479 |
494 |
496 |
Biological and biomedical sciences |
5,385 |
5,640 |
5,990 |
6,332 |
6,690 |
6,898 |
6,987 |
7,254 |
7,287 |
7,244 |
7,129 |
Health sciences |
1,166 |
1,313 |
1,598 |
1,772 |
2,139 |
2,551 |
2,981 |
3,164 |
3,471 |
3,710 |
3,836 |
Mathematics and Statistics |
860 |
917 |
971 |
1,095 |
1,104 |
1,297 |
1,352 |
1,397 |
1,491 |
1,617 |
1,909 |
Physical sciences |
1,037 |
1,043 |
1,109 |
1,147 |
1,265 |
1,371 |
1,397 |
1,366 |
1,413 |
1,332 |
1,357 |
Astronomy |
15 |
18 |
22 |
12 |
21 |
16 |
29 |
15 |
26 |
25 |
19 |
Chemistry |
758 |
776 |
823 |
864 |
911 |
992 |
1,014 |
962 |
977 |
920 |
896 |
Physics |
244 |
229 |
239 |
258 |
301 |
338 |
326 |
365 |
387 |
367 |
417 |
Other physical sciences |
20 |
20 |
25 |
13 |
32 |
25 |
28 |
24 |
23 |
20 |
25 |
Psychology and social sciences |
7,306 |
7,446 |
7,816 |
7,929 |
7,938 |
8,002 |
7,858 |
7,470 |
7,382 |
7,170 |
7,354 |
Anthropology |
167 |
156 |
188 |
207 |
193 |
204 |
216 |
187 |
159 |
154 |
161 |
Economics |
2,381 |
2,524 |
2,738 |
2,670 |
2,558 |
2,464 |
2,462 |
2,524 |
2,543 |
2,551 |
2,688 |
Political science |
1,261 |
1,190 |
1,224 |
1,285 |
1,245 |
1,210 |
1,153 |
1,018 |
916 |
858 |
863 |
Psychology |
1,649 |
1,645 |
1,721 |
1,804 |
1,987 |
2,071 |
2,078 |
1,957 |
2,044 |
1,919 |
1,909 |
Sociology |
619 |
614 |
656 |
565 |
594 |
657 |
629 |
582 |
569 |
544 |
556 |
Other social sciences |
1,229 |
1,317 |
1,289 |
1,398 |
1,361 |
1,396 |
1,320 |
1,202 |
1,151 |
1,144 |
1,177 |
Engineering |
6,538 |
6,545 |
6,572 |
6,853 |
7,200 |
7,932 |
7,932 |
8,349 |
9,025 |
9,603 |
10,035 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering |
237 |
264 |
255 |
282 |
298 |
333 |
304 |
343 |
309 |
362 |
329 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering |
588 |
689 |
708 |
714 |
808 |
823 |
831 |
768 |
868 |
846 |
864 |
Chemical engineering |
397 |
438 |
502 |
521 |
631 |
689 |
692 |
819 |
804 |
875 |
866 |
Civil engineering |
639 |
737 |
726 |
870 |
836 |
912 |
783 |
773 |
779 |
780 |
775 |
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering |
1,936 |
1,716 |
1,623 |
1,652 |
1,650 |
1,771 |
1,784 |
1,854 |
2,051 |
2,114 |
2,132 |
Industrial and manufacturing engineering |
240 |
252 |
250 |
269 |
279 |
326 |
309 |
338 |
363 |
353 |
370 |
Materials science engineering |
95 |
90 |
99 |
103 |
94 |
127 |
104 |
140 |
135 |
131 |
135 |
Mechanical engineering |
1,276 |
1,278 |
1,317 |
1,343 |
1,430 |
1,647 |
1,700 |
1,763 |
1,977 |
2,092 |
2,289 |
Other engineering |
1,130 |
1,081 |
1,092 |
1,099 |
1,174 |
1,304 |
1,425 |
1,551 |
1,739 |
2,050 |
2,275 |
Non-science and engineering |
21,146 |
21,771 |
22,673 |
23,145 |
23,887 |
24,036 |
23,336 |
23,534 |
23,681 |
