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Table 6. Bachelor's degrees awarded to female 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
Female U.S. citizens and permanent residents, all fieldsa 883,916 904,014 930,713 967,372 1,008,926 1,033,651 1,047,168 1,058,745 1,071,988 1,087,602 1,103,080
Science and engineering 324,210 335,722 352,041 377,735 409,229 434,392 455,064 473,534 488,917 502,323 518,833
Science 312,004 323,691 339,187 364,039 394,456 418,819 437,946 455,137 468,121 479,213 493,771
Computer and information sciences 6,474 6,493 6,904 7,305 8,263 8,726 9,508 10,080 11,238 12,568 14,140
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2,311 2,363 2,451 2,711 2,988 3,156 3,316 3,545 3,691 3,735 3,733
Atmospheric sciences 261 233 233 217 261 243 253 260 234 257 240
Earth sciences 1,392 1,433 1,517 1,710 1,864 1,964 2,108 2,222 2,318 2,357 2,366
Ocean sciences 658 697 701 784 863 949 955 1,063 1,139 1,121 1,127
Life sciences 141,979 150,903 161,964 178,205 198,338 217,207 234,567 253,456 266,191 276,575 287,162
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 9,618 10,062 10,971 12,104 13,604 14,911 15,589 16,291 16,986 17,366 18,443
Biological and biomedical sciences 47,240 48,974 50,733 53,418 56,771 59,308 62,131 65,803 68,996 71,626 75,017
Health sciences 85,121 91,867 100,260 112,683 127,963 142,988 156,847 171,362 180,209 187,583 193,702
Mathematics and Statistics 6,646 6,638 6,841 7,145 7,676 8,209 8,318 8,536 8,585 8,723 9,286
Physical sciences 6,971 7,117 7,242 7,411 7,880 7,877 8,325 8,254 8,328 8,735 8,982
Astronomy 116 136 134 131 147 121 156 138 126 165 192
Chemistry 5,663 5,825 5,863 6,023 6,422 6,354 6,703 6,702 6,671 7,013 7,132
Physics 941 890 970 940 984 1,078 1,117 1,129 1,261 1,307 1,422
Other physical sciences 251 266 275 317 327 324 349 285 270 250 236
Psychology and social sciences 147,623 150,177 153,785 161,262 169,311 173,644 173,912 171,266 170,088 168,877 170,468
Anthropology 5,887 6,195 6,478 6,794 7,644 7,941 7,848 7,101 6,576 6,017 6,071
Economics 6,877 7,009 7,340 7,317 6,763 6,787 7,102 7,597 7,822 7,953 8,426
Political science 17,955 17,539 17,521 17,349 17,075 16,424 15,901 14,993 14,897 15,551 16,021
Psychology 70,534 71,893 74,008 76,893 82,624 86,672 89,014 89,753 89,881 89,458 90,216
Sociology 19,868 19,892 19,893 20,377 20,866 21,183 20,719 19,986 19,627 19,236 19,421
Other social sciences 26,502 27,649 28,545 32,532 34,339 34,637 33,328 31,836 31,285 30,662 30,313
Engineering 12,206 12,031 12,854 13,696 14,773 15,573 17,118 18,397 20,796 23,110 25,062
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 421 410 426 410 435 447 434 486 503 500 521
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,214 1,279 1,319 1,476 1,664 1,778 2,052 2,215 2,572 2,857 3,155
Chemical engineering 1,589 1,637 1,861 1,948 2,132 2,207 2,468 2,619 2,985 3,276 3,666
Civil engineering 2,243 2,184 2,280 2,606 2,596 2,736 2,742 2,690 3,013 3,094 3,294
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 1,321 1,125 1,153 1,117 1,205 1,265 1,447 1,523 1,678 2,014 2,054
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 929 976 1,025 1,068 1,138 1,133 1,275 1,455 1,621 1,836 1,954
Materials science engineering 201 208 231 259 291 342 326 372 415 449 472
