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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
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.