24,079 |
24,640 |
Education |
684 |
774 |
758 |
854 |
877 |
962 |
1,021 |
1,080 |
1,124 |
1,164 |
1,254 |
Humanities and arts |
4,680 |
4,637 |
4,800 |
4,684 |
4,759 |
4,872 |
4,484 |
4,333 |
4,143 |
4,016 |
4,141 |
Technologies |
862 |
852 |
854 |
909 |
968 |
973 |
991 |
1,069 |
1,137 |
1,097 |
1,101 |
Other non-science and engineering/unknown |
14,920 |
15,508 |
16,261 |
16,698 |
17,283 |
17,229 |
16,840 |
17,052 |
17,277 |
17,802 |
18,144 |
Black or African American, all fields |
48,716 |
49,761 |
51,969 |
55,004 |
59,258 |
63,172 |
64,424 |
65,589 |
66,655 |
67,573 |
67,693 |
Science and engineering |
16,257 |
16,299 |
17,301 |
18,613 |
20,198 |
22,339 |
22,884 |
23,793 |
24,072 |
25,069 |
25,482 |
Science |
14,048 |
14,051 |
15,018 |
16,318 |
17,833 |
19,682 |
20,210 |
20,909 |
20,914 |
21,739 |
21,944 |
Computer and information sciences |
2,673 |
2,538 |
2,771 |
3,096 |
3,387 |
4,006 |
4,009 |
4,284 |
4,224 |
4,503 |
4,833 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences |
53 |
61 |
67 |
78 |
71 |
85 |
96 |
109 |
94 |
115 |
126 |
Atmospheric sciences |
15 |
13 |
17 |
18 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
10 |
12 |
8 |
20 |
Earth sciences |
27 |
39 |
38 |
41 |
45 |
53 |
60 |
84 |
65 |
87 |
95 |
Ocean sciences |
11 |
9 |
12 |
19 |
17 |
16 |
24 |
15 |
17 |
20 |
11 |
Life sciences |
3,338 |
3,494 |
3,976 |
4,289 |
4,895 |
5,617 |
5,964 |
6,404 |
6,807 |
7,232 |
7,344 |
Agricultural sciences and natural resources |
272 |
273 |
294 |
300 |
327 |
335 |
376 |
393 |
374 |
381 |
449 |
Biological and biomedical sciences |
1,619 |
1,716 |
1,924 |
1,930 |
2,089 |
2,286 |
2,311 |
2,578 |
2,623 |
2,770 |
2,695 |
Health sciences |
1,447 |
1,505 |
1,758 |
2,059 |
2,479 |
2,996 |
3,277 |
3,433 |
3,810 |
4,081 |
4,200 |
Mathematics and Statistics |
397 |
439 |
412 |
409 |
499 |
500 |
500 |
500 |
506 |
532 |
572 |
Physical sciences |
450 |
476 |
460 |
479 |
507 |
530 |
563 |
558 |
555 |
594 |
556 |
Astronomy |
3 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
9 |
6 |
8 |
5 |
Chemistry |
335 |
343 |
311 |
337 |
384 |
374 |
393 |
395 |
363 |
389 |
372 |
Physics |
99 |
106 |
114 |
111 |
99 |
119 |
143 |
125 |
161 |
168 |
161 |
Other physical sciences |
13 |
22 |
30 |
26 |
22 |
33 |
26 |
29 |
25 |
29 |
18 |
Psychology and social sciences |
7,137 |
7,043 |
7,332 |
7,967 |
8,474 |
8,944 |
9,078 |
9,054 |
8,728 |
8,763 |
8,513 |
Anthropology |
80 |
101 |
109 |
145 |
115 |
121 |
115 |
102 |
120 |
118 |
100 |
Economics |
821 |
802 |
873 |
852 |
853 |
905 |
892 |
1,039 |
972 |
1,024 |
1,000 |
Political science |
1,446 |
1,410 |
1,506 |
1,633 |
1,668 |
1,734 |
1,747 |
1,682 |
1,532 |
1,514 |
1,551 |
Psychology |
1,966 |