Mechanical engineering 1,998 1,879 2,064 2,098 2,394 2,525 2,921 3,229 3,740 4,325 4,692
Other engineering 2,290 2,333 2,495 2,714 2,918 3,140 3,453 3,808 4,269 4,759 5,254
Non-science and engineering 559,706 568,292 578,672 589,637 599,697 599,259 592,104 585,211 583,071 585,279 584,247
Education 91,290 91,000 90,636 92,247 93,840 92,826 89,007 83,866 80,957 80,294 79,249
Humanities and arts 153,943 154,013 154,504 155,565 157,097 155,833 150,550 142,511 136,672 133,995 131,331
Technologies 12,526 13,129 13,272 13,923 16,027 15,899 16,785 17,980 19,024 19,789 20,194
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 301,947 310,150 320,260 327,902 332,733 334,701 335,762 340,854 346,418 351,201 353,473
Hispanic or Latino, all fields 81,410 84,813 89,789 97,809 107,584 118,216 128,426 137,260 148,733 156,797 168,987
Science and engineering 27,619 29,371 32,340 36,907 42,520 48,986 55,671 61,235 67,639 72,133 78,602
Science 26,384 28,105 30,991 35,497 40,899 47,260 53,707 59,016 65,116 69,253 75,420
Computer and information sciences 551 591 590 648 792 910 1,007 1,044 1,219 1,418 1,540
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 127 134 161 167 192 228 288 331 383 377 438
Atmospheric sciences 9 17 17 15 13 13 21 18 15 19 24
Earth sciences 69 80 102 95 115 144 181 208 239 267 279
Ocean sciences 49 37 42 57 64 71 86 105 129 91 135
Life sciences 9,504 10,229 11,890 14,087 16,849 20,088 23,727 27,366 31,058 33,699 36,897
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 617 597 588 734 839 1,124 1,216 1,425 1,584 1,723 1,995
Biological and biomedical sciences 3,701 3,916 4,322 4,716 5,411 6,098 6,952 7,980 8,869 9,460 10,998
Health sciences 5,186 5,716 6,980 8,637 10,599 12,866 15,559 17,961 20,605 22,516 23,904
Mathematics and Statistics 421 417 411 502 585 670 780 879 907 975 1,077
Physical sciences 548 590 563 567 652 666 750 903 850 955 1,100
Astronomy 5 9 15 8 10 7 13 15 20 15 28
Chemistry 473 508 484 499 568 553 625 753 710 785 891
Physics 48 52 49 46 56 77 81 108 97 126 155
Other physical sciences 22 21 15 14 18 29 31 27 23 29 26
Psychology and social sciences 15,233 16,144 17,376 19,526 21,829 24,698 27,155 28,493 30,699 31,829 34,368
Anthropology 474 548 618 754 842 953 1,058 1,115 1,162 1,088 1,140
Economics 494 513 575 541 609 660 742 837 916 896 1,007
Political science 1,852 1,896 1,946 2,064 2,187 2,392 2,522 2,415 2,629 2,926 3,043
Psychology 6,969 7,543 8,170 9,160 10,450 11,957 13,704 14,678 15,944 16,259 18,118
Sociology 2,430 2,499 2,736 3,005 3,353 3,895 3,986 4,178 4,642 4,913 5,263
Other social sciences 3,014 3,145 3,331 4,002 4,388 4,841 5,143 5,270 5,406 5,747 5,797
Engineering 1,235 1,266 1,349 1,410 1,621 1,726 1,964 2,219 2,523 2,880 3,182
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 34 34 40 30 45 47 51 74 58 57 58
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 74 76 66 91 100 128 144 183 222 291 314
Chemical engineering 160 171 172 187 238 222 247 250 323 344 411
Civil engineering 270 295 311 339 363 395 407 454 503 547 530
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 161 142 138 132 165 158 173 197 210 276 277
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 131 168 174 185 206 205 211 237 261 276 302
Materials science engineering 10 10 6 14 21 19 21 25 36 32 30
Mechanical engineering 201 159 210 211 245 284 349 408 464 518 638
Other engineering 194 211 232 221 238 268 361 391 446 539 622
Non-science and engineering 53,791 55,442 57,449 60,902 65,064 69,230 72,755 76,025 81,094 84,664 90,385
Education 7,636 7,774 7,690 7,554 7,734 7,676 7,777 7,680 8,441 8,686 9,542
Humanities and arts 13,282 13,298 13,789 14,790 16,101 17,078 17,779 17,700 18,339 18,645 19,630
Technologies 1,007 1,025 1,017 1,018 1,201 1,390 1,598 1,786 2,170 2,413 2,615
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 31,866 33,345 34,953 37,540 40,028 43,086 45,601 48,859 52,144 54,920 58,598
Not Hispanic or Latino, all fields
American Indian or Alaska Native, all fields 6,546 6,892 6,968 6,658 6,559 6,426 6,267 5,841 5,666 5,621 5,460
Science and engineering 2,388 2,588 2,617 2,502 2,556 2,594 2,513 2,413 2,393 2,448 2,392
Science 2,336 2,513 2,538 2,418 2,487 2,514 2,431 2,337 2,328 2,389 2,302
Computer and information sciences 55 60 63 36 50 67 57 62 47 57 62
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 19 21 20 24 25 24 22 20 26 20 18
Atmospheric sciences 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 2
Earth sciences 17 11 15 15 18 14 18 13 11 13 16
Ocean sciences 2 7 4 8 7 9 2 5 15 7 0
Life sciences 976 1,113 1,089 1,082 1,172 1,206 1,222 1,226 1,208 1,316 1,277
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 91 109 82 100 120 126 108 114 93 107 134
Biological and biomedical sciences 291 349 319 308 354 304 303 261 297 280 273
Health sciences 594 655 688 674 698 776 811 851 818 929 870
Mathematics and Statistics 25 35 35 36 21 28 27 25 17 15 31
Physical sciences 52 50 43 37 38 54 53 31 34 36 44
Astronomy 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Chemistry 44 42 31 28 32 41 48 29 30 30 32
Physics 7 4 7 8 4 8 5 1 3 3 10
Other physical sciences 1 4 2 1 1 3 0 1 1 3 2
Psychology and social sciences 1,209 1,234 1,288 1,203 1,181 1,135 1,050 973 996 945 870
Anthropology 67 84 70 67 65 68 49 46 47 44 42
Economics 31 41 29 25 28 31 18 19 26 20 15
Political science 143 135 138 115 99 86 73 86 75 60 67
Psychology 487 478 557 513 530 499 493 453 493 467 413
Sociology 200 205 192 166 161 150 137 120 142 133 106
Other social sciences 281 291 302 317 298 301 280 249 213 221 227
Engineering 52 75 79 84 69 80 82 76 65 59 90
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3 2 3 2 3 3 4 3 0 3 2
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 4 4 4 3 3 9 6 6 4 4 3
Chemical engineering 10 8 10 9 9 8 8 12 7 9 12
Civil engineering 7 21 10 21 13 15 14 9 15 9 15
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 4 7 11 4 8 9 10 4 3 5 8
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 8 4 5 5 8 5 11 6 4 6 9
Materials science engineering 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
Mechanical engineering 7 10 16 16 8 9 6 14 13 7 21
Other engineering 8 17 20 23 15 22 23 22 17 16 18
Non-science and engineering 4,158 4,304 4,351 4,156 4,003 3,832 3,754 3,428 3,273 3,173 3,068
Education 736 770 763 699 633 591 645 573 509 524 444
Humanities and arts 1,110 1,180 1,129 1,078 1,038 991 853 774 711 641 625
Technologies 99 115 108 125 111 131 99 111 105 110 111
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 2,213 2,239 2,351 2,254 2,221 2,119 2,157 1,970 1,948 1,898 1,888