1,940 |
2,057 |
2,194 |
2,436 |
2,761 |
2,739 |
2,906 |
2,858 |
2,920 |
2,781 |
Sociology |
1,408 |
1,352 |
1,390 |
1,447 |
1,561 |
1,561 |
1,664 |
1,558 |
1,445 |
1,419 |
1,394 |
Other social sciences |
1,416 |
1,438 |
1,397 |
1,696 |
1,841 |
1,862 |
1,921 |
1,767 |
1,801 |
1,768 |
1,687 |
Engineering |
2,209 |
2,248 |
2,283 |
2,295 |
2,365 |
2,657 |
2,674 |
2,884 |
3,158 |
3,330 |
3,538 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering |
64 |
69 |
85 |
75 |
58 |
78 |
71 |
87 |
90 |
95 |
86 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering |
55 |
56 |
63 |
67 |
79 |
63 |
94 |
95 |
149 |
121 |
115 |
Chemical engineering |
117 |
124 |
118 |
154 |
173 |
193 |
201 |
211 |
196 |
231 |
258 |
Civil engineering |
247 |
268 |
316 |
330 |
335 |
355 |
345 |
362 |
372 |
395 |
377 |
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering |
701 |
718 |
649 |
595 |
569 |
660 |
704 |
693 |
705 |
732 |
776 |
Industrial and manufacturing engineering |
138 |
143 |
166 |
151 |
180 |
153 |
172 |
165 |
203 |
220 |
211 |
Materials science engineering |
15 |
17 |
15 |
13 |
20 |
14 |
24 |
18 |
24 |
26 |
24 |
Mechanical engineering |
423 |
429 |
449 |
480 |
491 |
571 |
540 |
659 |
753 |
819 |
906 |
Other engineering |
449 |
424 |
422 |
430 |
460 |
570 |
523 |
594 |
666 |
691 |
785 |
Non-science and engineering |
32,459 |
33,462 |
34,668 |
36,391 |
39,060 |
40,833 |
41,540 |
41,796 |
42,583 |
42,504 |
42,211 |
Education |
2,599 |
2,705 |
2,711 |
2,777 |
2,938 |
3,153 |
3,206 |
3,243 |
3,515 |
3,332 |
3,424 |
Humanities and arts |
6,579 |
6,773 |
6,773 |
7,058 |
7,365 |
7,722 |
8,022 |
7,924 |
8,037 |
7,952 |
7,722 |
Technologies |
1,491 |
1,565 |
1,579 |
1,690 |
1,908 |
2,073 |
2,092 |
2,039 |
1,971 |
1,932 |
2,001 |
Other non-science and engineering/unknown |
21,790 |
22,419 |
23,605 |
24,866 |
26,849 |
27,885 |
28,220 |
28,590 |
29,060 |
29,288 |
29,064 |
White, all fields |
459,608 |
469,145 |
475,894 |
484,214 |
497,174 |
503,572 |
506,959 |
503,620 |
499,486 |
499,897 |
497,796 |
Science and engineering |
172,761 |
175,500 |
180,901 |
188,675 |
198,716 |
207,611 |
214,105 |
217,474 |
218,591 |
221,265 |
223,169 |
Science |
134,721 |
137,065 |
140,675 |
147,545 |
155,377 |
162,732 |
166,693 |
167,976 |
166,454 |
166,328 |
166,428 |
Computer and information sciences |
19,954 |
19,840 |
20,209 |
21,668 |
23,128 |
24,743 |
26,479 |
28,160 |
29,463 |
31,591 |
33,717 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences |
2,365 |
2,529 |
2,662 |
2,902 |
3,227 |
3,439 |
3,608 |
3,839 |
3,790 |
3,708 |
3,727 |
Atmospheric sciences |
411 |
412 |
394 |
397 |
397 |
413 |
403 |
382 |
386 |
338 |
394 |
Earth sciences |
1,690 |
1,826 |
1,941 |