Asian or Pacific Islander, all fields 55,980 57,837 59,482 61,581 64,371 66,454 68,357 69,573 72,171 75,852 80,254
Science and engineering 27,660 29,101 30,591 31,619 34,341 36,255 38,176 39,541 40,943 43,460 46,498
Science 25,769 27,273 28,632 29,571 32,184 33,954 35,738 36,924 37,886 40,011 42,707
Computer and information sciences 597 573 634 704 874 928 1,204 1,474 1,904 2,409 3,060
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 92 99 112 95 98 116 132 132 170 157 154
Atmospheric sciences 6 3 7 3 5 5 6 11 5 8 4
Earth sciences 57 61 66 68 69 79 83 85 114 108 102
Ocean sciences 29 35 39 24 24 32 43 36 51 41 48
Life sciences 12,303 13,563 14,430 15,003 17,290 18,627 20,085 21,161 21,887 22,998 24,477
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 388 473 545 580 694 802 766 821 757 794 890
Biological and biomedical sciences 7,436 7,891 8,292 8,342 8,941 9,101 9,355 9,635 10,035 10,502 11,167
Health sciences 4,479 5,199 5,593 6,081 7,655 8,724 9,964 10,705 11,095 11,702 12,420
Mathematics and Statistics 652 648 659 747 779 840 882 982 1,030 1,102 1,318
Physical sciences 930 1,003 1,008 1,052 1,088 1,103 1,238 1,184 1,120 1,191 1,254
Astronomy 6 9 14 8 12 16 9 12 12 12 19
Chemistry 838 895 903 932 966 968 1,108 1,044 999 1,059 1,071
Physics 63 77 71 89 81 101 81 106 90 107 147
Other physical sciences 23 22 20 23 29 18 40 22 19 13 17
Psychology and social sciences 11,195 11,387 11,789 11,970 12,055 12,340 12,197 11,991 11,775 12,154 12,444
Anthropology 408 437 486 471 508 551 530 460 440 424 422
Economics 1,566 1,630 1,854 1,754 1,573 1,623 1,684 1,719 1,687 1,798 1,885
Political science 1,320 1,315 1,275 1,336 1,271 1,231 1,126 1,028 986 987 1,037
Psychology 4,282 4,397 4,510 4,609 4,929 5,174 5,296 5,280 5,304 5,629 5,658
Sociology 1,375 1,336 1,336 1,342 1,265 1,239 1,218 1,219 1,113 1,082 1,158
Other social sciences 2,244 2,272 2,328 2,458 2,509 2,522 2,343 2,285 2,245 2,234 2,284
Engineering 1,891 1,828 1,959 2,048 2,157 2,301 2,438 2,617 3,057 3,449 3,791
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 41 30 54 46 50 61 36 56 48 68 68
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 327 337 367 407 415 464 504 487 599 597 673
Chemical engineering 264 270 347 318 361 375 364 421 490 545 600
Civil engineering 264 265 252 301 287 326 307 289 340 365 371
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 358 264 256 249 258 295 322 320 389 459 470
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 75 108 93 121 116 106 118 122 164 202 216
Materials science engineering 35 41 49 32 56 70 62 66 64 79 97
Mechanical engineering 207 204 218 245 277 260 294 346 383 470 525
Other engineering 320 309 323 329 337 344 431 510 580 664 771
Non-science and engineering 28,320 28,736 28,891 29,962 30,030 30,199 30,181 30,032 31,228 32,392 33,756
Education 2,014 1,859 1,872 2,143 2,009 2,028 2,144 2,128 2,181 2,430 2,581
Humanities and arts 7,859 7,853 7,773 7,733 7,716 7,871 7,397 6,899 6,892 6,999 7,015
Technologies 714 798 804 856 905 942 948 1,040 1,168 1,189 1,260
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 17,733 18,226 18,442 19,230 19,400 19,358 19,692 19,965 20,987 21,774 22,900
Black or African American, all fields 93,860 96,227 100,435 106,001 113,611 116,345 116,388 117,189 119,225 120,841 120,379