2,109 |
2,405 |
2,578 |
2,765 |
2,960 |
2,987 |
2,964 |
2,956 |
Ocean sciences |
264 |
291 |
327 |
396 |
425 |
448 |
440 |
497 |
417 |
406 |
377 |
Life sciences |
39,131 |
41,073 |
43,623 |
46,739 |
50,967 |
55,670 |
58,499 |
60,183 |
60,921 |
61,140 |
60,066 |
Agricultural sciences and natural resources |
8,129 |
8,485 |
8,740 |
9,636 |
10,177 |
11,139 |
11,482 |
11,368 |
11,460 |
11,479 |
11,517 |
Biological and biomedical sciences |
20,768 |
21,401 |
22,318 |
22,492 |
24,059 |
25,088 |
26,381 |
26,714 |
26,626 |
25,979 |
25,167 |
Health sciences |
10,234 |
11,187 |
12,565 |
14,611 |
16,731 |
19,443 |
20,636 |
22,101 |
22,835 |
23,682 |
23,382 |
Mathematics and Statistics |
6,069 |
6,179 |
6,314 |
6,636 |
7,193 |
7,558 |
7,545 |
7,636 |
7,773 |
8,075 |
8,166 |
Physical sciences |
7,166 |
7,253 |
7,362 |
7,653 |
8,124 |
8,553 |
8,795 |
8,987 |
8,833 |
8,837 |
8,592 |
Astronomy |
157 |
129 |
169 |
164 |
181 |
164 |
177 |
175 |
215 |
239 |
253 |
Chemistry |
3,917 |
3,945 |
4,037 |
4,204 |
4,465 |
4,585 |
4,668 |
4,678 |
4,573 |
4,555 |
4,261 |
Physics |
2,874 |
2,946 |
2,890 |
3,060 |
3,215 |
3,499 |
3,627 |
3,838 |
3,816 |
3,794 |
3,864 |
Other physical sciences |
218 |
233 |
266 |
225 |
263 |
305 |
323 |
296 |
229 |
249 |
214 |
Psychology and social sciences |
60,036 |
60,191 |
60,505 |
61,947 |
62,738 |
62,769 |
61,767 |
59,171 |
55,674 |
52,977 |
52,160 |
Anthropology |
1,888 |
1,863 |
1,938 |
1,967 |
2,132 |
2,199 |
2,050 |
1,777 |
1,511 |
1,361 |
1,362 |
Economics |
10,884 |
11,329 |
11,453 |
11,552 |
11,191 |
11,040 |
11,484 |
12,339 |
12,433 |
12,348 |
12,677 |
Political science |
15,771 |
15,194 |
15,021 |
15,245 |
14,989 |
14,203 |
13,717 |
12,741 |
11,790 |
11,254 |
11,409 |
Psychology |
14,037 |
14,124 |
14,273 |
14,614 |
15,663 |
16,161 |
16,181 |
15,304 |
14,534 |
13,610 |
12,736 |
Sociology |
5,248 |
5,098 |
5,005 |
5,065 |
5,125 |
5,110 |
4,919 |
4,538 |
3,858 |
3,650 |
3,411 |
Other social sciences |
12,208 |
12,583 |
12,815 |
13,504 |
13,638 |
14,056 |
13,416 |
12,472 |
11,548 |
10,754 |
10,565 |
Engineering |
38,040 |
38,435 |
40,226 |
41,130 |
43,339 |
44,879 |
47,412 |
49,498 |
52,137 |
54,937 |
56,741 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering |
1,794 |
1,815 |
1,868 |
1,964 |
2,086 |
1,959 |
1,997 |
2,184 |
2,131 |
2,161 |
2,266 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering |
1,061 |
1,201 |
1,234 |
1,235 |
1,352 |
1,526 |
1,751 |
1,953 |
2,013 |
2,080 |
2,121 |
Chemical engineering |
2,110 |
2,207 |
2,521 |
2,839 |
3,032 |
3,256 |
3,384 |
3,801 |
4,095 |
4,465 |
4,530 |
Civil engineering |
6,052 |
6,230 |
6,349 |
6,860 |
6,997 |
6,962 |
6,779 |
6,398 |
6,266 |
6,183 |
6,327 |