Science and engineering 34,661 35,588 37,269 40,797 44,544 46,977 48,517 49,815 51,928 53,085 53,902
Science 33,760 34,729 36,462 39,981 43,677 46,119 47,579 48,841 50,870 51,964 52,634
Computer and information sciences 1,338 1,330 1,295 1,322 1,464 1,491 1,463 1,462 1,434 1,565 1,725
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 56 46 53 57 75 77 81 80 91 86 118
Atmospheric sciences 6 7 6 5 9 5 7 4 10 6 14
Earth sciences 37 26 33 33 48 52 55 59 58 58 73
Ocean sciences 13 13 14 19 18 20 19 17 23 22 31
Life sciences 13,893 14,515 15,600 17,596 19,741 21,792 23,291 24,570 26,425 27,623 28,302
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 349 312 384 351 459 474 547 544 615 655 629
Biological and biomedical sciences 4,364 4,518 4,487 4,717 4,957 5,180 5,318 5,649 6,151 6,538 6,633
Health sciences 9,180 9,685 10,729 12,528 14,325 16,138 17,426 18,377 19,659 20,430 21,040
Mathematics and Statistics 399 403 422 412 465 515 522 516 501 503 517
Physical sciences 634 657 628 646 798 729 757 694 684 775 821
Astronomy 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 4 3 3
Chemistry 575 592 582 581 717 670 675 614 600 695 751
Physics 45 43 29 38 43 29 52 47 56 56 49
Other physical sciences 11 22 15 27 37 29 28 32 24 21 18
Psychology and social sciences 17,440 17,778 18,464 19,948 21,134 21,515 21,465 21,519 21,735 21,412 21,151
Anthropology 323 330 336 344 382 385 400 362 375 345 325
Economics 495 469 485 486 445 467 465 528 483 534 526
Political science 2,086 2,070 2,004 1,972 2,089 2,064 2,044 1,969 1,935 1,931 1,995
Psychology 8,305 8,601 9,009 9,449 10,276 10,652 10,878 11,116 11,329 11,336 11,155
Sociology 3,434 3,409 3,489 3,824 3,896 3,887 3,818 3,778 3,615 3,446 3,344
Other social sciences 2,797 2,899 3,141 3,873 4,046 4,060 3,860 3,766 3,998 3,820 3,806
Engineering 901 859 807 816 867 858 938 974 1,058 1,121 1,268
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 20 21 16 13 15 13 11 26 26 21 20
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 64 59 55 66 76 62 78 91 104 116 135
Chemical engineering 120 119 116 112 135 125 138 127 152 177 196
Civil engineering 121 112 115 128 126 116 125 132 145 127 166
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 166 148 126 127 135 134 126 140 126 137 145
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 91 87 96 94 78 83 83 107 100 97 113
Materials science engineering 9 11 7 12 11 15 12 19 16 16 13
Mechanical engineering 135 108 101 105 116 122 126 133 158 181 202
Other engineering 175 194 175 159 175 188 239 199 231 249 278
Non-science and engineering 59,199 60,639 63,166 65,204 69,067 69,368 67,871 67,374 67,297 67,756 66,477
Education 5,571 5,696 5,707 6,000 6,458 7,030 6,650 6,437 6,015 5,947 5,792
Humanities and arts 11,549 11,687 11,679 11,792 12,261 11,997 12,082 11,453 11,463 11,534 11,538
Technologies 1,424 1,559 1,574 1,509 1,870 1,849 1,875 1,986 1,982 2,117 2,066
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 40,655 41,697 44,206 45,903 48,478 48,492 47,264 47,498 47,837 48,158 47,081
White, all fields 591,628 599,871 606,251 618,578 635,910 646,667 647,404 646,445 645,734 648,136 649,703
Science and engineering 212,361 217,762 223,946 236,602 253,076 266,413 275,396 283,580 289,030 293,707 299,926
Science 204,873 210,392 216,063 228,184 243,946 256,782 264,833 272,316 276,455 279,806 285,005
Computer and information sciences 3,235 3,181 3,493 3,625 4,000 4,288 4,727 4,952 5,441 5,879 6,479
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,856 1,920 1,952 2,167 2,382 2,506 2,551 2,737 2,764 2,807 2,717
Atmospheric sciences 228 198 192 178 223 206 205 211 190 208 179
Earth sciences 1,111 1,159 1,193 1,363 1,468 1,543 1,614 1,713 1,745 1,743 1,704
Ocean sciences 517 563 567 626 691 757 732 813 829 856 834
Life sciences 97,108 102,208 107,835 117,097 128,447 139,252 148,571 159,708 166,239 171,341 176,090
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 7,669 8,003 8,666 9,436 10,544 11,405 11,856 12,275 12,750 12,864 13,510
Biological and biomedical sciences 28,943 29,624 30,139 31,866 33,413 34,669 35,991 37,578 39,039 39,993 40,948
Health sciences 60,496 64,581 69,030 75,795 84,490 93,178 100,724 109,855 114,450 118,484 121,632
Mathematics and Statistics 4,806 4,734 4,859 4,992 5,382 5,641 5,593 5,550 5,537 5,469 5,710
Physical sciences 4,379 4,457 4,569 4,570 4,734 4,781 4,972 4,890 5,017 5,130 5,149
Astronomy 94 104 91 108 110 85 114 100 73 109 131
Chemistry 3,405 3,518 3,523 3,617 3,716 3,702 3,821 3,832 3,876 3,967 3,922
Physics 698 653 746 674 702 786 811 774 896 889 944
Other physical sciences 182 182 209 171 206 208 226 184 172 165 152
Psychology and social sciences 93,489 93,892 93,355 95,733 99,001 100,314 98,419 94,479 91,457 89,180 88,860
Anthropology 4,076 4,339 4,380 4,508 5,099 5,276 5,080 4,487 3,962 3,604 3,621
Economics 3,823 3,864 3,818 3,809 3,481 3,408 3,618 3,796 3,985 3,974 4,285
Political science 11,412 10,995 10,828 10,476 10,105 9,406 8,971 8,311 8,155 8,440 8,766
Psychology 46,726 46,605 46,491 47,593 50,221 52,381 52,384 51,604 50,295 49,123 48,515
Sociology 11,308 11,315 10,797 10,611 10,741 10,557 10,112 9,224 8,704 8,299 8,249
Other social sciences 16,144 16,774 17,041 18,736 19,354 19,286 18,254 17,057 16,356 15,740 15,424
Engineering 7,488 7,370 7,883 8,418 9,130 9,631 10,563 11,264 12,575 13,901 14,921
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 294 298 287 293 293 295 300 300 325 310 323
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 686 727 752 787 962 1,005 1,187 1,301 1,455 1,651 1,793
Chemical engineering 953 1,012 1,109 1,227 1,281 1,360 1,539 1,642 1,801 1,992 2,191
Civil engineering 1,465 1,371 1,468 1,645 1,649 1,696 1,695 1,628 1,821 1,830 1,979
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 562 494 507 518 570 582 725 748 822 963 1,004
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 596 582 617 605 668 674 794 897 991 1,138 1,198
Materials science engineering 137 129 160 185 175 216 206 236 261 280 287
Mechanical engineering 1,333 1,294 1,402 1,377 1,598 1,684 1,959 2,077 2,425 2,808 2,963
Other engineering 1,462 1,463 1,581 1,781 1,934 2,119 2,158 2,435 2,674 2,929 3,183
Non-science and engineering 379,267 382,109 382,305 381,976 382,834 380,254 372,008 362,865 356,704 354,429 349,777
Education 71,780 71,355 70,626 71,058 72,249 70,819 67,020 62,372 59,262 58,255 56,556
Humanities and arts 108,623 108,478 107,212 106,208 106,357 104,417 99,623 92,942 87,572 84,787 82,120
Technologies 8,641 8,864 8,950 9,470 10,321 10,611 11,189 11,922 12,399 12,690 12,889