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering |
5,912 |
5,521 |
5,549 |
5,332 |
5,616 |
5,923 |
6,284 |
6,563 |
6,890 |
7,276 |
7,095 |
Industrial and manufacturing engineering |
1,552 |
1,764 |
1,874 |
1,870 |
2,010 |
2,083 |
2,294 |
2,471 |
2,606 |
2,693 |
2,863 |
Materials science engineering |
495 |
452 |
505 |
466 |
546 |
586 |
606 |
682 |
701 |
736 |
720 |
Mechanical engineering |
11,275 |
11,383 |
11,961 |
12,126 |
12,744 |
13,357 |
14,629 |
15,484 |
16,660 |
17,755 |
19,068 |
Other engineering |
7,789 |
7,862 |
8,365 |
8,438 |
8,956 |
9,227 |
9,688 |
9,962 |
10,775 |
11,588 |
11,751 |
Non-science and engineering |
286,847 |
293,645 |
294,993 |
295,539 |
298,458 |
295,961 |
292,854 |
286,146 |
280,895 |
278,632 |
274,627 |
Education |
24,801 |
24,583 |
23,822 |
23,967 |
25,202 |
25,360 |
24,704 |
22,990 |
21,949 |
20,845 |
19,763 |
Humanities and arts |
76,940 |
78,415 |
77,722 |
77,155 |
77,793 |
76,379 |
72,758 |
67,724 |
63,085 |
60,052 |
57,798 |
Technologies |
12,182 |
12,578 |
12,692 |
13,230 |
13,525 |
13,345 |
13,108 |
13,068 |
13,108 |
13,287 |
13,281 |
Other non-science and engineering/unknown |
172,924 |
178,069 |
180,757 |
181,187 |
181,938 |
180,877 |
182,284 |
182,364 |
182,753 |
184,448 |
183,785 |
Other race or unknown, all fields |
42,939 |
45,317 |
50,580 |
56,717 |
59,236 |
58,257 |
58,860 |
60,804 |
59,097 |
58,740 |
57,001 |
Science and engineering |
15,970 |
16,853 |
19,056 |
21,705 |
23,194 |
22,991 |
24,101 |
25,181 |
25,397 |
26,327 |
25,671 |
Science |
13,270 |
13,854 |
15,688 |
17,672 |
19,464 |
19,136 |
19,778 |
20,650 |
20,444 |
20,833 |
20,285 |
Computer and information sciences |
2,943 |
2,924 |
3,256 |
3,572 |
4,195 |
3,969 |
4,293 |
4,297 |
4,377 |
4,518 |
4,766 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences |
155 |
172 |
177 |
230 |
217 |
242 |
254 |
320 |
312 |
328 |
318 |
Atmospheric sciences |
14 |
18 |
16 |
18 |
18 |
27 |
21 |
25 |
24 |
19 |
22 |
Earth sciences |
116 |
132 |
134 |
182 |
166 |
171 |
177 |
240 |
237 |
248 |
251 |
Ocean sciences |
25 |
22 |
27 |
30 |
33 |
44 |
56 |
55 |
51 |
61 |
45 |
Life sciences |
3,125 |
3,497 |
4,090 |
4,778 |
5,390 |
5,819 |
6,103 |
6,667 |
6,720 |
6,944 |
6,832 |
Agricultural sciences and natural resources |
404 |
493 |
591 |
713 |
760 |
836 |
836 |
841 |
871 |
871 |
887 |
Biological and biomedical sciences |
1,757 |
1,867 |
2,203 |
2,466 |
2,678 |
2,744 |
2,870 |
3,082 |
2,992 |
3,046 |
2,928 |
Health sciences |
964 |
1,137 |
1,296 |
1,599 |
1,952 |
2,239 |
2,397 |
2,744 |
2,857 |
3,027 |
3,017 |
Mathematics and Statistics |
556 |
599 |
651 |
682 |
728 |
728 |
799 |
832 |
877 |
976 |
914 |
Physical sciences |
626 |
594 |
765 |