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 190,223 193,412 195,517 195,240 193,907 194,407 194,176 195,629 197,471 198,697 198,212
Other race or unknown, all fields 54,492 58,374 67,788 76,745 80,891 79,543 80,326 82,437 80,459 80,355 78,297
Science and engineering 19,521 21,312 25,278 29,308 32,192 33,167 34,791 36,950 36,984 37,490 37,513
Science 18,882 20,679 24,501 28,388 31,263 32,190 33,658 35,703 35,466 35,790 35,703
Computer and information sciences 698 758 829 970 1,083 1,042 1,050 1,086 1,193 1,240 1,274
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 161 143 153 201 216 205 242 245 257 288 288
Atmospheric sciences 12 5 10 15 11 13 12 14 14 16 17
Earth sciences 101 96 108 136 146 132 157 144 151 168 192
Ocean sciences 48 42 35 50 59 60 73 87 92 104 79
Life sciences 8,195 9,275 11,120 13,340 14,839 16,242 17,671 19,425 19,374 19,598 20,119
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 504 568 706 903 948 980 1,096 1,112 1,187 1,223 1,285
Biological and biomedical sciences 2,505 2,676 3,174 3,469 3,695 3,956 4,212 4,700 4,605 4,853 4,998
Health sciences 5,186 6,031 7,240 8,968 10,196 11,306 12,363 13,613 13,582 13,522 13,836
Mathematics and Statistics 343 401 455 456 444 515 514 584 593 659 633
Physical sciences 428 360 431 539 570 544 555 552 623 648 614
Astronomy 8 14 9 7 13 10 18 10 17 26 11
Chemistry 328 270 340 366 423 420 426 430 456 477 465
Physics 80 61 68 85 98 77 87 93 119 126 117
Other physical sciences 12 15 14 81 36 37 24 19 31 19 21
Psychology and social sciences 9,057 9,742 11,513 12,882 14,111 13,642 13,626 13,811 13,426 13,357 12,775
Anthropology 539 457 588 650 748 708 731 631 590 512 521
Economics 468 492 579 702 627 598 575 698 725 731 708
Political science 1,142 1,128 1,330 1,386 1,324 1,245 1,165 1,184 1,117 1,207 1,113
Psychology 3,765 4,269 5,271 5,569 6,218 6,009 6,259 6,622 6,516 6,644 6,357
Sociology 1,121 1,128 1,343 1,429 1,450 1,455 1,448 1,467 1,411 1,363 1,301
Other social sciences 2,022 2,268 2,402 3,146 3,744 3,627 3,448 3,209 3,067 2,900 2,775
Engineering 639 633 777 920 929 977 1,133 1,247 1,518 1,700 1,810
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 29 25 26 26 29 28 32 27 46 41 50
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 59 76 75 122 108 110 133 147 188 198 237
Chemical engineering 82 57 107 95 108 117 172 167 212 209 256
Civil engineering 116 120 124 172 158 188 194 178 189 216 233
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 70 70 115 87 69 87 91 114 128 174 150
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 28 27 40 58 62 60 58 86 101 117 116
Materials science engineering 9 15 9 15 26 22 25 26 36 42 43
Mechanical engineering 115 104 117 144 150 166 187 251 297 341 343
Other engineering 131 139 164 201 219 199 241 251 321 362 382
Non-science and engineering 34,971 37,062 42,510 47,437 48,699 46,376 45,535 45,487 43,475 42,865 40,784
Education 3,553 3,546 3,978 4,793 4,757 4,682 4,771 4,676 4,549 4,452 4,334
Humanities and arts 11,520 11,517 12,922 13,964 13,624 13,479 12,816 12,743 11,695 11,389 10,403
Technologies 641 768 819 945 1,619 976 1,076 1,135 1,200 1,270 1,253
Other non-science and engineering/unknown 19,257 21,231 24,791 27,735 28,699 27,239 26,872 26,933 26,031 25,754 24,794
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.