852 |
855 |
841 |
871 |
898 |
955 |
943 |
908 |
Astronomy |
13 |
20 |
27 |
17 |
20 |
13 |
15 |
17 |
26 |
23 |
39 |
Chemistry |
298 |
303 |
365 |
406 |
422 |
447 |
480 |
472 |
488 |
475 |
451 |
Physics |
293 |
251 |
343 |
344 |
355 |
358 |
352 |
381 |
394 |
409 |
389 |
Other physical sciences |
22 |
20 |
30 |
85 |
58 |
23 |
24 |
28 |
47 |
36 |
29 |
Psychology and social sciences |
5,865 |
6,068 |
6,749 |
7,558 |
8,079 |
7,537 |
7,458 |
7,636 |
7,203 |
7,124 |
6,547 |
Anthropology |
219 |
247 |
245 |
259 |
294 |
275 |
255 |
221 |
195 |
186 |
172 |
Economics |
1,090 |
1,197 |
1,296 |
1,575 |
1,501 |
1,320 |
1,368 |
1,463 |
1,419 |
1,551 |
1,390 |
Political science |
1,480 |
1,410 |
1,575 |
1,635 |
1,693 |
1,508 |
1,448 |
1,438 |
1,290 |
1,281 |
1,191 |
Psychology |
1,263 |
1,307 |
1,560 |
1,742 |
1,976 |
1,874 |
1,890 |
2,022 |
1,920 |
1,919 |
1,730 |
Sociology |
479 |
531 |
604 |
667 |
700 |
669 |
677 |
729 |
662 |
620 |
567 |
Other social sciences |
1,334 |
1,376 |
1,469 |
1,680 |
1,915 |
1,891 |
1,820 |
1,763 |
1,717 |
1,567 |
1,497 |
Engineering |
2,700 |
2,999 |
3,368 |
4,033 |
3,730 |
3,855 |
4,323 |
4,531 |
4,953 |
5,494 |
5,386 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering |
116 |
124 |
147 |
165 |
153 |
152 |
162 |
168 |
173 |
244 |
217 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering |
110 |
152 |
143 |
174 |
172 |
204 |
198 |
207 |
229 |
260 |
249 |
Chemical engineering |
133 |
162 |
174 |
232 |
260 |
241 |
308 |
315 |
384 |
423 |
383 |
Civil engineering |
374 |
457 |
533 |
630 |
498 |
563 |
503 |
531 |
551 |
591 |
502 |
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering |
557 |
625 |
636 |
686 |
626 |
673 |
785 |
786 |
845 |
928 |
911 |
Industrial and manufacturing engineering |
91 |
101 |
153 |
199 |
145 |
131 |
181 |
196 |
208 |
249 |
230 |
Materials science engineering |
40 |
47 |
39 |
44 |
62 |
33 |
60 |
63 |
83 |
69 |
63 |
Mechanical engineering |
727 |
769 |
887 |
1,092 |
1,074 |
1,097 |
1,274 |
1,341 |
1,461 |
1,607 |
1,706 |
Other engineering |
552 |
562 |
656 |
811 |
740 |
761 |
852 |
924 |
1,019 |
1,123 |
1,125 |
Non-science and engineering |
26,969 |
28,464 |
31,524 |
35,012 |
36,042 |
35,266 |
34,759 |
35,623 |
33,700 |
32,413 |
31,330 |
Education |
1,459 |
1,468 |
1,629 |
1,882 |
1,706 |
1,893 |
1,851 |
1,885 |
1,949 |
1,839 |
1,856 |
Humanities and arts |
7,714 |
7,833 |
8,671 |
9,329 |
9,276 |
9,228 |
8,769 |
9,011 |
8,047 |
7,343 |
6,914 |
Technologies |
1,064 |
1,117 |
1,174 |
1,287 |
1,528 |
1,342 |
1,427 |
1,494 |
1,301 |
1,292 |
1,202 |
Other non-science and engineering/unknown |
16,732 |
18,046 |
20,050 |
22,514 |
23,532 |
22,803 |
22,712 |
23,233 |
22,403 |
21,939 |
21,358 |